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Thread: We Need To Make A Stand
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1st August 2007, 10:33 PM #46.
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What ever happend to Funkychicken
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1st August 2007, 10:39 PM #47
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1st August 2007, 10:50 PM #48.
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1st August 2007, 11:28 PM #49
Isn't taking drugs frowned upon by all religions? I think someone forgot to tell FC shhhhhh
It's better to be thought of as a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt!
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2nd August 2007, 09:56 AM #50The problem is that you can never win.
The creationists expend a lot of energy on debunking the theory of evolution and others. Even if they can come up with convincing proof that a theory is wrong, all that proves is that theory is wrong, it doesn't prove that their invisible friend exists.
So neither side of the argument can ever win (unless he comes down here and sets us straight). Therefore you're wasting your energy debating it."I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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2nd August 2007, 10:17 AM #51
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2nd August 2007, 11:14 AM #52
If debate was a waste of energy, then why do we log on here?
On the other hand, the bigotry shown by many of the detractors on this thread never ceases to amaze me. I sometimes wonder if they express themselves so strongly because they are afraid that maybe there may be something in this "faith" business.
Read some of the responses objectively and ask who the zealots are.
Are they the one(s) who are promoting a particular line of religious thought?
Or are they the ones who so ferociously want those stamped out?
The bottom line to me is that in this country I have a right to believe as I wish, and I respect the fact that others believe differently, but I am bemused by the intolerance of the bigots on both sides! Just what are they afraid of?
Cheers,
P
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2nd August 2007, 11:28 AM #53
I didn't say debate was a waste of energy, just this one. Besides, it's against the rules
But like I always say, if the tree you're hiding behind is too small, get a bigger one"I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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2nd August 2007, 11:31 AM #54
Very well said. I think its the anonymity of an internet forum that makes us all a little more prone to forget our usual social manners from time to time.... Well actually there are some here that hide behind this anonymity to express their truelly bigotted beliefs..... but... it is a public forum so a religous bigot has the right to express themself as does the etheist bigot.
I just wish someone should blow up all bigots.. painful deaths to every last one of them
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2nd August 2007, 11:33 AM #55
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2nd August 2007, 11:34 AM #56
I thought you weren't gonna post in this thread?
At the end of the day I normally keep my religious opinions to myself, each to their own and all that......However this lad/lady demanded a call to action because in his/her words
"The media has us believe that things like sex before marriage, abortion etc. are a win/win situation. The reality is that they’re not. They only contribute to the growing number of eating-disorders, self-harm and depression".
Which in itself is, I believe, an outrageous display of bigotry. And therefore opened him/her up for merciless ridicule. And ergo rather than stick the slipper into the "call to arms" I chose to mock the ridiculous signature. This is nothing I wouldn't say to someone face to face, if they served up the same sort of emotive tripe as this one did. I mean how many people do you know walk around prefacing everything they say with a quote from Revelations?There was a young boy called Wyatt
Who was awfully quiet
And then one day
He faded away
Because he overused White
Floorsanding in Canberra and Albury.....
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2nd August 2007, 11:37 AM #57
I am reading it too. Also bought The Ancestor's Tale and am sort of reading them in parallel. What I don't get is how supremely educated people can take completely different positions (putting the Pope one side and Dawkins the other). I mean, logically, they can't both be correct and the evidence for a billion years of evolution seems more compelling than the men on the white horses.... Perhaps it is a case of a bob each way (don't mean you, Hon. Bob) but religion sure has a lot to answer for, including in my case a lot of Sunday mornings.....
1st in Woodwork (1961)
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2nd August 2007, 11:39 AM #58
Today, we are going to make a stand. However, before we use any power tools, let’s talk about shop safety….
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2nd August 2007, 11:48 AM #59
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2nd August 2007, 12:12 PM #60
Wongo,
You have been watching far too much American TV. This is just the sort of thing that leads to the degradation of women. When did you ever see a woman on Norm Abrams' program? It's shocking, and something ought to be done about it. We have been silent for far too long.
Rocker