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Atheists & Agnostics

skepticscott

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1. And of course, this is enabled by

Reply to mr blur (Original post)

Sat Jul 25, 2015, 03:08 PM

Jul 2015

the folk over in Religion who don't see any harm in appeals to some invented supernatural being whose existence can't even be demonstrated. They have endless rationalizations for the need for and value of "prayer" to which no one else is listening, even to the point of pretending that it's a helpful way of talking to oneself.

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Another mass shooting, and yet again we're told: don't politicize, pray [View all] mr blur Jul 2015 OP

And of course, this is enabled by skepticscott Jul 2015 #1

I pray that the people who pray get a clue olddots Jul 2015 #2

If god is all powerful... Binkie The Clown Jul 2015 #3

during Obama's eulogy for Rev. Pinkney at the AME church in Charleston, S.C.... RussBLib Jul 2015 #4

And bring teddy bears to the theater.. that always helps. mountain grammy Jul 2015 #5

In fairness, teddy bears do much better than God. AtheistCrusader Jul 2015 #7

Ha, good point! mountain grammy Jul 2015 #8

And on the news this evening, Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #6

Yeah, so god withheld his "grace" NastyRiffraff Jul 2015 #9

There is just nothing to say to that logic. Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #10