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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:04 PM Original message |
If there is a God, he is a cruel God. To destroy those with so little, |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Be careful, comments like this will get you called a "heartless bastard"! |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Sounds like 'God' is the heartless bastard n/t |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. I couldnt agree more! |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. There isnt. There is only Nature, and Nature isn't an entity. It just |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. God had NOTHIN to do with why they are destitute, and cant afford to build better. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Could God not intercede? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
51. You can blame humans for the pre-quake conditions... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. There is no god |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. But it's all part of God's plan. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Just like Sarah Palin being VP or W attacking Iraq. nt |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. Can there be a god or gods and not have orchestrated things happening? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. We cannot know god's wisdom |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Or His idiocy |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. Then he must have figured the Hatians could handle the earthquake |
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ChadwickHenryWard (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
65. That sounds exaclty like Job's jerkoff friends. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. kick with the hope people will read the message, not just the OP |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. Donate, help, and take your beef to R/T. nt |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. Silly Rabbit, God is only responsible for GOOD things- Like winning Grammies! |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. And touchdowns! |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. Stop using other people's tragedies to promote your God bashing.. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. +1 |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. +1 n/t |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
42. Then stop praising god when good things happen. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
52. As soon as tragedies aren't promoted as reasons to pray... |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
59. How despicable can you be? |
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ChadwickHenryWard (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
66. That's really astoundingly evil. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:35 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. You must work in mysterious ways. |
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ChadwickHenryWard (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. That's some top notch theology. |
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damyank913 (595 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. After reading what you heathens have been writng... |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. Should an infinite being fear mortals? |
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damyank913 (595 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #74 |
111. Other things to find funny... |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. God has nothing to do with it. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. Truly. . . |
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uriel1972 (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 07:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
135. Hmmm as the all powerful, all knowing |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. What can you expect from a god who sat idly by while they crucified his son? |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. There are certain people in this country |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm sure those who believe in the prosperity gospel think it's what those people deserved. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. +1 |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. +1 |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. Gods have nothing to do with this, tectonic plates are to blame |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #23 |
50. +1. nt |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #23 |
54. I just sent a donation... |
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PacerLJ35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. According to my beliefs |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Welcome to DU. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Ah, a deist. Excellent choice. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Welcome to DU. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
56. As gods go, a god like that makes the most sense. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
58. Then what's the point of having a god at all? |
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gharlane (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
29. Come back.... |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I was with you until the fundamentalist atheist bit |
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gharlane (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Dawkins is no Robertson. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. I avoided the Hitchens discussion |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
73. Yes there is atheist fundamentalism! |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. With respect, you're in error. |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 07:29 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. A movement built upon atheism has all it needs |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Fundamentalism requires a set of dogmas or basic principles. |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-24-10 03:31 AM Response to Reply #78 |
88. if theism is always evil, atheism is the only option permitted by these zealots |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-24-10 03:45 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Well bully for them, |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-24-10 04:30 AM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Those angry, reactionary new atheists are the ones who are getting all of the attention. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-24-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. So you know and admit that atheism |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 05:24 AM Response to Reply #92 |
94. Antitheism is a belief position |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 05:48 AM Response to Reply #94 |
96. I'm an atheist |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 06:00 AM Response to Reply #96 |
98. you believe |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 06:17 AM Response to Reply #98 |
100. very good |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #98 |
106. But THAT is not atheism. |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 06:50 PM Response to Reply #106 |
109. you're right |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #94 |
104. Disingenuous?! |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #94 |
105. Atheism itself isn't a principle, cause, philosophy, or belief system |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 06:10 AM Response to Reply #105 |
121. Something has to fill the void! |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #121 |
124. Don't look now, |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. there you go, jumping to conclusions again! |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #125 |
126. Oh FFS...The "gap" you refer to |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. you still can't get it through your head that |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. I'm saying the hole itself |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #125 |
130. Atheism is not secular humanism |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 05:46 AM Response to Reply #130 |
133. most atheists are secular humanists |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 08:25 AM Response to Reply #133 |
136. Prove it. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #133 |
141. I don't think EVERYTHING is stupid |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #94 |
117. Until you understand |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 05:28 AM Response to Reply #117 |
120. Don't play definition games with me! |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 06:17 AM Response to Reply #120 |
122. Maybe after you've taken enough |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 06:51 AM Response to Reply #122 |
123. Which was exactly my point! |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-27-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #123 |
129. The real point |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 05:48 AM Response to Reply #129 |
134. I NEVER SAID ALL ATHEISTS WERE ANTITHEIST |
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damyank913 (595 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #94 |
158. That's absurd. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-30-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #158 |
160. "... empiricism ... Is this a belief system?" Yes. |
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damyank913 (595 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-30-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #160 |
