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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 12:57 PM Original message |
The mindset of religious fanatics in a nutshell: |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks, I finally understand it. God=love=utter contempt. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Just reinforces the main function of religion |
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ForeignSpectator (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. That's a pretty cool quote... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Not yet... I just thought it up. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Very good choice of words! |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Repeat to self: I will not call attention to the transition from +4 to +3 and be a rec whore. |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. The way I saw it early on (as the only protestant in a sea of catholics) - |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Of course, "Whatever you do, if you're the wrong religion you go to hell" ain't much improvement. nt |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It's not just catholics that have that Baptists believe once they confess their sins and |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Then there is my baptist friend who said I was going to hell just because I wasn't a baptist! |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I had a Pentecostal friend^H^H^H^H^H^Hacquaintance tell me Catholics aren't Christians. |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. And I have many Catholic friends whom I'd consider very devout folks who pursue |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Religions seem to me to have several common features - |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Best thing you could say to them in response is |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. He is so misguided I feel sorry for him |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Being a baptist, I have to say not even close |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Not nearly as complex as you'd like to believe, |
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ThomThom (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. I think Catholics are suppose to do the right thing |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. pretty much in a nutshell, yes. i personally enjoy Carlin's perspective: |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Best. Stand. Up. Routine. EVAH! |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. the revised ten commandments has a special place in my heart as well. |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. And they can't bear to spell out the word "Hell", |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Some religions are scared of even spelling out "God" |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Yep. I don't get it either. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Dupe, delete -nt |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. To advertise their piety. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. That's a very good analysis. |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. So they can't even type the word "hell" . |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
22. "They will look upon those sinful family members... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Nothingness beats the other two alternatives, hands down. -nt |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. ...which is lucky for all of us. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
27. They will cheer on the torturers, just as they did in life. n/t |
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