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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 12:18 AM Original message |
What popular religious ideas are not usually considered religious? |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. Neo Conservatism. |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. Two things: |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 07:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. What cons call "political correctness" |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 08:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Good point |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. And from the Department of Afterthoughts: |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 09:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Economics is a religion they say. |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
48. I see what you're saying, |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. Free market orthodoxy |
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NAO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. Free Market Mysticism; Laissez-faire Anti-Social Gospel; Democracy=Capital |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 03:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I think your right on the first two but |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 09:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Yeah that last one has caused some conflicts with reality.... |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
5. "A man hears what he wants hear, and disregards the rest..." |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Hoffer's True Believer is excellent |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. The religion of "common sense." |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 05:27 AM Response to Original message |
8. Astrology (it does derive from Babylonian religion) |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
9. "Law'n Order" in Cupcake Land. |
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ms liberty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 07:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Good one! You forgot this part though... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 12:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Oh yeah, the Holy Mower. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 10:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. POTD !!! |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. Patriotism. n/t |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. Anne Coulter has some |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. I guess it's always possible to find gold while pumping out the cesspool |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-25-06 07:22 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. It was a worthwhile read because it did make me t hink |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-25-06 07:56 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Yech |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-25-06 11:19 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. There really are no words. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. Neo-Liberalism = Free Market Fundimentalism, AKA Market Fetishism |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-25-06 12:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. The Vatican actually condemned "Americanism" as a heresy in 1899 |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. The Wisdom of the American Voter. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. AKA Argumentum ad Populorum, the Populist Fallacy. |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. Belief in the existence of little green men from outer space |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. David Icke has his own religion? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. "... Leave blue green footprints that glow in the dark: I hope .. |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. Strong Atheism. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. BS! |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 11:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. An insightful refutation. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 11:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. There has been enough refutation of that in the Religion forum that... |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Ah yes, I forgot. |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-25-06 07:39 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Before we go further.... popular? religious? Not commonly thought of |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-25-06 07:50 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. "a being of power and intelligence vastly beyond your own" |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-25-06 08:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
38. No, it's not just as unprovable |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-25-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. "its failure to show itself in anything but human stories" |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-25-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. No, I probably wouldn't say that |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I could try to get at the issue raised by the first question |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. And the issue is ... |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. What kinds of historical records can be trusted and to what extent can |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. How about if I just try and answer your new first question |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. What happens when experts disagree with each other? |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 01:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I'm not answering any more of your questions |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. My issue is trying to understand exactly what you meant by this: |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I attempted to explain that in #42 |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Could you elaborate on this one? |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-26-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Nope, sorry. nt |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-25-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
40. I've been told that in Oklahoma, football is a religion. n/t |
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