"I think the "God is testing our faith" argument is usually used as a debate ender. It tacitly acknowledges that there is no logical comeback and the rhetorical equivalent of sticking fingers in your eyes and yelling "nyah-nyah-yah,…"
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Statistics for religion in the UK
Started this discussion. Last reply by Radu Andreiu Sep 15, 2010. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Is debating someone like this a waste of time?
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"i have got into the habit of typing OMC - Oh Mighty Cthulhu :D"
"I may be mistaken, but i think it was Philip Roth (or possibly Saul Bellow) who said, when asked how long it took him to write a book replied along the lines of "about six months to write it, having thought about it for twenty years""
"I much prefer British currency
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Nelson left a comment for Paul Perry"hi Paul, i had to remove the discussion you posted in the forum as it didn't conform to our guidelines prohibiting teaser posts/blind links. your welcome to repost the discussion with a copy and paste of the full article while including a link…"
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"What was it that Texas governor said about giving Spanish equal status to English in his state? "If English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it's good enough for me"
(okay, I know it's probably apocryphal...)"
Radu Andreiu replied to Paul Perry's discussion 'Statistics for religion in the UK'"That's why it's called the GREAT Britain. Still, I think I prefer Sweden. The girls are prettier."
Statistics for religion in the UK
hey everyonejust came across this on the BBC website, talking about the religious make up of the UK population according to census data, ahead of the visit by that pope bloke.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/11297461I have to say, i am proud and impressed that MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT consider themselves to not belong to any religion and, of those that do, almost SIXTY percent don't attend church (or temple, mosque, synagogue, etc)Makes me proud to be…See More
a repost on evolutionary belief
hi everyonejust thought i'd share a reply i made on another forum when someone raised the possible evolutionary advantage of belief. it was a generally good hearted discussion, although entitled "does religion always fuck things up?" the italicised text is his post, the rest my response."Is believing in God evolutionary advantageous?…See More
"but if you say it again and again that proves it's true!
there is a god, there is a god, there IS a god!
fnarr"
Polish Priest Demonstrates the Hate of the Catholic Chruch
"Holy. Fuck.
Not only a bigoted moron, but he can't even be consistent - does he want to cure "faggots" or burn them at the stake?
Also, does Poland have any incitement to violence legislation?"
Wesley replied to Paul Perry's discussion 'Is debating someone like this a waste of time?'"Even if its a sham, you might reach all sides who read the positive message and interaction. Even if they only come away with the lesson of a more positive approach to dialogue you have done some good. We ALL can stand to learn and practice a bit…"
Christopher McGuire replied to Paul Perry's discussion 'Is debating someone like this a waste of time?'"I'm just gonna throw this out there, since no one else has yet (and out of respect, I don't feel I should post it on her channel)...
This chick is really hot! But she'd be even hotter with a ball-gag in her mouth!!! lolz ;)
Ok,…"
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"I actually own this on DVD. I also really like the 2007 film Cthulu ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478126/ ), thought it really got the atmosphere spot on, and avoided the problem of showing us the monsters quite well.
Although I still think the…"
Doug Reardon replied to Paul Perry's discussion 'Is debating someone like this a waste of time?'"Never try to teach a pig to sing, it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."
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- At 11:17am on September 26, 2010, Nelson said…
- hi Paul, i had to remove the discussion you posted in the forum as it didn't conform to our guidelines prohibiting teaser posts/blind links. your welcome to repost the discussion with a copy and paste of the full article while including a link for attribution.
check out the guidelines and don't hesitate to contact me or any of the other moderators if you have any questions. i look forward to your reposting the article as it looks interesting!
- At 12:50pm on May 5, 2010,
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- At 2:31am on May 21, 2009, Nelson said…
- welcome Paul!
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