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MineralMan

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4. It has always happened. Different crowds, different tyrannical characters.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 03:54 PM

Dec 2018

It's not some new phenomenon that the writer just identified for the first time.

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In the Mood for Some Pseudo-Religious Codswallop? [View all] MineralMan Dec 2018 OP

Not all of it is twaddle. He's right about this: The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #1

Well, I changed the title. I replaced "Twaddle" with "Codswallop." MineralMan Dec 2018 #2

I disagree. Trump will be replaced by something or someone else The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #3

It has always happened. Different crowds, different tyrannical characters. MineralMan Dec 2018 #4

That' what got my attention... 2naSalit Dec 2018 #26

I think he has a point, but there is no word in the English language for it. marylandblue Dec 2018 #5

Relationships with others. MineralMan Dec 2018 #6

Those are personal meanings, and good as far as they go marylandblue Dec 2018 #7

Politics, social organizations, careers. MineralMan Dec 2018 #8

Yes, the list is endless, that's part of the problem marylandblue Dec 2018 #9

Good points. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #10

I think people need a grand narrative, that's really what he is talking about marylandblue Dec 2018 #16

Everyone crafts their own narrative. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #18

Most people buy their narratives off the shelf marylandblue Dec 2018 #24

IF/WHEN The Christ Himself RETURNS in Glory as He supposedly sprinkleeninow Dec 2018 #29

Well, I am an agnostic, so I really don't know. marylandblue Dec 2018 #30

I had awareness of that which you 'hold' or how you identify. sprinkleeninow Dec 2018 #31

I guess I'm not a person... tonedevil Dec 2018 #32

I was clearly talking about people in general, not each and every individual person marylandblue Dec 2018 #33

Er what? Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #34

Didn't make any complaints about atheism just accepted what atheists usually say. marylandblue Dec 2018 #35

Like this: guillaumeb Dec 2018 #11

Yes, I read it. Codswallop. MineralMan Dec 2018 #12

I agree with that part of the article. eom guillaumeb Dec 2018 #13

See. I was right, then. MineralMan Dec 2018 #14

Well, you are free to think so. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #15

Of course I am. MineralMan Dec 2018 #20

This is the weakest part of the article marylandblue Dec 2018 #17

We disagree. eom guillaumeb Dec 2018 #19

No shit. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #27

But wait. Guy agrees with that paragraph. MineralMan Dec 2018 #21

Yes, it's hard for some people to think of life without religion marylandblue Dec 2018 #22

And some can't imagine life with religion. MineralMan Dec 2018 #23

... Major Nikon Dec 2018 #25

It's actually a quite interesting article. Jim__ Dec 2018 #28