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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:37 AM Original message |
I don't feel safe around many religious people. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. You have some self-esteem issues. |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I disagree |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. ???????! n/t |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. I do too. |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Agree 100%, thats what I thought while reading the post. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Hanging out? What about having to work with/work under |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Thank you! |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #41 |
63. Still sounds like insecurity issues to me. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #63 |
74. What if they are out to get you? n/t |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #63 |
83. How about being told by your coworkers that they "prayed" for you during the daily prayer meeting? |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. Do they know about... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. This is a joke, right? |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. No... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Yes, it can hurt. |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. I'd really like you to give it a shot.... |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. I'd like to give it one try. |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Curiously enough...I agree with you! |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #94 |
138. That's a fairly narrow view of prayer.. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #138 |
143. They prayed for me because I was a non believer, do you have any idea HOW FUCKING INSULTING that is? |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #143 |
150. That certainly is insulting... |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #143 |
162. Here Scottie, show 'em this: |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-23-08 07:21 AM Response to Reply #162 |
165. ROFLMAO! |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #138 |
145. I'll rephrase. |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #145 |
148. The difference is... |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #148 |
152. That is absolutely wrong |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #152 |
153. Why do you assume that praying for someone equals a deficiency? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 07:05 AM Response to Reply #153 |
154. It is extremely kind of me |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #93 |
164. Do you actually believe that you have intercessory powers with god? |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #90 |
127. "I prayed for you" is much different than "I prayed your troubles would ease." |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #127 |
130. I guess I just don't assume the worst. |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. Language has purpose, and people choose the meaning deliberately. |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #132 |
139. And when people run into those mixed signals... |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Yes, it is wise to clarify. But... |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. That's true... |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. Just remember: to many non-believers, prayer is masturbation. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #63 |
86. Yep, it is always the victim's fault. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
98. So, which kind, a pastor, priest, or Christian therapist? |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. And I run into atheists that are boors-strangely, I don't feel "unsafe" |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. So you hang out in remote South American rainforests and Asian mountain villages? |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Please clarify. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
45. That's bullshit. |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Very well. Choose to believe that if you must. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
119. Apparently I need to. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #119 |
121. Even NASCAR races start with a Jesus prayer. n/t |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #121 |
123. Yeah but at least there it makes sense. ;) |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #123 |
124. My personal version of that experiment: |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-26-08 01:17 AM Response to Reply #124 |
173. I have one question, and then, no matter what the answer is, I won't ask you any more |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-26-08 06:57 AM Response to Reply #173 |
175. Deleted message |
DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-26-08 07:02 AM Response to Reply #175 |
176. You answered the question clearly "more fun for me" |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-26-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #176 |
178. I love the way you brag about ignoring people |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-26-08 01:11 AM Response to Reply #121 |
172. Bothers me immensely, projection of one religion to a National audience is wrong |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I'm starting to wish I did. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. You got that right. nt |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I had a feeling it was something like that. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I see that |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
118. Different Larry Hooper |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Thanks for the heads up. I just googled "Larry Hooper" and "atheist," |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #120 |
122. Glad to have helped. Notice one thing? |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #122 |
128. A Christian who murders or condones murder (silently or actively) is simply not a Christian. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #128 |
144. Oh, bullshit. |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #144 |
146. And that is exactly my point. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. I'm just guessing, but I suspect that you have never heard of the |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #147 |
149. Anyone who claims to be Christian while also condoning murder is internally inconsistent. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 07:13 AM Response to Reply #149 |
155. That's funny! |
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bulldogge (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #149 |
157. That is an |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #157 |
158. Matthew 10:34-42 is a good example... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #146 |
151. By your logic anyone who has ever done anything un-Christ-like isn't a christian. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #128 |
156. And no true Scotsman has sugar in his porridge, right? |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. To clarify, |
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Bluestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Here's the part that bothers me-- |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. A question |
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Bluestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. I happen to believe that one's spirituality is a very private matter |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. No one disputes your right to "react in any way (you) choose"... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
116. Me too, and it pisses me off when someone tries to force-feed their religion to me. |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
129. The disciples began the corruption: Jesus' message was "do", not "preach". |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. How many atheists have tried to bully you into joining a cult? |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Actually, no "blaming" was going on. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Of course, it's obvious that it's the atheists' perception that's faulty. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. I usually enjoy it when people try to "save my soul". |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. If you wear clothes they stay longer. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
84. I wipe well, where is the offense? |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. "Sky Clad". Nice. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. I always answer my door wearing pants and a shirt on the usual body parts. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
16. I get a lot of anxiety too around many of the local ones. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. I haven't run into you lately, Jamastiene. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
50. That fucking sucks. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
