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RE: Stupid things religious people say
September 6, 2022 at 9:40 pm
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Put the atheists on a boat in the middle of storm in the middle of the pacific ocean and youll hear them calling upon God
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
September 7, 2022 at 1:48 am
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
September 7, 2022 at 8:12 am
(September 6, 2022 at 9:40 pm)Tomato Wrote: Posted on FB:
Put the atheists on a boat in the middle of storm in the middle of the pacific ocean and youll hear them calling upon God
Strange, because statistics show that putting people in danger of life like that is more liekly to lead to deconversion than anything else. It's not for nothing that I point out that WW1 was the beginning of atheism as a mass movement in Europe.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
September 7, 2022 at 9:04 am
(September 6, 2022 at 9:40 pm)Tomato Wrote: Posted on FB:
Put the atheists on a boat in the middle of storm in the middle of the pacific ocean and youll hear them calling upon God
They should see this
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
September 7, 2022 at 9:13 am
(September 7, 2022 at 9:04 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: (September 6, 2022 at 9:40 pm)Tomato Wrote: Posted on FB:
Put the atheists on a boat in the middle of storm in the middle of the pacific ocean and youll hear them calling upon God
They should see this
I got myself in a similar situation many years ago when I was fit and stupid, ended up hanging by one ice axe over a 300 foot drop, not wearing a rope (did I say I was stupid?) Eventually someone managed to get to me with a rope, but asking gods for help... never crossed my mind, not once
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
September 7, 2022 at 9:18 am
I've had multiple heart surgeries, a prayer never passed my lips.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
September 8, 2022 at 8:13 am
(September 7, 2022 at 9:18 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: I've had multiple heart surgeries, a prayer never passed my lips.
It was the same with me when I underwent a radical prostatectomy and follow-up radiation treatments.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
September 8, 2022 at 10:14 pm
(September 7, 2022 at 9:18 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: I've had multiple heart surgeries, a prayer never passed my lips.
After two massive pulmonary embolisms, same.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
September 8, 2022 at 11:46 pm
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If I ever saw a man next to me praying to a god to save him I'd box him over the ears until he came back to his senses and picked up his weapon...but here's the thing..I never did. Never once did I see a christian soldier praying to god when he should be working for uncle sam. I guess it must happen somewhere sometimes...but, ideally, that shit gets handled before or after action.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
September 8, 2022 at 11:49 pm
(September 8, 2022 at 11:46 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: If I ever saw a man next to me praying to a god to save him I'd box him over the ears until he came back to his senses and picked up his weapon...but here's the thing..I never did. Never once did I see a christian soldier praying to god when he should be working for uncle sam. I guess it must happen somewhere sometimes...but, ideally, that shit gets handled before or after action.
We are ever thinking, though, aren't we? It's quite possible to pray while physically moving, or to be praying in a manner that no one can perceive.
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