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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 12:05 AM Original message |
Understanding Christian Motivations |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. really good drugs??? |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sometimes the answer is no. nt |
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TwentyFive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. Perhaps they like the idea that somebody is also watching them have sex? |
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rsmith6621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. This Is Where I Draw The Line..... |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 01:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I find it interesting that you did not think of the possibility that the |
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I_Make_Mistakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 03:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I'm in and that is the problem here. There are a lot of us that |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 09:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. and people that overcome heroin addictions are just quitters too, eh? |
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redphish (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. I agree 100% however... |
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teryang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. christianity provides a worldview, a concept of time, rules, .... |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 03:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. If it harmonizes the human experience, why is it only for the uneducated? |
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teryang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Being uneducated is relative in time, religion antedates science |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I'd never even thought about religion and time before. |
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teryang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Thank you |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 02:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. It's a mistake to believe humans evolved into agriculturalists. |
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teryang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. I admit I haven't lived with hunter gatherers |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:14 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I wasn't being so personal. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. Understanding delusion |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 10:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. My head just exploded. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. It was a cut-and-paste from the article in the OP |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. The difference, my friend, is evidence. eom |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 10:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. If that's all you knew about the "big bang," |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 10:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. "Big bang theorists scoop Nobel prize for physics" |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
43. I'd say the story was crap |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. Why won't you heal amputees? |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 09:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I never claimed to always answer prayers in my book. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 10:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I beg to differ. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 11:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Heheh, I remember. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 12:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Well, that's an evasive non-answer. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 01:40 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. How do you figure that? I don't think you're getting it. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. It seems clear enough to me. (1) The author (and you) consider certain |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 03:10 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. You're quite mistaken. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Site identifies its domain name as "the most important question" |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 10:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I don't think you understand the implications of the question. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I don't think you understand that the question misses the point |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Do you have an answer for: |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:17 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. (1) My religious ideas do not revolve around "beliefs" of this sort; |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:19 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Well, that's an evasive non-answer. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 11:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I was gonna say "Why won't we heal amputees?" seems like a better |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 11:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Productive discussions require a bit of cooperation. |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 02:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
30. You wrote this, greyl? |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 02:15 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. No, just happened upon it. |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 11:58 AM Response to Reply #32 |
45. It's very condescending |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
47. Is this by any chance your own site? |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. I definitely DON'T get prayers |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. Having now read the entire article |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Thanks for explaining that |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 07:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Well, that's just MY opinion |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
26. Another atheist trying to make converts, which I find just as repulsive as |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 01:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I was under the impression that Christians welcome tests of their faith |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 07:43 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Well Bless Your Heart! |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. First of all, I am not a Christian. Secondly, the passages in question |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. The site is directed primarily toward Christian beliefs |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. I've been pondering this since yesterday |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. You're arguing with a 3 word title. |
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