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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:48:38 AM EDT
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Not all, but a great many atheists only pick on religious groups they know won't behead them. Or more likely choose religious groups they are surrounded by and whose beliefs affect their daily lives. Insinuating they are cowards is a mistake. P.s. I am not an atheist. So it's strictly coincidental, the heavy overlap between college atheists, anti-gun leftists, socialists looking for daddy gov to pay their every need, and the anti-war left? Nope. I'lll stick with "pussies" for $1000, Alex. If calling them cowards or pussies is just your form of derision then have at it. But if you honestly believe that these dumb asses represent the majority as cowards then you would be underestimating the beliefs of these people or of any group for that matter. For instance most of the vocal 99% fucks can be dismissed out of hand. But is the ones who truly believe in socialism we should watch. So though I would |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:48:43 AM EDT
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Quoted: Athiests trolling, imagine that  Yep. Its about as common as Christians gleefully telling people that they are going to hell. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:50:17 AM EDT
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Not all, but a great many atheists only pick on religious groups they know won't behead them. Who is going to risk their life for a belief in nothing? "What did he die for? Nothing."  Yeah but that doesn't explain the militant stance of the practitioners. They go to great lengths to express their beleif that somebody else's position is wrong. Not saying all atheists are this way, but its the image that's out there (sort of like the wacky feminists are the voice for all women I guess). |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:51:12 AM EDT
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The best way to get people to see your point of view is to take the most offensive position possible. That ALWAYS works. 
And leaves a positive impression for the cause.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:51:43 AM EDT
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Send help. Now.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:52:49 AM EDT
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Meh, more college asshole acting as such. Not news and not gonna change. Fuck them. Hipsters. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:56:01 AM EDT
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Not all, but a great many atheists only pick on religious groups they know won't behead them. Or more likely choose religious groups they are surrounded by and whose beliefs affect their daily lives. Insinuating they are cowards is a mistake. P.s. I am not an atheist. Living in their own small little worlds heh? The ones of their own making where its the least painful, to themselves but not others, to be militant about an idea... |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:58:06 AM EDT
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Deth to the Heretics!
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:02:21 AM EDT
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During one of the incursions of Israel into Lebanon there was a hospital that served special needs children. I was in the no man's land between the Israeli and PLO forces. Most of the staff ad fled leaving only a few very brave souls to tend to the needs of the children the best they could. Mother Theresa showed up and talked to the Israeli commander and told him tat she and her nuns were going to go to the hospital the next day at 9:00 and get the children and staff out. The Israeli commander told her that there was too much fighting going on for her to do that. She replied that the fighting was of little consequence to her and her nuns. What was important was those children. At 9:00 she and her nuns proceeded into the no mans land to get the people out of the hospital. They got them all out and nobody was hurt. In fact both sides stopped firing as the nuns took a leap of faith and stepped forward from the Israeli lines. I would like to see those atheists go out and do a similar thing in Gaza right now. Impressive story. Honestly, many of the NGO and religious charity folks do stuff like this, and it never gets reported. I had a foreign diplomat once tell me, "The only idealists left in the world are the military and NGO people." The story of Sister Leonella Sgorbati is one of the most impressive things to come out of the GWOT, IMO. And the way the atheists are compelled to kick dirt on Mother Theresa is unseemly. It doesn't reflect well on them, not in the least.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:04:52 AM EDT
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Not all, but a great many atheists only pick on religious groups they know won't behead them. Or more likely choose religious groups they are surrounded by and whose beliefs affect their daily lives. Insinuating they are cowards is a mistake. P.s. I am not an atheist. Living in their own small little worlds heh? The ones of their own making where its the least painful, to themselves but not others, to be militant about an idea... We all live in our own small worlds. I am not going to fight for Costa Rican gun right. I give a shit about my world and though I care about the plights of othe cultures and countries I have my own shot to deal with. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:06:04 AM EDT
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The story of Sister Leonella Sgorbati is one of the most impressive things to come out of the GWOT, IMO. And the way the atheists are compelled to kick dirt on Mother Theresa is unseemly. It doesn't reflect well on them, not in the least. The positive is strong on arfcom this am. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:07:45 AM EDT
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Not all, but a great many atheists only pick on religious groups they know won't behead them. +1 |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:33:56 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Not all, but a great many atheists only pick on religious groups they know won't behead them. +1 What about 500 years ago? |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 8:22:42 AM EDT
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Not all, but a great many atheists only pick on religious groups they know won't behead them. +1 What about 500 years ago?
