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Guaranteed
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:19 PM Original message |
Not sure why the hostility here toward Christians and this lady who killed the shooter |
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bluestateguy
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. People are saying hostile things about her? |
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Captain Hilts
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Lady?" Perhaps. 'Woman'? Certainly. And she did the right thing. nt |
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emilyg
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
58. News said she saved a lot of lives. |
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cherokeeprogressive
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
80. What's your distinction between "Lady" and "Woman"? I'm curious to know. |
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Captain Hilts
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:31 AM Response to Reply #80 |
96. All adult female humans are 'women'. A 'lady', is a well-behaved woman... |
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piedmont
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Tue Dec-11-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #96 |
116. Seems to have been "well-behaved" on Sunday. nt |
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provis99
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. you missed the irony in your own post |
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Guaranteed
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. There's a lot more out there than what that guy did. nt |
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Sanctified
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. I know, it's getting sickening. I am not a deeply religious person but |
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Arugula Latte
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. We "secularists" are regularly denounced by public figures (Mitt Romney is the latest) |
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KitchenWitch
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. We Pagans get awfully sick of the superiority of "Jesus" too. |
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laconicsax
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
31. It isn't a sky daddy |
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KitchenWitch
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. OMG - Can I convert now? |
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MichaelHarris
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:53 AM Response to Reply #31 |
57. Isn't it |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #57 |
68. Is this how we describe the beliefs of Martin Luther King these days? |
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terisan
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Tue Dec-11-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #68 |
106. Note that King's Christianity was Nonviolent. He taught love/forgive enemies, and killed no one. |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #106 |
162. My point is that a belief in God is being denegraded here. |
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Arugula Latte
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #68 |
205. Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson and Ayatollah Khomeini |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #205 |
212. I have asserted the same thing. |
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coalition_unwilling
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
176. And don't forget the virgin birth. Pardon my irreverance, but I |
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Critters2
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. That stings a little, KW. |
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Midlodemocrat
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
146. I would imagine that that would be hurtful. |
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Guaranteed
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Well, that's bullshit too. |
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DesertFlower
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. agreed. nt |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
41. "irrational, anti-science, homophobic, sexist or racist notions" should |
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Guaranteed
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:33 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Bingo. nt |
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Goblinmonger
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
137. But if it comes into the public sphere it is fair game |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #137 |
168. This OP wasn't about bringing religion into the |
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nebenaube
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
50. delete posted in wrong place... |
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Fading Captain
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
117. Link Please? |
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FredScuttle
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm supposed to applaud "Gunfight At The O.K. Cathedral"? |
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Mojorabbit
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. You aren't |
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Deleted message |
coalition_unwilling
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
179. Being a "hero" doesn't mean killing someone, at least in Christian |
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Mythsaje
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. What offends me |
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Guaranteed
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Understood- it sounds like pride. |
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MedleyMisty
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
91. I understand why my "fate" is what it is |
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Guaranteed
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:34 AM Response to Reply #91 |
93. I have to disagree with a number of your theories. |
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stranger81
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
133. I think you understood what they mean perfectly, Mythsaje . . . . |
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Mythsaje
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #133 |
150. Now it's bigotry to disdain religion? |
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stranger81
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Tue Dec-11-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #150 |
217. No, should have clarified -- that last bit was certainly not directed at you, |
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Mythsaje
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Wed Dec-12-07 03:14 AM Response to Reply #217 |
245. Ah, gotcha. |
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opiate69
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's not her actions, |
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blonndee
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Hear, hear! |
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opiate69
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
38. Thanks.. the disconnect is so obvious, yet so many simply don't see it.. |
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Union Thug
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Spot on - that is precisely why I am so fed up with this thing... |
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opiate69
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. prezactly.. |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
46. If you were a member of the Works family and believed in "God" |
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Goblinmonger
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #46 |
138. She has the right to her feelings |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #138 |
164. I don't give a shit if you call her an asshole or not. |
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Goblinmonger
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #164 |
200. Let me make it more clear, then |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #200 |
209. Just like your three Priest friends? |
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Goblinmonger
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Tue Dec-11-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #209 |
222. Not in the least |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #222 |
227. I don't know how anyone can judge the bird in question |
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Goblinmonger
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #227 |
228. I'll give you that much |
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blondeatlast
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Tue Dec-11-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
103. Precisely. It's the same as a football team praying to Him |
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midlife_mo_Jo
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Tue Dec-11-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #103 |
218. Most sports players pray to do their best and not get injured |
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slackmaster
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Tue Dec-11-07 10:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
109. Why get yourself worked up over something you have no control over? |
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libbygurl
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Tue Dec-11-07 10:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
