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| Started by | The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> |
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| First post | 2017-09-02 12:12 -0700 |
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Ask an Atheist The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-09-02 12:12 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2017-09-02 12:56 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Kurt Nicklas <kurtnicklas@gmail.com> - 2017-09-02 13:06 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Yap Honghor <hhyapster@gmail.com> - 2017-09-03 03:21 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2017-09-02 13:41 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Davej <galt_57@hotmail.com> - 2017-09-02 15:03 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-09-02 22:55 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2017-09-20 01:12 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> - 2017-09-20 07:31 -0500
Re: Ask an Atheist Malcolm McMahon <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> - 2017-09-20 07:07 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Yap Honghor <hhyapster@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 04:05 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2017-09-22 07:11 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> - 2017-09-23 12:03 -0500
Re: Ask an Atheist Mitchell Holman <noemail@verizont.net> - 2017-09-23 12:13 -0500
Re: Ask an Atheist duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> - 2017-09-24 14:19 -0500
Re: Ask an Atheist Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2017-09-24 19:04 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2017-09-25 00:47 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2017-09-23 12:45 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> - 2017-09-24 14:19 -0500
Re: Ask an Atheist "Syd M." <pauldavidwright@yahoo.com> - 2017-09-24 12:28 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2017-09-24 19:05 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2017-09-25 01:14 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> - 2017-09-24 14:21 -0500
Re: Ask an Atheist hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2017-09-20 08:14 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist TheRealMccoy <drlmccoymd@gmail.com> - 2017-09-20 08:15 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2017-09-20 10:05 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist TheRealMccoy <princmichael77@gmail.com> - 2017-09-20 10:14 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2017-09-21 00:32 +0000
Re: Ask an Atheist hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2017-09-20 20:15 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist TheRealMccoy <drlmccoymd@gmail.com> - 2017-09-21 08:28 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist "Syd M." <pauldavidwright@yahoo.com> - 2017-09-21 13:10 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2017-09-22 07:16 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> - 2017-09-23 12:07 -0500
Re: Ask an Atheist Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2017-09-23 12:49 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> - 2017-09-24 14:25 -0500
Re: Ask an Atheist Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2017-09-24 19:11 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2017-09-26 13:12 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist "Andrew" <andrew.321.remov@usa.net> - 2017-09-26 16:38 -0400
Re: Ask an Atheist Atlatl Axolotl <atlatltheaxolotl@gmail.com> - 2017-09-26 13:58 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Yap Honghor <hhyapster@gmail.com> - 2017-09-26 19:00 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist "Andrew" <andrew.321.remov@usa.net> - 2017-09-26 22:43 -0400
Re: Ask an Atheist hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2017-09-24 23:48 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist MattB <trdell12345@gmail.com> - 2017-09-24 23:56 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist MattB <trdell12345@gmail.com> - 2017-09-26 12:37 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2017-09-24 23:58 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 15:37 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> - 2017-09-23 12:18 -0500
Re: Ask an Atheist hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2017-09-22 07:13 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> - 2017-09-23 12:19 -0500
Re: Ask an Atheist hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2017-09-25 00:31 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> - 2017-09-20 18:12 -0400
Re: Ask an Atheist hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2017-09-20 20:29 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> - 2017-09-21 18:36 -0400
Re: Ask an Atheist Yap Honghor <hhyapster@gmail.com> - 2017-09-03 03:19 -0700
Ask an Atheist Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2017-09-03 05:18 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist TheRealMccoy <drlmccoymd@gmail.com> - 2017-09-03 11:26 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-09-03 13:29 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Yap Honghor <hhyapster@gmail.com> - 2017-09-03 19:58 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2017-09-03 20:37 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Irreverend Dave <reverend_dave@ministerpants.com> - 2017-09-03 19:05 +0000
Re: Ask an Atheist Gronk <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2017-09-18 15:13 -0600
Re: Ask an Atheist The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-09-20 00:59 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2017-09-20 01:35 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> - 2017-09-20 07:34 -0500
Re: Ask an Atheist hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2017-09-20 09:55 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> - 2017-09-20 18:12 -0400
Re: Ask an Atheist Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 15:21 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> - 2017-09-23 12:21 -0500
Re: Ask an Atheist Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2017-09-23 12:52 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> - 2017-09-24 14:27 -0500
Re: Ask an Atheist "Syd M." <pauldavidwright@yahoo.com> - 2017-09-24 13:48 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2017-09-24 19:12 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Yap Honghor <hhyapster@gmail.com> - 2017-09-24 17:59 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2017-09-25 00:33 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist "Syd M." <pauldavidwright@yahoo.com> - 2017-09-22 14:02 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 15:17 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> - 2017-09-23 12:24 -0500
Re: Ask an Atheist "Syd M." <pauldavidwright@yahoo.com> - 2017-09-23 10:33 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Tim <cyfur12345@gmail.com> - 2017-09-20 01:53 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Yap Honghor <hhyapster@gmail.com> - 2017-09-20 18:06 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist TheRealMccoy <drlmccoymd@gmail.com> - 2017-09-20 18:07 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2017-09-20 19:54 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> - 2017-09-20 21:06 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Yap Honghor <hhyapster@gmail.com> - 2017-09-20 23:58 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2017-09-21 00:16 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist Malcolm McMahon <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> - 2017-09-20 05:15 -0700
Re: Ask an Atheist duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> - 2017-09-20 07:36 -0500
Re: Ask an Atheist Malcolm McMahon <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> - 2017-09-20 07:09 -0700
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| From | The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> |
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| Date | 2017-09-02 12:12 -0700 |
| Subject | Ask an Atheist |
| Message-ID | <59AB02BA.52DF@ix.netcom.com> |
Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?"
