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Atheists say it's time to 'push back' fundamentalism
Bakersfield Californian ^
| 5/22/05
| Greg Sandoval - AP
Posted on 05/22/2005 6:53:03 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
"Atheists say it's time to 'push back'fundamentalism."
The devil they say!
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posted on
05/22/2005 7:37:40 PM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(The House of Representatives serves people-The Senate serves phony baloney.)
People in this country are free to believe in whatever they want.And yet they protest. Hypocritical statement of the year award.
To: NormsRevenge
"Atheists say it's time to 'push back' fundamentalism"It's time?! This "campaign" has been in progressive bloom for over forty years. What a bunch of maroons!
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posted on
05/22/2005 7:42:22 PM PDT
by
torchthemummy
("Sober Idealism Equals Pragmatism")
Point being, all folks have something that they believe in. Christians and Jews believe in God. Muslims believe in Allah. The atheist believes in mankind. It's just a matter of where your faith is.
To: DeepRed
Religion is the root of all evil. This was confirmed once again when I awoke to "The News about Religion" on the BBC World Service this morning. Every single story involved violence and one religion against another. Religion sucks.
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posted on
05/22/2005 7:51:50 PM PDT
by
balls
To: NormsRevenge
[ Atheists say it's time to 'push back' fundamentalism ]
What a waste of time and effort..
Christian fundamentalists are going toward apostasy quickly..
All they have to do is wait and watch..
What a bunch of losers...
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posted on
05/22/2005 7:56:21 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This Propaganda has been edited to include not a small amount of Hyperbole..)
To: hosepipe
Please define what a christian fundamentalist believes about his/her faith. I hear the term fundamentalist tossed out so often...I just want to know what one is...
Thanks
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posted on
05/22/2005 7:59:25 PM PDT
by
msf92497
(My brain is "twitchy")
To: msf92497
Simple because the Samaritans chose to worship another God, thus it's ok to rip out the embryos of their pregnant women. So much for that free will thingy.
Plus see
Leviticus
27:3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
27:4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
27:5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
27:6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.
27:7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
Same is repeated in Numbers
3:14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
3:15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
So I guess according to the Bible children less than 1 month old are worthless and don't count
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posted on
05/22/2005 7:59:43 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: qam1
Wrong.
You do not explain the context of why such actions were sanctioned. What was the purpose of the action? There was a reason beyond punishment or retribution. What was it?
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posted on
05/22/2005 8:03:23 PM PDT
by
msf92497
(My brain is "twitchy")
To: msf92497
[ Please define what a christian fundamentalist believes about his/her faith. I hear the term fundamentalist tossed out so often...I just want to know what one is... ]
Thats why the fundies are into apostasy, they don't know either..
My definition would bore you.. so trust me..
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posted on
05/22/2005 8:03:57 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This Propaganda has been edited to include not a small amount of Hyperbole..)
To: silverleaf
ROFLMAO.
Poor word choice like that is just heaven-sent.
51
posted on
05/22/2005 8:09:08 PM PDT
by
LibertarianInExile
(<-- sick of faux-conservatives who want federal government intervention for 'conservative things.')
To: NormsRevenge
Atheists say it's time to 'push back' fundamentalism
Translation: Fundamentalist atheists say it's time to persecute Christianity.
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posted on
05/22/2005 8:11:01 PM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini, Hosanna in excelsis!)
To: Avenger
"Freedom OF religion is not freedom FROM religion."
Pretty meaningless statement. For some science is a religion, for some sex is... Look, I am not anti-Christian, but these sorts of meaningless statements hurt the conservative cause.
On the contrary, that statement is far from meaningless. In fact, it goes to the heart of the misinterpretation of the First Amendment that is being propagated from court to court.
The concept of freedom of religion means that citizens are free from being prevented from practicing whichever faith they choose (as in "Congress shall make no law..."). This means that if a public official wishes to say a prayer during a speech, or a child in a public school wishes to say grace before lunch, even out loud, he cannot be forbidden by law to do it.
However, the modern, Leftist, activist, interpretation of this concept is freedom from religion, where any individual can put a stop to any practicing of faith in public simply by saying it offends him. Even the vestiges of religion, such as the posting of the Ten Commandments in the courthouse, can be removed through the force of a single individual's objection, with the compliance of an activist court hostile to Christianity. This turns the concept of freedom OF religion on its head, and has the effect of suppressing religious freedom.
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posted on
05/22/2005 8:24:19 PM PDT
by
fr_freak
To: balls
Re: Religion is the root of all evil. This was confirmed once again when I awoke to "The News about Religion" on the BBC World Service this morning. Every single story involved violence and one religion against another. Religion sucks.
OK, then we have Communism, the perfect form of government for those who don't believe in any God. I believe the final body count for the 20th century was 130,000,000 thanks due to those who believe in no God, but the Communist party. And most of those murdered, starved, etc were citizens of their respective Communist countries during peace time.
By the way, I am convinced that Communist governments fear true Christians more than any other religious group. Why would that be true? If not Christians, then who would they fear more?
And don't forget Hitler's perfect world which was very much a government founded on concepts of Darwinian evolution, ie, survival of the fittest, inferiority of certain races, selective breeding, etc.
From my reading of "The Black Book of Communism, it seems that the only thing that atheists succeed in creating when they eliminate God from their nations is Hell on earth.
By the way, Christianity may be more accurately differentiated from other religions by the concept that Christianity is a saving relationship with God through faith His son, Jesus, the Christ.
Other religions, are generally characterized by what "works" people must do to earn "paradise," "enlightenment, etc, etc.
Sorry, I won't be able to continue this discussion. I need to sign off for tonight.
To: NormsRevenge; weegee
[Arcila, who is not an official member of any atheist group, said he was prompted to attend Saturday's showing of "The God Who Wasn't There," along with about 100 other people, because of what he sees as a growing intolerance in the U.S. for people with alternative views and lifestyles. Arcila, who was raised by Catholic parents, said the nation needs more dialogue about "peace, tolerance, justice, and love," not exclusion based on a difference of ideas.]
Speaking as an one who has been agnostic my entire adult life, I am DISGUSTED with this intolerance of religious worship by these hypocrites who claim to want nothing BUT tolerance.
["They want to turn a democracy into a theocracy."..."It's time for us to push back,"]
The willingness of these nincompoops to believe in the "theocracy" conspiracy, simply out of ignorance and fear is embarrassing. And many of them are trying to force people of genuine religious faith into underground rooms, so as not to offend or influence the public with their ideas.
They want to make sure we don't have a theocracy by giving us an atheocracy instead. Fools.
To: NormsRevenge
that question the historical accuracy of the Bible -I wonder when they'll do that with the koran.
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posted on
05/22/2005 8:30:09 PM PDT
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: pbrown
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posted on
05/22/2005 8:33:33 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: NormsRevenge
Without God...there wouldn't be any athiest
What would they do to fill the time in their lives then?
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posted on
05/22/2005 8:33:57 PM PDT
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: Guard Dog
[I work with a very vocal athiest. This guy is a little obnoxious and seems to me to be a good representation of athiests everywhere.]
He is not a good representation. Most of the people who do not believe in God you don't know about, because they aren't obnoxious, like your coworker. Unfortunately, there are some people who feel the need to force their own beliefs (atheist or religious) about the universe on an unwilling audience.
Please don't confuse this jerk with the more considerate and prudent nonbelievers.
To: DeepRed
[People who beleive in a God would not support killing babies and supporting communists.]
HA HA HA HA HA!
Good one!
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