114. Thank you! It's the egocentricity of such claims to God that irks me. nt |
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RetroLounge
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
163. ... |
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opiate69
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #163 |
172. ... |
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RetroLounge
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #172 |
173. I wade in here sometimes... |
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opiate69
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #173 |
175. LOL.. Freudian slip? |
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RetroLounge
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #175 |
189. Oops |
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Harper_is_Bush
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. Two things to you: 1. don't generalize. 2. direct your chastising better |
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Guaranteed
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I'm responding to a couple of rather long threads with many, many |
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Harper_is_Bush
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Well hey, I guess DU'ers all just hate Christians. Maybe you should have linked those threads... |
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Guaranteed
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. There were a lot of DUers being reasonable, as well. |
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Harper_is_Bush
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Yeah, your post was uncalled for. n/t |
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Guaranteed
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. No, it really wasn't. I'm even seeing it IN this thread. nt |
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AlCzervik
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. this is what i think and please feel free to flame away--ok? |
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Harper_is_Bush
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. So what? |
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AlCzervik
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. i made my point. |
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Harper_is_Bush
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:01 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. No, you didn't. |
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Goblinmonger
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
141. Why didn't god step in |
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The Straight Story
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
165. But god didn't help her kill him, he shot himself |
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. I saw her... and... I liked her |
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rwheeler31
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. She had a gun ,she used it, nuff said for the rightwing. |
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Moses2SandyKoufax
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
81. wow |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:49 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Dr. King wasn't |
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Moses2SandyKoufax
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:55 AM Response to Reply #83 |
86. Good for Dr. King! |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:03 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. I'm sorry if the point of my post wasn't apparent to you. |
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Moses2SandyKoufax
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:11 AM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Judging by the church she attends |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:17 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. I admit to not knowing the background of this Church. But upon gazing at the picture of the |
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Moses2SandyKoufax
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:21 AM Response to Reply #89 |
92. Not the missionary in Arvada, |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #92 |
158. I despise James Dobson with a deep passion. |
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Goblinmonger
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #89 |
142. So YOUR assumptions are not important |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #142 |
157. MY assumptions are as important as YOURS. |
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stranger81
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #83 |
129. sorry, but I don't remember ever hearing about Dr. King carrying |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #129 |
160. I wasn't comparing him to the so called shooter. I was comparing him to others who |
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Tue Dec-11-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #83 |
216. If they're not closeted gays -n/t |
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
94. I don't have any form of a "higher power" or source of strength other than myself. |
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. I am not 'hostile' towards religion. I think they're con games, designed to separate people from |
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. No doubt she saved lives, but it's arrogant to say "god chose me" |
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Tue Dec-11-07 05:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
95. She's an ex-cop. |
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slackmaster
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Tue Dec-11-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
110. And her attitude hurts you? |
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Tue Dec-11-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #110 |
240. It doesn't. But I think I'm allowed to make a comment on her theology. |
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MedleyMisty
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. I don't hate religion |
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terisan
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
34. Christ and early christians never killed, they sacrificed themselves. Were they crazy or Christians. |
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Critters2
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Thank you. I couldn't have said it better. nt |
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undergroundpanther
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:32 AM Response to Reply #34 |
78. The early Christians were GNOSTICS |
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Sanctified
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
90. Can you give me some examples on how early Christians sacrificed themselves? |
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endarkenment
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Tue Dec-11-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #90 |
99. Why do the atheists have to do the research? |
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terisan
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Tue Dec-11-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #99 |
105. So many who claim Christianity know nothing about it. They have let themselves be led by false |
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Tue Dec-11-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #99 |
115. So 40 Christians were sentenced to death by their Government and they took the punishment. |
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endarkenment
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #115 |
118. You can't even read very well. |
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Sanctified
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. My point is they were sentenced by a Government not some crazy ass individual. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #119 |
124. That would be your new revised point. |
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Sanctified
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. Which was in response to someone who said, |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. Which is exactly in the tradition of the early church. |
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Sanctified
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #127 |
134. Again you Gave an Example of Christians being Executed by a Government |
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Leopolds Ghost
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Tue Dec-11-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #134 |
236. Execution is a form of murder. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #119 |
234. Is there a distinction? |
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terisan
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Tue Dec-11-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #90 |
104. arrested by Romans to be tortured and killed .Let themselves be martyred for their faith. did not |
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midlife_mo_Jo
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Tue Dec-11-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #104 |
219. They died because they confessed Jesus as Lord, and wouldn't recant |
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terisan
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #219 |
225. The early christians did not raise the sword to prevent their arrest. they let themselves be taken |
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midlife_mo_Jo
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Wed Dec-12-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #225 |
