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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 09:52 PM Original message |
Church Fight! |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. For me, religion has always been about politics and domination, and I think history bears |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. And atheism hasn't? Organized atheism has a political history going back |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yep, I think they're all in the same bucket. n/t |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. You mean like the Constitution? |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. More like the Cult of Reason or the League of Militant Atheists, |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. You skipped some details. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I skipped no details. I merely answered your question honestly, but |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I didn't dimiss getting beheaded. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. You're just kinda all over the place aren't you? And |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. You, OTOH, know ALL ABOUT history, so... |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Your straw men are just kinda standing in line aren't they? You have |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I want to know what you fear from "organized atheism." |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. where are you getting all this stuff? Who said I feared "organized atheism"? |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. It's the domination. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. One straw man down and another takes his place. nt |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. OK, I thought you said atheism was about "politics and domination..." |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. The phrase "politics and domination" is yours. I think you're talking to yourself. nt |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 06:31 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Really? See post #1 and your reply (agreement) #5. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. That's better. You were quoting me on something I never said. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I hope you write the book. |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. "Not typically atheist"="no true Scotsman" |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Cute. |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Just pointing it out |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Heaven forfend! |
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Humanist_Activist (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. WTF is "Organized Atheism"? |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. He's talking about communist dictatorships. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. So American Atheists isn't an organization of atheists, or the |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Oh, so you're adding advocacy groups to the argument. Good to know. n/t |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I didn't add anything. I was asked to give some examples of organized atheism. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. You were replying to someone else in a response to me? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. What do you want to bet that this is not an un-usual model in not-for-profits of various kinds?nt |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Churches can be absolute snake pits sometimes. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. I was close friends with the spiritual coordinator of the Tibet Buddhist center in my town. |
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SoutherDem (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sounds just like the So.B church I use to attend. |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm going to hell... |
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checks-n-balances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Me too! The Head Pastor was a real Ass. Pastor n/t |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I don't think it was unintentional. |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That's what made it so funny. n/t |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
13. Chruch fights can get really ugly. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
17. Most of us will happily feed the poor, if they can pry our jumbo-burgers from our cold dead fingers, |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. I sweat that whole judgment thing... |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. One of the drawbacks |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. Why megachurch? The bigger the church gets, the higher the salary the preacher can claim |
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