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Major Nikon

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8. I sure as fuck didn't say all Americans, Gil. You know like you said I did.

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 07:33 PM

Jan 2019

If you want to admit your fuckup and apologize for your condescension which resulted from it, I'm happy to go over the numbers with you again. But if you are going to continue with your duplicity, the most obvious explanation is it wasn't a fuckup at all and was instead a deliberate attempt at misrepresentation, or in other words a lie.

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How many Americans hold a literal interpretation of the Bible? [View all] guillaumeb Jan 2019 OP

Another source: guillaumeb Jan 2019 #1

Creatonism once meant a rationalization of divine creation Bretton Garcia Jan 2019 #43

None. Not one. Girard442 Jan 2019 #2

Or in other words, half of US Christians Major Nikon Jan 2019 #3

If anyone is wondering, this new thread is in response to Gil's duplicity about something I claimed Major Nikon Jan 2019 #4

Calling me a liar again? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #5

Demonstrably so, which isn't ad hominem, BTW Major Nikon Jan 2019 #6

If you had said at least 1/2 of Protestants, guillaumeb Jan 2019 #7

I sure as fuck didn't say all Americans, Gil. You know like you said I did. Major Nikon Jan 2019 #8

You cannot support your statement. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #9

You are confusing laughable with provable Major Nikon Jan 2019 #10

You can cut and paste your accusations as much as you wish. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #12

As long as you're going to continue to lie about it, then I wish Major Nikon Jan 2019 #17

Very dramatic. Very very dramatic. 2 veries. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #19

Even more dramatic when you admit your lie, but still won't take it back Major Nikon Jan 2019 #20

EMMMMMMMMMMMM guillaumeb Jan 2019 #21

So you think this thread is turning out as well as you'd hoped? Major Nikon Jan 2019 #23

10 of the replies are yours. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #25

Since you obviously directed at me, seems like you'd be happy about that Major Nikon Jan 2019 #28

Same group that supports Trump. MineralMan Jan 2019 #11

Can I call you Minnie? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #13

Mimi would be more apropos. MineralMan Jan 2019 #15

EMMMMMMMMMM. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #16

Yeah, at about the same rate atheists vote D Major Nikon Jan 2019 #14

IS this your new favorite meme? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #18

Sure, Gil, for you it's a meme. For others it's reality. Your lack of empathy is telling. Major Nikon Jan 2019 #22

And the behavior of the Chinese Government atheist leaders toward theists? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #24

Are you seriously diverting from your own OP? Major Nikon Jan 2019 #29

You're talking to someone who has ridiculed atheists Mariana Jan 2019 #38

Oh I know Major Nikon Jan 2019 #39

Probably more than we realize. America is in deep po po. Our education system has failed us. walkingman Jan 2019 #26

38% in the US, 4% in the UK. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #27

Any is too many. democratisphere Jan 2019 #30

based on their actions I would say 0 rurallib Jan 2019 #31

Yes, some do. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #32

What about those who take parts of the Bible litterally edhopper Jan 2019 #33

There's really almost no Christians who take all of it literally Major Nikon Jan 2019 #34

A spectrum? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #35

You don't think all Christains edhopper Jan 2019 #36

Of course, but which parts varies. eom guillaumeb Jan 2019 #59

So all Christain edhopper Jan 2019 #60

All Christians believe in the idea that Jesus lived in Bethlehem. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #61

How many believe in the edhopper Jan 2019 #62

I have no idea. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #63

Wouldn't you say most Christians do think edhopper Jan 2019 #64

Literalists in part? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #65

So do you believe that the people here you call literalists Lordquinton Jan 2019 #66

The term Biblical literalism: guillaumeb Jan 2019 #68

Diversion noted Major Nikon Jan 2019 #69

You inserted this to divert from the actual dialogue. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #73

... Major Nikon Jan 2019 #74

When you call atheists here "literalists" which definition are you using? marylandblue Jan 2019 #70

The one he pulled out of his arse Major Nikon Jan 2019 #71

So basically it's a gaslighting term that means whatever you want it to Lordquinton Jan 2019 #72

I don't assume that edhopper Jan 2019 #67

Can't even keep it together even within a single post Lordquinton Jan 2019 #37

Half of US Christians believe the world is less than 10,000 yrs old Major Nikon Jan 2019 #40

If it weren't for that group pushing it into the public arena Lordquinton Jan 2019 #42

He also gives grades in math without being able to divide something in half Major Nikon Jan 2019 #46

FALSE NARRATIVE! edhopper Jan 2019 #41

So about half of all Christians are creationists? MineralMan Jan 2019 #44

No, not half of all Christians! Major Nikon Jan 2019 #47

So confusing... MineralMan Jan 2019 #48

Predictably, this was a train wreck from the get-go. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #54

Well, there's a train leaving the station daily, headed MineralMan Jan 2019 #55

The Bible is metaphorical? tonedevil Jan 2019 #45

Capital Idea! MineralMan Jan 2019 #49

Not without making the baby Jesus cry Major Nikon Jan 2019 #50

All great ideas! Bretton Garcia Jan 2019 #58

Has anyone said this yet? Eyeball_Kid Jan 2019 #51

Too many, and one would be too many. c-rational Jan 2019 #52

It's 2019. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #53

Obviously you are a glass half empty kind of person Major Nikon Jan 2019 #56

Change doesn't happen overnight, amirite? Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #57