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Are Atheists a little too defensive?

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Are Atheists a little too defensive?
thesummerqueen Offline
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RE: Are Atheists a little too defensive?
December 6, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Of course we are. We have to defend our privileges, right?!

Sorry. I had to.
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RE: Are Atheists a little too defensive?
December 11, 2010 at 7:43 am
(December 5, 2010 at 7:20 pm)Skipper Wrote: NO WE ARE NOT DEFENSIVE! STOP ASKING STUPID QUESTIONS! BECAUSE IM RIGHT!!!

You stole my joke, you bastard! Wink
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RE: Are Atheists a little too defensive?
December 11, 2010 at 7:51 am
There are many religious websites both christian and muslim that demand that atheists be put to death.

I posted a link to one a while back.

With that sort of attitude why are you surprised that we are a "bit" defensive?
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RE: Are Atheists a little too defensive?
December 14, 2010 at 1:02 am
Atheists are defensive when their views or not liked by others.
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RE: Are Atheists a little too defensive?
December 14, 2010 at 2:23 am
I have a Christian friend who is CRAZY offensive with his views. He attacks anyone who sees things differently than he does.

I am an Atheist and I never attack peoples views. If someone tries to attack my views, which my friend tries to do quite often, I am more than glad to attempt to defend myself. Lol. Big Grin
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RE: Are Atheists a little too defensive?
December 14, 2010 at 12:25 pm
I only "attack" the views of others in debate, or if they happen to say something so utterly moronic it merits immediate correction. I also have an inclination for correction in general. Mostly self-correction as I've learned to let the subtle mistakes of others slide. I can be hard to follow because of the self-correction impulse though. I'll be in the middle of a long-winded tangent, realize a mistake I made relating to it's beginning, jump back to that mistake and correct it, then jump back again to where I'd interrupted myself.

Oh how I'd tear myself a new one if I were religious... Tongue
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RE: Are Atheists a little too defensive?
January 8, 2011 at 4:15 am
Atheists aren't all to defensive. we are our own individual selves (like in any religion). although it may seem like we are mainly because of all of the harassment atheist get online and occasionally in real life. anyone with any pride would defend their beliefs if they were being harassed because of them.
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RE: Are Atheists a little too defensive?
January 8, 2011 at 9:08 am (This post was last modified: January 8, 2011 at 9:10 am by Edwardo Piet.)
Defensiveness is irrelevant to atheism. Atheism is disbelieving in gods.

Some atheists are defensive. Some theists are defensive.
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RE: Are Atheists a little too defensive?
January 29, 2011 at 2:10 am
(December 5, 2010 at 3:05 pm)Lethe Wrote:
(December 5, 2010 at 1:28 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: I had no idea there was a possibility of being a 'poseur' Atheist.

S.E. Cupp.



An atheist with a book entitled Losing Our Religion. Oh Fox... Hilarious

How cute. It's a Sarah Palin wannabe. She's probably a bible thumper claiming to be an atheist so that the Christians reading her book will have an excuse to say "i'm not a narrow minded twat, I read a book by an atheist! "
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RE: Are Atheists a little too defensive?
January 29, 2011 at 7:17 am
(January 29, 2011 at 2:10 am)The Skeptic Wrote:
(December 5, 2010 at 3:05 pm)Lethe Wrote:
(December 5, 2010 at 1:28 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: I had no idea there was a possibility of being a 'poseur' Atheist.


How cute. It's a Sarah Palin wannabe. She's probably a bible thumper claiming to be an atheist so that the Christians reading her book will have an excuse to say "i'm not a narrow minded twat, I read a book by an atheist! "

If she's an atheist them I'm the pope.

Nice tits Clap more of a C cup than a S E cup tho......Big Grin
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