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skepticscott

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33. Yes, we hear the same lame baloney over in Religion
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 07:27 AM
Apr 2015

"Do you really think that billions of believers all over the world are silly and deluded?"

No nice way to say it, but yeah. If you think the sort-of son of a god was killed and came back to life to "redeem" your "sins" and make sure that you'll go to a heaveny sort of a place for an infinite number of years after you die and rot, and that you'll see your dead grandparents and that beagle you had when you were a kid when you get there....yeah.

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Oh yeah, the go-to moral authority, on gender and sexuality. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #1
They should write a book or something. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #6
I've read their books.... or tried to. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #7
Can I just say... F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #2
I've been trying but beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #4
Seems to be working for me... F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #10
Oh we LOVE Tim Minchin here. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #11
Oops... NeoGreen Apr 2015 #20
Oh, good. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #27
Yes, we hear the same lame baloney over in Religion skepticscott Apr 2015 #33
Well my dad used to say if you don't want to know the answer... beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #36
Tim was on @midnight tonight! beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #18
no longer knows how to come to terms with it AlbertCat Apr 2015 #3
And look how well that turned out for everyone. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #5
Women would be better off if all religion ceased to exist. mountain grammy Apr 2015 #8
I like them too. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #9
Here's a bunch of goddesses, all congregating in the same place... onager Apr 2015 #12
Very interesting, thanks. mountain grammy Apr 2015 #17
He certainly seems determined to march back to the 1500s Warpy Apr 2015 #13
We're incubators for the church. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #14
It still is. Warpy Apr 2015 #15
Shhhhhh! beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #16
YAY, BESTEST POPE EVAH!!!!! trotsky Apr 2015 #19
Obviously. PeaceNikki Apr 2015 #23
At this point I'm wondering if he can do anything that would bother his fans. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #24
How about: "The Pope is part of the problem, not solution", rational people say? mr blur Apr 2015 #21
Thank you. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #25
How about "Pope Francis's bigoted Catholicism" Lordquinton Apr 2015 #30
Yes, let's ask a 70+ year old professional single virgin about marriage. AtheistCrusader Apr 2015 #22
And sex. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #26
Sensualist grump! Don't you know God is love... onager Apr 2015 #41
Holy cow, that is ... what's the word.... beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #42
That's our Frank! Act_of_Reparation Apr 2015 #28
I know, we're just too impatient. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #29
Damn... haikugal Apr 2015 #31
If he can't go against church doctrine... uriel1972 Apr 2015 #45
Or just another slick politician. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #46
heh... uriel1972 Apr 2015 #47
I think he's both. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #48
I love this group! haikugal Apr 2015 #32
And we love you back! beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #34
When everything gets too heavy elsewhere I come here to relax and laugh. haikugal Apr 2015 #35
It's like a family bar in the old neighborhood. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #37
Yeah it does have that feel. haikugal Apr 2015 #38
No, but it looks fantastic! beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #39
My IPad made another 'correction' I didn't catch..Siri can be such a bitch! haikugal Apr 2015 #40
That pope nil desperandum Apr 2015 #43
Just make sure you don't make fun of what he's wearing. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #44
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