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Meldread Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 10:58 PM
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20. Of course.
Yes, it may seem wonky to us, but we can't forget - those people actually BELIEVE it. Think about it. If you believe something so deeply, something close to your heart, are you more likely to be agreeable to the guy who just pissed all over it or to the guy who just smiled and nodded?

It's not like religion is going away. There is always going to be a segment of the population out there hungering for it. It's not like we can stomp it out, and if we could have we would have been able to do it by now.

You should know as well as I do that trying to argue with these people using facts doesn't work. I'm sure you've tried it just as I have, so instead of trying to convert them - why not instead help them become the mainstream version of Religion in America?

What would you rather have Fred Phelps or a liberal Pastor? I'd take the liberal Pastor any day of the week.

Also, if it amuses you… if we help them then you get to watch Christians on the Right battle Christians on the Left, and seeing as how they'd spend so much time battling each other they won't have the time or the money to mess with anything else.

We don't have anything to lose and everything to gain.
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