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Lordquinton

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10. There is always an exception
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 12:23 PM
Dec 2015

Shakers, I believe, don't ever recruit, you are born into it, and because they don't allow sex it's pretty much all through adoption.

Zoroastrian are the same way, but they are down wih the dirty.

But to highlight the very few exceptions underlines the fact that it's a major component of the rest. Kinda like saying "not all men" in a conversation about rape culture. And Sikhs may not evangelize but they very much wear it on their sleve (well, head but you get the picture)

What you are talking about has more basis that any notion of God, like our man Tyson said "We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."

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That's why evangelizing is bad now Lordquinton Dec 2015 #1
Not quite De Leonist Dec 2015 #9
There is always an exception Lordquinton Dec 2015 #10
If they didn't rely on it, their religion would die out in one generation Major Nikon Dec 2015 #11
Not really.... De Leonist Dec 2015 #12
Children aren't born with a religion Major Nikon Dec 2015 #13
Naw, we don't even have to be "in their face." trotsky Dec 2015 #2
Zactly! Duppers Dec 2015 #3
That says it all. n/t bvf Dec 2015 #5
Yep...there it is. haikugal Dec 2015 #8
Well, the big difference is... MindPilot Dec 2015 #4
Yeah, atheists are so evil, aren't we? nt Curmudgeoness Dec 2015 #7
There's another difference as well Major Nikon Dec 2015 #14
New atheist, old atheist, who cares? mountain grammy Dec 2015 #6
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