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| From | Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-09-02 12:56 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <9aa221d7-898d-413b-a01a-1fdcc1c80534@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #2359678 |
The Starmaker wrote: > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" The question is absurd.
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| From | Kurt Nicklas <kurtnicklas@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-09-02 13:06 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <33fc31b3-0f92-4d71-a52a-dd07079d9955@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #2359711 |
On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 3:56:24 PM UTC-4, Rick Johnson wrote: > The Starmaker wrote: > > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" > > The question is absurd. An appropriate answer because to an atheist the world itself is absurd.
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| From | Yap Honghor <hhyapster@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-09-03 03:21 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <10666f2c-ac16-4ccc-8732-ddac2a2fe849@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #2359719 |
On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 4:06:50 AM UTC+8, Kurt Nicklas wrote: > On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 3:56:24 PM UTC-4, Rick Johnson wrote: > > The Starmaker wrote: > > > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" > > > > The question is absurd. > > An appropriate answer because to an atheist the world itself is absurd. Oh, you never think for a second that the con scripture is the most stupidest story in this whole world???????
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| From | Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2017-09-02 13:41 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <chine.bleu-4BA077.13412302092017@news.eternal-september.org> |
| In reply to | #2359678 |
In article <59AB02BA.52DF@ix.netcom.com>, The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" More alien pod people? -- :-<> Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. Deleted. @ 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' /|\ Free the Amos Yee one. This post / \ Yeah, too bad about your so-called life. Ha-ha. insults Islam. Mohammed
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| From | Davej <galt_57@hotmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-09-02 15:03 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <bc3b479c-05f1-42d6-bd32-afed95bcaf9f@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #2359678 |
On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:13:05 PM UTC-5, The Starmaker wrote: > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" How about a world where people work together to improve the conditions of their lives rather than pretending that an imaginary magic being is running everything like a secret gangster?
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| From | The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> |
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| Date | 2017-09-02 22:55 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <59AB9963.387D@ix.netcom.com> |
| In reply to | #2359813 |
Davej wrote: > > On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:13:05 PM UTC-5, The Starmaker wrote: > > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" > > How about a world where people work together to improve > the conditions of their lives rather than pretending that > an imaginary magic being is running everything like a > secret gangster? pretending????
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| From | hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> |
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| Date | 2017-09-20 01:12 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <68afa654-b105-4c14-95d4-d9f24c280d31@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #2359975 |
On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 1:55:29 AM UTC-4, The Starmaker wrote: > Davej wrote: > > > > On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:13:05 PM UTC-5, The Starmaker wrote: > > > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" > > > > How about a world where people work together to improve > > the conditions of their lives rather than pretending that > > an imaginary magic being is running everything like a > > secret gangster? > > > pretending???? Perfect example of why there is so much misery in the world - religion. Better yet, this guy (part of the Borg) doesn't even realize that he just called his god a secret gangster.
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| From | duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> |
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| Date | 2017-09-20 07:31 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <vqn4scdaj4g42be1rrcbjqghht04bgu4o2@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #2366894 |
On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:12:20 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> wrote: >On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 1:55:29 AM UTC-4, The Starmaker wrote: >> Davej wrote: >> > >> > On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:13:05 PM UTC-5, The Starmaker wrote: >> > > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" >> > >> > How about a world where people work together to improve >> > the conditions of their lives rather than pretending that >> > an imaginary magic being is running everything like a >> > secret gangster? >> >> >> pretending???? > >Perfect example of why there is so much misery in the world - religion. >Better yet, this guy (part of the Borg) doesn't even realize that he >just called his god a secret gangster. Then why is all the crap in the world taking place now that you atheists profess you're going to own the free world? the dukester, American-American ***** The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine and a good cigar. G.K. Chesterton *****
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| From | Malcolm McMahon <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-09-20 07:07 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <44b59240-9d32-4500-9d15-c7519149e568@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #2366943 |
On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:31:42 UTC+1, duke wrote: > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:12:20 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> > wrote: > > >On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 1:55:29 AM UTC-4, The Starmaker wrote: > >> Davej wrote: > >> > > >> > On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:13:05 PM UTC-5, The Starmaker wrote: > >> > > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" > >> > > >> > How about a world where people work together to improve > >> > the conditions of their lives rather than pretending that > >> > an imaginary magic being is running everything like a > >> > secret gangster? > >> > >> > >> pretending???? > > > >Perfect example of why there is so much misery in the world - religion. > >Better yet, this guy (part of the Borg) doesn't even realize that he > >just called his god a secret gangster. > > Then why is all the crap in the world taking place now that you atheists profess > you're going to own the free world? > As a general trend the amount of crap, per living human, is a lot lower than it was in the Age of Religion. Read "Better Angles" for some stats.
