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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 01:43 PM Original message |
Why does the mere existence of atheists so trouble some people? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because it proves there is no God? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Nah. It doesn't prove anything. And it doesn't matter. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. Either that, or |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Well, there is that, I suppose. Of course, since I don't believe |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Atheists |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I, for one, refuse to be silent about religious matters being injected into my daily life. |
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MrDiaz (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Well I am sure, |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Sure. That's no problem, as long as I'm free to leave the room |
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MrDiaz (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. what place |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Hmm...school classrooms? The local city council meeting, where |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
69. Anytime there is a prayer at a public meeting. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. Yup. Christians can go pound sand as often as they wish. I won't |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. What would make you suggest that any poster here doesn't respect the rights... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Oh, dear...that's very interesting. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. +1 |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. I could have written that myself...you did and that is.. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Well, I think we should be at the bottom of that list, for sure. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. Fundie Christians think atheists are immoral and damned. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Hence the famous billboard with the kid and the gun. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Hey! I behave myself because I hate getting the "look" from my |
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grilled onions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. I Also Have Wondered About That |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Those are all very good questions. I don't have any answer |
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Guilded Lilly (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. My guess... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Well, that's an interesting hypothesis. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. Why does the existence of |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. But it doesn't, you see. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Don't you have more elevated things to do |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I beg your pardon. I would think it would be my decision whether |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Sorry, should have put the irony tag on |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Ah, sorry. I wondered about that, but you just never know. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. I'm Christian. Was raised to live and let live. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. That's very good. An excellent philosophy, I think. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. Proof of evolution (of thought). |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Yes, but many people who have religious beliefs have no |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
78. What about the initial premise? |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's just insecurity |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. An interesting way to look at it, for sure. |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. It proves they lack the faith they claim to have. Let's face it, the human animal |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
84. Thank you! |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. It's not just atheists |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
24. They must put a finger in the dyke lest the dyke fails and damn them all |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Sure. But why? Why would they bother? |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. It's mostly monotheistic religions. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Well, most Buddhists don't really deal much with deities. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. I think Buddhists offer a framework for dealing with sentience. |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
35. I asked a very religious friend this once. |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
40. If I was God ... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I do not believe I have ever speculated about what I'd do if I |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. There is said to be an epitaph in an old churchyard... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. How excellent an epitaph! |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. That's in Scotland. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
44. I've no idea. |
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kstewart33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
46. Doesn't that work both ways? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Well, I think it's more that some atheists, including myself, |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #46 |
59. Well, depends on what they do... |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
48. Because it's like "the emperor has no clothes" |
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Fly by night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
49. Most of the atheists I know don't feel the need to discuss it. The few that do ... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Yes, your example is one at which I'd be annoyed, too. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Curiosity: |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. Example: |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. And with that "thank God", religion was interjected into the conversation. |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. How does it harm the listener? |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Why is it necessary in the conversation at all? |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Not my usage. I'm a Pagan. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. It is just as rude to inject God into conversation as it is to correct those who do so. |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Ah, well. There's no discouraging a proseletyzer. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
50. They cannot see |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Interesting. I'll have to think about that one a bit. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Seems that way to me. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
52. An incredibly small minority of humans? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Yes. 1.6% is a tiny minority. hardly worth mentioning. |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
66. That's an informative table. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. Last time I checked |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. My bad on the Protestants. I misread the number. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. The problem with that table is |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
60. An enthusiastic K&R! |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
61. Because differences in belief trouble them. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
70. People very often can't handle disagreement. My political yardsigns are often stolen from my yard |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
71. Frightened? Threat? |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
72. It is because the worst rascals are atheists. This is implied by the rhyme scheme. |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
79. When I was a young "mainstream" Christian with literal fundamentalist beliefs, |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
80. Because apparently it "crosses the line." I still don't know what "line", but there you go. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. It's the magically moving line. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
82. Because people are hypocrites. |
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