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Nonbelievers' Newfangled Nom de Guerre Dimwitted
The Rocky Mountain News ^
| February 7, 2004
| Linda Seebach
Posted on 02/13/2004 12:07:33 PM PST by quidnunc
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posted on
02/13/2004 12:07:34 PM PST
by
quidnunc
To: quidnunc
Certain persons of this description, having decided they won't get proper respect until they get a better name, and taking as their model the adoption of the term "gay" for homosexual, have decided to call themselves "brights." They've really got to work on not confusing their R's and L's.
It's pronounced "blight," kids...
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posted on
02/13/2004 12:09:25 PM PST
by
Prime Choice
(I'm pro-choice. I just think the "choice" should be made *before* having sex.)
To: quidnunc
Certain persons of this (Non-believing) description, having decided they won't get proper respect until they get a better name, and taking as their model the adoption of the term "gay" for homosexual, have decided to call themselves "brights." So, a non-believing person who is also a leftist, is he a dim-bright, or a bright-dim?
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posted on
02/13/2004 12:10:30 PM PST
by
Aeronaut
(In my humble opinion, the new expression for backing down from a fight should be called 'frenching')
To: quidnunc
I don't see how "free thinker" "agnostic" or even "atheist" is a negative term.
Atheist means exactly what it says: not having a theology.
I've read about the term "brights" before and as a non-religious person myself, I think it's ridiculous.
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posted on
02/13/2004 12:13:44 PM PST
by
counterpunch
(click my name to check out my 'toons!)
To: quidnunc
"The FOOL has said in his heart, there is no God."
"The Fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom."
Why is it the brightest kids always come from religious homes?
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posted on
02/13/2004 12:15:11 PM PST
by
Chris Talk
(What Earth now is, Mars once was. What Mars now is, Earth will become.)
To: quidnunc
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posted on
02/13/2004 12:16:40 PM PST
by
Servant of the 9
(Think of it as Evolution in Action)
To: quidnunc
No way am I ever gonna call myself a "bright". The fact that I don't share the religious beliefs of others is no reason to insult the devout, many of whom have earned a great deal of my respect.
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posted on
02/13/2004 12:23:44 PM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(Earth first! We can mine the other planets later.)
To: Chris Talk
> Why is it the brightest kids always come from religious homes?
Never known that to be true.
The brightest kids tend to come from good homes, not the same as *religious* homes.
To: counterpunch
I've read about the term "brights" before and as a non-religious person myself, I think it's ridiculous. Ditto.
To: Aeronaut
So, a non-believing person who is also a leftist, is he a dim-bright, or a bright-dim?
Perhaps non-believing isn't the best word to use in this particular thread. :-)
To: orionblamblam
By definition, a home with no religion is not a good home for kids to grow up in, no matter HOW much money they have.
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posted on
02/13/2004 12:30:53 PM PST
by
Chris Talk
(What Earth now is, Mars once was. What Mars now is, Earth will become.)
To: Chris Talk
Ill informed speculation, based on no evidence.
DU welcomes you.
To: orionblamblam
That opinion of mine that you do not like, has majority support on THIS board, and virtually NO support on DU board.
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posted on
02/13/2004 12:44:31 PM PST
by
Chris Talk
(What Earth now is, Mars once was. What Mars now is, Earth will become.)
To: Chris Talk
> That opinion of mine that you do not like, has majority support on THIS board,
Irrelevant.
Facts are stubborn things. Clinging to ideology for no better reason than to have an ideology to cling to... a tactic in full force on the Left.
Fact is, a religious home does not in itself make better or worse, smarter or dumber children. Home schooling would go far... but that does not require religion.
To: orionblamblam
Nearly all home schoolers are religious. Without this motivation, why would they particularly CARE how the kids turned out?
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posted on
02/13/2004 12:51:09 PM PST
by
Chris Talk
(What Earth now is, Mars once was. What Mars now is, Earth will become.)
To: Chris Talk
The fear of the LORD is the BEGINNING of wisdom.
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posted on
02/13/2004 12:52:12 PM PST
by
Chris Talk
(What Earth now is, Mars once was. What Mars now is, Earth will become.)
To: Chris Talk
Wow. Your apparent belief that religion is the only thing that would motivate a parent to care for their children speaks volumes about you.
You have my condolensces.
To: Chris Talk
Without this [religious] motivation, why would they particularly CARE how the kids turned out?
Love for their children is one motivation that comes immediately to mind.
To: FoxInSocks
Love their children, and then bring them up alone and afraid in a world they never made, without any religious orientation to console them?
True, the children can always throw over a religious tradition if they wish, once they are grown.
But NOTHING CAN GIVE THEM A RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND if their parents did NOT, not even if as adults they turn out to WANT one! One MUST give the children a religious training in order to preserve for them the CHOICE as adults, whether to be religious or not.
"If you forget ME, I will forget your Children, saith the Lord." --book of Hosea
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posted on
02/13/2004 1:05:03 PM PST
by
Chris Talk
(What Earth now is, Mars once was. What Mars now is, Earth will become.)
To: Chris Talk
Love their children, and then bring them up alone and afraid in a world they never made, without any religious orientation to console them?Afraid? Afraid?? Perhaps of the dark when I was two. Does religion help on that?
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