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| From | Yap Honghor <hhyapster@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-09-22 04:05 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <2ca5b37c-ad4f-4231-88b7-59920d6e956a@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #2366974 |
On Friday, September 22, 2017 at 12:55:23 AM UTC+8, duke wrote: > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:07:40 -0700 (PDT), Malcolm McMahon > <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> wrote: > > >On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:31:42 UTC+1, duke wrote: > >> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:12:20 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> > >> wrote: > >> > >> >On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 1:55:29 AM UTC-4, The Starmaker wrote: > >> >> Davej wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:13:05 PM UTC-5, The Starmaker wrote: > >> >> > > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" > >> >> > > >> >> > How about a world where people work together to improve > >> >> > the conditions of their lives rather than pretending that > >> >> > an imaginary magic being is running everything like a > >> >> > secret gangster? > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> pretending???? > >> > > >> >Perfect example of why there is so much misery in the world - religion. > >> >Better yet, this guy (part of the Borg) doesn't even realize that he > >> >just called his god a secret gangster. > >> > >> Then why is all the crap in the world taking place now that you atheists profess > >> you're going to own the free world? > > >As a general trend the amount of crap, per living human, is a lot lower than it was in the Age of Religion. > > Dictator Deaths Caused > > 1) Joseph Stalin 43,000,000 > 2) Mao Zedong 38,000,000+ > 3) Adolf Hitler 21,000,000 > 4) Khubilai Khan 19,000,000 > 5) Hideki Tojo 10,000,000+ > 6) Chiang Kai-shek 10,000,000 > 7) Leopold II 10,000,000 > 8) Genghis Khan 4,000,000 > 9) Vladimir Lenin 4,000,000 > 10) Pol Pot 3,000,000 > ------------------------------- > Total 162,000,000 And religious persecution, killing and burning = 400,000,000? That is more than double of dead from the authoritarian/political regimes (assuming your figure is from your ass)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > >Read "Better Angles" for some stats. > > Worse angles are shown above. > > the dukester, American-American > > > ***** > The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine > and a good cigar. > > G.K. Chesterton > *****
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| From | hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> |
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| Date | 2017-09-22 07:11 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <9cf7eeaa-6f95-4d7b-ab71-b00b715f152d@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #2366974 |
On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 12:55:23 PM UTC-4, duke wrote: > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:07:40 -0700 (PDT), Malcolm McMahon > <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> wrote: > > >On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:31:42 UTC+1, duke wrote: > >> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:12:20 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> > >> wrote: > >> > >> >On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 1:55:29 AM UTC-4, The Starmaker wrote: > >> >> Davej wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:13:05 PM UTC-5, The Starmaker wrote: > >> >> > > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" > >> >> > > >> >> > How about a world where people work together to improve > >> >> > the conditions of their lives rather than pretending that > >> >> > an imaginary magic being is running everything like a > >> >> > secret gangster? > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> pretending???? > >> > > >> >Perfect example of why there is so much misery in the world - religion. > >> >Better yet, this guy (part of the Borg) doesn't even realize that he > >> >just called his god a secret gangster. > >> > >> Then why is all the crap in the world taking place now that you atheists profess > >> you're going to own the free world? > > >As a general trend the amount of crap, per living human, is a lot lower than it was in the Age of Religion. > > Dictator Deaths Caused > > 1) Joseph Stalin 43,000,000 > 2) Mao Zedong 38,000,000+ > 3) Adolf Hitler 21,000,000 > 4) Khubilai Khan 19,000,000 > 5) Hideki Tojo 10,000,000+ > 6) Chiang Kai-shek 10,000,000 > 7) Leopold II 10,000,000 > 8) Genghis Khan 4,000,000 > 9) Vladimir Lenin 4,000,000 > 10) Pol Pot 3,000,000 > ------------------------------- > Total 162,000,000 > > >Read "Better Angles" for some stats. > > Worse angles are shown above. We've been through this several times, Earl. Our opinions and the information we gave several times hasn't changed. Look it up yourself.
