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Atheists & Agnostics

trotsky

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4. You can't tell me you're entirely surprised by that, can you?

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 01:06 PM

Mar 2016

We've seen this play out many times now. Every time there is an Islamic terror attack, DU falls over itself trying to blame Western imperialism and Dick Cheney for it. Nope, it's never the "religion of peace" even though there is no such thing. Every religion has blood on its hands.

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So, it looks like pointing out that faith drives ISIS makes you a bigot in DU's eyes [View all] muriel_volestrangler Mar 2016 OP

I'm so sick of people here telling us that a belief system that encourages beating women Binkie The Clown Mar 2016 #1

That made me sick Cartoonist Mar 2016 #2

The silver lining is that in an ensuing conversation, they called someone else a bigot muriel_volestrangler Mar 2016 #3

You can't tell me you're entirely surprised by that, can you? trotsky Mar 2016 #4

The 1-6 vote dismayed me muriel_volestrangler Mar 2016 #5

agree.. mountain grammy Mar 2016 #9

In the past... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #8

Amazing that saying "faith drives ISIS" is bigoted. Curmudgeoness Mar 2016 #6

I am sick to death... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #7

+1 mountain grammy Mar 2016 #10

I have no problem with believers Major Nikon Mar 2016 #12

I live in Texas awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #13

I live in Tarrant county where you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a church Major Nikon Mar 2016 #15

We ought to get coffee some time awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #18

It's inevitably justified with obvious false equivalencies Major Nikon Mar 2016 #11

Political correctness. DetlefK Mar 2016 #14

this mindset is alive in the other forum edhopper Mar 2016 #16

Ah yes, one of the great apologists at work there. mr blur Mar 2016 #17