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stopbush
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:07 PM Original message |
Lost In The Dustup Over Rick Warren Giving The Inaugural Invocation |
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Ian David
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thank god I'm not the only Atheist here. n/t |
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MineralMan
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. I'm an atheist, too, but |
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Ian David
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. It could have been worse. He could have chosen Fred Phelps, James Dobson, Pat Robertson, Alan Keyes |
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MineralMan
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Goodness knows, that's true. |
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NeedleCast
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
52. Kinda Like Saying |
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Ian David
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Thu Dec-18-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. More like saying, "Well, at least Bush wasn't Hitler." n/t |
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stopbush
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. "Oh god, you are SO large..." |
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MineralMan
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Uff da! Did Warren say that when he was down on his knees? |
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kath
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. It gets better. |
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jonnyblitz
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. oh hell no. I am gay and atheist. the xian god thinks i am worthy |
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GreenPartyVoter
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. LOL |
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Sultana
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Fri Dec-19-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
68. great pic |
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Dennis Donovan
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's my second issue with all of this... |
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dbonds
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. I allow people their own religious beliefs, no outrage over that. |
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phantom power
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, yeah that too. |
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slackmaster
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hey, we still have "In God We Trust" on our money |
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reggie the dog
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. names do not have to change |
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stopbush
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. And nobody's advocating changing the name of Athens, or Aurora |
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MarkInCA
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. "which is German for "the vagina of an OC whale".... |
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stopbush
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Stolen from Ron Burgundy, natch. |
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MarkInCA
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Good point, much of our towns our named |
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Phentex
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. It wouldn't make me hungry like the Shoney's Big Boy |
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stopbush
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. My kids used to ask about all the giant crosses in CA, many of them illuminated. |
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SteppingRazor
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. I suppose it would be outrageous if, in the 21st century, a great many people didn't believe. |
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Buzz Clik
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. You've got to be shitting me? You really don't think there's enough silliness over this subject? |
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Phentex
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. What's the worse that would happen if there were no invocation? |
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Buzz Clik
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. He can have an invocation if he wants one, and he clearly does. |
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Phentex
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Nice dodge. |
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Buzz Clik
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. When you're elected President, you'll have full control and you can do whatever you please. |
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DonEBrook
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Your complete unconcern is really heartwarming. |
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Buzz Clik
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. You've got that right. I really, really don't give a shit about this. |
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SidDithers
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Ah, there's that good ol' Christian compassion we hear so much about..nt |
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DonEBrook
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. I love you too, sweetie. |
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Buzz Clik
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Fri Dec-19-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
60. Thanks. kiss kiss back atcha. |
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PerpetuallyDazed
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Maybe because he wants it...? And it's like, his right to make that choice? |
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reggie the dog
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. In other countries the state is seperated from religion |
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Buzz Clik
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. kick kick kick! |
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kath
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. An invocation AND a benediction - one prayer is not enough, apparently. |
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Buzz Clik
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Holy crapoli! An invocation AND a benediction??? OMfuckingG!!! |
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kath
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Is ours not supposed to be a secular government? |
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stopbush
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. I'll be happy when Obama is inaugurated, IN SPITE OF the invocation and benediction. |
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progressoid
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
46. Are you kidding? There would be a plague of frogs or locusts or some such thing. |
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Phentex
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I take it Jeb Bush = locust... |
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Ignis
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Yeah, it'll be a great change from the 43 previous inaugurations! |
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Phentex
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. That made me LOL. |
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DonEBrook
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. It's not UNconstitutional to be a crazed idiot either. |
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SidDithers
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Anger from the GLBT community is just "silliness" to you?...nt |
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Buzz Clik
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Fri Dec-19-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
58. Not always silly. But it certainly is in this case. |
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whathehell
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. Not to worry...I believe this is really just another "lets all insult the non-atheists" thread |
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Buzz Clik
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Fri Dec-19-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. Endless. |
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stopbush
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
50. You have a Constitutional right to believe what you may, |
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DonEBrook
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. Well you're right but right now that actually -is- an unwinnable battle. |
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RiverStone
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
40. You may have to wait till the 22nd century... |
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ColbertWatcher
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
43. ... |
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immoderate
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
44. Unfortunately people are still people. |
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whathehell
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. As long as people ARE "people" ...Their will be "irrationality" |
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stopbush
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Thu Dec-18-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Overrated and - apparently - in short supply. |
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whathehell
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Thu Dec-18-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. A completely "rational" human being would be indistinguishable |
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immoderate
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Thu Dec-18-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Au contraire -- noblesse oblige! |
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whathehell
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Fri Dec-19-08 07:09 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. You make my point ! |
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immoderate
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Fri Dec-19-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I don't understand your last statement. |
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whathehell
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Fri Dec-19-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Rationality cannot be separated from empirical evidence. |
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immoderate
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Fri Dec-19-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Interesting analysis. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME
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Fri Dec-19-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
61. You Don't Know If It's An Imaginary Being Or Not. |
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whathehell
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Fri Dec-19-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Precisely. n/t |
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immoderate
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Fri Dec-19-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. That could be said of any imaginary being. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME
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Fri Dec-19-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Could Be, But That Doesn't Make It Logically Correct Nor Equivalent. |
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immoderate
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Sat Dec-20-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Where does Zeus fit in? |
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leftofthedial
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Fri Dec-19-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
66. no kidding. |
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Phentex
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Sat Dec-20-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
70. kick |
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