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Atheists & Agnostics

nil desperandum

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4. hahahahah

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2015, 10:44 AM

Jul 2015

this is great, these types of analogies certainly make my christian friends get visibly uneasy....consequently those conversations about saving my immortal soul tend to be less apt to spring spontaneously from their lips.

Meaning we can just enjoy the moment without contemplating how sad they will be to see me burn for all eternity.

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"Batman and Superman are fantasy, but I have a close and personal relationship with Spiderman." [View all] DetlefK Jul 2015 OP

Truth! n/t. bvf Jul 2015 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Jul 2015 #2

...and the classic believer response: deucemagnet Jul 2015 #3

Actually "I believe" is all the rage. DetlefK Jul 2015 #5

The responses from the believers and their supporters in that thread were pretty tepid. deucemagnet Jul 2015 #6

hahahahah nil desperandum Jul 2015 #4

I would forward this to my sister, but... Binkie The Clown Jul 2015 #7

Of course if they try to push it at me, that's different story. AlbertCat Jul 2015 #8

This is another version of: AlbertCat Jul 2015 #9

That's exactly what it sounds like to me when people start talking about God and Jesus. Arugula Latte Jul 2015 #10

I have it on good authority those are incomparable scenarios. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2015 #11

"My bum's been a bum a long time, but it's still bum." uriel1972 Jul 2015 #14

Perfect. beam me up scottie Jul 2015 #12

I agree...(nt) NeoGreen Jul 2015 #13