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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:02 PM Original message |
We laugh about May 21, 2011, but we shouldn't. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm hoping for a good old-fashioned drawing and quartering |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. They get rightfully laughed it |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. You are right, if one is to take ANY religious belief seriously, then one must take them ALL |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. And since atheism, or my agnosticism, is a religious belief ... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. How can having no religious beliefs be a religious belief? |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Because it involves a philosophical argument concerning metaphysics. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. As someone else said: bald is not a color of hair. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
62. And not collecting stamps is a hobby. n/t |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #35 |
73. Not for me... |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Sorry, atheisim is a LACK of belief, not a religion. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. And Baldness is a hair color. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. What a beautiful analogy! |
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Wait Wut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
57. Where the hell were you when I was being attacked... |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. They set a new date...again |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. There have been far more dates than just two for the "End of Days". |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Yeah, but this particular dude's second shot. Think his name is Camping. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I'm referring specifically to Harold Camping's "predictions." |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Well, at least not that anyone remembers. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. They'll wise up and be less gullible next time? --- Just kidding. They'll start assigning |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. I tell ya -- it was their prayers that averted it. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
72. Probably so. But the thing about that is don't these holy rollers WANT the Rapture? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. (Secretly, they're afraid they won't be one of the folks going.) |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. They'll find another excuse to keep believing whoever's telling them fairy tales. |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. They will look for another date and a new snakeoil salesman. |
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flakey_foont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. they'll just come up with a new date |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. Stupidity should hurt. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. Sorry... they need to be held up to ridicule |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. Let me clarify: These people are fucking nuts... |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. What makes "these people" any more "fucking nuts" than any other religious beleiver? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. How many people typically stop all their doing to tell the world |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. SO one who believes that a man was literally resurrected from the dead is ok, but to believe |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. No, let's get this right: |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. Ok, fair enough. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Honestly, at this point, I think you can move on to producing a line segment. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Ok, thanks for that. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I'm just having fun with you now. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Thats cool. I have a pretty good sense of humor. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Don't forget to bisect the line with your awesomeness! |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Ok, now you have gone TOO far! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
74. I heard you're bicoastal, though. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. No, I think that's fucking nuts, too. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. And you and I agree on all points you make. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. Because they've made a claim can be demonstratively proven wrong, and will be |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. Well, to be fair, they have made a claim that will PROBABLY be proven wrong. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
69. Let's put it this way: I will take that bet, at whatever odds anyone wants to offer. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's a bit of a leap from "they were wrong" to "he was a fraud." |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. No, he's a fucking fraudster. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. Oh. You are referring (I think) to the guy who picked the date, right? |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. Oh no, chuckle, we shouldn't, hee hee, laugh about, haw haw, this. |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. : ) |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. The same thing that happened the last 46 times it proved to be |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
23. a very blue Monday? nt |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. Who was a fraud? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Could be both, really. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. They lose a little faith which isn't necessarily a bad thing |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
34. Same thing as when they found out that Robert Tilton, Ted Haggard, and Jim Bakker were all frauds. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Yeah, but how many of them quit their jobs expecting to be raptured. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
36. God works in mysterious ways. That was the line I used to get when I |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
39. maybe they go jump off a high cliff? |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Maybe like this one on Mars? |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
42. I was wondering what the churches have planned for Sunday |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
47. One name, three words: William.Miller. and The.Great.Disappointment. Link: |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
58. Oooh, beat me to it! |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
48. I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for them |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
59. absolutely nothing. they'll simply declare they miscaluclated the date (again) |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
60. No, I'm pretty sure we should. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
61. Should we care? |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
63. He finds an excuse for the delay and they believe him. |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
64. What happened the last time they found out he was a fraud... |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
65. Those damn poor fools. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
66. Same thing that happened to Bernie Madeoff (with your money) |
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StarburstClock (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
67. Those people find another reason to delude themselves via the GOP |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
68. Some places, since we have seen this before |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
70. read about Millerism if you want to know. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
71. He tells them a bullshit story about "miscalculations"... |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
75. In all fairness |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. OK so God invented the earth |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. What about the conversion from the Jewish calendar? |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
76. It'll go down the same way as this one - |
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JayceR (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
77. These people are ignorant even of their own ignorant beliefs |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
81. Maybe they'll pull their collective head out of their ass? |
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