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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:14 AM Original message |
Editor of American Atheist magazine claims church/christian daycare is a form of child abuse. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. **sigh** |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Obviously it's going to piss off Christians |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Hes a he. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I thought it was Ellen Johnson, but I see it isn't. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Christian upbringing equates to "child abuse?" Really? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. There are degrees of abuse. Beating a child to near death is at one extreme. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Introduction of a child to a parent's religious beliefs is quite different |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Telling them they will burn in hell for eternity for not believing it... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I know of no one among those I have personally encountered in |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. So because your Christian friends are all the 'good' kind, you excuse the 'bad' kind from the charge |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I am arguing that you are lumping all aspects of relgion with the |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. I'm trying to imagine a scenario in which a child is taught Christian beliefs |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Much like all human constructs... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #54 |
62. Religious constructs, in the west, tend to come with secret internal Judges (aka mind viruses) |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Some fundamental forms? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. You are free to believe or not. I am non-religious myself |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #43 |
58. Buddhism was never meant to be a religion. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Which is what most of us are saying... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. What is "what most of us are saying"? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. given that I used the word "tenets" and not religions |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. ??? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
142. Certainly religion is unique -- and our Founders recognized that . . . |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #142 |
156. Good heavens... Nothing in your post applies to anything I said |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #156 |
164. Nor did I say you don't understand Separation of Church & State . . . |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #58 |
103. Neither was Christianity. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #103 |
110. I would say 'good point'... |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #110 |
127. Depends on your interpretation. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #127 |
145. Interesting . . . . |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #110 |
144. Think "allegedy" is correctly .... allegedly only five words in the Bible |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #103 |
116. That is really debatable. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #116 |
128. Agruably, David Ben Gurion fits the bill more accurately. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. Doubntful that there was a man named Yeshua bin Yusuf whom the Greek-Jewish hero-god is based on. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #129 |
131. Now you're accusing me of being a stealth Christian? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #131 |
136. No, just pointing something out a lot of non xians don't seem to be aware of. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #136 |
150. Oh, OK. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #150 |
166. More likely fo be based on several people and legends, I agree. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #166 |
190. You'd probably like this book- I'm in the middle of it, right now. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #190 |
191. Love that site! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #116 |
146. Obviously, it's all myth based on a two or three dozen past "savior" myths . . . |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #103 |
143. Agree . . . |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
141. Children are "NOT free to believe or not" ...... that's the point ... !! |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #141 |
159. Uggh... Are you intentionally picking select post s to misconstrue? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #159 |
162. I respond to posts as I read them . . . down the line -- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
140. It's not extreme . . .it's exactly what the RCC has taught children -- and adults -- |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Have you been in a church lately? Or are you just taking those kinds of caricatures... |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #29 |
72. My daughter goes to a Christian daycare and no one has |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. What makes it Christian daycare? |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #74 |
93. It's at a church and they teach some Bible verses. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #93 |
100. So they sing Jesus Loves Me and that sort of thing? |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
85. They teach them fear and tell them they are worthless if they don't comply. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #85 |
147. Organized patriarchal religion was invented in the first place to control people .... |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-03-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #85 |
204. "They are weak, but he is strong." |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
112. I don't know anyone who does that. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. How many Christians (or other believers, or even nonbelievers, if you'd like) |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Everyone I have known with children. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Of coruse they're not out to. The road to hypothetical hell is paved with the best of intentions. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. right.. perhaps it is time to examine your own intentions... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. My Lord! I see clearly now! |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Ironically, you turn a secular notion into a religious one... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Have a blessed day, hlthe2b! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #55 |
149. Look . . . the Vatican has reversed Vatican II ... and is now teaching again |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
148. So you're saying that people you know give their children a CHOICE . . . |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
139. You're suggesting there hasn't always been a backlash against atheists??? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
133. Yes . . . and remember, the perils of HELL are eagerly described to children . . . . |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
135. "Raising child as christian = abuse" is a standard "New Atheist" theme |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. I couldn't have summed up modern atheism better myself. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Works for me...nt |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
118. When my very existence pisses off Christians, |
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ironbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #118 |
125. Have you ever considered that it may not be atheism underlying your "troubles"? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. IMO, this is one of the clearest realities of organized patriarchal religion . .. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. So you lump all religious upbringing into one big category... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
151. First, which religions are you aware of that aren't based on male-supremacy ... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #151 |
161. I am promoting honesty and tolerance... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #161 |
165. Rather your post was disingenuous . . . |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