20. I don't feel safe around many black people. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. You got it backward, non-christians are the minority. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I didn't claim anything about social majorities/minorities. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. It has nothing to do with "dissimilar" cultures and everything to do with christian privilege. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. You can claim that OP's fear of Christians is a special case, due to |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Tell me another one, mommy! |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I wouldn't know... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Oh, please, it's not that hard. It's a bit like how Native Americans felt about white missionaries. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Why do you keep returning to "how should X feel?" I'm not prescribing or proscribing anything. |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Ding, ding, ding, ding...we have a winner, folks! :) n/t |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Hypothetical homosexuals? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. Yes, by talking about a hypothetical homosexual, I denied the existence of actual gay people. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. "...now look how dumb you look." |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Yes. I think that blind distrust of entire cultures and groups looks dumb. I still do. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Non-christians' suspicion of fundamentalist christianity is "blind distrust"? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Not of "fundamentalist Christianity." Of Christians. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Guess what? Many of us have to live and work among "those people". |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Again, I'm not allowing or disallowing anything. We're going in circles. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. So you're going to let the op feel intimidated by christians? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Again, I'm not allowing or disallowing anything. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. Honestly, I've called out bigoted atheists in here before, |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #57 |
96. I'd feel afraid |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 12:36 AM Response to Reply #96 |
112. It's almost as intimidating when they're not Phelps' protesters. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #112 |
115. I know a lot of the fundamentalists |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Define tolerance. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. It's kind of like pornography, I can show you what it's NOT: |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. And yet, the world still spins on its axis. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Bravo! When all else fails, invoke the No True Christian meme. |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. If you believe that... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Pictures of other Classical Christians: |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Of course. The crusades were an abberation. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Notice the pretension that recollection of their history is simply a matter of "belief". |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. The first three you list all had predominantly secular causes. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. "predominantly secular causes" ? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. While I admire your ability to GIS familiar phrases, |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. And Fred Phelps hates gays because financially they're a threat to him. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. No, Fred Phelps hates gays because he's a deranged individual. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Next thing you'll tell us is that religious belief has nothing to do with homophobia. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. As a justification? Sure, it's a pretty big one. Everyone has their justifications. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #68 |
78. What does religious persecution have to do with our being intimidated by religious fanatics? |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Teh logic...it burns!!! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Yes, because we all know how much Hitler really really liked the jews. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. You believe the Holocast was religiously-motivated? |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Of course not, Hitler hated the jews because they had better hair. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. He also wasn't consistent about them. |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
69. That statue is here in Memphis |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. I'm assuming that the church pays for the labor and materials... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. Nice try, he never said he was "oppressed" by the statue. |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. I never said they weren't free to spend their money however they like |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Got it. I just don't see what reward there is in getting caught up... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. It represents the belief that this is a christian nation. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
117. Have you never run into aggressive evangelical Xians? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #117 |
126. Yes. I'd be surprised if anyone hasn't. |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
30. "I don't believe I've ever known... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. I'm just a little north of you. |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #40 |
125. Yep. It's also amazing how many religious people here |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-26-08 07:26 AM Response to Reply #125 |
177. 'Some people' believe that Faith is a blessing not a burden, and live their lives |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
47. Depends on the christian....if they are the good old boy kind with big axe handles and lynching rope |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
91. That was a well done episode... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
97. That's totally understandable. Some kinds make me nervous, too. |
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JonathanBrowne (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
99. yeah it depends |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Faith does not bring atheists together. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
101. Just had one of those experiences tonight |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:35 AM Response to Reply #101 |
102. Holy crap! |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #101 |
103. So, at the next party |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #103 |
133. She was the mother of the host |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. I'm sorry this happened to you. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. That's just a bad rationalization |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. So, there are no other "asses" other than religious ones, then? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. That's not what I said. You are making stuff up. |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. Not really. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #108 |
109. That's just plain nuts |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. Oh, c'mon, cosmik! |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. People here on DU have acted more rabidly over far lesser earth-shaking subjects. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #111 |
113. "I choose not to see it that way from my side of the fence" |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 07:35 AM Response to Reply #111 |
114. Are you confusing DU with the real world? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #111 |
160. See:corn flake encrusted chicken |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #106 |
134. It is a general problem |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #101 |
135. That's just crazy. |
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kayakjohnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
131. I've never seen Buddhist act like that. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
136. Neither do I - and I'm seeing my brother, the Reverend today |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
137. Some Christians respect our rights to freethought |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
159. You have been abused by those out to force salvation on you |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
161. Ignore them, or |
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metapunditedgy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
163. I was at a (conservative) seminary (long story), and one of the profs said |
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morningglorysunday (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
166. Were you inundated with religious dogma growing up? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #166 |
167. Sounds like silly amateur psychology to me. |
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geeyourharesmells (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #167 |
168. Why don't you stop making everything about victimhood? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #168 |
169. That's the subject of the thread, |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #168 |
170. Now who is the victim Ms. Tombstone! n/t |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-26-08 05:17 AM Response to Reply #168 |
174. R.I.P. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-26-08 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
171. One, I'm no better than you are, two, if you were drowning or in a fire |
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