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RE: Hello
December 13, 2014 at 8:26 pm
(December 13, 2014 at 12:14 pm)Spooky Wrote: I am very well read on most major religions,
Be aware that if you are an atheist, you'll be constantly reminded that you "obviously haven't read [holy book]" by whichever theist you just pantsed in any given discussion. Because as you no doubt are aware, [holy book] is written in such a clear and unambiguous manner that it can't possibly be misunderstood or misinterpreted unless the [personification of evil] has pulled the wool over your poor godless eyes.
Welcome the forums.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
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RE: Hello
December 13, 2014 at 8:40 pm
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(December 13, 2014 at 8:26 pm)Tonus Wrote: (December 13, 2014 at 12:14 pm)Spooky Wrote: I am very well read on most major religions,
Be aware that if you are an atheist, you'll be constantly reminded that you "obviously haven't read [holy book]" by whichever theist you just pantsed in any given discussion. Because as you no doubt are aware, [holy book] is written in such a clear and unambiguous manner that it can't possibly be misunderstood or misinterpreted unless the [personification of evil] has pulled the wool over your poor godless eyes.
Welcome the forums.
I am ready. Pick a religion, I probably have the text:
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Edit:
My wife seems to think we need to have a Christmas tree. The cats see it basically as a giant cat toy. So as you can see, it more or less remains not decorated. Her views are the same as mine, albeit much more festive.
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RE: Hello
December 13, 2014 at 11:29 pm
And thank you for the Savage video. I enjoyed that.
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RE: Hello
December 14, 2014 at 12:05 am
(December 13, 2014 at 11:29 pm)Jenny A Wrote: And thank you for the Savage video. I enjoyed that.
No problem. He's kind of great. Perhaps we get wristbands: WWASD- What would Adam Savage do?
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RE: Hello
December 14, 2014 at 2:59 pm
(This post was last modified: December 14, 2014 at 3:00 pm by The Valkyrie.)
Welcome to the madhouse.
Still better than the religious madhouse.
(December 13, 2014 at 1:22 pm)Losty Wrote: Hey nice to meet you 
Enjoy some spooky welcome cookies
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RE: Hello
December 14, 2014 at 3:04 pm
Before or after?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Hello
December 14, 2014 at 3:06 pm
(December 14, 2014 at 3:04 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Before or after?
I refuse to say on the grounds this site might be monitored by malpractice attorneys . . .
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