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RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America
August 10, 2014 at 1:40 pm
Am I still a liar polaris?
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RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America
August 10, 2014 at 11:19 pm
Somebody cue the Greek chorus. This play should be over.
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RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America
August 10, 2014 at 11:27 pm
(August 9, 2014 at 10:40 pm)Polaris Wrote: (August 9, 2014 at 9:49 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: One day in an airport doesn't qualify you much, kid. I spent several different days in Heathrow ... would you value my opinion of Limeys?
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I lived 5 years south of the Mason-Dixon Line as I have previously stated [...]
Where, doing what, and when?
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RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America
August 11, 2014 at 10:00 am
(August 10, 2014 at 11:19 pm)whateverist Wrote: Somebody cue the Greek chorus. This play should be over.
I don't want this to be over until he apolgises to me.
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
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RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America
August 11, 2014 at 11:30 am
Well, it looks like you'll have to be willing to accept disappointment on that count.
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RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America
August 11, 2014 at 11:33 am
(This post was last modified: August 11, 2014 at 11:49 am by Mister Agenda.)
(August 9, 2014 at 1:13 am)Polaris Wrote: Bad Wolf. Stop living in fantasy land and join the real world for once. I guess you're no different than the Christian mentioned by a friend on another thread who was unwilling to acknowledge the atrocities of Catholicism. I should create a Facebook comedy page just with your comments alone; you would be quite popular in no time.
You make it so painfully clear that you're an American....by your intelligence and cultural biases, I might even go so far as to say you're from the Deep South. If you're not American, all I can say is I have never met any non-American act quite so trashy American as you. You even are more of a culture-less scumbag than the Americans I have met and that's saying quite a lot considering I actually spent some time in the South.
Human sexuality is much more fluid than you Yanks pretend it to be....in many societies throughout history, it has been perfectly acceptable for individuals to be married to the opposite sex yet have familiar relations with the same sex out of wedlock.
You stated you would insult all Moslems by insulting their customs and that would not make you an Islamophobe....that's like saying, "I don't hate African Americans or Mexicans but will insult them for their music, the names they are given, the way they talk, the way they dress, etc."
They can be cajoled into doing the evil bidding because they are drones just like you.
Did you just say you are a free thinker? LMFAO.....that's really rich. If you actually thought about what you were doing, you would open a fucking book and learn something.
Look back at your comments to see just what a warhawk Yank acts like.
They never listen to me.
(August 9, 2014 at 1:11 pm)Baqal Wrote: @Bad Wolf
-It enables the user to pick out certain sentances,
I can do that with my quoting type too.
-or indeed whole paragraphs of a text
I can do that with my quoting type too.
-and accurately reply with their points.
And I can do that with my quoting type as well. So what's the problem?
Yeah, I see a post of yours with italics, I just don't read it. I hope that works great for you.
(August 9, 2014 at 6:14 pm)Polaris Wrote: Your own posts betrayed your lie, posts that I quoted of which you decided to forget you made.
I'm not usually considered thick. I'm pretty sure no one here but you has any idea of what the lie Bad Wolf is supposed to have told actually is.
(August 10, 2014 at 1:22 pm)Polaris Wrote: No, I'm being a humanist. I am not about to insult a Moslem for being a Moslem and don't even agree with their teachings, but I respect their freedom to live as they do.
It's not particularly humanistic to accuse someone of lying without specifying what the lie was so other people can judge if your accusation is valid.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
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RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America
August 11, 2014 at 11:58 am
Polaris, I'm starting to believe that you are psychologically unstable. Your paranoia about everyone and everything makes issues when there aren't any based on your level of paranoia at any given day, and then you.. Drag that shit out until people lose interest. It's ridiculous. Are you adding to discussion here? I say, no. So what is it exactly that you are doing here?
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Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
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RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America
August 11, 2014 at 12:21 pm
(August 11, 2014 at 10:00 am)Bad Wolf Wrote: (August 10, 2014 at 11:19 pm)whateverist Wrote: Somebody cue the Greek chorus. This play should be over.
I don't want this to be over until he apolgises to me.
You may have to agree to disagree. Or you could agree to agree that the other person is just an asshole.
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RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America
August 11, 2014 at 12:52 pm
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Very well gentlemen, lets get this straight: If this thread continues to be a flamefest, it will be closed and after analisys, those that kept fueling said phenomena, will be punished. My advice is if you detest someone to some point of having not a discussion, but a kindergarden break room fight, use our handy ignore function, its free to use. This is a general speedbump
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RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America
August 11, 2014 at 1:02 pm
We all know who is doing the flaming, we all know who is the problem, we all know who isn't discussing anything.
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
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