Atheists & Agnostics

Binkie The Clown

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7. I would forward this to my sister, but...

Tue Jul 14, 2015, 12:03 PM

Jul 2015

she would just get mad and pray all the harder for my soul. And since she's a nice person, and we get along so well, there's no sense in rocking the boat.

I think that many people need some kind of comfort from the hard knocks of life, and especially, from the fear of death. If they find that comfort in their private practice of their chosen religion, that's no skin off my nose. Of course if they try to push it at me, that's different story. I get positively cranky. And nobody wants to be around a cranky clown.

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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