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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:27 PM Original message |
Why atheism will replace religion. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ignorance and poverty are fertile ground for religion. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. God is laughing at these studies. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. ... |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. agreed. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. If IT is such an IT and not an him/her, how does IT laugh? n/t |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. How does god sound when IT laughs??? |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Think of that little laughing Buddha statue. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. And does it turn into a bearded old man when it wants its nose to burn? n/t |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. When it wants to have sex with a nine-year-old girl, does it turn into Muhammad? n/t |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. See, now how am I supposed to follow that? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. IT turns into a Catholic priest |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Wrong gender. n/t |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Sadly, not really. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. And isn't THAT telling of our good-ole-fashioned American Values? n/t |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
39. Like this. |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. I wonder if IT farts? nt |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Very much so. It's in the bible |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. How do you know this? |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. I have very strict standards for what I choose to believe in. |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Well, I suppose that's useful, in a very limited sense |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 05:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. I don't think the god of which you speak care much about our studies |
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jdp349 (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. meaningless speculation is meaningless |
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flakey_foont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. Aye |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. That would be a wonderful time. I'm sorry that I won't be there. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Bertrand Russell said it best I think |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'll hold my breath. |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. I can buy the link between atheism and education, |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I'm sure any response would simply cause weaselling |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Read: |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. ...trouble is that pesky outlier....us. NT |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. Religious extremeism has done a lot of damage at my place of work, |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That is so sad. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. if an increase in atheism depends on an increase in intelligence, then atheism is doomed. |
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blueworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think it's funny linking either atheism or religion to God; they're human. n/t |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. ditto, darling blueworld. you have it spot on for me. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. Back-to-back World Wars effectively smashed the conventional pieties of Europe |
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ChadwickHenryWard (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Do you think it was the wars themselves |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I think it was the Wars themselves. Western civilization, such as it was, |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Interesting how you contradict yourself. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. K&R |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
23. "Replace" is a strange word to use in this context. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. That's true |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. If atheism becomes a successful strategy for survival, it will replace religiosity. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:38 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. You are mistaking survival and a false sense of security. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I mean that atheism, following Darwin, would have to prove more successful a survival strategy than |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. So what you're positing |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I think before humans as a species needed to feel 'wanted' by the universe |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. This has been another "Deep Thoughts". |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Our brains are probably just too imperfect to hope that humans generally will give up fuzzy thinking |
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ChadwickHenryWard (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. A nice summary of scientific findings. |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
47. Much more likely to go Muslim given the immigration and birth rates. nt |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. That's quite a non-sensical point. |
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