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Cylinsier · Master Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 13229 Location: Oh shi-

I think to some extent there is room for both to coexist. I've just personally gone beyond that point. There are certainly atheists that behave like zealots, though. In my perfect world, everyone would be free to observe whatever personal faith they saw fit, but it would remain personal; it would have no place in defining culture as a whole.
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freethinker · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:38 pm Post subject:

Thennnnn...we agree..!!
And i will continue to study science and religion, and you will remove that offensive quote from Dawkins...
....I know you can find something better
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dick · Journeyman Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 3134

Thats my favorite quote on the forum. Its so freakin true. Religion is responsible for the breeding of stupidity throughout the Bible belt... and throughout the Middle East especially.
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Brant · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:43 pm Post subject:

I just changed my quote. It was getting stale. Wink

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dick · Journeyman Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 3134

Thats a good one. Very well said. I'm glad you spelled "warrant" correctly. Once BB starts, he doesn't let go.
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Brant · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:07 pm Post subject:

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freethinker · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:39 pm Post subject:

Waiting, Cy...
You've read the works of Darwin's Rottweiler, and so have I...You are well aware that he uses science to attack personal belief systems, and we are agreed that this practice is unfair and logically inaccurate
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Cylinsier · Master Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 13229 Location: Oh shi-

Actually, I'm going to change my whole sig soon anyway, but you'll just have to wait until I get around to it! Wink

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freethinker · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject:

Fair enough....and like the cat that ate the cheese, I'll be waiting with baited breath
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PlainJane · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:37 pm Post subject:

Some of you atheists who say you're not trying to convert or persuade others to believe as you do spend an awful lot of time trying to impress with your wit and wisdom. Brant, you thought your old quote was stale...?
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freethinker · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:08 pm Post subject:

somehow I get the impression we all here are on different pages...
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E--- no, did NOT invent that...First read it in a Buster Keaton biography about thirty years ago....thought it was still common knowledge..
PlainJane --- now that I have the atheists all calmed down on YOUR behalf, please don't get them all riled up again...
Brant--- I got an eggo waffle with a perfect resemblance on it of Edward James Olmos....You think I could sell it on E-bay...?
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Brant · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:03 am Post subject:

Jane, do you have a point you're trying to make? If so, go ahead. We'll wait.
Free, if I were you, I'd hold onto it until he dies. It did wonders for the value of my Raul Julia Hot Pocket.
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freethinker · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:44 am Post subject:

Bless you amom...I had forgotten that quote...thank you...Einstein often referred to the Old Man in ways that were hard to decipher, but he was always reverent and respectful...And in the Origin of Species, Darwin gave thanks to a creator who started the ball rolling....
So did Newton and Galileo....As I said, I don't want to convert anyone, but it's kinda hard to argue science against spiritual belief, when you're arguing against the 4 greatest scientific thinkers since science began
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And Dawkins STILL won't return my e-mails(' Evil or Very Mad

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