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| From | duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> |
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| Date | 2017-09-23 12:03 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <cq4dsc1o491jc8bhsdvv7v3lp5s5elctie@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #2367833 |
On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 07:11:34 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> wrote: >On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 12:55:23 PM UTC-4, duke wrote: >> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:07:40 -0700 (PDT), Malcolm McMahon >> <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> >On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:31:42 UTC+1, duke wrote: >> >> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:12:20 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 1:55:29 AM UTC-4, The Starmaker wrote: >> >> >> Davej wrote: >> >> >> > >> >> >> > On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:13:05 PM UTC-5, The Starmaker wrote: >> >> >> > > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" >> >> >> > >> >> >> > How about a world where people work together to improve >> >> >> > the conditions of their lives rather than pretending that >> >> >> > an imaginary magic being is running everything like a >> >> >> > secret gangster? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> pretending???? >> >> > >> >> >Perfect example of why there is so much misery in the world - religion. >> >> >Better yet, this guy (part of the Borg) doesn't even realize that he >> >> >just called his god a secret gangster. >> >> >> >> Then why is all the crap in the world taking place now that you atheists profess >> >> you're going to own the free world? >> >> >As a general trend the amount of crap, per living human, is a lot lower than it was in the Age of Religion. >> >> Dictator Deaths Caused >> >> 1) Joseph Stalin 43,000,000 >> 2) Mao Zedong 38,000,000+ >> 3) Adolf Hitler 21,000,000 >> 4) Khubilai Khan 19,000,000 >> 5) Hideki Tojo 10,000,000+ >> 6) Chiang Kai-shek 10,000,000 >> 7) Leopold II 10,000,000 >> 8) Genghis Khan 4,000,000 >> 9) Vladimir Lenin 4,000,000 >> 10) Pol Pot 3,000,000 >> ------------------------------- >> Total 162,000,000 >> >> >Read "Better Angles" for some stats. >> >> Worse angles are shown above. >We've been through this several times, Earl. Our opinions and the information >we gave several times hasn't changed. Look it up yourself. The "age of religion" is a misnomer. Religious faith is fully directed at getting man to throw aside his preference for "man's inhumanity to man". the dukester, American-American ***** The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine and a good cigar. G.K. Chesterton *****
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| From | Mitchell Holman <noemail@verizont.net> |
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| Date | 2017-09-23 12:13 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <XnsA7F97C8DC6638noemailattnet@216.166.97.131> |
| In reply to | #2368264 |
duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> wrote in
news:cq4dsc1o491jc8bhsdvv7v3lp5s5elctie@4ax.com:
> On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 07:11:34 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7
> <hypatiab7@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 12:55:23 PM UTC-4, duke wrote:
>>> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:07:40 -0700 (PDT), Malcolm McMahon
>>> <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:31:42 UTC+1, duke wrote:
>>> >> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:12:20 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7
>>> >> <hypatiab7@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> >On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 1:55:29 AM UTC-4, The Starmaker
>>> >> >wrote:
>>> >> >> Davej wrote:
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:13:05 PM UTC-5, The
>>> >> >> > Starmaker wrote:
>>> >> >> > > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?"
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > How about a world where people work together to improve
>>> >> >> > the conditions of their lives rather than pretending that
>>> >> >> > an imaginary magic being is running everything like a
>>> >> >> > secret gangster?
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> pretending????
>>> >> >
>>> >> >Perfect example of why there is so much misery in the world -
>>> >> >religion. Better yet, this guy (part of the Borg) doesn't even
>>> >> >realize that he just called his god a secret gangster.
>>> >>
>>> >> Then why is all the crap in the world taking place now that you
>>> >> atheists profess you're going to own the free world?
>>>
>>> >As a general trend the amount of crap, per living human, is a lot
>>> >lower than it was in the Age of Religion.
>>>
>>> Dictator Deaths Caused
>>>
>>> 1) Joseph Stalin 43,000,000
>>> 2) Mao Zedong 38,000,000+
>>> 3) Adolf Hitler 21,000,000
>>> 4) Khubilai Khan 19,000,000
>>> 5) Hideki Tojo 10,000,000+
>>> 6) Chiang Kai-shek 10,000,000
>>> 7) Leopold II 10,000,000
>>> 8) Genghis Khan 4,000,000
>>> 9) Vladimir Lenin 4,000,000
>>> 10) Pol Pot 3,000,000
>>> -------------------------------
>>> Total 162,000,000
>>>
>>> >Read "Better Angles" for some stats.
>>>
>>> Worse angles are shown above.
>
>>We've been through this several times, Earl. Our opinions and the
>>information we gave several times hasn't changed. Look it up yourself.
>
> The "age of religion" is a misnomer. Religious faith is fully
> directed at getting man to throw aside his preference for "man's
> inhumanity to man".
Doesn't religion REQUIRE "inhumanity to man"?
At least yours does............
Exodus 32:27-29 The Israelites slay 3000 men.
Numbers 16:35 A fire from the Lord consumes 250 men.
Numbers 16:49 A plague from the Lord kills 14,700 people.
Numbers 25:9 24,000 people die in a plague from the Lord.
Numbers 31:31-40 32,000 virgins are taken by the Israelites as booty.
Thirty-two are set aside (to be sacrificed?) as a tribute for the Lord.
Deuteronomy 2:33-34 The Israelites utterly destroy the men, women, and
children of Sihon.
Deuteronomy 3:6 The Israelites utterly destroy the men, women, and
children of Og.
Joshua 8:22-25 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly smites the people
of Ai, killing 12,000 men and women, so that there were none who escaped.
Joshua 10:10-27 With the help of the Lord, Joshua utterly destroys the
Gibeonites.
Joshua 10:28 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the people
of Makkedah.
Joshua 10:30 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the
Libnahites.
Joshua 10:32-33 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the
people of Lachish.
Joshua 10:34-35 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the
Eglonites.
Joshua 10:36-37 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the
Hebronites.
Joshua 10:38-39 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the
Debirites.
Joshua 11:21-23 Joshua utterly destroys the Anakim.
Judges 1:4 With the Lord's support, Judah defeats 10,000 Canaanites at
Bezek.
Judges 1:17 With the Lord's approval, Judah and Simeon utterly destroy
the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath.
Judges 3:29 The Israelites kill about 10,000 Moabites.
Judges 3:31 Shamgar killed 600 Philistines with an oxgoad.
