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yome/KR — shadow, Wed Aug 27 11:35AM
- He is after all selling a book and with God in it it will — Zeus, Wed Aug 27 2:57PM
- Cute story. — KR, Wed Aug 27 12:52PM
- no scientific proof for sure! — shadow, Wed Aug 27 12:59PM
- If it was a god... — Morgan, Wed Aug 27 1:11PM
- There is only one God. — shadow, Wed Aug 27 1:21PM
- Thus spake Akhenaten. — Poppet, Wed Aug 27 1:56PM
- everybody sing (to the tune of.. — sym, Wed Aug 27 2:49PM
- And not only him... — Morgan, Wed Aug 27 2:42PM
- and Nefrititi — shadow, Wed Aug 27 2:34PM
- Et tu, Zarathustra? — Quantafyre, Wed Aug 27 2:05PM
- ah, yes all from somone whose name means — sym, Wed Aug 27 2:47PM
- and yet — shadow, Wed Aug 27 2:35PM
- Anything to back that up? — KR, Wed Aug 27 1:26PM
- LOL — sym, Wed Aug 27 1:55PM
- I don't need anything! (nm) — shadow, Wed Aug 27 1:47PM
- Yes you do. That is why people turn to religion. — KR, Wed Aug 27 2:51PM
- I meant I don't need anything for proof! — shadow, Wed Aug 27 4:18PM
- Yeah, I thought you were responding to my post below. — KR, Wed Aug 27 4:39PM
- I have plenty to discuss. — shadow, Wed Aug 27 4:40PM
- There is no reason to believe that your god had anything.... — KR, Wed Aug 27 1:05PM
- the problem with your statement — shadow, Wed Aug 27 1:22PM
- Once persons opnion in meaningless..... — KR, Wed Aug 27 1:28PM
- No one owns God. (nm) — shadow, Wed Aug 27 1:35PM
Christians and Politics — yoyo, Wed Aug 27 6:15AM
- What or who is- are the real Christian's? — Zeus, Wed Aug 27 2:28PM
- When you learn that... — Morgan, Wed Aug 27 2:41PM
- Yoyo might just tell us! ;o)) (nm) — Zeus, Wed Aug 27 2:49PM
- IMO — Pecos Pete, Wed Aug 27 9:29AM
- In theocracies, they do — ann, Wed Aug 27 6:59AM
War With Russia Is On The Agenda. — Zeus, Tue Aug 26 9:18PM
- Excellent. (nm) — donk, Wed Aug 27 1:56PM
- Yeh, right. The Administration Has Decided to Commit — David F Mayer, Wed Aug 27 1:42PM
- Heh heh did you tell the Georgians that you only got words? — Zeus, Wed Aug 27 2:16PM
- You validate the point... — donk, Wed Aug 27 1:58PM
- yep... (nm) — donk, Wed Aug 27 1:29PM
Unintentional humor — Christopher Blackwell, Tue Aug 26 5:05PM
- Hmm swimming in Whiskey that would be a dream of a swim. — Zeus, Wed Aug 27 2:47PM
- Hmm swiwwing in Whiskey that would be a dream of a swim. — Zeus, Wed Aug 27 2:46PM
New Evangelicals, going greener? — Christopher Blackwell, Tue Aug 26 1:06PM
- Evidence and consequences lawlessness — yoyo, Wed Aug 27 7:51AM
- How is caring for the planet that they believe was created — Moraith, Wed Aug 27 8:56AM
- The Environmental Problem Is Here To Stay. — David F Mayer, Tue Aug 26 5:23PM
- Thank the Gods — Moraith, Tue Aug 26 2:22PM
- There are microbs that break down plastics. — Zeus, Wed Aug 27 1:06AM
- Re: There are microbs that break down plastics. — Moraith, Wed Aug 27 8:54AM
- Of topic/ plastic virus? — Christopher Blackwell, Tue Aug 26 4:54PM
- Re: Of topic/ plastic virus? — Moraith, Wed Aug 27 8:51AM
Conservatives Grow Wary of Mixing Church, Politics — Christopher Blackwell, Tue Aug 26 12:59PM
