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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:31 PM Original message |
Seattle Atheists are starting a bus-ad campaign |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thats good! |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Kick back to the top. When ever my the fundie in laws want to bring up our fore fathers |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. OK - but keep your name-calling sneers regarding religion to yourself as well |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. When it's thrown in my face at family functions I don't keep it to myself and this was a public post |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The Jefferson quote is not the usual callousness that comes out |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Deal, but don't Generalize, all of us Atheist don't use one comment. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. You just proved my point downthread. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Nice broadbrush |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Oh cry me a fuckin' river |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bring some of those buses down here, please! |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. very nice, i don't see how those who believe in some higher being |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. I have NO problem at all with quoting a Founder. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. We need more of this. |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. As a Christian I support this Ad and find it to be in good taste. n/t |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
64. I have no problem with it, either |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. They had gone for years without meeting another atheist? In Seattle? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. I'm sure they have indeed met another atheist... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Maybe you just don't get into that kind of conversation. Young people around |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:11 AM Response to Reply #36 |
53. I doubt that my "here" is the same as your "here".. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. They they must get a lot of "I don't go to a church" or "I'd rather hike on Sundays" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Being Gay is not imaginary, your fictional god is imaginary not even close to compare the two. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Now your the one name calling not me. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I don't believe and you do, why don't you leave it at that? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 04:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
45. You already called atheists (in a general phrase) 'fascists' |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Why is it fascist for me to say that your god is imaginary? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. There's a difference between saying "I don't believe in something" and "what you believe is false" |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Considering that Christians like to tell people of other religions how false their religion is |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. there's not a huge difference |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 05:06 AM Response to Reply #22 |
48. Would you be "tolerant" of someone who ran around claiming that the sky is pink? |
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Catamount (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. We might ---if we didn't have religion jammed down our throats ... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Where did you learn that? |
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Catamount (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #29 |
43. If you learn something |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. fuck that |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. It's not snarky to point out the obvious |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Oh hush. I'm busy massacring Cambodians. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 04:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
46. why are some defensive christians so obnoxious? n/t |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 04:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
47. Oh sure. Atheism per definition is anti-christian and therefore a violation of freedom of religion. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 06:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
51. I don't think facism means what you think it means. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. Go, Seattle atheists!!!! nt |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. It's as annoying as fundies putting Jesus ads on public buses would be. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Religion is in the face of atheists daily. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Yeah, it's as bad. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:10 AM Response to Reply #39 |
56. Then we agree on much. |
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Catamount (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. Finally---- someone speaking up for "thinking people".... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. sounds more agnostic to me. |
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liberalsince1968 (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
33. Love it but get ready for the onslaught of Christian paranoia. They LOVE to feel persecuted. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
37. I've been here for 20 years. I never hid it. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. You're in Seattle? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Yuppers. Since 1979 (not inc. a 5-6 year grad school tour). |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 05:33 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Isn't it kind of hard to believe the statement in the OP |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:11 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. The real world isn't like DU. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #49 |
61. Speaking as a Seattle atheist, no |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
42. The first line of that quote would look good on a billboard as well: |
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jmondine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
44. My goodness people... |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
50. In other news, there's atheist money in Seattle for bus ads |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
52. Interesting that fundamentalist atheists have the same need to proselytize that xtians do. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Oh, Jesus. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. Has anyone ever given a coherent explanation for that one? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #52 |
62. How is quoting Thomas Jefferson an act of proselytizing? |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Because proselytizing is distasteful, and since some regard this ad... |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #52 |
68. "fundamentalist atheists" - WTF? |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
55. Oh Lord, protect me from your followers. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. pssst |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
60. I think an ad campaign with quotes from many different Founders would be great |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
63. God dammit. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
67. My proposal: Atheists and Religous people stop putting ads on buses. |
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