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Nikki Stone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:34 PM
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What ammunition would we need for a "war on Christians"?
I say the words of Jesus himself are enough ammo:

"Blessed are the peacemakers"

is a good start.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:36 PM
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1. Lions.
Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell as lion chow? Mmmm! Meaty!
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tocqueville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:42 PM
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4. nnah it didn't work, but the guillotine has created 200 years of peace
in France

just kidding... even if there is kind of a truth in it. The French Revolution was anticlerical, because the priests sided with the power. In the US the priests sided with the new power, you see where it leads.

The first measure I'll take if I was a president backed by a congress majority, is to abolish the tax deduction for ALL churches and propose a clear amendment of separation. After a couple of years they would STFU.
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rogerashton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:57 PM
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13. In the US
the clerics were divided in the Revolution -- if that's what you mean.

Anglican clerics tended to be Tories. Presbyterians tended to be rebels. (It has sometimes been called the Presbyterian rebellion). Methodists, who were a faction of Anglicans at start, established their own church here in the States. The few Catholics kept a low profile, I think.

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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 01:12 PM
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20. Can we add in some tigers and bears?
Oh my!

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SammyBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 01:13 PM
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21. Fartwell would give the Lion a heart attack with all his fflab
and Robertson would give the Lion a bad case of indigestion due to the huge amount of hot gass, chutzpah and hubris in good ol' Marion!
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 01:18 PM
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24. Watch those two cowards suddenly turn Gnostic if lions
returned! (The Gnostics didn't believe that martyrdom served any purpose if Christian Gnostics were being killed off.)
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misternormal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 02:21 PM
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26. I agree... lots of lions
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:36 PM
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2. Jesus did his good works without being a Christian.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:38 PM
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3. silver-tongued bullets
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peacebird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:42 PM
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5. Quote Christ's words to them - should be powerful enough
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 03:16 PM
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28. that's really slowed down Falwell & Robertson
On so many issues - quoting the Bible at them. They just ignore your quotes because they think you're a heathen or pagan for opposing their correct view of the Bible.
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ima_sinnic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:43 PM
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6. yes, good idea, let's ramp up this "war"
they want it, they got it from me. I'm sick of the little pinheaded dumbass self-righteous freaks dictating their sick "morality," simple-minded bullshit, and ignorant beliefs to the rest of us.

Let's roll!
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:45 PM
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7. Education trumps Religion Every Time
unless a person has a mystic streak in them, in which case why would anyone pay any attention to them anyway?
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:46 PM
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8. Hitler used Zyclon-B, when he'd finished using them... Just like he
Edited on Fri Mar-31-06 05:46 PM by Hubert Flottz
used the same Zyclon-B("Giftgas")on the Jews. It's hard to say what Bush would use, once he's done using them too, if he grabs the absolute power he seeks now.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:46 PM
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9. We'd need a group of lying, greedy preachers...
...to corrupt Christianity from within until it bore no resemblance at all to Christ's message.

Oh, wait. Already happened.

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lectrobyte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:47 PM
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10. Paraphrase the Sermon on the Mount to them, then ask them who
Edited on Fri Mar-31-06 05:48 PM by lectrobyte
wrote it. When they say Michael Moore or Karl Marx, point out their hypocrisy without being too smug about it.
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Coastie for Truth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:49 PM
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11. Matzoh and matzoh ball soup, blintzes, Manischewitz wine, kinishes
Bagels with lox and cream cheese. And, definitely "Tofutti Ice Cream."

Joke about Matzoh Ball Soup - Bushie goes to a temple for a banquet, and the soup is Matzoh Ball Soup. Bushie stares at it quizically for a few moments, asks what it is, and then risk a taste. He discovers that it's good. Then he asks "What do you do with the rest of the matzoh?"
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Nikki Stone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 06:03 PM
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16. Tofutti Ice Cream?
If it were only that easy...
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:55 PM
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12. Truth and a megaphone
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populistdriven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:57 PM
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14. We need Lions, lots of em
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KyuzoGator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 05:58 PM
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15. Telling them that Jesus was a liberal is usually sufficient.
There's no witty counter to that. It's the truth.
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 06:06 PM
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17. I was thinking crosses & spikes.
And the lions as suggested above, of course. I mean, if they really wanna be martyred, who are we to deny them their simple pleasures?
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morningglory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 08:29 PM
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18. Calico cats. nt
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Nikki Stone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 01:11 PM
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19. huh?
Cats?
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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 02:16 PM
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25. John assmunch reference
Crisco johnny is terrified of calico cats, he thinks the devil has given them special powers of evil.
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Nikki Stone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 03:11 PM
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27. Ah. That makes more sense
I was wondering...
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 01:13 PM
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22. Jesus's story about the Good Samaritan
where the "Man of God" (religious) walked by ... too busy to help; and the man not of the faith is the praised one - for the aid that he gave.

The story and a big old hand mirror would be my weapons of choice.
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kineneb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 01:17 PM
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23. use catapults/trebuchets
first one in the basket "to go" - Pat Robertson

Prizes for distance and accuracy.
:evilgrin:

poetic justice for their tiny medieval minds...
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hayu_lol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 03:59 PM
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29. Oak stakes and heavy hammers...
'get 'em in the daylight.'
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