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Atheists & Agnostics

GiqueCee

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8. The most shifty-eyed weasel in the cave...

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Wed Sep 11, 2024, 07:56 PM

Sep 11

Last edited Fri Sep 13, 2024, 11:08 AM - Edit history (1)

...said to the biggest bully in the cave, "You be government and I'll be religion! We'll have 'em by the short curlies for the next hundred thousand years!"

I'm not prejudiced. I despise all religions equally. And I once taught Sunday School... until I was excoriated for asking too many questions.

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Religion, How Do I Hate Thee? Let Me Count the Ways. [View all] DavidDvorkin Sep 11 OP

I consider religions to be the destroyers of humanity. walkingman Sep 11 #1

Pretty much every negative thing humanity does... Think. Again. Sep 11 #2

Humanity's worst invention was Jerry2144 Sep 11 #3

Yes. DavidDvorkin Sep 11 #4

time to change poozwah Sep 14 #11

I don't necessarily hate all religion. I hate how devious peoole use it to manipulate others. Lonestarblue Sep 11 #5

God says so, but only to the select few who will pass on the message. keithbvadu2 Sep 11 #6

The Founding Fathers Warned Us BOSSHOG Sep 11 #7

The most shifty-eyed weasel in the cave... GiqueCee Sep 11 #8

I've always thought that atheists could vanquish religion if we organized around atheist "churches". rainin Sep 13 #9

There have been attempts to do this, but I think they've all fizzled. DavidDvorkin Sep 13 #10

Well a week later, it is still there and I am surely glad it is rurallib Sep 18 #12

Thank you DavidDvorkin Sep 18 #13

that is especially true in English - the only language I know rurallib Sep 18 #14

Yes, but how far should we go? DavidDvorkin Sep 18 #15