Survey says: Atheists most distrusted minority

Yeah, well, I by gosh have a thing or two to say about all that......

...and I'll get right back to ya, soon as I figure what it is......

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Wait a minute. Shocked

I thought satanists didn't have any god but themselves? Doktor S said that he doesn't worship the literal Satan. I'm so confused............. Razz

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Pssst! Momma - don't look now, but guess who is the author of all confusion (according to some sources)?

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Setanta wrote:

My initial response was that the contention ought not to surprise anyone. Further investigation leads me to question the method and the intent of Miss Edgell, who is responsible for the survey from which the results were abstracted.

In all circumstances, i am never surprised to learn that Habibi is confused.

Ah, never can resist the temptation to slip in an ad hominem, huh... but it always reflects more on you than on the target...

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nimh wrote:

Setanta wrote:
My initial response was that the contention ought not to surprise anyone. Further investigation leads me to question the method and the intent of Miss Edgell, who is responsible for the survey from which the results were abstracted.

In all circumstances, i am never surprised to learn that Habibi is confused.

Ah, never can resist the temptation to slip in an ad hominem, huh... but it always reflects more on you than on the target...

Didn't you know, nimh? It ain't ad hominem when Setanta does it....only when it's done to him...

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hehehe That's a good one Snood. Author of confusion, yes, indeed. :wink:

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snood wrote:

Pssst! Momma - don't look now, but guess who is the author of all confusion (according to some sources)?

Scientists?

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Doktor S wrote:

edgarblythe wrote:
Ethics evolved with humanity, and varies from culture to culture, from religion or non religion to the next. Atheists in general have the essentials without the extraneous and phony dressing.

Best post I've read all day.
Good stuff.

Doktor:
Perseverance is the ticket. They can try to hound you, but they can't refute the truth.

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edgar,
did I read you to say that Atheists have ethics without the phoney dressing? Shouldn't you qualify that with "Some atheists"?

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Of course. No group of people is made up of only ethical or non ethical beings, TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

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edgarblythe wrote:

Of course. No group of people is made up of only ethical or non ethical beings, TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

Ethicists are all ethical.. . Mr. Green

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Um huh.

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edgarblythe wrote:

Of course. No group of people is made up of only ethical or non ethical beings, TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

Yeah, but given the tendency we humans have to aggrandize ourselves, it is good to use qualifiers like "In my opinion", and "some of them", etc. It ain't just you, edgar - I need to remember to do it, to.

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Edgar did say "atheists in general" which would seem to indicate "most" and I'd agree. Any atheists here think they are NOT ethical?

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I'm kind of an atheist -- I'd be more likely to call myself agnostic -- and I'm so ethical it hurts. I think I probably even cross the "annoyingly goody-good" line.

Survey says: Atheists most distrusted minority

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