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Author Topic:   Is anyone else fed up with Muslims complaining all the time?
Taz
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Message 61 of 152 (350680)
09-20-2006 1:05 PM
Reply to: Message 59 by riVeRraT
09-20-2006 8:27 AM


riverrat writes:
Is it God that is causing all this BS you see, or just people using God as an excuse to do what they would do anyway, regardless.
I see no mention of god at all in post #1.

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Taz
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Message 65 of 152 (350728)
09-20-2006 3:22 PM
Reply to: Message 62 by Brian
09-20-2006 2:06 PM


Brian writes:
The nutty God squads have ruined the planet for us normal people.
Actually, if you look at the world as a whole and the entire history of the human race, you will see that the atheists like you and I are the abnormal ones. The rest of the world have believed in everything from the worm gods to the alien gods to the non-existant gods.

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Taz
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Message 71 of 152 (350745)
09-20-2006 4:13 PM
Reply to: Message 66 by Silent H
09-20-2006 3:35 PM


holmes writes:
Is atheism abnormal or just a statistical minority?
Before I answer this question, I must first differentiate the difference between the two.
I see the phrase "statistical minority" as describing a situation where a small group of people being born into a situation or household that is not "common" in regard to the great scheme of things. For example, being Jewish can be statistically minority because one does not choose which family to be born into.
Abnormality refers more to a radical difference between an individual or group of individuals and the rest. For example, if a Muslim decides to convert to Judaism, he is considered to be abnormal rather than being part of a statistically minority group.
I think atheism can be both. If you look at the entire history of civilization, it is very apparent that atheists represent a very tiny fraction of the main bulk. We are a minority group because some of us actually are born into atheist households. But for others, like myself, we are abnormal because we were born into religious households but decided later on to not follow the tradition.
I dunno, I'm not sure I agree with what I just said above myself.
It doesn't surprise me though that the majority of humans have been intellectually lazy.
While many of them have been intellectually lazy, I tend to blame the problem on indoctrination. Just watch this video. It's sad to say that I was one of those children. I was fortunate enough to see through all the bullshit after years of hating. But out of say a thousand children that are literally brainwashed, how many will actually go on to higher education and travel enough to broaden their minds enough to see through all the bullshit?
Feel free to mock my writing and make suggestions...
Your writing stinks. Heck, you stink
But seriously, go back after you've written something and try to cut out all the fat. It's not that your writing is not good enough. It's that you tend to use like 3 sentences to say what someone like me would say in 1 sentence. I suppose your way might have given you better scores on your papers than mine. But honestly, why try to use the star trek transporter to remove a pound of dirt when you can just use a shovel or your hands?

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Taz
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Message 72 of 152 (350746)
09-20-2006 4:15 PM
Reply to: Message 67 by Trump won
09-20-2006 3:41 PM


Re: ...
messenjah writes:
The thought that some believe that atheism is on a sort of higher plane of thinking is sickening.
Not suggesting I loathe it, just that it doesn't take much thought.
Muahahahahahahahahaha!

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Taz
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Message 74 of 152 (350748)
09-20-2006 4:16 PM
Reply to: Message 64 by Silent H
09-20-2006 3:04 PM


Re: Again and again
holmes writes:
You will remember that some Xians "praised" the 9/11 attacks.
Fred Phelps and his ilk don't count.
Edited by gasby, : No reason given.

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