248. Look, I'm no fan of this kind of church, either |
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terisan
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Wed Dec-12-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #248 |
250. I am pointing out that Jesus was non-violent and that the path to that Christ-like life |
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fujiyama
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
39. I admire what she did |
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QC
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
40. Some seem disappointed that more weren't murdered. n/t |
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RetroLounge
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
167. Like who? |
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QC
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Tue Dec-11-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #167 |
243. The ones who pretend to be mortified |
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RetroLounge
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Wed Dec-12-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #243 |
261. Yes, me too. |
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Moses2SandyKoufax
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Wed Dec-12-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #167 |
244. It sure is. |
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spoony
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Wed Dec-12-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #167 |
259. Your denial is bullshit |
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RetroLounge
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Wed Dec-12-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #259 |
260. 1 out 250 posts? |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
42. Nice post BGL. |
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eleny
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
44. Her god-god-god assertions had me puke flying disgusted |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:35 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Why shouldn't she share her beliefs about what happened at a press conference? |
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opiate69
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:40 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Because her beliefs are horrendously offensive. |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:44 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. So are yours, and mine |
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emilyg
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:03 AM Response to Reply #51 |
63. Not to me. |
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opiate69
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. So then, the idea that God intervened on her behalf |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:14 AM Response to Reply #67 |
72. No. |
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emilyg
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:51 AM Response to Reply #72 |
84. Amen. |
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opiate69
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:53 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Thanks for adding to the conversation. |
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Goblinmonger
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #72 |
145. So God had nothing to do with her shooting that guy |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #145 |
170. No, he actually shot himself. |
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opiate69
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #170 |
171. Again, nobody's questioning her right to her belief system. |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #171 |
174. So, she wasn't supposed to mention her beliefs, just have them? |
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #174 |
178. She can state her beliefs. We can state ours. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #178 |
191. I don't have a problem with what you just posted. You've stated your position respectfully. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #170 |
192. So why didn't god have him shoot himself |
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #192 |
195. You are apparently ascribing the belief system promoted by the officer in question to me? |
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #195 |
202. No, I'm not. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #202 |
211. I don't take issue with your steaming load of shit assertion. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #211 |
223. It's not foreign to me. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #223 |
226. You inserted the word "hope" not me. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #226 |
229. hope...will...same diff |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #229 |
230. Thanks Goblinmonger. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #202 |
231. It doesn't matter, though. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #231 |
233. All we have is what she says |
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #51 |
147. Not to me. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #147 |
169. So, I'm only allowed to opine on matters which directly affect me? |
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #51 |
224. You're miserable, aren't you? And "unlucky" too, I bet**** |
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Wed Dec-12-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #224 |
262. Hmm.. nope.. thanks for the ignorant attempt at generalization though. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:40 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Did you see the entire press conference? |
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mzmolly
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. I've seen people react to stress in various ways. But believing in God |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:00 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. I have to wonder who was behind having her make the appearance |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:05 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. I'm guessing reporters. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:11 AM Response to Reply #64 |
69. If her pastor had an ounce of insiight he would have kept her out of the press conference |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #69 |
74. You think a pastor has the power to order her around? |
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #74 |
120. My caveat: If he had an ounce of sense |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:19 AM Response to Reply #60 |
73. "I'm not tolerant of fundy wackos." Neither am I, because of their intolerance. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:58 AM Response to Reply #48 |
59. One can express their belief in God |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:09 AM Response to Reply #59 |
66. So Jesus didn't claim that God intervened in the lives of others? |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:13 AM Response to Reply #66 |
70. No.. saying "God protected me, but not all these other people" lacks humility. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:25 AM Response to Reply #70 |
76. Depends upon how we define "protected." |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. That's merely rationalization on their part. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:47 AM Response to Reply #77 |
82. Indeed it is. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #44 |
55. my feeling is.... |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:03 AM Response to Reply #44 |
62. So what? Did she hurt anybody by what she said? |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:07 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Her using the press conference as a pulpit disgusted me |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #62 |
135. The OP asked 'why the hostility'. The answer has been repeatedly given. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #135 |
155. But isn't that the exact opposite of what she did? |
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #155 |
166. The irony of her stated claim was not lost on me. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #166 |
180. Shrug |
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #180 |
185. Deeds vs words |
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #185 |
190. That's it exactly |
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Tue Dec-11-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #190 |
213. "said that she's an athiest & there's no God" |
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Tue Dec-11-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #213 |
215. It'd be the same reaction for me too |
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #135 |
208. It has always been my understanding |
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
45. Amen! |
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
49. This is typical of the attitude |
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
53. Religion is a mind sickness. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
61. The universe is 99.999% benevolent? |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
71. I don't know |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
75. A confluence of hypocrisy and darwinism. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:34 AM Response to Reply #75 |
79. yowtch. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
97. I'm fine with Christians who want to shoot each other. |
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Wed Dec-12-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #97 |
258. One more monument to insurmountable bigotry |
