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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 04:33 AM
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Why do only Christians die in traffic accidents?
I say this because I see memorial crosses by the side of the road in many places.

I never see a Star of David, atheist symbol, UU flaming chalice, Hindu Om, etc. by the side of the road marking a death.

I know I'm doing a post hoc propter hoc, cart before the horse illogical jump, but I still think it's weird.

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GodlessBiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 04:44 AM
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1. The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
It is more common to memorialize the place where one rests rather than the place where one dies.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 05:06 AM
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2. Yes I know I am making a logical fallacy.
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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 06:01 AM
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3. my daughter was a jew
her shrine looked like this:




most of her friends were not jews, and bekah was not religious.
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 06:35 AM
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4. I am sure there have been roadside memorials to the Flying Spaghetti monster.
But the pasta and sauce does not last long out of doors.

( for those who need the info)

Flying Spaghetti Monsterism is currently the world’s fastest growing religion. The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was started by Bobby Henderson in 2005 when he wrote a letter protesting the Kansas School Board’s decision to include Intelligent Design in the Science curriculum. The letter specified the religion’s origins and beliefs, and threatened legal action if the religion was not taught in schools. It became an Internet phenomenon, spawning a gospel, several knock-off religions, a multitude of merchandise and, of course, a Holiday show.


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