Judges 4:21 Jael takes a tent stake and hammers it through the head of
Sisera, fastening it to the ground (later he nailed his wife's head to a
coffee table).
Judges 8:15-21 The Gideons slaughter the men of Penuel.
Judges 14:19 The Spirit of the Lord comes upon a man and causes him to
slay thirty men.
Judges 15:15 Samson slays 1000 men with the jawbone of an ass.
Judges 16:27-30 Samson, with the help of the Lord, pulls down the pillars
of the Philistine house and causes his own death and that of 3000 other
men and women.
Judges 18:27 The Danites slay the quiet and unsuspecting people of Laish.
Judges 20:43-48 The Israelites smite 25,000+ "men of valor" from amongst
the Benjamites, "men and beasts and all that they found," and set their
towns on fire.
1 Samuel 4:10 The Philistines slay 30,000 Israelite foot soldiers.
1 Samuel 7:7-11 Samuel and his men smite the Philistines.
1 Samuel 11:11 With the Lord's blessing, Saul and his men cut down the
Ammonites.
1 Samuel 14:31 Jonathan and his men strike down the Philistines.
1 Samuel 14:48 Saul smites the Amalekites.
1 Samuel 18:7 The women sing as they make merry: "Saul has slain his
thousands and David his ten thousands."
1 Samuel 27:8-11 "David left neither man nor woman alive ....". (Note:
This implies that children and infants were included in the slaughter.)
1 Samuel 30:17 David smites the Amalekites.
2 Samuel 8:5 David slew 22,000 Syrians.
2 Samuel 8:13 David slew 18,000 Edomites in the valley of salt and made
the rest slaves.
2 Samuel 10:18 David slew 47,000+ Syrians.
2 Samuel 11:14-27 David has Uriah killed so that he can marry Uriah's
wife, Bathsheba.
2 Samuel 12:1, 19 The Lord strikes David's child dead for the sin that
David has committed.
2 Samuel 18:6 -7 20,000 men are slaughtered at the battle in the forest
of Ephraim.
2 Samuel 24:15 The Lord sends a pestilence on Israel that kills 70,000
men.
2 Kings 1:10-12 Fire from heaven comes down and consumes fifty men.
2 Kings 2:23-24 Forty-two children are mauled and killed, presumably
according to the will of God, for having jeered at a man of God.
2 Kings 5:27 Elisha curses Gehazi and his descendants forever with
leprosy.
2 Kings 10:7 Jehu has Ahab's seventy sons beheaded, then sends the heads
to their father.
2 Kings 10:14 Jehu has forty-two of Ahab's kin killed.
2 Kings 14:5, 7 Amaziah kills his servants and then 10,000 Edomites.
2 Kings 15:16 Menahem ripped open all the women who were pregnant.
2 Kings 19:35 An angel of the Lord kills 185,000 men.
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| From | duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> |
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| Date | 2017-09-24 14:19 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <061gsc1o927v71cdem68389jftmkkbhj86@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #2368275 |
On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:13:34 -0500, Mitchell Holman <noemail@verizont.net> wrote: >duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> wrote in >news:cq4dsc1o491jc8bhsdvv7v3lp5s5elctie@4ax.com: > >> On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 07:11:34 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 >> <hypatiab7@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>>On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 12:55:23 PM UTC-4, duke wrote: >>>> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:07:40 -0700 (PDT), Malcolm McMahon >>>> <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:31:42 UTC+1, duke wrote: >>>> >> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:12:20 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 >>>> >> <hypatiab7@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> >On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 1:55:29 AM UTC-4, The Starmaker >>>> >> >wrote: >>>> >> >> Davej wrote: >>>> >> >> > >>>> >> >> > On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:13:05 PM UTC-5, The >>>> >> >> > Starmaker wrote: >>>> >> >> > > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" >>>> >> >> > >>>> >> >> > How about a world where people work together to improve >>>> >> >> > the conditions of their lives rather than pretending that >>>> >> >> > an imaginary magic being is running everything like a >>>> >> >> > secret gangster? >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> pretending???? >>>> >> > >>>> >> >Perfect example of why there is so much misery in the world - >>>> >> >religion. Better yet, this guy (part of the Borg) doesn't even >>>> >> >realize that he just called his god a secret gangster. >>>> >> >>>> >> Then why is all the crap in the world taking place now that you >>>> >> atheists profess you're going to own the free world? >>>> >>>> >As a general trend the amount of crap, per living human, is a lot >>>> >lower than it was in the Age of Religion. >>>> >>>> Dictator Deaths Caused >>>> >>>> 1) Joseph Stalin 43,000,000 >>>> 2) Mao Zedong 38,000,000+ >>>> 3) Adolf Hitler 21,000,000 >>>> 4) Khubilai Khan 19,000,000 >>>> 5) Hideki Tojo 10,000,000+ >>>> 6) Chiang Kai-shek 10,000,000 >>>> 7) Leopold II 10,000,000 >>>> 8) Genghis Khan 4,000,000 >>>> 9) Vladimir Lenin 4,000,000 >>>> 10) Pol Pot 3,000,000 >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> Total 162,000,000 >>>> >>>> >Read "Better Angles" for some stats. >>>> >>>> Worse angles are shown above. >> >>>We've been through this several times, Earl. Our opinions and the >>>information we gave several times hasn't changed. Look it up yourself. >> >> The "age of religion" is a misnomer. Religious faith is fully >> directed at getting man to throw aside his preference for "man's >> inhumanity to man". > Doesn't religion REQUIRE "inhumanity to man"? Just the opposite. We are called to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. > At least yours does............ You're clueless. >Exodus 32:27-29 The Israelites slay 3000 men. Maybe it was self defense. >Numbers 16:35 A fire from the Lord consumes 250 men. 3000 people died in the fires on 911. the dukester, American-American ***** The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine and a good cigar. G.K. Chesterton *****