109. I agree. THat is the opposite view of saying that raising your child |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
137. .... |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. I agree |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. Oof. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Why? It's true, isn't it? |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Not all religion is taught that way. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. What's a good way to 'teach' the Christian religion to a toddler? |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I'm thinking about the VBS and Sunday School classes I went to, and while they were taught as "true |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. I remember Sunday school as a series of parables... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #31 |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #33 |
46. I wonder if you admit even to yourself |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. I'm just reporting the facts. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
75. What a wretched little post. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. For sure. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
172. ... |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #46 |
91. Well, why don't we count up all the ways that religion has ruined the world, shall we? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. Ignore... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #91 |
154. .... and is still ruining it -- Bush originally called his wars a "Crusade" and suggested ... |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
90. You're absolutely right. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
171. Really? One horrible memory from childhood I cannot forget ... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #171 |
175. What a great mom! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
153. Unless you're giving a child an informed choice -- it's abusive ... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
152. Almost all organized patriarchal religions begin teaching their beliefs |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. The author says we don't know if it's true or not. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. Good grief |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yes... and it saddens me to see the intolerance on either side... |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. I suppose we shouldn't teach our kids about the galaxy, either. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Creationist . . . ?? |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. No, just so-called "facts" about the galaxy. Have you been out there? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. "Can you confirm that there are billions of suns out there for sure?" |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. So you've been there? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #28 |
84. No, but this guy has |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
220. Have you ever talked to an astronomer? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
68. Um, yeah. There is a large amount of corroborating physical evidence. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
20. The debate between theism and atheism should be kept reasonable. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
119. Whoa, that excerpt is rife with stupidity. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
132. It's not unusual for people to be harmed by religious teachings . . . |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
23. Well i disagree but would not place my kids in a christian school or daycare. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
26. If the author's really so concerned about this, why doesn't he go after Santa Claus... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Is there an eternal punishment for not believing in the universe or Santa Claus? |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Oh, there's punishment alright. I doubt a toddler understands damnation or eternity... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
82. That is the point of Santa Claus, right? Training wheels for Christian dogma, right? |
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cpwm17 (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
102. Kids figure out Hell at a young age - Child Abuse. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #102 |
114. "Growing up with only one day weekends, and stressing about hell." |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #102 |
117. My brother reported a similar distress over the cosmic consequences of 'bad behavior.' |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #117 |
157. Catholics have spoken out about the most horrific aspects . . . |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #157 |
176. Just think about what's going on in Ireland right now |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #176 |
185. True -- though I'm not sure we get all the news of it . . . just highlights? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
155. Does Santa Claus have recognition at the United Nations . . .? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
223. Santa and the bunny are both |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
30. Yep. |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
34. My parents forced me to go to church every week, and yes, I considered it torture |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. Boring for sure... I can not imagine even the most religious among us |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
42. The catholic church turned me into a habitual liar. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
158. Wasn't it great when Vatican II ended Confession . . . |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 08:25 AM Response to Reply #158 |
180. I don't think it ever got rid of it. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #180 |
183. Vatican II actually did get rid of it -- made it unnecessary -- forgiveness automatic ... |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #183 |
186. Do you have a link for that? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 06:44 PM Response to Reply #186 |
192. Not at the moment . . . but you should be able to link to Vatican II... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #186 |
194. Also, not sure you will pick up on there being other .... |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 06:40 AM Response to Reply #42 |
209. Confession |
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Robert DAH Bruce (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
48. K&R |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
49. Welcome to the faith-based atheist community. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Yes... one would think it important to udnerstand something |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #49 |
69. You want to talk about caricatures. You're trying to draw an equivalence between Astronomy and the |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #49 |
99. I disagree, a 'serious atheist interested in turning people' might do that. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #49 |
124. Oh my void! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
160. Rather many here are discussing actual experiences -- |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
53. Dude, you're not helping. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. I increasingly believe.. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #53 |
71. I'll say! |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
63. Can't say he's got it wrong, but the hand wringing by atheists in this thread isn't warranted. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. We can't let the Christians know what we really think or they'll be mad at us. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
70. As an Atheist, I don't want Fundamentalist Christians telling me what I can teach MY kids. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. Why should their kids suffer for their parents' refusal to take science as science |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #77 |
104. Because we accord people a lot of leeway on how they raise their kids. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #104 |
115. At some point, something gives though. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 01:52 AM Response to Reply #115 |
177. I'm not angry. I just think that there is a big, bright line between teaching kids even goofy things |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 08:07 AM Response to Reply #177 |
