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Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
23. Wtf?
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 10:05 PM
Feb 2012

That statement has a seriously insulting implication regarding all of us who live our lives without irrational beliefs. Who are the insane delusional people?

Samuel Clemens 1ProudAtheist Feb 2012 #1
Ol' Sam said many wise things hifiguy Feb 2012 #48
What basis do you offer for humans who once lived in nature without laws, to create a society that jody Feb 2012 #2
Well, it's a good thing to not go around killing people... WCGreen Feb 2012 #4
"it's a good thing" is an unsupported assertion. Please support it. nt jody Feb 2012 #7
Well Jody, it goes like this... WCGreen Feb 2012 #11
Interesting commentary, now please support your assertion. jody Feb 2012 #12
Oh, B.S. Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #17
I'll record your post as unable to prove the cited assertion. Have a great evening. nt jody Feb 2012 #20
Lol. Where is your proof? Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #27
No critical thinking in your post. Only hatred and condemnation. RegieRocker Feb 2012 #40
I didn't seen any hatred or condemnation, just deserved ridicule snooper2 Feb 2012 #78
While replying to you pintobean Feb 2012 #80
Oh you're the entertainment and we laugh at you folk incessantly. RegieRocker Feb 2012 #81
Sweet, laughing is greatness...Helps turn tools into fools LOL snooper2 Feb 2012 #82
Folk was in reference to you roflmao RegieRocker Feb 2012 #84
Don't break your back...Of course Folk was a reference to me.. snooper2 Feb 2012 #85
Is Bedford a common area? RegieRocker Feb 2012 #86
I usually don't get involved in religious discussions of this kind... Capitalocracy Feb 2012 #44
Atta girl, my dear Arugula Latte! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2012 #22
Thanks, Peg! Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #26
No the get out of jail card is total B.S. RegieRocker Feb 2012 #35
+1 progressoid Feb 2012 #52
"A belief in a preternatural entity" doesn't get you any further muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #25
... SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #53
Why must people without faith believe that they can or should do what they want without consequences LiberalFighter Feb 2012 #30
What about those who don't believe in a higher power and believe take what you can RegieRocker Feb 2012 #36
That's what we have laws for muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #50
The fiction is you believing that mans laws remain constant. The moral teachings of the bible do RegieRocker Feb 2012 #58
Your arguments contradict themselves muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #61
As I stated you missed the point enitrely RegieRocker Feb 2012 #62
But you don't end up with the same morals muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #64
Yes and what about this RegieRocker Feb 2012 #66
That was a war fought between countries that all had near total religious belief muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #67
However, "For country (tribe) is mans morals" is an unsupported statement. You got to be kidding RegieRocker Feb 2012 #69
You quoted a WWI poem muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #70
WWII was not a religious war for the Germans. RegieRocker Feb 2012 #76
Double post RegieRocker Feb 2012 #63
You already got one response to this LiberalFighter Feb 2012 #51
My point was that with or without faith there will always be bad apples and you should have known RegieRocker Feb 2012 #57
What about those that DO believe in a higher power and still take what they can? progressoid Feb 2012 #54
The morality of man has caused more death than any belief in GOD. RegieRocker Feb 2012 #60
Her response is hilarious. RegieRocker Feb 2012 #42
How about you support your first paragraph Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #74
LOL, without Gawd there would be anarchy in the streets snooper2 Feb 2012 #77
How long did humans live without any form of laws? LiberalFighter Feb 2012 #29
A hell of a lot longer than the witch trials lasted snooper2 Feb 2012 #79
HA ha!!!! Tsiyu Feb 2012 #68
faith is not about finding a moral compass. it's about rationalizing a moral compass. unblock Feb 2012 #3
Faith is important. We probably go insane w/o it. You have faith that the engineers rhett o rick Feb 2012 #5
But then again we live in a pluralistic society where there are all sorts of ways WCGreen Feb 2012 #9
Lots of sane people don't have "faith." That is a ridiculous statement. Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #19
I did a terrible job of making my point. Let me try again. rhett o rick Feb 2012 #32
Nor does it make a better person that has no answers to question "who created everything?" RegieRocker Feb 2012 #37
Wtf? Warren Stupidity Feb 2012 #23
If that came across as insulting, I am sorry. It is only because of my inability to express myself rhett o rick Feb 2012 #31
No irrational beliefs? Mr. perfect has spoken! RegieRocker Feb 2012 #38
No I am not perfect, I just don't have to worship a sky-being to keep from going bonkers. Warren Stupidity Feb 2012 #45
Friends find Faith to be quaker bill Feb 2012 #6
I have a friend who is a Quaker... WCGreen Feb 2012 #10
All are always welcome quaker bill Feb 2012 #16
good post. thats like the prerequisite for making pluralism work. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #8
That's what got me going.... WCGreen Feb 2012 #13
When they decide for other people, who may not agree with how those folks think... CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2012 #15
Roflmao RegieRocker Feb 2012 #41
no, I put my multinational family before America. provis99 Feb 2012 #14
My views are kind of like your's. Lunacee2012 Feb 2012 #28
Safe to assume you are completely on board Kellerfeller Feb 2012 #47
You know, I am not sure a person of a deep, abiding and true faith actually CAN lead a nation. renie408 Feb 2012 #18
"Man is the only animal to have discovered the One True God.....several of them." Mark Twain Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #21
Hmm another one. Poor Mark Twain. Didn't know he knew what went on RegieRocker Feb 2012 #59
Religion should come above country cthulu2016 Feb 2012 #24
kindly read some neitzche DonCoquixote Feb 2012 #33
Believe you me I am not a big fan of religion.... WCGreen Feb 2012 #55
I don't get it. JFN1 Feb 2012 #34
However, if a person is lacking empathy Kellerfeller Feb 2012 #49
You mean like people who kill abortion doctors, like Dr. Slepian and Dr. Tiller? Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2012 #73
Jesus makes a pretty good moral compass Mopar151 Feb 2012 #39
Jesus, really????? Are you kidding???? Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2012 #71
I said pretty good - I did'nt say perfect. Mopar151 Feb 2012 #75
Jesus is NOT pretty good as a moral compass. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2012 #83
From where are your citations coming? What if 5:18-25? nt nanabugg Feb 2012 #87
Gautama the Buddha is a much better moral compass. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2012 #72
I just fish off mine. mmonk Feb 2012 #43
^ lol ^ Warren Stupidity Feb 2012 #46
glad you got a chuckle... WCGreen Feb 2012 #56
Sorry, it was just sitting there saying take me. mmonk Feb 2012 #65
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