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66. Welcome to DU, AngryDem001!
Fri May 30, 2014, 07:28 PM
May 2014

Good to have you with us! I tend to agree with that. It absolves them of all guilt, responsibility, or any sort of involvement. It's for the same reason I cringe when I hear people say "I'm FORGIVEN!" george w. bush used to say that fairly frequently. And I always wondered - is that why you do such horse's-ass things? Because you've got some free pass to forgiveness and it doesn't matter how much you fuck people over, 'cause you already got that free pass? So ANYTHING'S okay that you do? Even when you screw the taxpayers, make money off the poor and gullible, and send all their kids to a war you LIED us into, to die and/or get their legs blown off? Oh, but wait - you're FORGIVEN already! So none of that counts, and NONE of that is on your ledger that you're gonna have to hand in to St. Peter when you get to the Pearly Gates? You get a free pass there, too, after all the shit you pulled and all the shit you caused?

I'm a lifelong Catholic. A "Cafeteria Catholic" according to some. But I've always have trouble with that "I'm forgiven" concept. Doesn't make sense to me that - after the kind of life that bastard has lived, his mere declaration that he's "forgiven" will get him into Heaven free 'n' clear. I don't care how "forgiven" one claims to be. That is NOT some "License to be a Schmuck."

Mankind has failed God and deserves to die? DetlefK May 2014 #1
A belief in a "god" is one way to avoid personal responsibilty randr May 2014 #8
YES! AngryDem001 May 2014 #24
I've always wanted to smack them in the forehead and say, "That was part of his plan, too!" dawg May 2014 #28
Not much of a god then us it? Bickle May 2014 #35
If you want to believe that you have no free will, then more power to you I guess. dawg May 2014 #36
It's not a belief, it's a fact Bickle May 2014 #67
Whateva. dawg May 2014 #80
The article you link to does not claim that anyone has proven free will to be an illusion. Vattel May 2014 #81
Wrong sA piece Bickle May 2014 #86
Thanks for being a great example of what's wrong with our country Bickle May 2014 #87
It's also true that through our own determination we can change those chemical reactions... DesertDiamond May 2014 #51
You may have replaced one dogma with another randr May 2014 #59
Welcome to DU, Bickle! calimary May 2014 #64
Why WOULD he? 7962 May 2014 #85
What a sad and horrible world you live in. DebJ May 2014 #73
And when they get drunk, crash the car, beat their spouse, leave their kids go hungry Ikonoklast May 2014 #39
That's the brass ring of Christianity! nt valerief May 2014 #42
Welcome to DU, AngryDem001! calimary May 2014 #66
i grew up in a catholic home ejpoeta May 2014 #79
Unless it is success or something like that. Xyzse May 2014 #46
Precisely malaise May 2014 #65
Watch: The Neil deGrasse Tyson climate denier takedown we’ve been waiting for is finally here xchrom May 2014 #2
"Creationists try to outsmart Neil..." lastlib May 2014 #3
That line honestly made me laugh out loud n/t etherealtruth May 2014 #13
Me too, and... pipi_k May 2014 #26
"Creationists" and "outsmart Neil..." NastyRiffraff May 2014 #71
Neal Degrasse Tyson could win an argument with these idiots AnnieBW Jun 2014 #90
Its simple, really..... Mustellus May 2014 #4
How much evolution must one have for that explanation? longship May 2014 #6
Plus humans. mwooldri May 2014 #27
That's interesting. Thanks for sharing. tofuandbeer May 2014 #76
That's the ticket madokie May 2014 #7
Dad? reflection May 2014 #10
I guess maybe you could put your dad to the test by asking him if he's "with god." Mr. Evil May 2014 #61
LIKE A 1000 TO A MILLION TIMES GREATER # OF SPECIES? IN A FEW THOUSAND YRS? REALLY? drynberg May 2014 #11
yes, I did forget it..... Mustellus May 2014 #20