They were beheaded by one side & drowned on the other
Mother Theresa is to this day a shining example of a human being & what can be accomplished with love & selflessness. Nothing these people or any people can change that. Whether she was Catholic or Islamic, her life will stand the test of time for those needing an example to teach their children. Besides, she is in heaven. She may even have her finger on the Lightening machine…these folks should watch it
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Posted: 11/22/2012 8:29:11 AM EDT
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Are you kidding? My Pastor is a Padres (and strangely a Giants) fan. This guy checks his watch during mass when there is a good football or baseball game on, or about to come on! He's very fond of inserting sports things into parts of the mass like "and may the Lord have mercy on us and guide the Giants, ahem, uh, I mean US to everlasting...."
Last week in front of the Bishop, while introducing the Vicar said "and as I always say, a Vicar is nice BUT LIQUOR IS QUICKER, AM I RIGHT?!" 
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Posted: 11/22/2012 8:32:14 AM EDT
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Not all, but a great many atheists only pick on religious groups they know won't behead them. FPNI |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 8:40:15 AM EDT
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Quoted: Not all, but a great many atheists only pick on religious groups they know won't behead them. You got that right! |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 9:08:33 AM EDT
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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/11/19/dartmouth-atheist-group-holds-anti-mother-teresa-event/ Just to be clear, they’re not going after her for completely irrelevant reasons. As Hitchens pointed out in his book, there are good reasons for denouncing many of the things she did. But because she’s so venerated, a lot of people refuse to admit she did anything wrong. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 9:11:59 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/22/2012 9:48:02 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Not surprised. Hanover, NH, aka. Cambridge on the Connecticut (River) is probably the second most liberal town in NH (after Portsmouth). Really? I thought Keene was the most liberal... Based on the last questionnaire on 11/6, most of the state is now fucking liberal .  We're fooked. and fuck BHO |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 9:56:35 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Not all, but a great many atheists only pick on religious groups they know won't behead them. Who is going to risk their life for a belief in nothing? "What did he die for? Nothing." Mother Teresa spent most of her life without faith, considering herself a fraud: "People say they are drawn closer to God- seeing my strong faith. – is this not deceiving people? Every time I have wanted to tell the truth – "that I have no faith” – the words just do not come – my mouth remains closed." - Mother Teresa in a 1962 letter. I'm not taking away anything she did for her fellow man, but she wasn't the "holy person" she was made out to be. Maybe this makes her acts of charity even more impressive. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 10:15:37 AM EDT
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It seems that people who have nothing to list as an accomplishment and nothing greater than themselves in their existence often have boundless energy and sense of indignation to strike out at those that do.
Kind of like the OWS crowd. They don't want a chance to help bake the pie they claim to want a piece of; they want the pie neatly sliced, served on pretty china with ice cream on the side - and someone else to cook it, pay for it and feed it to them while they complain about the texture, taste or temperature. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 10:15:50 AM EDT
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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/11/19/dartmouth-atheist-group-holds-anti-mother-teresa-event/
Just to be clear, they’re not going after her for completely irrelevant reasons. As Hitchens pointed out in his book, there are good reasons for denouncing many of the things she did. But because she’s so venerated, a lot of people refuse to admit she did anything wrong. Oh look! An atheist is quoting the insufferably loathsome Communist apologist Chris Hitchens to support their slander against Mother Theresa. How droll.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 10:20:39 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/11/19/dartmouth-atheist-group-holds-anti-mother-teresa-event/ Just to be clear, they’re not going after her for completely irrelevant reasons. As Hitchens pointed out in his book, there are good reasons for denouncing many of the things she did. But because she’s so venerated, a lot of people refuse to admit she did anything wrong. Oh look! An atheist is quoting the insufferably loathsome Communist apologist Chris Hitchens to support their slander against Mother Theresa. How droll. So, you've read the book then? |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 10:26:20 AM EDT
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Just to be clear, they’re not going after her for completely irrelevant reasons. As Hitchens pointed out in his book, there are good reasons for denouncing many of the things she did. But because she’s so venerated, a lot of people refuse to admit she did anything wrong. Oh look! An atheist is quoting the insufferably loathsome Communist apologist Chris Hitchens to support their slander against Mother Theresa. How droll. So, you've read the book then? Yes, I've read more than my share of Hitchen's revolting diatribes against Mother Theresa, the man made throwing mud on her a cottage industry. She 'supported' Papa Doc and Baby Doc, she took money from Charles Keating, she was a 'hypocrite' because of her position on contraception, yadda, yadda, yadda. Truth is, Hitchens was an anti-religious bigot who gleefully shit on any person of faith, any chance he got. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 10:30:10 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/11/19/dartmouth-atheist-group-holds-anti-mother-teresa-event/ Just to be clear, they’re not going after her for completely irrelevant reasons. As Hitchens pointed out in his book, there are good reasons for denouncing many of the things she did. But because she’s so venerated, a lot of people refuse to admit she did anything wrong. Oh look! An atheist is quoting the insufferably loathsome Communist apologist Chris Hitchens to support their slander against Mother Theresa. How droll. So, you've read the book then? Yes, I've read more than my share of Hitchen's revolting diatribes against Mother Theresa, the man made throwing mud on her a cottage industry. She 'supported' Papa Doc and Baby Doc, she took money from Charles Keating, she was a 'hypocrite' because of her position on contraception, yadda, yadda, yadda. Truth is, Hitchens was an anti-religious bigot who gleefully shit on any person of faith, any chance he got. How about some of her own words about herself? By her own words, she wasn't a "person of faith". Again, she did some very nice things for a lot of people, but she considered herself a "fraud" as a "person of faith". |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 10:41:10 AM EDT
