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Atheists & Agnostics

TreasonousBastard

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7. Care to addres my point about our gullibility...

Reply to trotsky (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 22, 2015, 11:28 AM

Apr 2015

Religion may have unprovable assertions, but since when do we care about proof?

Witness the anti-vaxers...

And I still say religion's greatest draw for the masses is the promise that after we're dead everything will even up. All scores will be settled and we don't have to do squat but say some prayers here in the present life. Gives us hope when we're being shit upon.

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Losing My Religion? [View all] trotsky Apr 2015 OP

Indeed nil desperandum Apr 2015 #1

That is a powerful story, and... TreasonousBastard Apr 2015 #2

The Armor of God trotsky Apr 2015 #3

Well, you can go on blaming religion as the worst of the boogey-men... TreasonousBastard Apr 2015 #4

Care to address the points made about the uniqueness of religion? trotsky Apr 2015 #5

Care to addres my point about our gullibility... TreasonousBastard Apr 2015 #7

Anti-vaxers? trotsky Apr 2015 #9

Of course they do, it's just that... TreasonousBastard Apr 2015 #13

Well I'm glad we've established that your straw man is indeed in a world of hurt. trotsky Apr 2015 #14

Nothing to address there.... TreasonousBastard Apr 2015 #16

Great, then we agree! n/t trotsky Apr 2015 #28

Religion wouldn't have half a chance trying to match Mao's purges AlbertCat Apr 2015 #26

Religion had nothing to do with the Holocaust? beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #17

What apologist lie? Jews were singled out... TreasonousBastard Apr 2015 #19

Ask Martin Luther. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #20

Nazi death camps, AlbertCat Apr 2015 #24

Hmmmmmm.... AlbertCat Apr 2015 #6

...and losing the girl...don't forget losing the girl. PassingFair Apr 2015 #8

Then there's Taydolf Swiftler... onager Apr 2015 #25

Sorry about this, but just in case there's anyone who hasn't heard it - mr blur Apr 2015 #11

That reminded me of this.... AlbertCat Apr 2015 #12

No need to be sorry for that one! trotsky Apr 2015 #15

And another... onager Apr 2015 #27

"lose my religion" Promethean Apr 2015 #21

Yep, a common old saying in the South. onager Apr 2015 #22

K&R for yet another great article posted in this forum. n/t deucemagnet Apr 2015 #10

My heart aches for this man. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #18

we knew we were Muslims by birth. AlbertCat Apr 2015 #23

As noted "self-described anti-theist" ;-) Richard Dawkins has said... trotsky Apr 2015 #29

“Losing my religion” by REM yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2015 #30