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09/09/2010 10:28:18 PM · #51

You are just a slacker atheist Deb. Don't worry, they will be coming to your door soon. ;)

09/10/2010 12:20:02 AM · #52

Who, exactly, are "they"? I can't even have the nice Mormon boys in - because I am that most horrible of creatures (a single woman!). I might molest them, apparently. How sad is that for a state of affairs?

And I don't know that I am an atheist. Perhaps a multideist or whatever that is. I believe there are any number of gods and all of them are right for those that believe in them. And I'm very fond of myths. Something sustaining and everlasting about a child's belief in unicorns and sprites, you know? (Seriously. There's a lot to be said for that.)

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09/10/2010 12:25:10 AM · #53

"they" are the devout atheists... :P

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09/10/2010 12:27:27 AM · #54

Go look at our team thread danggit, doc. I want an opinion :-)

09/10/2010 12:45:22 AM · #55

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

"they" are the devout atheists... :P

They have missionaries? I'll be nice to them, just as I am to the Mormons, the Jehovah's Witnesses, and the others who come to my door. I see no reason not to be, do you?

09/10/2010 12:57:43 AM · #56

Originally posted by Melethia:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:
"they" are the devout atheists... :P

They have missionaries? I'll be nice to them, just as I am to the Mormons, the Jehovah's Witnesses, and the others who come to my door. I see no reason not to be, do you?

I don't like anyone trying to scare/guilt trip me into anything. I also don't like people coming to my door with a product I don't want, trying to sell it to me.

I'm not nice to them, actually I'm quite horrible to them, and would be worse to them if only I actually had a garden hose ready when they showed up...

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09/10/2010 01:01:35 AM · #57

Originally posted by Melethia:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:
"they" are the devout atheists... :P

They have missionaries?

Of course not (for the same reason there aren't any devout "no-such-thing-as-unicornists" knocking at your door). Doc's gone cuckoo.

Message edited by author 2010-09-10 01:01:55.

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09/10/2010 01:14:02 AM · #58

Don't listen to Shannon. :) Anybody posting regularly on these threads is working to proselytize their position...

They might say, "I don't care what you believe", but it's, of course, not true because they keep posting over and over trying to show you (or really me) why I am wrong.

This is all mainly tongue-in-cheek, but only partly so. I know lots of religious people that lack 1/10th of the fervor of our local DPC atheists (which is probably too bad for them).

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09/10/2010 01:17:42 AM · #59

Gosh, Cory, remind me not to stop by! I've yet to have anyone try to scare or guilt trip me into anything. I've had pleasant people explaining something they believe in. Whether I buy into it or not is not important - the fact I listen and let them tell me is what matters. At least that's how I look at it. I'm nice to people selling things, too, though I rarely buy anything. I just don't see the need to be rude. I'm also old, outdated, and becoming less and less in touch with the real world every day, it seems. Soon I'll just disappear into the ether. Or become the old woman with cats. That's very likely...

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09/10/2010 01:23:56 AM · #60

I don't care what you believe, so long as you don't shove it down my throat. It makes no difference to me if you delude yourself. If you intentionally delude others, including the vulnerable, the meek, and children, as is the mandate with your flavour of belief, I care. If you tell me that I'm involved in your fantasy version of the universe by saying I'm going to hell, or won't be saved, or am an infidel and deserve beheading, or that science is fantasy and fantasy is science, or whatever nonsense, then you have involved me and of course I care what you believe, insofar as you should be compelled to keep this kind of nonsense to yourself. Universal "you" implied.

09/10/2010 01:25:48 AM · #61

Originally posted by Melethia:

You fail to recognize that their pleasantness is just a cloak, disguising how they really feel about you and me. And they've never tried to guilt trip you? Hmm, who's stopping by your house? They don't sound very christian to me.. Christians hold, as a core value, guilt and they didn't tell you that if you didn't convert you'd go to hell? I'm suspicious.....

Oh, let us not forget that we are talking about a group(s) that, until quite recently, persecuted and killed everyone who was brave enough, or stupid enough, to publicly make known their disagreements. I don't think I want those people in my house, as a matter of a fact, I really don't want them near my house.

And Melethia, while I do sometimes find you a bit over-dramatic, I don't think I'd run you off, indeed, should you come to my home offering conversation or knowledge you are most welcome.. But come trying to convince me that your beliefs are indisputable, absolute truth, and I swear I will hose you down.

