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Major Nikon

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18. Yep, easier to just double down on the same nonsense

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #6)

Thu Apr 18, 2019, 01:49 PM

Apr 2019

As if the same worn out canned response is an acceptable substitute for reason.

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Buttigieg plays the religion card [View all] guillaumeb Apr 2019 OP

The more important question is, can a mind closed by faith be opened by discussion? trotsky Apr 2019 #1

Can a mind closed by an unprovable position be open to discussion? guillaumeb Apr 2019 #3

And we are back to square one. Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #6

Are either of them provable positions? guillaumeb Apr 2019 #10

OK here we go again. Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #12

Is either position provable? guillaumeb Apr 2019 #13

what assertion of fact needs to be proved? Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #14

I've asked before, but you've never provided a definition of "proof" marylandblue Apr 2019 #25

Yep, easier to just double down on the same nonsense Major Nikon Apr 2019 #18

Atheism isn't an unprovable position. I realize that you insist you get to define it for atheists.. trotsky Apr 2019 #15

The door to my mind is closed. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #16

Thank you for illustrating the problem with religious faith. trotsky Apr 2019 #17

I cannot hear your knocking. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #19

Thank you for illustrating it again. n/t trotsky Apr 2019 #21

Why do they always attack you instead discuss the articles you post. gtar100 Apr 2019 #31

Many do discuss the actual posts. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #32

Thank you for sharing that post. I had not seen it. gtar100 Apr 2019 #33

The poster, in my experience, writes very well, and with feeling. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #35

Or is racism the key here? mobeau69 Apr 2019 #2

Possibly all of the above? guillaumeb Apr 2019 #4

You do understand that Obama tried this and got approximately 0 religious voters to change, right? Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #5

Evangelicals think the letter D stands for Devil 👿. Funtatlaguy Apr 2019 #7

Precisely. It's God's Only Party. Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #9

That's not what Mariana's chart in post 23 shows. marylandblue Apr 2019 #27

Do you think that no religious voters voted for President Obama? eom guillaumeb Apr 2019 #38

I doubt if that will occur. MineralMan Apr 2019 #8

There are Trump supporters who claim to support him guillaumeb Apr 2019 #11

His pussy-grabbing activities didn't put them off. Mariana Apr 2019 #20

This point can't be forgotten: trotsky Apr 2019 #22

Since this fact is often disputed, here is the information. Mariana Apr 2019 #23

Yes. The numbers tell the story. MineralMan Apr 2019 #24

so when I look at that I see the following: qazplm135 Apr 2019 #28

Excellent observation. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #30

True. eom guillaumeb Apr 2019 #29

You have to wonder if some on the far right christian spectrum haven't already made Trump divine... Thomas Hurt Apr 2019 #26

Do they see him as the key to making abortion illegal? guillaumeb Apr 2019 #36

I think there are some republicans who are reasonable enough gtar100 Apr 2019 #34

Voting GOP out of habit? guillaumeb Apr 2019 #37