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| From | Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2017-09-24 19:04 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <724f67c5-b44e-4f8b-b8af-82a007c485b8@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #2368765 |
On Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 12:19:13 PM UTC-7, duke wrote: > On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:13:34 -0500, Mitchell Holman <noemail@verizont.net> > wrote: > > >duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> wrote in > >news:cq4dsc1o491jc8bhsdvv7v3lp5s5elctie@4ax.com: > > > >> On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 07:11:34 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 > >> <hypatiab7@comcast.net> wrote: > >> > >>>On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 12:55:23 PM UTC-4, duke wrote: > >>>> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:07:40 -0700 (PDT), Malcolm McMahon > >>>> <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> >On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:31:42 UTC+1, duke wrote: > >>>> >> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:12:20 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 > >>>> >> <hypatiab7@comcast.net> wrote: > >>>> >> > >>>> >> >On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 1:55:29 AM UTC-4, The Starmaker > >>>> >> >wrote: > >>>> >> >> Davej wrote: > >>>> >> >> > > >>>> >> >> > On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:13:05 PM UTC-5, The > >>>> >> >> > Starmaker wrote: > >>>> >> >> > > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" > >>>> >> >> > > >>>> >> >> > How about a world where people work together to improve > >>>> >> >> > the conditions of their lives rather than pretending that > >>>> >> >> > an imaginary magic being is running everything like a > >>>> >> >> > secret gangster? > >>>> >> >> > >>>> >> >> > >>>> >> >> pretending???? > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> >Perfect example of why there is so much misery in the world - > >>>> >> >religion. Better yet, this guy (part of the Borg) doesn't even > >>>> >> >realize that he just called his god a secret gangster. > >>>> >> > >>>> >> Then why is all the crap in the world taking place now that you > >>>> >> atheists profess you're going to own the free world? > >>>> > >>>> >As a general trend the amount of crap, per living human, is a lot > >>>> >lower than it was in the Age of Religion. > >>>> > >>>> Dictator Deaths Caused > >>>> > >>>> 1) Joseph Stalin 43,000,000 > >>>> 2) Mao Zedong 38,000,000+ > >>>> 3) Adolf Hitler 21,000,000 > >>>> 4) Khubilai Khan 19,000,000 > >>>> 5) Hideki Tojo 10,000,000+ > >>>> 6) Chiang Kai-shek 10,000,000 > >>>> 7) Leopold II 10,000,000 > >>>> 8) Genghis Khan 4,000,000 > >>>> 9) Vladimir Lenin 4,000,000 > >>>> 10) Pol Pot 3,000,000 > >>>> ------------------------------- > >>>> Total 162,000,000 > >>>> > >>>> >Read "Better Angles" for some stats. > >>>> > >>>> Worse angles are shown above. > >> > >>>We've been through this several times, Earl. Our opinions and the > >>>information we gave several times hasn't changed. Look it up yourself. > >> > >> The "age of religion" is a misnomer. Religious faith is fully > >> directed at getting man to throw aside his preference for "man's > >> inhumanity to man". > > > Doesn't religion REQUIRE "inhumanity to man"? > > Just the opposite. We are called to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. > You must hate yourself based on how you treat people here. > > At least yours does............ > > You're clueless. > > >Exodus 32:27-29 The Israelites slay 3000 men. > > Maybe it was self defense. > Where's that certainty you so often display whe n you're wrong? > >Numbers 16:35 A fire from the Lord consumes 250 men. > > 3000 people died in the fires on 911. > But nobody claims god did it. > > the dukester, American-American > > > ***** > The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine > and a good cigar. > > G.K. Chesterton > *****
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| From | hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2017-09-25 00:47 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <babbb131-623d-42c7-afe3-5001e888b0ee@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #2368765 |
On Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 3:19:13 PM UTC-4, duke wrote: > On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:13:34 -0500, Mitchell Holman <noemail@verizont.net> > wrote: > > >duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> wrote in > >news:cq4dsc1o491jc8bhsdvv7v3lp5s5elctie@4ax.com: > > > >> On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 07:11:34 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 > >> <hypatiab7@comcast.net> wrote: > >> > >>>On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 12:55:23 PM UTC-4, duke wrote: > >>>> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:07:40 -0700 (PDT), Malcolm McMahon > >>>> <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> >On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:31:42 UTC+1, duke wrote: > >>>> >> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:12:20 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 > >>>> >> <hypatiab7@comcast.net> wrote: > >>>> >> > >>>> >> >On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 1:55:29 AM UTC-4, The Starmaker > >>>> >> >wrote: > >>>> >> >> Davej wrote: > >>>> >> >> > > >>>> >> >> > On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:13:05 PM UTC-5, The > >>>> >> >> > Starmaker wrote: > >>>> >> >> > > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" > >>>> >> >> > > >>>> >> >> > How about a world where people work together to improve > >>>> >> >> > the conditions of their lives rather than pretending that > >>>> >> >> > an imaginary magic being is running everything like a > >>>> >> >> > secret gangster? > >>>> >> >> > >>>> >> >> > >>>> >> >> pretending???? > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> >Perfect example of why there is so much misery in the world - > >>>> >> >religion. Better yet, this guy (part of the Borg) doesn't even > >>>> >> >realize that he just called his god a secret gangster. > >>>> >> > >>>> >> Then why is all the crap in the world taking place now that you > >>>> >> atheists profess you're going to own the free world? > >>>> > >>>> >As a general trend the amount of crap, per living human, is a lot > >>>> >lower than it was in the Age of Religion. > >>>> > >>>> Dictator Deaths Caused > >>>> > >>>> 1) Joseph Stalin 43,000,000 > >>>> 2) Mao Zedong 38,000,000+ > >>>> 3) Adolf Hitler 21,000,000 > >>>> 4) Khubilai Khan 19,000,000 > >>>> 5) Hideki Tojo 10,000,000+ > >>>> 6) Chiang Kai-shek 10,000,000 > >>>> 7) Leopold II 10,000,000 > >>>> 8) Genghis Khan 4,000,000 > >>>> 9) Vladimir Lenin 4,000,000 > >>>> 10) Pol Pot 3,000,000 > >>>> ------------------------------- > >>>> Total 162,000,000 > >>>> > >>>> >Read "Better Angles" for some stats. > >>>> > >>>> Worse angles are shown above. > >> > >>>We've been through this several times, Earl. Our opinions and the > >>>information we gave several times hasn't changed. Look it up yourself. > >> > >> The "age of religion" is a misnomer. Religious faith is fully > >> directed at getting man to throw aside his preference for "man's > >> inhumanity to man". > > > Doesn't religion REQUIRE "inhumanity to man"? > > Just the opposite. We are called to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. > > > At least yours does............ > > You're clueless. > > >Exodus 32:27-29 The Israelites slay 3000 men. > > Maybe it was self defense. Maybe it wasn't. It never happened. > > >Numbers 16:35 A fire from the Lord consumes 250 men. > > 3000 people died in the fires on 911. You dare to compare 3,000 people who were murdered by terrorists to a myth? You are a very sick man.
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| From | Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-09-23 12:45 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <5a731752-65ce-42ed-b0ab-b8d71afee4dc@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #2368264 |
On Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 10:03:20 AM UTC-7, duke wrote: > On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 07:11:34 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> > wrote: > > >On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 12:55:23 PM UTC-4, duke wrote: > >> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:07:40 -0700 (PDT), Malcolm McMahon > >> <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> > >> >On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:31:42 UTC+1, duke wrote: > >> >> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:12:20 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 1:55:29 AM UTC-4, The Starmaker wrote: > >> >> >> Davej wrote: > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:13:05 PM UTC-5, The Starmaker wrote: > >> >> >> > > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > How about a world where people work together to improve > >> >> >> > the conditions of their lives rather than pretending that > >> >> >> > an imaginary magic being is running everything like a > >> >> >> > secret gangster? > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> pretending???? > >> >> > > >> >> >Perfect example of why there is so much misery in the world - religion. > >> >> >Better yet, this guy (part of the Borg) doesn't even realize that he > >> >> >just called his god a secret gangster. > >> >> > >> >> Then why is all the crap in the world taking place now that you atheists profess > >> >> you're going to own the free world? > >> > >> >As a general trend the amount of crap, per living human, is a lot lower than it was in the Age of Religion. > >> > >> Dictator Deaths Caused > >> > >> 1) Joseph Stalin 43,000,000 > >> 2) Mao Zedong 38,000,000+ > >> 3) Adolf Hitler 21,000,000 > >> 4) Khubilai Khan 19,000,000 > >> 5) Hideki Tojo 10,000,000+ > >> 6) Chiang Kai-shek 10,000,000 > >> 7) Leopold II 10,000,000 > >> 8) Genghis Khan 4,000,000 > >> 9) Vladimir Lenin 4,000,000 > >> 10) Pol Pot 3,000,000 > >> ------------------------------- > >> Total 162,000,000 > >> > >> >Read "Better Angles" for some stats. > >> > >> Worse angles are shown above. > > >We've been through this several times, Earl. Our opinions and the information > >we gave several times hasn't changed. Look it up yourself. > > The "age of religion" is a misnomer. Religious faith is fully directed at > getting man to throw aside his preference for "man's inhumanity to man". > Religion fuels it, it does nothing to stop it. It just changes the targets. > the dukester, American-Idiot > > ***** > The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine > and a good cigar. > > G.K. Chesterton > *****
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| From | duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> |
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| Date | 2017-09-24 14:19 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <i91gsclgk1r82c9esvg9hdas5hkmd105b2@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #2368385 |