09/10/2010 01:29:43 AM · #62

LOL! Yep, I won't be stopping by. I have no beliefs to share or impose or otherwise pass along* but I don't want to take the chance! And I'm rarely over-dramatic. That I know of. You can ask anyone who's met me - I could well be wrong, of course.

(*I do think that everyone should watch Lord of the Rings at least once, full versions, and preferably annually, but I would not impose that upon you nor call you an infidel if you preferred, say, reality television.)

09/10/2010 01:40:38 AM · #63

Originally posted by Melethia:

Just to be clear, by overdramatic, I'm referring to your usual "The hell with everything I quit" throw up your hands sort of reaction I associate with you. Not that I dislike you, or anything of that sort, so don't get the wrong idea, I've just seen several examples of that sort of behavior, and generally have found it to be somewhat melo/overdramatic..

You're still welcome to come by for tea or coffee, or tequila sometime... Not that you would, but you're welcome...

09/10/2010 01:43:53 AM · #64

Ah, so I am overdramatic.

Well fine, then dammit! I quit!

:-)

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09/10/2010 01:44:42 AM · #65

Originally posted by Melethia:

Ah, so I am overdramatic.

Well fine, then dammit! I quit!

:-)

LOL... Fine then. :)

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09/10/2010 02:06:23 AM · #66

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Don't listen to Shannon. :) Anybody posting regularly on these threads is working to proselytize their position...

Funny, all this time I thought I had been playing whack-a-fallacy.

Message edited by author 2010-09-10 02:12:51.

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09/10/2010 03:51:11 AM · #67

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

You got your high priests, your books, your zealots and your missionaries. You even have that cute little fish with the legs for your cars.

You're just jealous cause we've got a nicer logo than you.

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09/10/2010 04:42:17 AM · #68

Looks like the koran is an affront to the atheist religion as well. :P
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXxDTerC2CY
although he doesn't have the cajones to burn a real one.

As predicted, various forms of koran and bible burning will be popping up all over the internet and many will undoubtedly get the attention they seek. Just like the guy in the link above which I watched and then shared. Doh!

The drama just never ends. Hopefully the Mayans were right though and it will all be over in a couple years. :)

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09/10/2010 04:54:51 AM · #69

Godzilla burning a koran.... Dare ya! ;-)

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09/10/2010 05:08:41 AM · #70

Originally posted by JH:

Godzilla burning a koran.... Dare ya! ;-)

Can't believe I didn't think of that. :/

I did do this awhile back. But then I also did this.

Message edited by author 2010-09-10 05:16:18.

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09/10/2010 05:21:00 AM · #71

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Originally posted by JH:
Godzilla burning a koran.... Dare ya! ;-)

Can't believe I didn't think of that. :/

I did do this awhile back. But then I also did this.

lol! nice one.

Now, is there an email address I can send this fatwa to?

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09/10/2010 05:22:44 AM · #72

Originally posted by JH:

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Originally posted by JH:
Godzilla burning a koran.... Dare ya! ;-)

Can't believe I didn't think of that. :/

I did do this awhile back. But then I also did this.

lol! nice one.

Now, is there an email address I can send this fatwa to?

Suddenly I feel like Salmon Rushdie.

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09/10/2010 08:05:29 AM · #73

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Originally posted by Jac:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Originally posted by JH:
Could you burn a copy of Origin of the Species or The God Delusion or something for us Atheists?

Thanks.

If I could arrange it, could you just burn Dawkins for me? :)

As funny as you may want to sound Doc, you are not. In your mind you find it funny to joke about burning a human being because he doesn't share your thoughts about religion and that puzzles me. Nobody here has called for the burning of Mr. Jones, even jokingly. It only belittles you Doc in my truly honest opinion.

Whatever Jac. It was obviously a joke. You are the one who started the thread offering to do something synonymous with the actions of an "idiot" as you quoted. If this whole thread isn't a joke, then I'm not sure what it is...

I can see you as the great leader of some cult that ultimately your followers will call a religion. You fit the ticket Doc. You may be the next Jim Jones, who knows?

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09/10/2010 09:07:51 AM · #74

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

In this video The Amazing Athiest burns three books: Koran, Bible, and The God Delusion.

This Koran stunt does a great job of upsetting people who have trouble separating reality from symbolism.

IMO, people who get all bent out of shape by this sort of thing are kooky. But hey, I'm a lot kooky in other ways, so lets all get our kook on and celebrate our wackiness.

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