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Atheists & Agnostics

trotsky

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12. Yes, it is extremely awful of us to just take people's security blankets away from them.

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #8)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 09:27 AM

Apr 2015

Far better to condescend and treat them like children who are incapable of functioning otherwise. THAT'S the more respectful thing to do.

I will never understand that.

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My Prayer For Nepal [View all] Cartoonist Apr 2015 OP

Try cross-posting that in the prayer circle. bvf Apr 2015 #1

oh yeah. That'll go over well Heddi Apr 2015 #7

It would be worth the hide, bvf Apr 2015 #11

Victim blaming. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #2

I'll pray for you, bmus. n/t. bvf Apr 2015 #3

Could you send over a therapist too? beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #4

No, because that would actually require effort. bvf Apr 2015 #5

It'll be twice as effective because you announced it on teh interweb! beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #6

Bonus! bvf Apr 2015 #10

It's all our fault for pointing out that prayer is stupid. AtheistCrusader Apr 2015 #8

Yes, it is extremely awful of us to just take people's security blankets away from them. trotsky Apr 2015 #12

Let me see if I have this right...the bad people were smote, smitted, smitten? PassingFair Apr 2015 #9

Well nil desperandum Apr 2015 #13

How can I tell which god sent the earthquake? PassingFair Apr 2015 #14

mine too nil desperandum Apr 2015 #15

Uh, guys, aren't you forgetting someone? Arugula Latte Apr 2015 #16

Yeah. That's one of the first things I had a problem with bvf Apr 2015 #17

Well, ya know, back when Yahweh was knee-high to a grasshopper, Arugula Latte Apr 2015 #18