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
98. I have known sociopaths who are religious |
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Tue Dec-11-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #98 |
100. Nice post |
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Tue Dec-11-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #100 |
241. I can only speak from my experience |
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #98 |
121. Thank you. I don't know the answers but intend to enjoy trying to find them. nt |
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Tue Dec-11-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #121 |
242. I have seen both sides of the argument and |
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Tue Dec-11-07 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
101. They seem to lack any humility |
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #101 |
122. Thanks for the update |
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Tue Dec-11-07 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
102. God and guns |
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Tue Dec-11-07 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
107. its not just the religion factor -- there are so so anti-gun at DU that they can't be happy with her |
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Tue Dec-11-07 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
108. I think people have a need to hate; the socially acceptable targets of hate change over time. nt |
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Tue Dec-11-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
111. Good post, BGL |
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Tue Dec-11-07 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
112. It's the refusal to take responsibility to one's own actions that absolutely freaks me out. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
113. Too many atheists here |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #113 |
128. So god chose to put the shooter into the church so that |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. Were you trying to prove her point? |
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endarkenment
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. Once again, my objection is to the disgusting claim that 'god put me there'. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #131 |
132. I missed this football field miracle you speak off. |
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endarkenment
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #132 |
136. Every saturday and sunday each fall all across this great land. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #136 |
140. You're really fascinated with football it seems. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #140 |
149. Soldiers are routinely told that God is on their side. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #149 |
153. Is that a football metaphor? |
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #153 |
159. Idiots frequently have nothing to say... divine intervention? |
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #159 |
161. And yet...You keep talking.....Believe it or not.... |
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Goblinmonger
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #113 |
148. Too often Christians "in here" like to bitch |
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #148 |
151. Being told that one's beliefs 'might be hockum' is not productive |
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #151 |
154. OK I understand that |
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #154 |
156. I didn't assume anything like that. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #148 |
238. It is bitching to bitch about other's religious beliefs, which is all you do here. |
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Wed Dec-12-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #238 |
249. Even IF it were all I do here |
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Tue Dec-11-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
123. Hear Hear BGL, And I'm Glad To See You Have Your Asbestos Undies On. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. Welcome back, OMC! |
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #123 |
144. YAY welcome back! |
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Tue Dec-11-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
139. Thank you! |
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Midlodemocrat
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
143. Great post, BGL. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
152. Totally agree |
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TCJ70
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
177. For those bothered by her saying that God protected her: |
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #177 |
182. How about "the crazy person didn't shoot at her"? |
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #182 |
186. It wasn't God. The bible doesn't say god stops bullets, and if he's defeated by iron chariots |
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TCJ70
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #186 |
188. *gasp* |
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TCJ70
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #182 |
187. Well, I wasn't there. |
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LeftyMom
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #177 |
183. "he missed" |
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TCJ70
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #183 |
193. Just look at it from her point of view |
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #193 |
194. Her bias toward irrational explanations does not make for a reasonable explanation. nt |
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #194 |
196. Then wait for an official explanation |
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #183 |
199. Divine intervention... |
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #177 |
184. Good fortune? |
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opiate69
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #177 |
203. Jules? Is that you?? |
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TCJ70
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #203 |
204. If you don't like her explanation... |
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Tue Dec-11-07 05:09 PM Response to Reply #203 |
214. Ah! I knew this all rang a bell. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
181. Because she's a stomach turner. I listened to her crap and mine turned. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #181 |
197. "I took a moment to pray to the Holy Spirit" |
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #197 |
198. I believe it |
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #198 |
201. I would think adrenaline and the task at hand would be more pressing. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #201 |
206. Oh, come on! |
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Tue Dec-11-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #206 |
207. I wasn't bashing her, and I'm sorry you think I all are nuts. Ciao. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #207 |
210. Adios! |
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #210 |
221. Well miss it harder by all means. |
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Wed Dec-12-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #221 |
246. Hmmm |
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Tue Dec-11-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #206 |
220. She fucking voted for bushitler and I think you're nuts. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #220 |
232. huh? |
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Leopolds Ghost
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Tue Dec-11-07 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
235. All violence is immoral. Government based on violence is an armed gang. |
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Tue Dec-11-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
237. It's not too late to pass S.1668 |
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Tue Dec-11-07 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
239. Again, what is this about? |
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Wed Dec-12-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #239 |
247. I don't have TV and I knew about it. |
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Wed Dec-12-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
251. And now this is all moot. The gunman killed himself and what does |
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Wed Dec-12-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #251 |
252. You don't think... |
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Wed Dec-12-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #252 |
253. Do we know that she shot him multiple times now? It will interesting when all the facts come out. |
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Wed Dec-12-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #253 |
257. The only quote I've seen from her... |
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Wed Dec-12-07 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
254. I'm assuming everyone in here who agreed with the OP |
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Wed Dec-12-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #254 |
255. No |
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Wed Dec-12-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #255 |
256. No |
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Wed Dec-12-07 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
263. hubby and i watching news heard story and BOTH he and i turn to each other |
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