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Or I could reach back to yesterday for The Lord's Resistance Army, ISIS, the Christian militias in Palestine, the anti-Hindu movement in India, the Buddhists, Christians and Tamils in Sri Lanka, the Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland, etc. ad nauseum.

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This is another faith.  There is no proof of this, but there is evidence.  There's plenty of evidence to the contrary.  Whether or not you believe the creation story is direct history or a metaphor (I'm somewhat mixed on that), to use evidence to prove that the Bible is incorrect is a fallacy.  Evidence cannot prove something.

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But you still can't find any Baptist boys flying jets into buildings.

Just as I said.

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True. Other than bombing abortion clinics and an Olympic park, murdering doctors, and telling the families of dead soldiers that their sons and husbands are in hell, Baptists in America have been peaceful lately.

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edit. Rodent is back to trolling.

Too bad, dude. When you're not discussing religion you seem decent.

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Using the bible to support the bible is a mute point.

It is a false book, written by men to support their agendas.  There is no evidence anywhere to support it, I have dug for years as I struggled with this.

Ever notice that some to the evils we find horrid today aren't even mentioned.  

The top ten of the old testament says nothing of child abuse or incest (in fact advocates it).  

Slavery is supported.

The god is evil, misogynistic, genocidal, infanticidal, advocates human sacrifice, forces adoration instead of earning it.  Those who don't adore god burn in "hell", what kind of choice is that?

There was no Ark or flood, there is no way the animals would fit 2 up in a boat, that is silly.  

Blood sacrifice is found throughout the document, Christ is a blood sacrifice.  

It gets it wrong from the very beginning.  There was no Adam and Eve or "original sin" that must be atoned.  It is myth and nothing more.  

The character of Christ is pretty good, I will say that.  Take away the "miracles".

To say that Christ and god are one in the same is crazy.  Was Christ praying to himself in the garden?  

I am out and most likely will get banned.  Free speech and all.


Many suffer from Cognitive Dissonance.

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Thank you for your ignorant, hate-filled rant.  Now on to our regular broadcasting.

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Why, when someone disagrees, is he labeled a troll?

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Okay, let's see the evidence to the contrary (ie: that whales and birds were created by God at the same time).

Meanwhile, here is some info about whale evolution, complete with talk of "transitional species" and vestigial limbs. Here is an example of atavism in an adult whale with hind legs. Here is some genetic evidence for you. Enjoy.

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I suspect that the reason religious folks get so irked at atheists is that, on some level, they realize that logic is not on their side. That's the price of choosing the mystical over the temporal.

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19 "Whenever a woman has her menstrual period, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days. If you touch her during that time, you will be defiled until evening. 20 Anything on which she lies or sits during that time will be defiled. 21 If you touch her bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe in water, and you will remain defiled until evening. 22 The same applies if you touch an object on which she sits, 23 whether it is her bedding or any piece of furniture. 24 If a man has sexual intercourse with her during this time, her menstrual impurity will be transmitted to him. He will remain defiled for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will be defiled." 25 "If the menstrual flow of blood continues for many days beyond the normal period, or if she discharges blood unrelated to her menstruation, the woman will be ceremonially unclean as long as the discharge continues. 26 Anything on which she lies or sits during that time will be defiled, just as it would be during her normal menstrual period. 27 If you touch her bed or anything on which she sits, you will be defiled. You will be required to wash your clothes and bathe in water, and you will remain defiled until evening." 28 "When the woman's menstrual discharge stops, she must count off a period of seven days. After that, she will be ceremonially clean. 29 On the eighth day, she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons and present them to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle. 30 The priest will offer one for a sin offering and the other for a whole burnt offering. In this way, the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD for her menstrual discharge." 31 "In this way, you will keep the people of Israel separate from things that will defile them, so they will not die as a result of defiling my Tabernacle that is right there among them. 32 These are the instructions for dealing with a man who has been defiled by a genital discharge or an emission of semen; 33 for dealing with a woman during her monthly menstrual period; for dealing with anyone, man or woman, who has had a bodily discharge of any kind; and for dealing with a man who has had intercourse with a woman during her period."
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You don't think they're qualified to be Baptists, and they probably don't think you are, either. But they call themselves Baptists. Wikipedia classifies them as Baptists. I haven't got any better ideas. They aren't Jews or Atheists or Sikhs.

Interesting aside: Wikipedia lists HUNDREDS of subdivisions of Baptists. Apparently they disagree with each other a lot.

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Baptists did not do those things, and you know it.

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Since I know you are smarter than this, I can only assume that you are trying to be insulting.  I thought better of you.

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If they go to Baptist churches, and they call themselves Baptists, what are they, Roman Catholics? You may be thinking of Tim McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber. He was Catholic.

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Stalin  was an atheist if you want to play that game, he is responsible for the death of millions

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At least he didn't kill in the name of religion.



(sarcasm)

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we wont mention that most atheist are liberals.
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when atheist are in control millions die

I don't know of any hospitals or universities started by atheist.
pretty sure there are very few atheist charities.

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we wont mention that most atheist are liberals.

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when atheist are in control millions die



I don't know of any hospitals or universities started by atheist.

pretty sure there are very few atheist charities.

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You don't think they're qualified to be Baptists, and they probably don't think you are, either. But they call themselves Baptists. Wikipedia classifies them as Baptists. I haven't got any better ideas. They aren't Jews or Atheists or Sikhs.



Interesting aside: Wikipedia lists HUNDREDS of subdivisions of Baptists. Apparently they disagree with each other a lot.

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For the sake of the discussion, I'm willing to go with "The Westboro Baptist Church Which Is Not Affiliated With Any Baptist Organizations That Old Painless Approves Of" for the rest of the thread. There's gotta be a good acronym in there somewhere.

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This illustrates one of the evils of religions. They inevitably branch into literal thousands of offshoots, each one believing that it is the true and correct one, and as religious zeal increases, so does intolerance.

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There is tension here between the faiths. We got a decent number of faith around here, jews, Amish, catholic, 20 different kinds of protestants, you name it. No violence, but plenty of places arent welcoming to outside faiths. Especially towards Amish folk.