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RE: Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?
May 26, 2017 at 6:31 am
(May 25, 2017 at 11:37 pm)Jesster Wrote: I have a follow-up question. Why do people seek out atheist forums to criticize atheists of being too critical so often?
Because the internet is safe. God only knows what we'd do to them IRL. Our heatheness may just fly off and stick to them. Too scary.
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RE: Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?
May 26, 2017 at 7:37 am
(May 25, 2017 at 3:04 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: (May 25, 2017 at 3:03 pm)Whateverist Wrote: It can sound paranoid to claim staff is fucking with your posts and they don't do that here except to fix obvious messes. No need to be a nervous nelly over something like that. Sometimes people just accidentally hit reply before making their post. Then they just edit for the fix. No big deal.
we ridicule the really lame ones in the private admin area out back, not out here
Ooooh...I'll have to visit there!
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RE: Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?
May 26, 2017 at 7:55 am
You won't get past the minefield.
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: Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?
May 26, 2017 at 8:05 am
(May 26, 2017 at 7:55 am)Cyberman Wrote: You won't get past the minefield.
Mein minefeld ist verschlicht!
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RE: Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?
May 26, 2017 at 8:57 am
With his claymore.
/obscure_Morecambe_and_Wise_reference
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: Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?
May 26, 2017 at 8:58 am
(May 24, 2017 at 1:49 pm)Valyza1 Wrote: (May 24, 2017 at 1:38 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: 2 Nephi 5:
21 And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.
22 And thus saith the Lord God: I will cause that they shall be loathsome unto thy people, save they shall repent of their iniquities.
23 And cursed shall be the seed of him that mixeth with their seed; for they shall be cursed even with the same cursing. And the Lord spake it, and it was done.
24 And because of their cursing which was upon them they did become an idle people, full of mischief and subtlety, and did seek in the wilderness for beasts of prey.
25 And the Lord God said unto me: They shall be a scourge unto thy seed, to stir them up in remembrance of me; and inasmuch as they will not remember me, and hearken unto my words, they shall scourge them even unto destruction.
So, who wants to give this sort of thing a pass? Why wouldn't anyone want to criticize these religious beliefs ??
That isn't even an example of beliefs, it's a passage from scripture, from which a multitude of interpretations and beliefs can arise.
That's not even a passage from scripture, it appears to be the Book of Mormon.
That being said, how can melanin be a curse? It serves a specific purpose.
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RE: Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?
May 26, 2017 at 9:07 am
(May 26, 2017 at 8:58 am)Huggy74 Wrote: (May 24, 2017 at 1:49 pm)Valyza1 Wrote: That isn't even an example of beliefs, it's a passage from scripture, from which a multitude of interpretations and beliefs can arise.
That's not even a passage from scripture, it appears to be the Book of Mormon.
That being said, how can melanin be a curse? It serves a specific purpose.
Questioning the word of god?
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RE: Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?
May 26, 2017 at 9:08 am
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Tell that to the mor-men Hugs.
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RE: Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?
May 26, 2017 at 9:17 am
(May 26, 2017 at 9:07 am)Harry Nevis Wrote: (May 26, 2017 at 8:58 am)Huggy74 Wrote: That's not even a passage from scripture, it appears to be the Book of Mormon.
That being said, how can melanin be a curse? It serves a specific purpose.
Questioning the word of god?
Did not Paul state that "if angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to and different from that which we preached to you, let him be accursed."
Is that not exactly what John Smith claims happened?
Now who's cursed?
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Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?
May 26, 2017 at 9:48 am
(May 26, 2017 at 8:58 am)Huggy74 Wrote: That's not even a passage from scripture, it appears to be the Book of Mormon.
You're confusing scripture with Scripture. I used a lower case "s".
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