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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 05:56 PM Original message |
Poll question: What is Rick Warren's "purpose?" |
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MercutioATC
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't know the man, but I know people who hold some of the same beliefs. |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I t may begin with faith, but absolute power does something absolute to people. |
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MercutioATC
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I haven't seen him question others' motivations. |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. He has equated gay people with being pedophiles. |
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MercutioATC
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. How is that questioning their motivations? |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I don't see how it's not. |
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MercutioATC
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. I don't believe that he thinks they're lying or misleading anybody. |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. No, the question is whether Warren can take someone at their word, or ... |
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MercutioATC
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Maybe we're getting hung up on semantics, but I think there's a difference. |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Isn't lying a way to measure spiritual health? |
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MercutioATC
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. If somebody insists to you that they believe in astrology, do you believe they're lying? |
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U4ikLefty
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Wed Dec-24-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Warren is a LIAR and he LIED about Prop 8 |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. MercutioATC is not defending Warren. |
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MercutioATC
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Wed Dec-24-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. What does that have to do with this issue? |
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U4ikLefty
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Wed Dec-24-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. I criticized him by calling him a LIAR. |
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MercutioATC
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Wed Dec-24-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. Again, what does that alleged lie have to do with the discussion at hand? |
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U4ikLefty
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Thu Dec-25-08 12:12 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Straw Man alert!!! |
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MercutioATC
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Thu Dec-25-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #73 |
91. What was this Prop. 8 "lie"? |
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ColbertWatcher
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Thu Dec-25-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #91 |
97. Admitting to impure thoughts is one thing. |
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Creideiki
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Thu Dec-25-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #91 |
102. I'll give you two options: |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. I don't. |
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MercutioATC
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Wed Dec-24-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
68. I might have missed something. Why do you think that Warren is calling them "liars"? |
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ColbertWatcher
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Thu Dec-25-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #68 |
75. Because not many gay people have said they choose to be gay, yet ... |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. I think I may have not been clear about something ... |
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Sebastian Doyle
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. "homosexuality as a spiritual disease"??? |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Some diseases are more spiritual than others. n/t |
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Sebastian Doyle
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Which "God"? |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Thank you, and this is yet another problem Warren has with this modern world. n/t |
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johnnypneumatic
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Alfred said it in the Dark Knight. |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Hmm, I never considered that. |
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madeline_con
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Thu Dec-25-08 01:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
84. CW, I've followed this conversation..... |
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ColbertWatcher
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Thu Dec-25-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. It is the most unique explanation. I'm still considering it. n/t |
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Taverner
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. Delusion |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. A "Godwin" is when someone brings up Hitler in a conversation (self-Godwin!) ... |
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Taverner
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. A Lenwin? |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. LOL! That's good enough for me! n/t |
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YOY
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. A "Bogviugraets" |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. LOL! Okay, I like that better ... but how do you pronounce it!? n/t |
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YOY
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Thu Dec-25-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #32 |
71. "Bowg-vwui-ig-rai-et" |
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ColbertWatcher
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Thu Dec-25-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #71 |
76. I'm gonna have to practice that a few times! Thank you! n/t |
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Sebastian Doyle
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
45. Godlesswin? |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. LOL! n/t |
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Tikki
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Maybe he is a personality... |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Interesting. |
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SharonAnn
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Oh, oh! I want to join the chocolatey brownie church! |
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Tangerine LaBamba
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think Rick Warren's "purpose" is |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. That's a nice lookin' pie. |
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Tangerine LaBamba
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Judging from the looks of him, |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I don't want to give it away, so I will post a link to one of the threads he posted it in ... |
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Tangerine LaBamba
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Hoooookay............. |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Don't thank me, thank Swamp Rat! n/t |
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beac
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. To cure all teh gay with his magical Jesus donuts. |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. LOL! Jesus Donuts! Do you eat those with Jesus Juice!? |
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beac
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Wed Dec-24-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
62. THANK YOU!! |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Thank you, here's a card ... |
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beac
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Fri Dec-26-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #66 |
105. Love it. And it's so much more succinct than "Have a Merry |
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TahitiNut
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. When a person's "faith" is so weak that they must stamp out dissent by power of law ... |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Well said. Thank you. n/t |
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Fire_Medic_Dave
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Thu Dec-25-08 02:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
