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    Thread: Response to Local Readers' Forum Comments
Post: RE: Response to Local Readers' Forum Comments

After some time, this fellow with whom I had been debating took the time to post a lengthy reply. Although I definitely take issue with most of his statements, I believe I will allow him to have the l...
EscapingDelusion Atheism 15 5779 August 31, 2012 at 12:33 pm
    Thread: [split] Neil Armstrong Dead
Post: RE: [split] Neil Armstrong Dead

These are the words that Christians believe Jesus said: "'Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.'" (Luke 12:15) "'Bu...
EscapingDelusion Off Topic 45 17868 August 30, 2012 at 2:55 pm
    Thread: My hypothesis about why people don't believe in God.
Post: RE: My hypothesis about why people don't believe i...

MysticKnight: (August 25, 2012 at 4:53 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: I can only guess as to why people don't believe in God so bear with me, I'm not stating the following as facts, but rather my hypothesis...
EscapingDelusion Atheism 35 13634 August 30, 2012 at 1:00 pm
    Thread: Chiches you want to bitch slap.
Post: RE: Chiches you want to bitch slap.

One of my most hated clichés is one commonly given to children by their parents when the children are asking to do something: "If your friends jumped off a cliff, would you jump too?" My favorite resp...
EscapingDelusion Off Topic 115 36214 August 30, 2012 at 9:37 am
    Thread: Chiches you want to bitch slap.
Post: RE: Chiches you want to bitch slap.

...Gambit: Points for: Blinkers (1/2 point) Buggy Chipped ham (1/2 point) Clicker Flip flops How's come Kielbasa (typically pronounced kobasi) Redd up Spicket Sweeper The burgh Tin foil Warsh Whenever...
EscapingDelusion Off Topic 115 36214 August 28, 2012 at 5:48 pm
    Thread: Why must Christian apologists tell lies?
Post: RE: Why must Christian apologists tell lies?

(August 28, 2012 at 9:45 am)greneknight Wrote: (August 28, 2012 at 9:16 am)Rhythm Wrote: You seem to feel that pointing out abject ignorance in parts of the narrative is not relevant, that the "ta...
EscapingDelusion Christianity 72 29633 August 28, 2012 at 3:19 pm
    Thread: Chiches you want to bitch slap.
Post: RE: Chiches you want to bitch slap.

Here's some Western-Pennsylvanian (most with origins elsewhere, but common here at least) for you. Can anyone guess the translations? I will grant that some are common elsewhere in the US, and many ha...
EscapingDelusion Off Topic 115 36214 August 28, 2012 at 3:10 pm
    Thread: Atheism vs. Agnosticism
Post: RE: Atheism vs. Agnosticism

(August 28, 2012 at 1:08 pm)pocaracas Wrote: When asked something like that you simply ask back: how do you know that there is a god? That's a silly question, pocraracas... Because the bible says so...
EscapingDelusion Atheism 9 5411 August 28, 2012 at 1:11 pm
    Thread: My views on gay mariage
Post: RE: My views on gay mariage

As Hitch once said, that the "No Child's Behind Left" policy...
EscapingDelusion Politics 157 42003 August 28, 2012 at 1:08 pm
    Thread: Atheism vs. Agnosticism
Post: RE: Atheism vs. Agnosticism

(August 27, 2012 at 9:18 pm)cato123 Wrote: Pad gives a very fine summary. As an example, I would be defined as a hard atheist in that I will gladly assert "there is no god"; however, I cannot honest...
EscapingDelusion Atheism 9 5411 August 28, 2012 at 12:53 pm
    Thread: Atheism vs. Agnosticism
Post: RE: Atheism vs. Agnosticism

(August 27, 2012 at 5:18 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Welcome to the club, Tintin. Thanks!!!
EscapingDelusion Atheism 9 5411 August 27, 2012 at 5:22 pm
    Thread: My views on gay mariage
Post: RE: My views on gay mariage

They most certainly should, as this is a basic human right. The simple fact that our secular government even considers not allowing same-sex couples to marry because of religious arguments blows my mi...
EscapingDelusion Politics 157 42003 August 27, 2012 at 5:22 pm
    Thread: Chiches you want to bitch slap.
Post: RE: Chiches you want to bitch slap.

My number 1 most hated is the incorrect use of the word "literally." I just heard someone say that someone they knew was "literally puking up their guts all night." That must have been quite the mess....
EscapingDelusion Off Topic 115 36214 August 27, 2012 at 5:06 pm
    Thread: Atheism vs. Agnosticism
Post: Atheism vs. Agnosticism

Just out of curiosity, how would you all define atheism versus agnosticism? I'm just curious as to how the majority of people define it, because I encounter so many definitions on a daily basis. I con...
EscapingDelusion Atheism 9 5411 August 27, 2012 at 4:59 pm
    Thread: Hi, I'm a Christian
Post: RE: Hi, I'm a Christian

(August 27, 2012 at 9:06 am)TaraJo Wrote: Hi, Greneknight. I'm another newbie here. I've found the place is pretty welcoming and friendly so far, so I'm hoping you will, too (and that it will cont...
EscapingDelusion Introductions 69 22091 August 27, 2012 at 4:42 pm
    Thread: Why must Christian apologists tell lies?
Post: RE: Why must Christian apologists tell lies?

I applaud your willingness to question this religion. Never lose that. Question everything. With that said, you are asking a very good question: If Christianity is true, why must Christian apologists ...
EscapingDelusion Christianity 72 29633 August 27, 2012 at 11:33 am
    Thread: Why must Christian apologists tell lies?
Post: RE: Why must Christian apologists tell lies?

(August 27, 2012 at 11:05 am)greneknight Wrote: (August 27, 2012 at 11:00 am)frankiej Wrote: Where have you seen that??? "I have seen a debate between Craig and Christopher Hitchens and I was quit...
EscapingDelusion Christianity 72 29633 August 27, 2012 at 11:27 am
    Thread: Response to Local Readers' Forum Comments
Post: RE: Response to Local Readers' Forum Comments

...I have been told I look like Tin tin, hence the avatar. :-) I guess being a redhead with a faux-hawk doesn't help... "Indeed,as did our erstwhile Prime Minster,Kevin Rudd, who often appeared in po...
EscapingDelusion Atheism 15 5779 August 27, 2012 at 10:50 am
    Thread: Response to Local Readers' Forum Comments
Post: Response to Local Readers' Forum Comments

A couple weeks ago, a lady wrote a letter in to our local newspaper's Readers' Forum saying that her "God" was not a god of wrath. A man replied with the following letter (found here): "This is in res...
EscapingDelusion Atheism 15 5779 August 25, 2012 at 9:04 pm