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RE: I feel a bit relieved.
June 14, 2016 at 2:33 pm
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(June 14, 2016 at 6:27 am)Little Rik Wrote: After having noticed that God is blamed for almost everything in this forum I am quite
relieved to see that God is not blamed for the recent Orlando massacre. 
Thanks to all and please keep the good work. 
It is a small beginning but small things lead to great things. 
Why the hell would we blame a nonexistent being on anything?
If you haven't noticed, we don't believe any gods exist. You are on an atheist forum, by the way.
Things that don't exist cannot cause other things to occur.
Just when I think you can't get any more moronic, you top yourself. Congratulations.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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RE: I feel a bit relieved.
June 14, 2016 at 2:43 pm
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Blaming god is more humoring the delusions of the afflicted than a statement of a privately held position. Atheists don't actually think that god does anything, but some of us know enough to realize that god-speak is the most effective route into a thick skull.
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RE: I feel a bit relieved.
June 14, 2016 at 3:30 pm
(June 14, 2016 at 2:43 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Blaming god is more humoring the delusions of the afflicted than a statement of a privately held position. Atheists don't actually think that god does anything, but some of us know enough to realize that god-speak is the most effective route into a thick skull.
Very true.
This is why I reluctantly bring up attrocities caused by, or ordered by, the various god characters in religious texts. It causes way too many theists to think we actually believe in the gods, but do not like their actions depicted in the religious texts.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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RE: I feel a bit relieved.
June 14, 2016 at 3:43 pm
Actually very few atheists will blame a creature they don't believe in for atrocities.
Instead, they'll blame the followers of the religion and the ignorant primitives who wrote the "holy" book.
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RE: I feel a bit relieved.
June 14, 2016 at 3:44 pm
They're going to think weird shit regardless. It can slide, lol.
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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RE: I feel a bit relieved.
June 14, 2016 at 3:52 pm
(June 14, 2016 at 12:59 pm)Rhythm Wrote: We haven't made any such decision..and an ar15 is not an automatic weapon. It's a modular semi-automatic sporting rifle painted bad ass black and set in a receiver housing that satisfies boyhood fantasies.
I'm sure the dead will find that distinction comforting.
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RE: I feel a bit relieved.
June 14, 2016 at 4:00 pm
Pat Roberston has it all figured out because God told him.
"Pat Robertson: Gays & Islamists Are Allies So 'Let Them Kill Themselves'"
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/pa...themselves
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RE: I feel a bit relieved.
June 14, 2016 at 4:09 pm
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(June 14, 2016 at 3:52 pm)Minimalist Wrote: (June 14, 2016 at 12:59 pm)Rhythm Wrote: We haven't made any such decision..and an ar15 is not an automatic weapon. It's a modular semi-automatic sporting rifle painted bad ass black and set in a receiver housing that satisfies boyhood fantasies.
I'm sure the dead will find that distinction comforting.
I doubt they'll find much of anything....but the survivors might like to see the type of firearm used to kill their family be the type of firearm that is banned, unlike our last gun ban fiasco. We have the last gun ban to thank for the ar15 in every possible sense. It drove the innovation, it drove the style, it drove the mindset.......without it there would be no ar15's to strangle the rifle market.
Might want to get it right next time.
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RE: I feel a bit relieved.
June 14, 2016 at 4:11 pm
(June 14, 2016 at 4:00 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Pat Roberston has it all figured out because God told him.
"Pat Robertson: Gays & Islamists Are Allies So 'Let Them Kill Themselves'"
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/pa...themselves
I know it's an American thing to do (  ) but not all allies kill each other.
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RE: I feel a bit relieved.
June 14, 2016 at 4:50 pm
(June 14, 2016 at 4:09 pm)Rhythm Wrote: (June 14, 2016 at 3:52 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I'm sure the dead will find that distinction comforting.
I doubt they'll find much of anything....but the survivors might like to see the type of firearm used to kill their family be the type of firearm that is banned, unlike our last gun ban fiasco. We have the last gun ban to thank for the ar15 in every possible sense. It drove the innovation, it drove the style, it drove the mindset.......without it there would be no ar15's to strangle the rifle market.
Might want to get it right next time. Gun control is so Jim Crow.
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