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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 04:52 PM Original message |
Do you ever wish religion just didn't exist? |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. This would be the best of all possible worlds.... eom |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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Dem Agog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Only every day of my life... |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 04:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I agree-- |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. You are right... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. Ditto n/t |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
95. Yes - It is a plague upon humanity. |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
117. Not all the world's ills |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 08:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
122. BS |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 11:58 AM Response to Reply #122 |
134. I'm not one to claim that religion is 100% worthless... |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #122 |
136. Which of those afflicted the Mbuti, Mentawai or Oneida? |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 05:01 PM Response to Reply #136 |
145. Overpopulation is found in other types of societies. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 05:28 AM Response to Reply #145 |
152. When I say "our culture" I don't mean the United States and Britain. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #152 |
158. It's this "certain brand" of religious beliefs you can't quite I.D. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 10:07 PM Response to Reply #158 |
163. Then maybe I've been giving too much credit to non-salvationist |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #136 |
166. I disagree. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #166 |
168. Biblical times ARE very recent |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 06:32 AM Response to Reply #168 |
169. Ah, sorry. |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
171. he would be sickened the most by those |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. Religion |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. If only it did more good than harm. |
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tatertop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Every day. |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. No, I don't. |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. Do you ever wish Jesus was your savior? |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
62. That guy that helped me drywall my house? Why on earth? |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. it's the cause of all our problems, wars, bigotry, etc. |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Because class, race, nationalism and greed have no bearing on anything |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
73. If Kim Jong Il would just stop going to church, his country would be fine. |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #73 |
96. That's funny. n/t |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. Imagine! |
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ihaveaquestion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. The first step is to openly label it "magical" thinking |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
68. you left out Santa Claus -- |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. Ah... no, actually. |
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grytpype (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. Religion is a disorder of the mind. |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
64. A *socially sanctioned* mental disorder! nt |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 05:59 PM Response to Reply #64 |
148. Until the human race realizes and begins to treat religion as |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
147. You are correct. |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. More people died in the name of Karl Marx than Jesus Christ |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Not even close |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I don't know. I read statistics of 80 million dead from communism |
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ZapaPaine (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. Communism lasted at the most 80 years. Christianity |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
72. Yeah, but on an annualized basis, communism takes the cake. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:18 AM Response to Reply #72 |
116. It was salvationist religion that replaced something else |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #116 |
129. So you want a religion where people behave better. Good luck with that. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 05:35 AM Response to Reply #129 |
153. No, but you do, as far as I can tell. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #153 |
160. I want people to behave better. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #116 |
167. The romanticising of the past is foolish. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. "statistic" of 80 million dead? Link? n/t |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
97. Think I got it from the big black book of |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:45 AM Response to Reply #44 |
132. link |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. it's irrational belief that's the problem |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. yes, but what was more rational than Communism? |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
81. It's the difference between calling oneself rational and being rational |
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ihaveaquestion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
137. Stalinism does not equate to communism. |
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dad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. The Vatican's support of Hitler is also a matter of historical record. |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Good point. Atheism and communism are separate |
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Ariana Celeste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. I don't see how one needs |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
69. What? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
102. A "moral code"? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
150. If you are referring to the purges carried out by Stalin, I don't |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. I must admit I find it less and less beneficial of late... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. No. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. Devious men would always invent one.. |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. Of course I wish it didn't exist |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. My faith is the reason I care about politics |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. That's what I was talking about in my other post... |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. Oh for God's sake (literally), is it religion flamebait day on DU? |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. When all else fails |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
57. It's religion flamebait day today in the world |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
74. It's witchhunt day. Centrists, believers, are targets of a purge. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. You are right. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. It's a mindless lashing out. It's a witch hunt. |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. If Bush didn't try to play the Christianity card so much... |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Yes, you do. You really do. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Well said, inland. n/t |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Easier said than done |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 07:33 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Agreed. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Nobody said "easy". It's liberal democracy, |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Maybe instead of easy I should have said impossible |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Maybe fundies will be convinced, maybe they won't, and hardly the point. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:39 AM Response to Reply #87 |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 10:54 PM Response to Reply #83 |
103. Wow, Inland. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:36 AM Response to Reply #83 |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:54 AM Response to Reply #74 |
115. Psst. It's probably a bad idea to bring up Witch Hunts when |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:24 AM Response to Reply #115 |
128. Well, it certainly is ironic |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #115 |
131. Actually, when told I have taken a position that I have not, it is. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 05:43 AM Response to Reply #131 |
154. Clear it up for me then, please. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 11:58 AM Response to Reply #154 |
161. Here's what you said I said: |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 10:13 PM Response to Reply #161 |