178. It's not abuse to subject your kids to the Dead unless you don't get them high first. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #178 |
187. We make public education available, but people (parents) can choose different options |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #187 |
188. Mandated to think something? No. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #188 |
189. I don't know all that much abt. Homeschooling, to be honest. |
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FionaMcG (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #70 |
97. Agreed. And how can nuns, cloistered from the world, teach kids |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #97 |
105. I wasn't going to let my kids get near a Catholic Church even BEFORE the current unpleasantness. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #97 |
179. That's a can of worms that will have to be painfully opened some day, I hope. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 08:27 AM Response to Reply #97 |
181. That assumes that nuns were cloistered from birth. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
73. No more so then a privately owned daycare. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #73 |
211. Actually, in many states, Christian day care is exempted from health and safety rules. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
78. Although I would argue Christian Elementary and above is abuse |
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Blue For You (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
79. Jesus had Judaic daycare as a child, and ended up destroying the temple. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. 'Which one of you little rascals turned the apple juice into wine? Jeeesus? Was it you?' |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:07 AM Response to Reply #79 |
207. Jesus destroyed the Temple? |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
80. A 'Christian' friend of mine tried to kill herself because of this exact thing. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. Fire and Brimstone congregations are not part of any religious |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #87 |
96. She was finally de-Jesused and she is doing well now. |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #80 |
108. "I bet the incidence of mental disease is much higher among 'Christians' than non-religious people" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #80 |
167. Whoever said that "religion is good for mental health" . . . ??? |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
83. Just proof that saying stupid shit is not limited to the religious |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #83 |
106. I agree, It's stupid, and I don't like the idea of government telling parents what they can teach |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #83 |
173. As a gay man who fears your little fundy Johnny's baseball bat when he turns 16 and gets bored. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #173 |
184. Touche, Touchdown! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
86. I read the whole article and I think he needs a little Strunk & White |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. Maybe he would have learned some grammar & sentence construction |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
89. In This Day And Age, It's True |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
92. I've honestly wondered how long it would take for someone to come out and say something like this. |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
98. Didn't Obama attend religious schools in Indonesia? |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #98 |
122. He attended Muslim schools. Those are okay |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
101. I dont think too many are taking him seriously. Its been up almost a month and only 12 comments. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
107. to the atheist that call bunk... thank you. i sent my kids to christian mother day out and |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #107 |
174. You are right. I don't know. And you don't know about my life at the hands of Christians |
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Evasporque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
111. Particulalry when the execise demons from the child... |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. Yeah... cause that happens in preschool. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
120. I have no children, but having been brought up in a very churched environment |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #120 |
121. 83% of this country claim to be christian. 83% of the country is not deep red. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. And that answers what I said in what way, exactly? n/t |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 08:31 AM Response to Reply #121 |
182. Where are you getting this 83% number? |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #182 |
195. 83% is a figure I often see offered by Christians whining about Separation of Church and State. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #120 |
168. Agree . . . and to create a docile population -- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #120 |
169. Look at the GOP . . !!! |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
126. I think the author would communicate better by claiming |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #126 |
130. Yes... I agree... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
134. The church that confirmed me years ago ran a daycare in a highly transitional |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
138. K&R n/t |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
163. Newsbusters has the story now |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #163 |
199. And your point is what? |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
170. I see this thread has been tossed into The Pit of Despair. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
193. ALL Christians believe in Original Sin. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-04-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #193 |
205. Original sin is simply the theological version of the commonplace statement |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-05-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #205 |
206. I think not. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #193 |
208. Actually, no. Some Christians are Universalists. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #208 |
210. You're a Girardian, which means that over 90% of the world's Christians |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #210 |
212. I think Jesus is the Messiah. Thus, I am a Christian. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #212 |
213. Saving you from what? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #213 |
214. I didn't mention being saved from anything. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #214 |
215. Interesting. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #215 |
216. violence=evil is a new idea?! Really? Interesting. nt |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #216 |
217. You know better than to believe that is what I meant. Don't play coy. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #217 |
218. Yes, actually, it is. What greater evil do you know of? nt |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #218 |
219. Dick Cheney. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #219 |
222. Dick Cheney enabled violence. Just ask the people of Iraq and Afghanistan.nt |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-10 06:55 AM Response to Reply #217 |
221. I think it pretty much says everything about Christian theology... |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
196. If David Smalley's opinion represents that of American Atheists |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #196 |
197. Quite the literalist, aren't you? |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #197 |
200. Really doesn't matter how it is designed to be taken. Anyone in a position |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #200 |
201. Couple problems |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #201 |
202. Well first of all, as the editor, he is a person of authority. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-03-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #196 |
203. Perhaps you meant to say "parents allowed to expose their children to religious INDCOTRINATION..." |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
198. Go back to the site for an update. |
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