161. Although I honestly found your essay very interesting ... |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-30-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #94 |
162. You really should not post drunk. Its like driving drunk, dangerous and you regret it later |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. You clearly don't understand what fundamentalism, doctrine, or dogma even mean. |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-24-10 04:16 AM Response to Reply #79 |
90. I would suggest you do your own looking up! |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-24-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. And we're back to my original comment. |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 05:46 AM Response to Reply #93 |
95. some atheists think they've got it all figured out |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 05:50 AM Response to Reply #95 |
97. believing that a god created the universe |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 06:11 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. not necessarily! |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 06:27 AM Response to Reply #99 |
101. because theists have beliefs |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. you start off by lumping all theists together in one group, |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #102 |
110. So which ones should I choose? |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #95 |
103. Disproving claims isn't my job. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #103 |
107. And that means he is NOT an atheist. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 02:27 AM Response to Reply #107 |
113. Can't blame people for trying to try to live up to an ideal. |
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ralph m (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 07:06 AM Response to Reply #103 |
114. why should they have to prove their claim to you? |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. I think you misunderstand my position. |
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damyank913 (595 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
71. I prefer to blame the Earthquake Tsar. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #29 |
164. Thanks for the condescending, dismissive attitude. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #164 |
165. "a priori" arguments are logically invalid? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #165 |
166. They don't prove anything without an independent basis... |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #166 |
167. No. "a priori" knowledge is knowledge that is independent of expreience. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
33. well i guess you could say this is mother earth`s deal.... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. Which is why I've never understood the claim that religion is some sort of comfort to the believers. |
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gharlane (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Strawman much? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. "people who see more to reality than a bunch of random electro-chemical reactions" |
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gharlane (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. What color is your herring? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Degrees aren't impressive if you don't understand basic concepts. |
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gharlane (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 01:03 AM Response to Reply #46 |
61. Redder and redder, apparently. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
168. You are treading close to the sin of pride. |
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damyank913 (595 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
72. I call it the sharp stick in the eye belief system... |
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Laura902 (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
36. We humans just made up |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
43. Shit like this is why I CAN'T believe in a God. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
47. "To destroy those with so little," |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
48. Bring me this God you speak of. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
49. God didn't sent the earthquake, that was an act of nature. nt |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. And who controls nature, according to most Western theologies? |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Well, Harold Kushner says not (and I agree.) If you haven't read the book |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #62 |
112. I have, and it seems like mental maturbation and an excuse as to why god, who is all powerful |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #112 |
116. Logical contradictions are the inherent result of omnipotence. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. You make sense to me. nt |
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dcsmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
53. stop blathering about god and donate some money or volunteer |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Again, what makes you think the OP hasn't donated? |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Isn't it obvious? |
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Midwest_Doc (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
63. "The lord works in mysterious ways" |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Either that or, "God has a plan." |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-16-10 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
67. . |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
76. But George Benard Shaw |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
80. it was a horrible event in history. we are all going to die in this life. I believe we all have a |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-23-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Oh really? |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-24-10 12:49 AM Response to Reply #81 |
82. I consider them very acceptable. That I and every single living animal around me is here for but a |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-24-10 12:57 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. I hate to say this, |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-24-10 01:42 AM Response to Reply #83 |
84. life is what it is - a short existence for each of us. We all face pain & suffering, we all know |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-24-10 02:04 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Some of what you say is true, |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-24-10 02:49 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Okay, my take. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-24-10 03:02 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Job? |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #87 |
138. It seems that Job accepted God as He is/was, and not as he thought |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Where to start.... |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Well we definitely see things differently. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. Wow... |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #142 |
143. To those to whom much is given, much is required. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #143 |
144. Where'd you go? |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #144 |
145. Your #4 ... proof...? |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #145 |
146. I was talking about faith with the whole "without proof" thing, |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. I think that your 1 thru 4 are right in a very 'puritanical' sort of way, but |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #147 |
148. So you can't refute anything from 1-4 above, |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. You definitely have your own way of thinking. I just gave you my POV. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #149 |
150. Off topic, |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #150 |
151. I have never conflated positivism with atheism, but only in your |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. I have told them, |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:40 PM Response to Reply #151 |
153. If you are resorting to some kind of philosophical inclusion then you could |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #153 |
154. . |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #154 |
155. The Oxford dictionary is considered the primary scholastic dictionary |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #155 |
156. So, |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 12:22 AM Response to Reply #156 |
157. Where the heck do you come up with this stuff? Talk about boneheaded. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #156 |
159. OK, if you feel that the Oxford def. was dishonest, then |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 03:02 AM Response to Reply #83 |
131. You just can't seem to handle that others don't quite see things |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #131 |
137. Oh climb down off your high horse! |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-25-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #80 |
108. What a bunch of BS! |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 03:04 AM Response to Reply #108 |
132. You are always so witty. Good with words, too. nt |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-30-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #132 |
163. And you are not. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-26-10 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
118. The cause of all human suffering, aside from natural disasters, is |
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