Atheism

@neologist,

We are a territorial animal. If there were no religion there would be something else to organize around.

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@edgarblythe,

edgarblythe wrote:

We are a territorial animal. If there were no religion there would be something else to organize around.

Noted and agreed, Edgar. But who can organize better than a brimstone breathing priest?

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[n]Neologist wrote:[/b]

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If any of you have lost a loved one in any act of war, you may be certain it was not one of Jehovah's witnesses who pulled the trigger or dropped the bomb. But hey! Who needs a world without war, eh RF?
Did you miss the part where Jesus restored the man's ear and said something about all those who live by the sword, shall perish by it?

In a perfect world there'd be no war but this is not a perfect world.. Wink

For example this US wartime poster carried Yamamoto's boast-

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6277/1hlp.jpg

So the American people had two choices; to either turn the other cheek or bust his ass. They chose the latter.. Smile

P-38's kill Yamamoto-

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7522/ymy5.jpg

Likewise in England we had the choice of letting Adolf bomb the krap out of us, (my mother and her family were bombed in 1940 in Leicester, England, they survived without a scratch but others didn't) or stopping him in what became known as "The Battle of the Great Iron Birds".. Smile

A Heinkel shot down over Britain

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/downed-heinkel-GB.jpg

Same with Bin Laden, the US could have turned their cheeks after he did 9/11 and let him go on planning further atrocities, but they chose to go get him.. Smile

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/lib2.jpg

As for Jesus telling Peter off for whacking the high priest's flunky with a sword, the fact remains he still allowed Peter to carry it in the first place thereby sending out the clear signal that weapons are not "evil" in themselves.. Smile

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@panzade,

Well, I only like scrambled eggs.
Egg white wiggles.

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@Romeo Fabulini,

Keep on breathing the brimstone RF.

BTW, is there something you didn't like about this simple question?
http://able2know.org/topic/141106-349#post-5471954

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@Romeo Fabulini,

Romeo Fabulini wrote:

As for Jesus telling Peter off for whacking the high priest's flunky with a sword, the fact remains he still allowed Peter to carry it in the first place thereby sending out the clear signal that weapons are not "evil" in themselves..

Did you miss the posts I have made about my selling of survival items at gun shows? There's one in Lynden, Washington this coming weekend, if you'd care to tell 2 of my grandsons how rotten a parent I am.

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@spendius,

Well, hon, that is new to me. You are expecting me to believe, have faith in you?

Of course, I've not read your every word all this time.

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@neologist,

I was talking about Fabiomoltofaccio.

So, when did you change your stripes, Spendius? I am not always paying attention. Was it around the same you started to talk straight (or am I wrong) re politics?

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Neologist asked:

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Tell me where Paul found the codex....
....Did you miss the posts I have made about my selling of survival items at gun shows?

1- Which Codex? A google search throws up truckloads of different ones, is it an app?
2- Yes I know you said earlier that my survival knife was no good in your expert opinion.
3- And as i modestly mentioned earlier, I'm a PC wargame champion, handling weapons don't bother me.. Smile

For examp here's my Tiger overrunning a Russki AT-gun and crew. I mean, why waste ammo on them when you might just as well turn them to mush under your tracks?-

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/ExIS/IF-batt-A_zpsc607ed35.jpg~original

"Oh, how comely it is and how reviving
To the Spirits of just men long opprest!
When God into the hands of their deliverer
Puts invincible might
To quell the might of the Earth, th' oppressour,
The brute and boist'rous force of violent men..."
- John Milton 1608-74

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@Romeo Fabulini,

How wonderful your imaginary life is.

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Peter off for whacking

Fabulini has a dirty mind.

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@ossobuco,

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So, when did you change your stripes, Spendius? I am not always paying attention. Was it around the same you started to talk straight (or am I wrong) re politics?

I always talk straight osso. It has held me back somewhat. Even on A2k I am reduced to nods and winks. You don't really think A2K could allow straight talking do you?

Like Dylan said to a Time magazine reporter--"If you told the truth you would be off the stands in a day".

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@littlek,

Maybe people feel that athiests are trying to impose their belief in nothing on them. By stopping something you do not like because you do not believe in it is hardly worth it if people are not being hurt.
And by hurt I mean violence. If you wish to focus on religious violence that just doesn't pertain to Christians.

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@coldjoint,

History is brimful with all cultures responsible for violence against others. When one looks at just the American Indians, they even fought against each other, but for much shorter periods and causes. During world wars, brothers fought brothers and other relatives that lived in different lands. It didn't matter which religion they belonged to.

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@cicerone imposter,

It does now, doesn't it? Or athiests wouldn't be bitching. Or Islamics expecting religious exceptions.

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@coldjoint,

There are political and religious extremists in history and also in our future.
Humans are war-mongers and natural beasts of war.

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@cicerone imposter,

There is only group of religious extremists in our future. We could change that. But your apathetic acceptance has already shown me that we would rather be bullied and told how to think.

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@coldjoint,

How old are you? I've been very active in politics for most of my life; my brother was a legislator in California for two terms, and I've served in the second longest trial in Santa Clara County, and also as a Grand Jury member in 2003-2004. I also served in the USAF for four years.

Don't talk to me like you know me or what I've done.

You,

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But your apathetic acceptance has already shown me that we would rather be bullied and told how to think.

All my siblings are christians married to christians. I'm an atheist married to a buddhist.

Your statement is not only foolish, but idiotic!

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@coldjoint,

You are rather incoherent, to me. Could you just spell out what you want to tell us, in a few simple sentences.

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@edgarblythe,

edgarblythe wrote:

Fabulini has a dirty mind.

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