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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:08 AM Original message |
God an Abuser? Believers Co-dependent? |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. No, organized religion's the abuser. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. I have been campaigning against defining the beliefs of others, |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I know what Christians believe, because I have asked them. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. You are making gross generalizations |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I think your analogy is interesting... |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. In actuality, |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. And when I compare religion to superstition |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. And that's not ypur problem |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. your argument for civility is appreciated, by me at least. |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Didn't check the profile |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. however, if one wishes to force a drink down another's throat... |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I disagree |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. no, you're actually agreeing with me... |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. thanks lerkfish |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 05:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. No "Straw Man" Here |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 05:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I notice you do not respond to my other posts, which are more |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 07:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I believe his intention is best expressed by his actions |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 07:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Everything about belief or non-belief is subjective... |
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Bloodblister Bob (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 07:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I responded where I thought it most appropriate to do so. n/t |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. So therefore no one should opine |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. you misunderstand my point...noone should set up straw men |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Amen |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Oh, so you agree with Cosmik ? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. master/slave |
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atommom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. Not all Christians I know are like that, but it seems that people |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. mostly "literalist" and "fundamentalist" views |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
9. good and bad things happen to good and bad people...its the vagaries |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Doesn't really do much to address the conundrum, does it? |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. well, I'm not saying bad things are good. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. No, of course I don't think god is cruel. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. very nice, Lerkfish |
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freestyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. Depends on how involved and in control you think God is. |
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Brentos (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. I agree with freestyle. |
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NAO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
35. Can you be co-dependent with an imaginary friend? |
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SlackJawedYokel (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 09:30 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Self-inflicted co-dependence? nt |
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