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Just to be clear, they’re not going after her for completely irrelevant reasons. As Hitchens pointed out in his book, there are good reasons for denouncing many of the things she did. But because she’s so venerated, a lot of people refuse to admit she did anything wrong. Oh look! An atheist is quoting the insufferably loathsome Communist apologist Chris Hitchens to support their slander against Mother Theresa. How droll. So, you've read the book then? Yes, I've read more than my share of Hitchen's revolting diatribes against Mother Theresa, the man made throwing mud on her a cottage industry. She 'supported' Papa Doc and Baby Doc, she took money from Charles Keating, she was a 'hypocrite' because of her position on contraception, yadda, yadda, yadda. Truth is, Hitchens was an anti-religious bigot who gleefully shit on any person of faith, any chance he got. How about some of her own words about herself? By her own words, she wasn't a "person of faith". Again, she did some very nice things for a lot of people, but she considered herself a "fraud" as a "person of faith". That's utterly false. She was speaking of her internal doubts and feelings of inadequacy (what some people call 'a long dark night of the soul') - something any conscientious person who lived for so long in the face of such suffering would be susceptible to. The fact that she was trying to come to grips with it and didn't allow it to keep her from her mission speaks all the better of her, IMO. As Christ Himself said, "By their fruits (ie actions) youn shall know them." But you guys can't help yourself, can you? You really can't pass up any opportunity to speak ill of her, can you? It's like a dog whistle to the anti-religious. It doesn't speak well of you. The woman helped a lot of people. Why not just leave it at that? |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 10:50:32 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/11/19/dartmouth-atheist-group-holds-anti-mother-teresa-event/ Just to be clear, they’re not going after her for completely irrelevant reasons. As Hitchens pointed out in his book, there are good reasons for denouncing many of the things she did. But because she’s so venerated, a lot of people refuse to admit she did anything wrong. Oh look! An atheist is quoting the insufferably loathsome Communist apologist Chris Hitchens to support their slander against Mother Theresa. How droll. So, you've read the book then? Yes, I've read more than my share of Hitchen's revolting diatribes against Mother Theresa, the man made throwing mud on her a cottage industry. She 'supported' Papa Doc and Baby Doc, she took money from Charles Keating, she was a 'hypocrite' because of her position on contraception, yadda, yadda, yadda. Truth is, Hitchens was an anti-religious bigot who gleefully shit on any person of faith, any chance he got. How about some of her own words about herself? By her own words, she wasn't a "person of faith". Again, she did some very nice things for a lot of people, but she considered herself a "fraud" as a "person of faith". That's utterly false. She was speaking of her internal doubts and feelings of inadequacy (what some people call 'a long dark night of the soul') - something any conscientious person who lived for so long in the face of such suffering would be susceptible to. The fact that she was trying to come to grips with it and didn't allow it to keep her from her mission speaks all the better of her, IMO. As Christ Himself said, "By their fruits (ie actions) youn shall know them." But you guys can't help yourself, can you? You really can't pass up any opportunity to speak ill of her, can you? It's like a dog whistle to the anti-religious. It doesn't speak well of you. The woman helped a lot of people. Why not just leave it at that? I've posted twice in this thread, and in both posts, I said she did nice things for a lot of people. I don't support the douchebags that this thread is about, but what's wrong with being realistic about the woman? And it isn't "utterly false". She was speaking about her own lack of faith, for many many years. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 10:56:03 AM EDT
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How about some of her own words about herself? By her own words, she wasn't a "person of faith". Again, she did some very nice things for a lot of people, but she considered herself a "fraud" as a "person of faith". That's utterly false. She was speaking of her internal doubts and feelings of inadequacy (what some people call 'a long dark night of the soul') - something any conscientious person who lived for so long in the face of such suffering would be susceptible to. The fact that she was trying to come to grips with it and didn't allow it to keep her from her mission speaks all the better of her, IMO. As Christ Himself said, "By their fruits (ie actions) youn shall know them." But you guys can't help yourself, can you? You really can't pass up any opportunity to speak ill of her, can you? It's like a dog whistle to the anti-religious. It doesn't speak well of you. The woman helped a lot of people. Why not just leave it at that? I've posted twice in this thread, and in both posts, I said she did nice things for a lot of people. I don't support the douchebags that this thread is about, but what's wrong with being realistic about the woman? And it isn't "utterly false". She was speaking about her own lack of faith, for many many years. It is utterly false because you're using the words in a manner which you (ought to) know better. The fact that she expressed doubts and inadequacies attests to her Christian faith, it doesn't negate it. Any true Christian feels inadequate upon sincere reflection of the Cross and its meaning. I question at times whether Christ truly died for the likes of me - it seems unbelievable at times. Trolling Mother Theresa on Thanksgiving Day.
