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Atheists & Agnostics

progressoid

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3. Yeah,

Reply to Cartoonist (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 11:45 PM

Jul 2016

some on the left have a tendency to turn a blind eye to the obvious rather than offend someone's precious beliefs.

Yes, there are moderate and liberal Muslims/Christians/Jews etc. But we aren't just going to sing Kum By Ya and make it all better. We need address that these terrorists are driving by their beliefs. Take religion out of the equation and their motives start to crumble.

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Religious privilege in denial [View all] Cartoonist Jul 2016 OP

ISIS may have perverted Islam RussBLib Jul 2016 #1

Because if you aren't awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #2

As an atheist in America, I'm extreeeeeeemely tolerant of religion. Iggo Jul 2016 #4

I tolerate it, but I don't have to like it... n/t backscatter712 Jul 2016 #8

Exactly! mountain grammy Jul 2016 #9

Yeah, progressoid Jul 2016 #3

Reminds me of a blog-post where a pastor attacked and defended Mega-Churches at the same time. DetlefK Jul 2016 #5

Religious logic Cartoonist Jul 2016 #6

It's religion. trotsky Jul 2016 #10

god works in mysterious ways his wonders to perform rurallib Jul 2016 #11

Yep. We're back to the double-standard. backscatter712 Jul 2016 #7