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Zhimbo
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Message 39 of 71 (146740)
10-02-2004 12:27 PM
Reply to: Message 33 by Rubystars
10-02-2004 5:37 AM


"Ever go to a university?"
Having been enrolled in three and having worked at one, I've seen highly prominent Christian recruitment drives at all of them (this fall I couldn't walk 10 feet on Campus without having a "Jews for Jesus" flier stuffed in my face, and pairs of well-groomed Mormons have long been a constant part of the background scenery), and have never seen anything remotely comparable for an atheist viewpoint. While those radio stations I listen to on long trips through rural areas like to talk about the "Atheists and Marxists" at non-Christian Universities, you have to search for a trace of either.

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Zhimbo
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Message 40 of 71 (146742)
10-02-2004 12:32 PM
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10-02-2004 5:37 AM


I'd be crying even harder about the fact they apparently believe that women will have babies for all eternity while men get their own planets according to that strange religion.
I dunno how strange that is. Isn't that pretty much the situation now?

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Zhimbo
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Message 47 of 71 (146826)
10-02-2004 6:39 PM
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10-02-2004 5:51 PM


What type of courses have you taken? I took a courseload heavy on science, where the subject doesn't really come up, other than a couple of brief asides (literally a couple - two - that I can remember) on faulty Creationist arguments in biology courses.
I took a religion course on early Christianity that I know some students thought was meant to shake their faith in the bible as historical truth. The funny thing is, they were right - but the prof was also an ordained Christian minister. Great class, that.
So keep that in mind - challenging one's beliefs isn't the same as dragging through the mud.

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