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flamingyouth

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Fri Jul-22-05 09:25 PM
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Stupid church sign I saw today:

"It takes a lot of faith to be an atheist." :eyes:

Seen outside the Volunteer Park Seventh Day Adventist Church on Aloha Street in Seattle.

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Fenris

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Fri Jul-22-05 09:34 PM
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1. That doesn't even make sense.

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beam me up scottie

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Fri Jul-22-05 10:32 PM
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2. Stupid is right.

It's nice to know we bug them just by existing, though. :evilgrin:

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CarbonDate

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Fri Jul-22-05 10:53 PM
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3. They can't help but frame things from their point of view.

Edited on Fri Jul-22-05 10:53 PM by CarbonDate

As I've mentioned before, since they've been indoctrinated since youth to believe in their deity, it's sort of a "common sense" thing for them that their deity exists, despite a complete dearth of evidence supporting their position. They don't think in terms of proving a positive versus proving a negative.

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BiggJawn

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Fri Jul-22-05 11:36 PM
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4. Faith in WHAT?

Faith in Rationality?

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progressoid

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Sat Jul-23-05 12:12 AM
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5. Okey dokey then.

They've really taken the GOP's doublespeak to a new level.

How about "it takes a lot of skepticism to be a christian"? :silly:

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Phentex

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Sat Jul-23-05 07:40 AM
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6. Actually, I take that as a compliment...

because I am NOT scared and I do have enough faith in myself to live without crutches. How many times do I have to hear people justify religion by saying their children need a "moral code" to live by and they're afraid of how they'd turn out if they didn't "belong" to anything?

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MindPilot

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Sat Jul-23-05 10:39 AM
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7. "I don't have enough faith for evolution."

When I was teaching auto shop at a community college, I had a coffee cup with an evolve fish carrying a wrench. I thought it was humorously appropriate, but my christian supervisor told me to take it home; and that was his reasoning.

AS much as I wanted to, I didn't argue; I needed that job.

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enki23

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Wed Jul-27-05 04:26 PM
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8. i think i shall take up pascal's wager

Edited on Wed Jul-27-05 04:28 PM by enki23

and try to maximize the number of gods i believe in (weighted by probability of actually existing, and by the reward which such belief is supposed to incur). according to ther premise of ye olde church sign, that must require the least faith of all.

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shrike

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Thu Jul-28-05 10:46 AM
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9. That is pretty damned stupid

I'm so glad my church doesn't get into signs.

There are some really dumb ones out there. Somebody should come up with a top-ten list.

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arwalden

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Sun Jul-31-05 10:51 AM
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11. Yes... "Stupid" Is A Good Description. I Was Going To Say "Arrogant"...

... it reminds me of the folks who are arrogant enough to declare that someone "isn't-a-REAL-Christian" or "isn't-a-TRUE-Christian".

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BlueEyedSon

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Fri Jul-29-05 07:32 AM
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10. "And lot of stupidity to be religious"

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