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Is belief really a choice?

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Is belief really a choice?
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#141
RE: Is belief really a choice?
April 7, 2013 at 1:28 pm
(April 7, 2013 at 1:25 pm)whateverist Wrote:
(April 6, 2013 at 1:15 am)Tex Wrote: I do understand that no one will agree with me. It's ok.

Thank you for your graceful acceptance of my differing opinion. It must be more of God's grace.

Or more than God's grace.
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RE: Is belief really a choice?
April 7, 2013 at 5:50 pm
whateverist Wrote:What?! Your parents, Sunday school teacher and minister get no credit at all for faithfully serving your cult's kool aid ever since you were born? I really think you aren't giving them enough credit.

whateverist Wrote:Bullshit. You just get up there in heaven and enjoy the wailing of the damned down in hell. Looks like you'll have no trouble enjoying yours even if you know some of your friends and family will be having eternal torment. What a sick, twisted fantasy life you have.

whateverist Wrote:Thank you for your graceful acceptance of my differing opinion. It must be more of God's grace.

NOOOOOOO!!!!! WHY ARE YOU SO MUCH SMARTER THAN ME!!!!!!! I AM SO DUMB COMPARED TO YOU!!!!!! I ARGUE BAD AND I SHOULD FEEL BAD!!!!!! AND I DO FEEL BAD!!!!!!! WHY AM I NEVER ABLE TO GET YOU TO DRINK MY CULT'S KOOL-AID!!!!!!!! I WANT TO HAVE EVERYONE IN MY CULT!!!!!! I WAS THEN GOING TO KILL THOSE PEOPLE I DON'T LIKE!!!!!! NOOOOOOO!!!!!!
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
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#143
RE: Is belief really a choice?
April 7, 2013 at 6:54 pm
(April 7, 2013 at 5:50 pm)Tex Wrote:
whateverist Wrote:What?! Your parents, Sunday school teacher and minister get no credit at all for faithfully serving your cult's kool aid ever since you were born? I really think you aren't giving them enough credit.

whateverist Wrote:Bullshit. You just get up there in heaven and enjoy the wailing of the damned down in hell. Looks like you'll have no trouble enjoying yours even if you know some of your friends and family will be having eternal torment. What a sick, twisted fantasy life you have.

whateverist Wrote:Thank you for your graceful acceptance of my differing opinion. It must be more of God's grace.

NOOOOOOO!!!!! WHY ARE YOU SO MUCH SMARTER THAN ME!!!!!!! I AM SO DUMB COMPARED TO YOU!!!!!! I ARGUE BAD AND I SHOULD FEEL BAD!!!!!! AND I DO FEEL BAD!!!!!!! WHY AM I NEVER ABLE TO GET YOU TO DRINK MY CULT'S KOOL-AID!!!!!!!! I WANT TO HAVE EVERYONE IN MY CULT!!!!!! I WAS THEN GOING TO KILL THOSE PEOPLE I DON'T LIKE!!!!!! NOOOOOOO!!!!!!

What's your mailing address? I'll ship you a new Caps Lock key.
(March 30, 2013 at 9:51 pm)ThatMuslimGuy2 Wrote: Never read anything immoral in the Qur'an.
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#144
RE: Is belief really a choice?
April 7, 2013 at 7:18 pm
I caps when my plot for world domination gets foiled by whateverist.
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#145
RE: Is belief really a choice?
April 7, 2013 at 7:23 pm
He is one of the millions of reasons why I am no longer Christian
"I trust my own reason and my own capacities to think and educate myself and to reach greater levels of knowlege and status through learning and work. To me, wishing for a god is like wishing to be a slave, it is like declaring that one is too incompetent to handle one's own affairs." - the germans are coming
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#146
RE: Is belief really a choice?
April 7, 2013 at 7:31 pm
(April 7, 2013 at 7:23 pm)TromboneAtheist Wrote: He is one of the millions of reasons why I am no longer Christian

YOU DON'T LIKE CAPS? CAPITALIZATION MAKES THE LITTLE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD SCREAM? MAYBE YOU JUST HATE THE VOICE AND NOT THE TEACHINGS. MAYBE YOU HATE IMMATURITY. OR MAYBE YOU ACTUALLY HATE LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR AND STUFF.
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RE: Is belief really a choice?
April 7, 2013 at 7:44 pm
Depends on the neighbor.....
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#148
RE: Is belief really a choice?
April 8, 2013 at 2:14 am
All those caps really hurt the ears of my eyes. OUCH! Oh sorry, I meant ouch.
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#149
RE: Is belief really a choice?
April 8, 2013 at 2:19 am
It appears someone is suffering a breakdown.
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#150
RE: Is belief really a choice?
April 8, 2013 at 5:31 am (This post was last modified: April 8, 2013 at 5:32 am by KichigaiNeko.)
So it would seem Maelstrom... Thinking
You know you've won the argument/ battle/ war when your opponent resorts to CAPSLOCK.
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