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Pope George Ringo II

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34. Longevity does give them another edge in quantity of loons.

Sun Dec 23, 2018, 10:45 PM

Dec 2018

But I still say that warping public policy is only open to larger religions, and is worse at this point. So even if we do say, "Sure, the dominant religion is going to produce more truly insane nutters just based on size," this doesn't make the dominant religion any less dangerous because we're also stuck with the fact that only the dominant religion is, well, dominant. Even if a little cult is somehow the most bonkers one in the conversation, they'll never be able to open the Pandora's Box of tragedy required to ban abortion, discriminate against gays, and execute the unbelievers. Big religions have things in their toolbox that little cults would (and do) kill to possess.

Whatever other tragedies they may spawn, big religions are corrosive to a free society in a way that little cults really aren't, regardless of how many people are killed directly by extremists from either group.

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Santa and Jesus [View all] Major Nikon Dec 2018 OP

A question. Shemp Howard Dec 2018 #1

Why don't you post one? nt. Mariana Dec 2018 #3

Why would he do that? MineralMan Dec 2018 #5

I actually do need an explanation. Shemp Howard Dec 2018 #11

Here you go. MineralMan Dec 2018 #13

Thanks for the reply. Shemp Howard Dec 2018 #16

There is a comic featuring both Jesus and Muhammad MineralMan Dec 2018 #18

Thanks again. Shemp Howard Dec 2018 #19

One can be tolerant of people with beliefs edhopper Dec 2018 #21

You make a very good point! Shemp Howard Dec 2018 #23

Except Republicans edhopper Dec 2018 #24

I must disagree. Shemp Howard Dec 2018 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author Mariana Dec 2018 #33

That last 40% is currently beyond redemption Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #43

Really. "Just get them to change the channel." Right. Mariana Dec 2018 #44

Please don't take that so literally, Mariana! Shemp Howard Dec 2018 #46

How many addicts of Fox/Limbaugh et al. Mariana Dec 2018 #47

Yes, you made that false equivalence yourself, in post 19. Mariana Dec 2018 #35

There's a good answer to your question Major Nikon Dec 2018 #37

No we only ridicule jesus here. Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #6

Besides, there's no record of Muhammad claiming to be God's son, MineralMan Dec 2018 #7

It is a fair point. Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #10

It's not a fair point. Shemp Howard Dec 2018 #14

There's a simple explanation, though Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #15

Maybe. But maybe not. Shemp Howard Dec 2018 #22

I'd hate to try to sort out which religious group is the wackiest. Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #25

Hale-Bopp still hasn't matched Christianity's wackiness Major Nikon Dec 2018 #32

Longevity does give them another edge in quantity of loons. Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #34

Oh I agree completely Major Nikon Dec 2018 #38

There are so many different flavors of Christianity. Mariana Dec 2018 #36

According to Gallup, about 1/3rd of the US population subscribes to young earth creationism Major Nikon Dec 2018 #39

Every Passover edhopper Dec 2018 #20

Oh almost all of us here posting as "atheists" Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #41

Here's what Jesus had to say about it, according to the stories: Mariana Dec 2018 #45

And we all know why that is, don't we? Mariana Dec 2018 #12

... Major Nikon Dec 2018 #8

Point scored! Shemp Howard Dec 2018 #17

Problems with pictures of Mohammed Bretton Garcia Dec 2018 #40

I agree. Shemp Howard Dec 2018 #42

More- LunaSea Dec 2018 #2

But...remember...Santa is a jumble word for SATAN!!!!!! MineralMan Dec 2018 #4

Still not as badass as Gryla tho Major Nikon Dec 2018 #9

Depends on whether you are naughty or not... MineralMan Dec 2018 #26

I have what is probably a dumb question. Croney Dec 2018 #28

I think it means they just stole a bunch of shit Major Nikon Dec 2018 #29

Really? So, if there's no Santa and no Jesus, Croney Dec 2018 #30

What's the point of being an atheist otherwise? Major Nikon Dec 2018 #31