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beam me up scottie

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Sat Nov 28, 2015, 03:28 AM Nov 2015

People who claim atheism is a religion are: [View all]

Last edited Sat Nov 28, 2015, 07:50 AM - Edit history (1)


27 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Ignorant
11 (41%)
Bigoted
0 (0%)
Trolling us
7 (26%)
Bloated from drinking too much koolaid at the church social
0 (0%)
Not worth the effort
1 (4%)
On the wrong website, FreeRepublic is that way ---> (not kidding, they say the same thing, Google it)
3 (11%)
I like pie
0 (0%)
Other (please give your own explanation, and don't hold back heathens)
3 (11%)
All of the above
2 (7%)
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People who claim atheism is a religion are: [View all] beam me up scottie Nov 2015 OP
Where's the option bvf Nov 2015 #1
You could choose other. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #2
Actually, I went with trolls. bvf Nov 2015 #3
Oh, right! Our friend who loves to lurk and alert on everything. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #4
Mooning initiated, Captain... onager Nov 2015 #19
! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #20
We need polls skepticscott Nov 2015 #5
Good point! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #6
A religion is the attempt to explain the unknown. "We don't know," is such an attempt. Hoppy Nov 2015 #7
Atheism is defined as the absence or rejection of belief in gods. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #8
THAT'S an attempt? Gee, you're easily satisfied. SwissTony Nov 2015 #21
Excuse me, bvf Nov 2015 #35
"We don't know" is not an attempt to explain the unknown. nt LostOne4Ever Nov 2015 #39
Hmm, and my hobby is awoke_in_2003 Dec 2015 #52
I sincerely believe Atheism is a religion. Yorktown Nov 2015 #9
That's Ms. Atheist to you! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #11
My apologies, Ms. Atheist. Yorktown Nov 2015 #13
I prefer Hell, I hear the parties are to die for. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #14
Nice marmot. opiate69 Dec 2015 #48
Ach! Zomevone kaught on my leettle tjoke, ich sehe! Eindrucksvoll! Yorktown Dec 2015 #49
Nihilists! Fuck me. opiate69 Dec 2015 #50
Anyway, now you know why I don't believe in Jesus Yorktown Dec 2015 #51
I went with "ignorant", but "trolling" is a good part of it too. Silent3 Nov 2015 #10
EXACTLY! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #12
It's an amusing hypocrisy the way so many theists try to use calling atheism a religion as a jab. AlbertCat Nov 2015 #25
Trolling, absolutely. MindPilot Nov 2015 #15
What you said, all of it. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #16
I don't understand these "churchy" meetings, either. SwissTony Nov 2015 #22
Technically that makes you an agnostic atheist. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #28
Yep. SwissTony Nov 2015 #33
"Horny Dobbin" beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #34
What? You mean it's NOT a religion? Binkie The Clown Nov 2015 #17
Shocking, eh? beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #18
Sorry bmus, you missed out "Incredibly Stupid" and "Ray Comfort", mr blur Nov 2015 #23
Oops! My bad! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #29
A little from column A and a little from column B, deucemagnet Nov 2015 #24
True, but I can't always stop myself. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #30
I chose "trolling us" Curmudgeoness Nov 2015 #26
Goats and trolls...sound like a video game. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #31
Well, you might remember that there is already a fairy tale about them. Curmudgeoness Nov 2015 #37
I love that one! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #38
...jealous of how easy it is to attack religion. Iggo Nov 2015 #27
Ha! Good one! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #32
+1,000 n/t bvf Nov 2015 #36
I think that for the vast majority of people it is simple ignorance LostOne4Ever Nov 2015 #40
This. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #42
Willfully ignorant... rexcat Nov 2015 #41
Yep. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #43
Sexually repressed. lindysalsagal Dec 2015 #44
Oooooooooooo, that's a good one! beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #45
ignorant and trolling can be combined as clueless olddots Dec 2015 #46
They are fundamentalist thinkers. beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #53
I love how none of them grasp the irony... trotsky Dec 2015 #47
Right? beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #54
Not all who do it intend any insult Major Nikon Dec 2015 #55
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