What a lot of malarky that is. There is no evidence for that. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2014 #17
Maybe they only took babies! Not arguing just pointing out that this is what the literalists get for jwirr May 2014 #21
You are trying to be funny etherealtruth May 2014 #29
Arrgh!!!! Nyet, nyet!!!! No evolution!!!! Head explodes... valerief May 2014 #43
There ya go. Jerry442 May 2014 #63
Earth = Ark, maybe? JesterCS May 2014 #77
Talk about bringing a plastic knife to a gun fight. tanyev May 2014 #5
I love NDT and Cosmos Gothmog May 2014 #9
i've just started watching episodes. ejpoeta May 2014 #12
Well, the proliferation of flood stories has a simple explanation to me... Wounded Bear May 2014 #47
that makes sense to me. ejpoeta May 2014 #78
Genesis Thespian2 May 2014 #14
How do you fit all those animals in one boat? Simple ! Hoppy May 2014 #15
But Noah didn't save the plants. Bernardo de La Paz May 2014 #18
Bwahahahaha!!!!! valerief May 2014 #44
and what about the fish, too? azureblue May 2014 #72
Oddly, the size of the boat ... surrealAmerican May 2014 #34
Easy way to disprove creationists like Ham RoccoR5955 May 2014 #16
For this to work abakan May 2014 #45
Has there ever been a more apropos last name for a given person than 'Ham'? marmar May 2014 #19
*snark* Didn't Noah curse Ham and his offspring? Rozlee May 2014 #31
I once had a crazy man in Arby's point to my son and say ... dawg May 2014 #37
Shoulda told him he had some back in the woodpile. Rozlee May 2014 #48
I was too stunned to say much of anything. dawg May 2014 #49
I probably would have been too creeped out myself. Rozlee May 2014 #52
That was a genuine crazy man. Enthusiast May 2014 #50
What a stupid thread title VWolf May 2014 #22
The animals' DNA would fit . . . fadedrose May 2014 #23
I don't mean to say that it was aliens... theHandpuppet May 2014 #41
You just gave me an earworm DebJ May 2014 #74
Wait! According to Joe Barton, AngryDem001 May 2014 #25
Maybe it was all the methane being emitted by plant eating dinosaurs! yellowcanine May 2014 #32
Ken Ham "These legends are ubiquitous because all people in the world are descendants of Noah" yellowcanine May 2014 #30
I bet 'creationist' Maya Angelou would kick his ass in debate maced666 May 2014 #33
Flood legends are not found all over the world starroute May 2014 #38
I learned about the Epic of Gilgamesh 30 years ago. Neil was just a kid then. kelliekat44 May 2014 #40
pfffffffffft Takket May 2014 #53
Their hand actually consists of SwankyXomb May 2014 #54
and sometimes a duck whistle n/t DebJ May 2014 #75
I can't believe I actually have to spell it out for you people -- Hestia May 2014 #55
ah, but anthropologists have found numerous ways of "stabilizing" oral tradition MisterP May 2014 #56
With what technology did Noah collect, preserve, and deploy this DNA? FiveGoodMen May 2014 #57
Just the insects alone would require a big boat. SansACause May 2014 #58
But they answered all the logical objections raised: It's a miracle! tclambert May 2014 #60
On the bright side, if Ken Ham is trolling NDGT, he has less time to troll DU. Warren DeMontague May 2014 #62
Actually Noah's flood supports Climate Change ;-) kmlisle May 2014 #68
I am the spirit of Noah speaking though Vattel. The truth is: Vattel May 2014 #82
Almost every flood story smallcat88 May 2014 #69
"Outsmart Neil deGrasse Tyson"? BobTheSubgenius May 2014 #70
Yeah Ken Ham would get annihilated if he tried to debate Prof. Tyson. Initech May 2014 #88
It was probably an impact event Strelnikov_ May 2014 #83
FFS ismnotwasm May 2014 #84
The answer lies in Bill Cosby's question... freebrew May 2014 #89
George Bernard Shaw said it best egold2604 Jun 2014 #91
Creationists are living proof that some of the monkeys came out of the trees.... lastlib Jun 2014 #92
LMAO VA_Jill Jun 2014 #93
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