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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 05:57 PM Original message |
The Amish Schoolhouse Massacre and what it shows us about Christianity. |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Amen. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. I attribute more secular desires for their tight-lipness |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. With their quiet example, the Amish... |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. True. The contrast is so glaring. |
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MisoWeaver (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Compre and contrast to, Hmmm, say...Muslims |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I know. This has really effected me too. It is so heartbreaking. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. actually, not to burst anyone's bubble, but have any of you ever met |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I have to agree |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. the wives always look much older than the husbands |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I've met & dealt with plenty of Amish & I like each & every one of them |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 06:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I was really only focusing of the way they have dealt with this tragedy, |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Good point. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 06:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. More falsehoods. Phony myths. They DO NOT marry their girls off |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 06:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Seems people always |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. shrugs....that is what I was told by excommunicated children of the |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Compared to your slurs against an entire group of people |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Amish country |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 11:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Wait a minute. There are many kinds of Mennonites AND Amish. |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. Charles Roberts, The killer, was very Christian also |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. He really wasn't - that is kind of the point. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 06:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. "usually some Christian connection" |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 06:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. You're welcome |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. no, he's right |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 07:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. what percentage of the realy nasty ones |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. probably a pretty low percentage |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. But it only takes one incident |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 10:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Yes, it's like the story of the Minnesota prison chaplain who was |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. What it shows me about Christianity |
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tlsmith1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
27. It's So Sad |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
30. So, is the point that Atheists can't be moral, forgiving people? |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 09:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Talk about a freakin' stretch. Unbelievable. Hit that straw man again. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 10:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Sorry, I just tend to think Andrew Sullivan is full of shit. |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 10:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. OK. I can understand knee jerk reactions to certain people based on |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 10:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I stand corrected. |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 10:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Peace. |
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