#188584 - 07/03/10 05:37 PM
Re: Atheists' Billboard Vandalized in NC
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Paulwa_dup1
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#188599 - 07/04/10 06:20 AM
Re: Atheists' Billboard Vandalized in NC
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Greg
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As should you since the chances of your choice for a God being correct are very small indeed.
I believe Shakey you, like many of us, are searching for a better understanding of the place "God" has in each of our lives. Paulwa is a perversion of how Christain believe can turn people into bigotted zealots. You see the same thing when you look at how extreme Islamists pervert Muslim beleifs.
Don't let the likes of Paulwa divert you from your search for a better understanding of faith and "God".
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#188604 - 07/04/10 07:59 PM
Re: Atheists' Billboard Vandalized in NC
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shakey56
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No Greg. While I agree Paul is a perversion, I have no need for a God and far less for religion. I don't consider myself to be an atheist. I just don't know if there is a God. However, I do know I have no need for one. Thus, God has no place in my life.
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#188606 - 07/04/10 09:38 PM
Re: Atheists' Billboard Vandalized in NC
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Why are you even intersted in this forum, Shakey? This forum is a discussion of God and His relationship with mankind. I notice a great many of un godly minded people like to hang out around religious forums...mayb just waiting for some very understanding person will come along and give them an explanation they can believe in, That is what I think.
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#188607 - 07/05/10 01:19 AM
Re: Atheists' Billboard Vandalized in NC
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The "under God" part was only added to the pldege during the McCarthy communist scare era. It was naively thought that the Godless communists could be rooted out by watching them since they'd refuse to say "under God".
It was a very typical bit of completely bogus reverse logic - communists don't believe in God so therefore everyone who doesn't believe in God must a communist. It's completely insulting to loyal Americans who don't believe in God and should never have been inserted into the pledge in the first place.
Edited by ghoti (07/05/10 01:24 AM)
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#188610 - 07/05/10 12:10 PM
Re: Atheists' Billboard Vandalized in NC
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shakey56
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Paul, delusional ppl amuse me 
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#188611 - 07/05/10 12:28 PM
Re: Atheists' Billboard Vandalized in NC
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Why are you even intersted in this forum, Shakey? This forum is a discussion of God and His relationship with mankind.
actually, you're the one who's off-topic in this thread...
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#188630 - 07/06/10 10:02 AM
Re: Atheists' Billboard Vandalized in NC
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Greg
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Paul, delusional ppl amuse me
You stomped him good Shakey. Does it feel good?
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#188634 - 07/06/10 12:58 PM
Re: Atheists' Billboard Vandalized in NC
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Paulwa_dup1
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Stomped but still standing, boot boys!! Stomp away!
Paul (and Wabi)
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#188636 - 07/06/10 01:04 PM
Re: Atheists' Billboard Vandalized in NC
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shakey56
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lol @ Greg. bait not taken.
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#188639 - 07/06/10 02:36 PM
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inkblister
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This forum is a discussion of God and His relationship with mankind.
You could not be more beyond WRONG Paulwa (as usual)... This forum is called "Faith and Religion", this includes all beliefs... Even those that have no god or many... Zen has no god, Hindu has hundreds, Native American has many... Atheism may not technically be a religion, but it still requires faith and is "spiritual", but just in a different sense...
Why is it that whenever anyone brings up the word "religion" and "faith" that christians automatically assume it pertains only to them?... It's as if they seem to think that they own the copyright to those words and are the only ones allowed to use them... It's arrogant and self delusional...
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#188641 - 07/06/10 02:58 PM
Re: Atheists' Billboard Vandalized in NC
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Paulwa_dup1
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You are right inkblister. Sorry.
Paul
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#188642 - 07/06/10 03:04 PM
Re: Atheists' Billboard Vandalized in NC
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inkblister
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No problem Paulwa... A dash of humility and modesty looks good on you, you should wear it more often... (and I mean that in a sincere and good way)...
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#188644 - 07/06/10 04:43 PM
Re: Atheists' Billboard Vandalized in NC
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Atheism may not technically be a religion, but it still requires faith and is "spiritual", but just in a different sense...
I've had atheists tell me differently...that it is simply logical and requires no faith at all.
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#188645 - 07/06/10 05:05 PM
Re: Atheists' Billboard Vandalized in NC
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inkblister
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I guess it depends on your perspective... In this instance, I interpreted "Faith" as "Trust" so that Paulwa might be able to understand it from a different point of view... Atheists place their "trust" in logic, reasoning, and science... So in a sense Atheism is having "faith" in science and research to explain questions and ponderences about the universe and our existance, if not in the present then eventually in the future...
I guess I should have added my usual caveat of "But then again, I could be wrong..."... But I assumed it went without saying... sorry for any confusion...
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