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I Confess: I Don't Understand Why Some Atheists Are So Angry
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| 5/11/08
| Tom Piatak
Posted on 05/11/2008 6:32:22 PM PDT by Thorin
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To: reagan_fanatic
That’s really about all you can do.
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posted on
05/11/2008 8:31:22 PM PDT
by
Sue Perkick
(And I hope that what I've done here today doesn't force you to have a negative opinion of me....)
To: Loud Mime
Do you get what you pray for? Is that what grounds your faith?
To: reagan_fanatic
I have never claimed to be an atheist but before my conversion experience in 1975, I was closer to agnostic. I didn't say there was a God or there wasn't a God. I believed that if there was a God,I din’t know anyone who I thought truly knew him. I can understand the anger of atheists and agnostics. I resented someone telling me I had to live by a set of rules when I didn't know if it was the answer or not. After February 1975, I no longer questioned the fact that there is a living God and that the Bible is his infallible Word. If that offends anyone, it is not my intent.
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posted on
05/11/2008 8:46:54 PM PDT
by
Know et al
(Everything I know I read in the newspaper and that's the reason for my ignorance. Will Rogers)
To: Misterioso
Do you get what you pray for? Is that what grounds your faith? Not me. I only pray for guidance.
But, there's lots of prayer threads on FR....
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posted on
05/11/2008 8:50:05 PM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(Liberalism is a Socialist Disease)
To: 2banana
The latest research:
The Spanish Inquisition maintained extensive records and these are now being sifted through by historians. They paint a very different picture of sentencing patterns to traditional historians, although like any historical document their accuracy can be disputed. Geoffrey Parker analyzed 49,000 trial records between 1540 and 1700, representing one third of the total, and found 776 executions took place. This suggests a total of about 2,250 in the period reviewed. Earlier records are less well preserved but do not support the picture of a bloodbath usually painted. Henry Kamen (p. 60) does not believe more than a thousand executions took place in the earlier period. However, he points out that the Inquisitors’ activities were heavily slanted towards Jewish and Moslem communities who would have suffered far more than most from their activities. Recent work, sponsored by the Catholic Church, also points to a significantly lower death toll. Professor Agostino Borromeo, a historian of Catholicism at the Sapienza University in Rome, writes that about 125,000 people were tried by church tribunals as suspected heretics in Spain. Of these, about 1,200 - 2,000 were actually executed, although more killings were performed by non-church tribunals.
45
posted on
05/11/2008 8:53:14 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: steve-b
Puh-leeze. The claim of only 100 murders per year for all of Europe during the inquisitions and witch hunts does not pass the laugh test.The standard for accuracy isn't laughing however, It is the historical record.
Like the Third Reich, the inquisition saw nothing wrong with what it was doing and kept extensive records of it's activities. See my previous post on Geoffry Parker's research.
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posted on
05/11/2008 8:57:01 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: xenophiles
2) exploring a non-religious viewpoint requires a degree of broadmindedness that some religious people seem to find quite uncomfortable. No, it doesn't. Atheists are usually small- and simple-minded. Following logic is the easiest thing an engaged brain can do.
It requires far more "broadmindedness" to consider and accept the existence of that which can't be physically sensed.
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posted on
05/11/2008 9:00:06 PM PDT
by
Chunga
(Vote Republican)
To: Thorin
48
posted on
05/11/2008 9:33:33 PM PDT
by
TBP
To: nmh
Correction, as a Christian, and Bible based, dont label ME a Catholic. Catholics are not Christians.
Excuse me. Care to clarify that bigoted statement?
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posted on
05/11/2008 10:08:05 PM PDT
by
Illuminatas
(Being conservative means never having to say; "Don't you dare question my patriotism")
To: Thorin
Because they think and act using the primitive “lizard” part of thier brain instead of the God given Intellect located in the frontal lobes?
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posted on
05/11/2008 10:14:01 PM PDT
by
Global2010
(Waiting for Hillary to pull the Rabbit outa the Hat)
To: prolifefirst
Denish DSouza, in his book on aethism, says that almost all aethists would have stayed believers if religion didnt try to contrain their sex desires. Considering The births to unmarried women rate is highest in the Bible Belt as well as the divorce rate, I think it's clear which group has the most trouble keeping it in their pants
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posted on
05/11/2008 11:00:14 PM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: Loud Mime
To: arthurus
Such atheists dont really believe in their hearts that there is no God. They hate God for laying down rules. Atheists who really believe there is no God tend to be much more even-tempered, knowing that others belief is simply irrelevant to them.You mean you can believe in God and still call yourself an atheist? Well, to hell with atheism then. I'll just be a non-theist.
To: Misterioso
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posted on
05/12/2008 2:02:34 AM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(Liberalism is a Socialist Disease)
To: 2banana
It is true that about 500 years ago, Christian fanatics killed about 10,000 people over a 100 year time period (about 100/year) in the name of the Roman Catholic church. To say that the fanatics were Christians would be like waiting 200 years and then saying that gay marriage in America was done by Christian pastors.
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posted on
05/12/2008 11:00:32 AM PDT
by
donna
("Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy.")
To: donna
.....To say that the fanatics were Christians ......
Actually, there were far more that 10,000. Roman Catholics did the murders, specifically, Dominicans. Those don’t count the massacres in France somewhat earlier.
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posted on
05/12/2008 11:04:17 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . The Bitcons will elect a Democrat by default)
To: bert
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posted on
05/12/2008 11:11:24 AM PDT
by
donna
("Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy.")
To: qam1
Considering The births to unmarried women rate is highest in the Bible Belt as well as the divorce rate, I think it's clear which group has the most trouble keeping it in their pantsThe holes in your logic are big enough to drive an 18-wheeler through -- you aren't taking into account abortion, birth control, and cohabitation, all of which would likely be higher in non-religious areas of the country. So your statistics go nowhere in proving that the religious are hornier than your average atheist.
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posted on
05/12/2008 12:01:49 PM PDT
by
cammie
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