On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:45:30 -0700 (PDT), Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> wrote: >On Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 10:03:20 AM UTC-7, duke wrote: >> On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 07:11:34 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >> >On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 12:55:23 PM UTC-4, duke wrote: >> >> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:07:40 -0700 (PDT), Malcolm McMahon >> >> <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:31:42 UTC+1, duke wrote: >> >> >> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:12:20 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 1:55:29 AM UTC-4, The Starmaker wrote: >> >> >> >> Davej wrote: >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:13:05 PM UTC-5, The Starmaker wrote: >> >> >> >> > > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > How about a world where people work together to improve >> >> >> >> > the conditions of their lives rather than pretending that >> >> >> >> > an imaginary magic being is running everything like a >> >> >> >> > secret gangster? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> pretending???? >> >> >> > >> >> >> >Perfect example of why there is so much misery in the world - religion. >> >> >> >Better yet, this guy (part of the Borg) doesn't even realize that he >> >> >> >just called his god a secret gangster. >> >> >> >> >> >> Then why is all the crap in the world taking place now that you atheists profess >> >> >> you're going to own the free world? >> >> >> >> >As a general trend the amount of crap, per living human, is a lot lower than it was in the Age of Religion. >> >> >> >> Dictator Deaths Caused >> >> >> >> 1) Joseph Stalin 43,000,000 >> >> 2) Mao Zedong 38,000,000+ >> >> 3) Adolf Hitler 21,000,000 >> >> 4) Khubilai Khan 19,000,000 >> >> 5) Hideki Tojo 10,000,000+ >> >> 6) Chiang Kai-shek 10,000,000 >> >> 7) Leopold II 10,000,000 >> >> 8) Genghis Khan 4,000,000 >> >> 9) Vladimir Lenin 4,000,000 >> >> 10) Pol Pot 3,000,000 >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> Total 162,000,000 >> >> >> >> >Read "Better Angles" for some stats. >> >> >> >> Worse angles are shown above. >> >> >We've been through this several times, Earl. Our opinions and the information >> >we gave several times hasn't changed. Look it up yourself. >> >> The "age of religion" is a misnomer. Religious faith is fully directed at >> getting man to throw aside his preference for "man's inhumanity to man". >> > >Religion fuels it, it does nothing to stop it. It just changes the targets. No can be. God mandates we love our neighbor as we love ourselves. the dukester, American-American ***** The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine and a good cigar. G.K. Chesterton *****
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| From | "Syd M." <pauldavidwright@yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2017-09-24 12:28 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <531a904f-2e6c-48c0-a586-e33191128535@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #2368766 |
On Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 3:19:50 PM UTC-4, duke wrote: > On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:45:30 -0700 (PDT), Cloud Hobbit > <youngblood2949@gmail.com> wrote: > > >On Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 10:03:20 AM UTC-7, duke wrote: > >> On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 07:11:34 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> > >> wrote: > >> > >> >On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 12:55:23 PM UTC-4, duke wrote: > >> >> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:07:40 -0700 (PDT), Malcolm McMahon > >> >> <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:31:42 UTC+1, duke wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:12:20 -0700 (PDT), hypatiab7 <hypatiab7@comcast.net> > >> >> >> wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> >On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 1:55:29 AM UTC-4, The Starmaker wrote: > >> >> >> >> Davej wrote: > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> > On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:13:05 PM UTC-5, The Starmaker wrote: > >> >> >> >> > > Ask an Atheist...."What will make a perfect world?" > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> > How about a world where people work together to improve > >> >> >> >> > the conditions of their lives rather than pretending that > >> >> >> >> > an imaginary magic being is running everything like a > >> >> >> >> > secret gangster? > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> pretending???? > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >Perfect example of why there is so much misery in the world - religion. > >> >> >> >Better yet, this guy (part of the Borg) doesn't even realize that he > >> >> >> >just called his god a secret gangster. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Then why is all the crap in the world taking place now that you atheists profess > >> >> >> you're going to own the free world? > >> >> > >> >> >As a general trend the amount of crap, per living human, is a lot lower than it was in the Age of Religion. > >> >> > >> >> Dictator Deaths Caused > >> >> > >> >> 1) Joseph Stalin 43,000,000 > >> >> 2) Mao Zedong 38,000,000+ > >> >> 3) Adolf Hitler 21,000,000 > >> >> 4) Khubilai Khan 19,000,000 > >> >> 5) Hideki Tojo 10,000,000+ > >> >> 6) Chiang Kai-shek 10,000,000 > >> >> 7) Leopold II 10,000,000 > >> >> 8) Genghis Khan 4,000,000 > >> >> 9) Vladimir Lenin 4,000,000 > >> >> 10) Pol Pot 3,000,000 > >> >> ------------------------------- > >> >> Total 162,000,000 > >> >> > >> >> >Read "Better Angles" for some stats. > >> >> > >> >> Worse angles are shown above. > >> > >> >We've been through this several times, Earl. Our opinions and the information > >> >we gave several times hasn't changed. Look it up yourself. > >> > >> The "age of religion" is a misnomer. Religious faith is fully directed at > >> getting man to throw aside his preference for "man's inhumanity to man". > >> > > > >Religion fuels it, it does nothing to stop it. It just changes the targets. > > No can be. God mandates we love our neighbor as we love ourselves. So, when do you intend to start, Dork? PDW
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