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trotsky

(49,533 posts)
103. I find religious bigotry reprehensible. Yep. Guilty as charged.
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 10:49 AM
Oct 2017

I'm not calling it the "norm," that is YOU creating a straw man.

You're still avoiding answering the question. Why? Are you ashamed of your answer?

The Demon Haunted World exboyfil Oct 2017 #1
Are we better off... yallerdawg Oct 2017 #3
Are we worse off? Act_of_Reparation Oct 2017 #27
So it's not so much believing in fantasy... yallerdawg Oct 2017 #30
I would prefer it if we stopped believing in bullshit altogether. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2017 #97
"Stop believing in bullshit altogether?" yallerdawg Oct 2017 #100
No, I don't believe that. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2017 #102
Doesn't sound like it, does it? whathehell Oct 2017 #77
Sagan went to such lengths In that book... JHan Oct 2017 #26
what is wrong with reality, I wonder? Why always the need for something else? NRaleighLiberal Oct 2017 #2
Years ago on PBS I saw a documentary on legalizing "drugs." yallerdawg Oct 2017 #4
my wife and I have been saying that for many years. We quite love reality - despite it's occasional NRaleighLiberal Oct 2017 #5
Well, what's so wrong with this world and reality that we need to be saved by Jesus? trotsky Oct 2017 #6
If you can document or reference what you just posted... yallerdawg Oct 2017 #7
Would you care to answer my question? trotsky Oct 2017 #8
Again... yallerdawg Oct 2017 #9
OK, I'll grant you your diversion. trotsky Oct 2017 #11
I'm not at all concerned with what you believe - or 'not-believe.' yallerdawg Oct 2017 #13
I do believe you just answered his question Lordquinton Oct 2017 #35
I can think of three reasons tymorial Oct 2017 #82
No side will 'win' this debate in essence. sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #83
Understanding is necessary for compassion tymorial Oct 2017 #88
All life has 'value', but one must draw the line with regards to sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #89
Then why not just answer the question? trotsky Oct 2017 #94
This is the same thing as the broad brush aimed at Islam. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #95
Non sequitur. trotsky Oct 2017 #96
"Non sequitur"? yallerdawg Oct 2017 #98
Yep. trotsky Oct 2017 #99
That's my point. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #101
I find religious bigotry reprehensible. Yep. Guilty as charged. trotsky Oct 2017 #103
Do you think that, yallerdawg? Mariana Oct 2017 #10
Sometimes they try to sugar-coat it. trotsky Oct 2017 #12
It does seem pretty clear that many Christians Mariana Oct 2017 #14
My issue is rabid, virulent religious intolerance. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #15
So, do you think non-Christians go to hell? nt. Mariana Oct 2017 #16
Do you think you could be... yallerdawg Oct 2017 #17
Like I said, I'm curious. Mariana Oct 2017 #29
Religious intolerance is usually a one way street Cartoonist Oct 2017 #18
No, you're referring to twisted ideology. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #19
Still a one way street Cartoonist Oct 2017 #20
You really don't like my opinion, do you? yallerdawg Oct 2017 #21
I disagree with it Cartoonist Oct 2017 #22
We have examples of totalitarian states... yallerdawg Oct 2017 #23
Let me know Cartoonist Oct 2017 #24
Baking people in ovens close enough? yallerdawg Oct 2017 #25
Forgive me, but you say "ovens" and I can't think of anything but the Holocaust. Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #31
They weren't burning atheists in the ovens. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #32
You want to talk about Stalin or Mao, you might have something Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #33
Nazis, fascists and Hitler were a religious movement. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #38
Well, it's certainly in the general historical record Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #44
I guess maybe I must have some kind of reading disorder? yallerdawg Oct 2017 #48
This message was self-deleted by its author Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #49
It certainly appears to be some kind of reading disorder. Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #58
I'm MSNBC. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #62
Not quite what the facts support. Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #64
Uh-huh. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #66
You sure sound more like an Infowars headline Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #70
You're done with me? yallerdawg Oct 2017 #71
They didn't kill Jews for practicing Judaism. Mariana Oct 2017 #34
Killing millions of Jews and Catholics wasn't about religion. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #39
Killing millions of Jews wasn't about religion. Mariana Oct 2017 #42
My reply: yallerdawg Oct 2017 #53
Thats a pathetic fallacy. Voltaire2 Oct 2017 #90
Now you're actually flat out wrong Lordquinton Oct 2017 #37
Interesting this is an OP about the appeal of "witchcraft and astrology." yallerdawg Oct 2017 #41
It got sidetracked with some ignorant slander accusing atheists of committing the Holocaust Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #47
We almost made it a whole day without a no true scottsman fallacy Lordquinton Oct 2017 #86
The first time he was wrong. Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #45
My reply? yallerdawg Oct 2017 #54
It wasn't relevant the first time, either. Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #60
Not completely anti-religious, selective! atreides1 Oct 2017 #59
Nazis were not atheists. And they didnt execute people Voltaire2 Oct 2017 #51
My reply! yallerdawg Oct 2017 #55
It's all a guilt by association slander Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #67
The Pope practices a "twisted ideology?" Lordquinton Oct 2017 #36
Who is the Pope killing? yallerdawg Oct 2017 #40
Policies kill Cartoonist Oct 2017 #46
The RCCs anti condom policies killed lots of people Voltaire2 Oct 2017 #52
You actually believe that if something is a sin... yallerdawg Oct 2017 #56
Omfg. You need to do minimal research before posting. The rcc Voltaire2 Oct 2017 #91
Why research? Mariana Oct 2017 #92
The Pope's bigotry is well documented here Lordquinton Oct 2017 #85
I don't conclude that 'many' Christians get off on sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #68
Maybe we've had different experiences with Christians. Mariana Oct 2017 #81
It's me. The little wise guy truck driver. sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #43
Tee cilla4progress Oct 2017 #57
Thot I read feel the 'bum', then I expanded screen. sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #65
Like! cilla4progress Oct 2017 #84
And noted psychologist likely relaxed each evening Voltaire2 Oct 2017 #50
Because the human mind Loki Liesmith Oct 2017 #79
... PoliticAverse Oct 2017 #28
but I though only boomers were into this nonsense DBoon Oct 2017 #61
Sounds good to me! Religion is all fables, politics, superstitions and many out for money! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2017 #63
"Pick up the phone right now sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #72
That's a better deal than the preacher that wanted his flock to buy him an airplane. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2017 #73
After he got shouted down for avarice, sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #74
And said under his breath, "gotta find some dumber ones!" n/t RKP5637 Oct 2017 #75
Sheep led astray. sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #76
If one does' believe', sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #78
Great, they leave behind one fantasy world for another Bradshaw3 Oct 2017 #69
Agree. If "millennials are ditching religion for ... HeartachesNhangovers Oct 2017 #80
this isn't a millennial issue...(whoever they are)... samnsara Oct 2017 #87
Karl Paul knows his readers. Mariana Oct 2017 #93
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