90. So proposition 8 is about dissent? |
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TahitiNut
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Thu Dec-25-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Another great example of "critical thinking" on DU. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave
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Thu Dec-25-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. We're waiting. |
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Thu Dec-25-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #94 |
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Fire_Medic_Dave
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Thu Dec-25-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Just because you always lose arguments to me, there is no reason for the personal attacks. |
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YOY
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. Other: RW Death-cult worship of a religion that I refuse to call "Christian" |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. "Jesus was a really nice guy" Yeah, some of his followers seem to be the problem. n/t |
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ismnotwasm
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
28. Megalomania |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Ahh, science! Is there nothing you can't do? Thank you for posting this! n/t |
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waiting for hope
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Wed Dec-24-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. I chose all of the above - |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Exactly. Humility is not an egomaniac's strong point. |
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waiting for hope
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. That was priceless! |
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Chovexani
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
40. I voted all of the above. |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. "I was an evangelical Christian until I actually read the Bible" quoted for truth. Thank you. n/t |
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waiting for hope
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. You are so right on this: |
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Chovexani
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Wed Dec-24-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I really think Biblical inerrancy is a downright dangerous belief. |
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Creideiki
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Thu Dec-25-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #44 |
99. This reminds me of something Lewis Black said |
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ColbertWatcher
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Thu Dec-25-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #99 |
103. Love Lewis Black, funny, funny guy ... |
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marimour
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Wed Dec-24-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
50. who knows? he could be a gready megapreacher or he could actually believe his bs/ |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. He reminds me of people who love the sound of their own voices. |
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Nay
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Wed Dec-24-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
53. Other--to serve as a bad example for others. Asshole. |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. "See kiddies, don't be like Rick, he's an asshole." n/t |
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Initech
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Wed Dec-24-08 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
56. His purpose is to make non religious people feel stupid. |
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ColbertWatcher
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Wed Dec-24-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Not just non-religious people. |
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beac
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Wed Dec-24-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Then he's doing a REALLY bad job b/c watching him blather on about |
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burythehatchet
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Wed Dec-24-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
64. To see his pecker again before he dies. |
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Wed Dec-24-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
65. Jesus isn't driving him... |
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Muttocracy
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Wed Dec-24-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
67. Would Jesus build a megachurch? hmmm... |
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ColbertWatcher
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Thu Dec-25-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #67 |
79. ... |
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Muttocracy
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Thu Dec-25-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #79 |
92. ... |
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IndianaGreen
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Wed Dec-24-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
70. Warren wants to join the Pope in pruning the forest |
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ColbertWatcher
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Thu Dec-25-08 01:17 AM Response to Reply #70 |
80. Nice choice of words. Thank you. n/t |
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DesertRat
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Thu Dec-25-08 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
72. I think it's to bring people into the church. n/t |
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ColbertWatcher
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Thu Dec-25-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #72 |
81. He only wants to bring CERTAIN people into his church. n/t |
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hfojvt
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Thu Dec-25-08 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
74. Why do people say greed? |
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ColbertWatcher
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Thu Dec-25-08 01:11 AM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Please see Amerigo Vespucci's post #65 above. n/t |
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alfredo
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Thu Dec-25-08 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
78. Making money and getting laid is the motivation behind most men. |
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ColbertWatcher
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Thu Dec-25-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #78 |
83. He seems to see himself above other men. n/t |
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alfredo
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Thu Dec-25-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #83 |
86. We are also very good at deluding ourselves. |
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ColbertWatcher
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Thu Dec-25-08 01:57 AM Response to Reply #86 |
88. LOL! He did make that crack about sleeping with beautiful women, didn't he!? n/t |
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alfredo
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Thu Dec-25-08 01:58 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. If he wasn't so rich he'd have a hard time scoring with his own hand |
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madeline_con
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Thu Dec-25-08 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
82. Jesus isn't driving him... |
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ColbertWatcher
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Thu Dec-25-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #82 |
87. "Those whom the gods would destroy, etc." |
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backscatter712
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Thu Dec-25-08 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
98. God brings all people to this world with a purpose... |
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ColbertWatcher
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Thu Dec-25-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. Lately, it seems, in many cases. n/t |
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LeftyMom
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Thu Dec-25-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
101. Based on the interview I've seen, it's converting cheese whiz to human flesh. |
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Creideiki
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Thu Dec-25-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. Not fair! |
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