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Posted: 11/22/2012 11:03:14 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: How about some of her own words about herself? By her own words, she wasn't a "person of faith". Again, she did some very nice things for a lot of people, but she considered herself a "fraud" as a "person of faith". That's utterly false. She was speaking of her internal doubts and feelings of inadequacy (what some people call 'a long dark night of the soul') - something any conscientious person who lived for so long in the face of such suffering would be susceptible to. The fact that she was trying to come to grips with it and didn't allow it to keep her from her mission speaks all the better of her, IMO. As Christ Himself said, "By their fruits (ie actions) youn shall know them." But you guys can't help yourself, can you? You really can't pass up any opportunity to speak ill of her, can you? It's like a dog whistle to the anti-religious. It doesn't speak well of you. The woman helped a lot of people. Why not just leave it at that? I've posted twice in this thread, and in both posts, I said she did nice things for a lot of people. I don't support the douchebags that this thread is about, but what's wrong with being realistic about the woman? And it isn't "utterly false". She was speaking about her own lack of faith, for many many years. It is utterly false because you're using the words in a manner which you (ought to) know better. The fact that she expressed doubts and inadequacies attests to her Christian faith, it doesn't negate it. Any true Christian feels inadequate upon sincere reflection of the Cross and its meaning. I question at times whether Christ truly died for the likes of me - it seems unbelievable at times. Trolling Mother Theresa on Thanksgiving Day. Stay classy, ARFCOM Atheists! You're projecting YOUR own beliefs on her words. Her words are pretty clear: "Where is my faith? Even deep down ... there is nothing but emptiness and darkness ... If there be God—please forgive me. When I try to raise my thoughts to Heaven, there is such convicting emptiness that those very thoughts return like sharp knives and hurt my very soul ... How painful is this unknown pain—I have no Faith. Repulsed, empty, no faith, no love, no zeal, ... What do I labor for? If there be no God, there can be no soul. If there be no soul then, Jesus, You also are not true." Her actions, even without faith, attest to her greatness as a human being. Not necessarily as a person of faith. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 1:13:03 PM EDT
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LULZ, atheists explaining the meaning of Mother Theresa, that's rich.
Solzhenitsyn spoke about much the same phenomena in Gulag Archipelago. Augustine too in The Confessions. Even St Paul spoke of the thorn in his side, keeping him humble. Stay classy! |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 2:01:04 PM EDT
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There appear to be more Journalists and tourists there then muslims
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Posted: 11/22/2012 4:48:47 PM EDT
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He said that the government should limit free speech to protect people from getting offended, especially when the person is 'spreading lies'. That asshole should get a job with the Obama administration. |
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Posted: 11/22/2012 6:18:44 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: He said that the government should limit free speech to protect people from getting offended, especially when the person is 'spreading lies'. That asshole should get a job with the Obama administration. Yeah. He's a weird mix of poorly thought out political opinions...so he'd fit in great there. |
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Posted: 11/23/2012 7:51:26 AM EDT
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Quoted: LULZ, atheists explaining the meaning of Mother Theresa, that's rich. Solzhenitsyn spoke about much the same phenomena in Gulag Archipelago. Augustine too in The Confessions. Even St Paul spoke of the thorn in his side, keeping him humble. Stay classy! No, I think I've let Mother Teresa explain herself, with her own words. YOU are the one that is trying to explain her. |
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