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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:26 AM Original message |
If a person tells me my religion is WRONG |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. What if an Atheist tells you that your religion (or belief system) is.. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. hmm. since when is being right being wrong? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Yep....you answered my questions "perfectly". |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Tx-dem, I didn't know you were an atheist. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I've noticed a lot of your posts TallahasseeGrannie.... |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. You are kind |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. thank you. I try. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 04:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Hold on a second |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 07:13 AM Response to Reply #41 |
55. I sit corrected. You make some great points. |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. Honestly, I think we need an XY axis |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
47. It's not dogma to point out that there is no evidence of gods. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Ahh, but there's the rub |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Right on Grannie |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
49. That's not entirely true. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. An atheist would probably not bring up religion in |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. As an atheist |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I think we're saying essentially the same thing. |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. The person in your example would be a Rabid Anti-theist.... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Excellent distinction and clearly put. Thanks! |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Bravo! Well said!! |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 02:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. I don't follow the logic. Why is expressing your opinion "rabid"? |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 11:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Because your logic depends on classifying an infinite spectrum |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 07:10 AM Response to Reply #46 |
54. But this vicious end is wagging the dog-ma. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. You are right |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:55 AM Response to Reply #34 |
50. Respectfully (and I mean it, as I like your posts), that's bullshit. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:07 AM Response to Reply #34 |
56. Flame bait n/t |
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Bike Punk (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. Tell them that GOD decides who is right or wrong |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That's my usual answer. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
57. Oh yeah, Atheists are really dumb and easy to confound |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
63. That's begging the question, since no one knows such a book exists. |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. I think all religion is wrong |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. And I respect you for your point of view. |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. I've been wrestling with this idea of being tolerant of religions. |
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kahleefornia (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I don't think its considered bad form if |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:57 AM Response to Reply #25 |
51. It's not intolerant to state facts. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. If there was any evidence of the existence of God |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I don't think they could, since faith is belief without evidence. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
6. Religious tolerance is a traditional American value. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
45. That was sarcasm, right? |
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FooFootheSnoo (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. I agree |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. There is a philosophy in Hinduism that says |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 04:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
42. What 'philosophy' or 'tradition' |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
8. I have great disdain for anyone who puts embryos over human beings |
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kahleefornia (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. what do you "have" DanCa? |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. young onset parkinsons stage two. The symptoms and degree do vary |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. I hope you find healing DanCa. It is interesting that control of your |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #36 |
59. Well said. DanCa, please be as well as possible. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 01:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
52. I sure hope we can get past this nonsense with regards to stem cells. |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. "Turn the other cheek" or "an eye for an eye"? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. The Bible... so many dichotomies to choose from, so little time... |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Belief System |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I always learned that |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. In another thread someone posted "the Birth of Christ changed Everything" |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
23. Do what all good religious populations do... |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
27. it pisses me off to have to be classified by any religion or lack thereof. |
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readmylips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
28. I'D PUNCH HIM RIGHT SMACK IN THE MOUTH.... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
30. if.... a person tells me my religion is wrong, i would still give them |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
31. This needs to be in the religion forum. n/t |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Except it encompasses a discussion touching on non-religious DU'ers |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
48. Happily, there is no requirement that you respect anyone's BELIEFS. |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
61. Good point. |
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Goldensilence (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
53. right and wrong are often in the eye of the beholder |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 10:56 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Very thoughtful comments Goldensilence |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
64. Nicely said. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #53 |
65. Yes, better to speak of what works and what doesn't work. |
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Goldensilence (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. sounds like.... |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Cheers! |
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