164. Ok, cool. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 09:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
98. You think the Alito issue |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:26 AM Response to Reply #25 |
130. Check out this cartoon |
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ZapaPaine (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. Imagine how much more enlightened we would be without it |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. Yes. I get my spiritual fix when Im hiking |
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ksilvas (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. If religion didn't exist |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. No |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
34. Actually, no |
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ShadesOfGrey (646 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yes, yes I do! |
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Seen the light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
38. Of course not nt |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. I agree :-) n/t |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
39. Yes, very much so |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
40. Nope.(nt) |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
42. I just wish religion would be |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. No. |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. "And you don't have to even be religious to be a fanatic about something." |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Yes, but religions lend credence to the fanaticism |
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ShadesOfGrey (646 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Yep! Rationalized evil in the name of God! |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. I am not an evil person. |
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ShadesOfGrey (646 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. Ack! Please don't take it personally... |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Thank you. |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 10:23 PM Response to Reply #78 |
99. Well, heck yeah! I'm a person of faith. |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
46. Yes, I do. n/t |
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Batgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
48. Naw |
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ZapaPaine (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Religion truly is the opiate of the masses n/t |
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bigmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. Keep religion out of governance. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
55. ummm... |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
56. no |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
58. Religion is a communicable disease. Those who have it should |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #58 |
92. Not a fan of the first amendment, I take it? |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #92 |
135. It's so 1789! nt |
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Ariana Celeste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
60. I'm not sure... |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #60 |
162. I think you went to the heart of it. nt |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
61. No, I just wish everyone could keep their faith to themselves. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
63. Yes. (eom) |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
66. I'd be out of a job. |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 10:25 PM Response to Reply #66 |
100. And that would be a shame, Pacifist Patriot! |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
67. It wouldn't be in my top ten. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
70. A good book dealing with the issue of reason vs faith: |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
71. Yes, but then I think of the good that takes place with religion. |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
77. Yes. Religious extremism is making me very very weary. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
80. To answer my own question ....YES ...YES ...YES!!!! |
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samhsarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
89. Always. |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
91. No, I do not. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 10:56 PM Response to Reply #91 |
104. But there is no independent way... |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:38 AM Response to Reply #104 |
112. We aren't supposed to know who is absolutely right |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:48 AM Response to Reply #112 |
119. Ahh, but you're supposed to BELEIVE you are absolutely right. |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 06:33 AM Response to Reply #119 |
121. Of course I believe that I am right, otherwise, I'd change my belief. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 08:41 AM Response to Reply #112 |
124. "In the meantime..." |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
93. I don't know. |
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Orangeone (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
94. Really |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
101. Uh huh |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 11:57 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. An atheist country. We've had them, and it wasn't pretty. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:33 AM Response to Reply #106 |
118. Name the country with the most longevity that was built upon |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:21 AM Response to Reply #118 |
127. That's meaningless to me. Does it have something to do with my post? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 08:25 AM Response to Reply #106 |
123. Correction. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 08:44 AM Response to Reply #106 |
125. Okay |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:18 AM Response to Reply #125 |
126. *sigh* They were precisely the example of what you described. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #126 |
141. You do have a point |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 06:27 AM Response to Reply #141 |
156. Welcome to the DU, Evoman :) nt |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 11:42 AM Response to Reply #141 |
159. I have such an incredibly small point. Yet it's so controversial. |
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ihaveaquestion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #106 |
139. All the "commie" countries that suppressed religious expression... |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. They were at least officially atheist, and people couldn't use |
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ihaveaquestion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #140 |
143. Official, Offischlimisal ! |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 04:56 PM Response to Reply #143 |
144. I'd like to know who you are arguing with. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 01:58 AM Response to Reply #101 |
165. Welcome to DU, Evoman! |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
105. Only when I think. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
107. Salvationist organized religion, absolutely yes. nt |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
108. No, I just wish that critical thinking was in better supply. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:05 AM Response to Reply #108 |
113. Yep, that's something I ALWAYS wish. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
111. No, it has been the source of some of the greatest experiences of my life |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:49 AM Response to Reply #111 |
114. Do you really mean religion? Or |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #114 |
138. Both |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 05:07 AM Response to Original message |
120. I Imagine it sometimes |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
133. Would you hold to a lack of religion, religiously? |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
142. RELIGION? No. Organized religion? |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
146. All of these criticisms of religion were allowed. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 06:23 PM Response to Reply #146 |
149. And that doesn't strike you as being the least bit bigoted? |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #149 |
151. I stated my opinion. You are free to judge it as you wish. But, |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 06:24 AM Response to Reply #151 |
155. I think "quarantined" is what did it. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #155 |
157. I believe that the practice of religion is a byproduct of human's |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
170. evey sunday |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #170 |
172. You seem to have |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:47 AM Response to Reply #172 |
174. I doubt they would allow me to go to a church that I could |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:55 AM Response to Reply #174 |
175. I'd be the wrong person to ask. |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
173. Constantly. |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
176. Of course. nt. |
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