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Atheists & Agnostics

uriel1972

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9. edhopper was being sarcastic I think...

Reply to rexcat (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 4, 2016, 06:03 PM

Jan 2016

Fundamentalist Atheists write books that say mean things about religion, whereas religious fundamentalists tend to do the physical harm thing.

I think Dawkins is a bit of a priviliged prig, to be honest. However he hasn't blown up any skyscrapers that I know of.

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edhopper was being sarcastic I think... uriel1972 Jan 2016 #9

Missed the nuance... rexcat Jan 2016 #11

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