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Goblinmonger

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6. What if she hadn't included the 4th word and it was a positive statement about religion?

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 21, 2017, 11:21 AM

Mar 2017

Would you be calling it a need for attention then?

Probably not, if you're honest. Certainly the rest of the Christian world would oooh and aaah about it.

And it's a rhetorical technique. Not something to be taken literally.

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Her first 4 words? Interesting. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #1

Not as interesting as you'd think. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2017 #2

It is called something. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #3

Dismiss it however you like, doesn't change the reality of how much of america operates. AtheistCrusader Mar 2017 #4

How do you propose to change that reality? eom guillaumeb Mar 2017 #5

Let it continue on the road to obsolescence. AtheistCrusader Mar 2017 #8

It does not seem to be working with many. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #10

Gerrymandering is no small part of that. AtheistCrusader Mar 2017 #11

What if she hadn't included the 4th word and it was a positive statement about religion? Goblinmonger Mar 2017 #6

She is a celebrity by choice. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #7

Need for attention? AtheistCrusader Mar 2017 #9

Would you say the same of Trump? guillaumeb Mar 2017 #13

He's certainly selling something. AtheistCrusader Mar 2017 #15

She is an artist who wants to sell her art. Goblinmonger Mar 2017 #12

So she is talking merely to get attention? guillaumeb Mar 2017 #14

I look forward to you saying the same thing Goblinmonger Mar 2017 #16

You clearly know a lot about Katy Perry. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2017 #17

Yes, she is calling attention to the dangers religion poses Lordquinton Mar 2017 #18