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Joe Brady posted a status"I was thinking about the Wedding at Cana story the other morning... what if it happened this way? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNdg1vFaCBM"
Joe Brady replied to Sassan K.'s discussion 'WHAT DID HITCH MEAN FOR YOU?'"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezEp3-wobgw This sums it up. "
Joe Brady posted a status"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=005Ov9Eblso Check out this response to that study about Christians distrusting atheists as much as rapists!"
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Suzanne Olson-Hyde commented on Joe Brady's blog post 'Well! That didn't quite work out the way they wanted it to!'"I don't care what or who people believe in - if they are good people, terrific, but the majority of xians, especially the ones who have power, are not. I am sure that is why Atheists are coming out of the woodwork in droves. With the Internet,…"
Dave Gibbs commented on Joe Brady's blog post 'Well! That didn't quite work out the way they wanted it to!'""makes more sense" is never a good phrase to use when trying to persuade someone to consider any belief that is supposed to be grounded in faith, for at least two reasons."
Joe Brady posted a blog postWell! That didn't quite work out the way they wanted it to!
Here's a short story I thought I'd share with you guys: After taking a class that focused heavily on Eastern spirituality, I took a liking to the tenet of pluralism (this is popular in Eastern spirituality, encouraging the equal value and substance of all religious/spiritual beliefs). It was a lot more welcoming, I figured, than the absolutist views held by Western spirituality. For me, I felt like it didn't matter what I believed or not believed; as long as I recognized that everybody was…See More
Joe Brady replied to Willson Stoner's discussion 'What's up with the word xian?'"I think of all things out there, militant secularist offenses go a lot deeper than something like 'xian.' If I were a Christian I'd be a lot more offended by the actual absurdities that make secularists look bad. And there's…"
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Well! That didn't quite work out the way they wanted it to!
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 10:59pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
Here's a short story I thought I'd share with you guys:
After taking a class that focused heavily on Eastern spirituality, I took a liking to the tenet of pluralism (this is popular in Eastern spirituality, encouraging the equal value and substance of all religious/spiritual beliefs). It was a lot more welcoming, I figured, than the absolutist views held by Western spirituality. For me, I felt like it didn't matter what I believed or not believed; as long as I…
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- At 9:02am on November 7, 2011,
Robert Karp said… Welcome to the Think Atheist community Joe!
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