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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:34 PM Original message |
Do you think there will be any conversions to Atheism on May 22? |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. No, anyone close to doing that doesn't believe this May 21st crap |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm looking forward to an influx of new pagans. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. We should start a "Greater Disappointment Outreach Center" |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. There's no such thing as a conversion to atheism. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. OK, then a DEconversion... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Deconversion stories are very common.. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Or it can be something of little consequence, as it was for me. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ever read Festinger's book When Prophecy Fails? |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. I figure for those that believe finding themselves still here means they |
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I hate liars (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. If you're hoping for that outcome... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. Is all of the US talking about this, or is it just DU? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 01:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
31. Actually they are the joke on multiple places |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. Probably not... |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. No, but I do predict some very BAD, possibly tragic things happening. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. How will you tell? |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I'm sure if anything like that ever went down, it would be all over the news. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. But what does a psychotic break look like in someone |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Goes from ranting and raving about the rapture to murder/suicide? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Wasn't Jim Jones expecting god to come down and save the People's Temple |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. What is that conversion ceremony like? |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. Nah, these folks are too far gone |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. Maybe but the number of people that really believe this business has got to be tiny. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. No... |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. I can see them converting to Frustration |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. Well, nothing is going to happen... |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'm just praying that the crazies don't go all Jonestown Heaven's Gate and kill their kids. |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. They'll probably form a new church, like what the Millerites did in the 19th century |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. some apostasy, maybe |
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MyshkinCommaPrince (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. One can hope! |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
27. It may encourage closet-atheists. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
30. Nah, they'll change the channel to a different brand of wack-a-doo fundy Xtianity. |
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