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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 05:42 AM Original message |
If religion went poof overnight and all the sudden no one believed in it, |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. True Enough, Ma'am: People would simply Create Fresh ways To Screw Themselves Up |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 05:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thats the nice thing about being due beer and travel money. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Incitatus Was Consul In 793, Sir |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Not sure who that is. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Surabaya, Johnny! |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Could you add more to your post. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Cherrywood Has A Really Nice Tone To It, Sir: Just Looking At Some In The Sunlight |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I am interested in what you think. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Cooked Too Many Potatoes For the Pot-Roast Last Night, Sir; Probably Boil Some Eggs, Make A Salad |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Ok then. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 08:04 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Your Best Play Now, Sir, Is Blackwing --- Ghibli the Searing Wind |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. You shifted. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 08:12 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. And Shafted, Sir |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 08:15 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Brilliant subthread, good Sir... |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 08:18 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Thank You, Sir |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Well said sir. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Very True, Sir |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. True sir |
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divvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. If it is not practical to remove the "problem" (people) |
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Sky Masterson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think if people quit believing in an afterlife and realized |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. the world would be a far, FAR better place |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. why? do you think human nature would be magically transformed? |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. No, but religion makes very bad use of.... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 06:36 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Best Post of the Thread. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
50. Not magically , but transformed yes |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Whoever heard of an atheist martyr? |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. ...and corruption of youth. In an unsubstantiated hagiographic tale. nt |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
63. That's just it. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
9. since religion is a way to make sense out of a senseless world, then people |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. yep. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. Then explain non-religious people? |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. we manage. people deal with things in different ways. some people |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I can't disagree with what you are saying, but... |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:29 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. oh, i know what you mean. i remember a kid i used to walk to school with when i was a senior in |
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verdalaven (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. Speaking as a former believer, current atheist |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
42. Have to disagree. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
14. Watch the movie "the Invention of Lying".... great example of this idea |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Thanks for that |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
15. "If God didn't exist, it would be necessary to invent him" - Voltaire |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
19. All I know is.... |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
20. The world would be "incrementally" better, but not perfect |
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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
23. it's not the cause. It's about convenience. Political ideologues looking for justification. n/t |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
24. I don't think it's that easy. On the positive side, I think many people would find |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
27. Maybe. Maybe not.... |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
31. I think there are people in the world who are too stupid to live without religion. |
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BanzaiBonnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
32. Although, "The Second Coming" |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
36. I think it would. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. Dunno. Can we try it to find out? |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
38. Check out the few historical examples where this was tried. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
39. It has been the work of millennia, to exorcise spirits from the world, by recognizing |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. Wouldn't be a perfect world, but it would be a better world. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #44 |
61. Especially in the middle east , India and Africa. |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
47. I'm too much of a pessimist to say yes |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
49. Perfect? No. Better? Obviously. (n/t) |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
51. Yes. nt |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
52. Different? Yes. Better? Not convinced. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
53. this is an amazing random thoughts exchange with the magistrate |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
55. Middle East suddenly has nothing to fight over. |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Nothing except oil, territory and cultural differences. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Correct. But they would no longer be able to hide behind religion as the excuse. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Well, it surely wouldn't solve the problem of godless suicide bombers. nt |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Ah yes. |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
56. I can think of one place where getting rid of religion might not be such a good idea. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
62. Yes, because it would turn off a powerful engine of division and hate. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
64. some would argue that nationalism became the new religion in most of the world over the last couple |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
66. How can we know? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
67. There are many other things to kill one another for |
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