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In reply to the discussion: A song for today, March 20 [View all]

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
14. Simply realistic.
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 11:42 AM
Mar 2017

Intolerance is widespread among humans. Believers, non-believers, all exhibit intolerance.

A song for today, March 20 [View all] guillaumeb Mar 2017 OP
In the time of Trump, so to speak, guillaumeb Mar 2017 #1
What happens if god responds and says to kill someone? What will you do then? AtheistCrusader Mar 2017 #2
Embrace the song of peace. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #3
So, cherry pick then based on YOUR current personal morals? AtheistCrusader Mar 2017 #4
Embrace the essential message. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #5
Who decides what the "essential message" is? trotsky Mar 2017 #6
It might be a problem for some. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #7
I don't need to "believe" in diversity of belief. trotsky Mar 2017 #8
Diversity only exists when it is allowed. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #9
How gracious of you. AtheistCrusader Mar 2017 #13
Simply realistic. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #14
Some more than others. AtheistCrusader Mar 2017 #18
I'm not going to tolerate bigotry. trotsky Mar 2017 #20
Does that belief require you to shit on others for who they love, what they do AtheistCrusader Mar 2017 #12
A philosophical concept older than christianity and in no way dependent upon any of the baggage that AtheistCrusader Mar 2017 #10
Religion seems to be a part of humanity, and seems to have existed very early. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #11
Humans seem predisposed to it. AtheistCrusader Mar 2017 #15
I agree that it might be one survival mechanism. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #17
Problem is, it doesn't. AtheistCrusader Mar 2017 #23
Scholars Are Reassessing Saint Francis of Assisi trotsky Mar 2017 #16
Kind of like Mother Teresa Heddi Mar 2017 #19
Right. trotsky Mar 2017 #21
Remember, only positive stories of Religion are apparently allowed Heddi Mar 2017 #22
But but but.... she glowed in a photograph! AtheistCrusader Mar 2017 #25
I believe Wolf is being short-sighted. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #24
So ad hominem, eh? trotsky Mar 2017 #26
You do realize that it was a question, and not a statement? guillaumeb Mar 2017 #27
No, and I'm sorry that you don't understand what ad hominem means. trotsky Mar 2017 #28
Well, one of us does not. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #29
It's an opinion piece. trotsky Mar 2017 #30
I am flattered again. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #31
OK trotsky Mar 2017 #32
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