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kdmorris

(5,649 posts)
1. Why???
Sat May 2, 2015, 11:27 AM
May 2015

Why the holy fuck, even if you ARE religious, would you pray for a child that has EVERYTHING? Why not pray for every single fucking child born in Afghanistan, because the infant mortality rate there is absurdly dismal. 70 out of every 1,000 children will die before they turn 1, and 97 out of every 1,000 will die before they turn 5. Life expectancy is 62 for women and 60 for men... about 25 years less than in a developed country.

Or pray for every child born in India or Bangladesh or any country in Africa or any other third world country... Why single out this one white privileged child that will NEVER want for anything and will just suck up the resources that COULD go to feed multitudes of others... just cause she got lucky enough to be born into a rich, white family and the whole world, for some insane reason, cares about it...

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Why??? kdmorris May 2015 #1
Priorities you gotta have 'em. LiberalAndProud May 2015 #2
Oh, the absurdity! mountain grammy May 2015 #3
Maybe one of you nice practicing atheists can teach me how to pray. beam me up scottie May 2015 #4
For a very low down payment I can send you instructional videos every month! Warren Stupidity May 2015 #5
Where do I send the money? beam me up scottie May 2015 #6
Prayer kdmorris May 2015 #18
Iswydt, dictionary fundamentalist. beam me up scottie May 2015 #19
Of course you are right kdmorris May 2015 #20
"It's the only way" said the atheist who prays. beam me up scottie May 2015 #21
LOL!!! n/t kdmorris May 2015 #22
as Curley Howard once said olddots May 2015 #7
Well, yeah. A dragon might get them. Solly Mack May 2015 #8
Ha! Yeah, like this guy... onager May 2015 #9
Cool statue. Solly Mack May 2015 #10
Well I believe he was originally from Turkey. nt mr blur May 2015 #11
Poor dragon. beam me up scottie May 2015 #12
You lover of dragons! Solly Mack May 2015 #13
What's not to love about dragons?!?! opiate69 May 2015 #14
LOL! Funny! Solly Mack May 2015 #17
Guilty! beam me up scottie May 2015 #15
Me, too. Solly Mack May 2015 #16
Because we'll never be royals Lordquinton May 2015 #23
Well, wealth and privilege skepticscott May 2015 #24
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