- Good, they should have cleaned house years ago... — donk, Tue Aug 26 5:03PM
Truth in Automatic Caller Direction — David F Mayer, Tue Aug 26 8:35AM
- gethuman.com — A.G.Bell, Wed Aug 27 3:02PM
- Ah truth — Christopher Blackwell, Tue Aug 26 6:45PM
- Press "1" to contact the )*&&**^ department — David F Mayer, Wed Aug 27 1:19PM
- Right on. — Jimbo, Tue Aug 26 4:49PM
- This is very true — Pecos Pete, Tue Aug 26 9:46AM
Martin Luther — Jobee, Tue Aug 26 5:26AM
- Not true. — RthB, Tue Aug 26 3:44PM
- So you hate Jews as well — Christopher Blackwell, Tue Aug 26 7:07PM
- Same with — ann, Tue Aug 26 8:02PM
- More on Christian Antisemitism — David F Mayer, Tue Aug 26 9:20AM
- Luther was a bizarre person. — David F Mayer, Tue Aug 26 6:20AM
- Protestantism was founded by Jesus and the Apostles. — RthB, Tue Aug 26 3:46PM
- Untrue, shame on you — Christopher Blackwell, Tue Aug 26 7:26PM
- Correction — David F Mayer, Wed Aug 27 2:29PM
- One sect of "The Nailed-Up Jew" is pretty much the same... — Allah Fubar, Tue Aug 26 6:59PM
God will bust 99+% of preachers/priests — yoyo, Mon Aug 25 7:32PM
- I believe they — Gateway, Mon Aug 25 8:25PM
- Jesus will bust them — yoyo, Tue Aug 26 7:01AM
- If he hasn't — Gateway, Tue Aug 26 7:55AM
Religion in the US military — SES, Mon Aug 25 7:30PM
- It has improved in some ways — Christopher Blackwell, Tue Aug 26 8:01PM
- There are religious wingnuts everywhere... — Sprout, Tue Aug 26 3:43PM
- it's Censored Political Debate — GOP, Tue Aug 26 2:08PM
- so.... — donk, Tue Aug 26 11:51AM
- So, your experience 40 years ago... — Sprout, Tue Aug 26 4:42PM
- I think I mentioned that... — donk, Tue Aug 26 4:58PM
- That is even worse... — Sprout, Tue Aug 26 5:05PM
- Wrong, as usual... — donk, Tue Aug 26 6:01PM
- I thought you served in Vietnam. — SES, Tue Aug 26 7:05PM
- it is confusing — GOP, Wed Aug 27 2:07AM
- So, you admit your assumptions about — Sprout, Tue Aug 26 6:22PM
- He prefers to remain willfully ignorant. — SES, Tue Aug 26 5:10PM
- I never said it did... — donk, Tue Aug 26 6:06PM
- Yeah. And you think you don't hate the military. — SES, Tue Aug 26 7:02PM
- Yes, it is the largest welfare organisation in the world! — Zeus, Wed Aug 27 4:28PM
- Funny.... — Sprout, Tue Aug 26 6:24PM
- Or you got the blinkers on, firmly attached to the face! — Zeus, Wed Aug 27 4:31PM
- And you have some sort of factual input? — Sprout, Wed Aug 27 4:46PM
- Re: Religion in the US military — Moraith, Tue Aug 26 9:13AM
- I think you're right... — donk, Tue Aug 26 11:56AM
- Many in my family served in various branches — Moraith, Tue Aug 26 2:13PM
- Don't misunderstand... — donk, Tue Aug 26 5:02PM
- From 1993 to 2001.... — Sprout, Tue Aug 26 4:47PM
- 25 years ago... — SES, Tue Aug 26 5:06PM
- the problems at the Air Force Academy were well documented — Christopher Blackwell, Tue Aug 26 8:30PM
- Indeed.... — Sprout, Tue Aug 26 5:08PM
Another priest busted.. — Tinfoil, Mon Aug 25 12:48PM
- Bernie was a victim too — Person with more data, Mon Aug 25 7:25PM
- I am not religious.... — Sprout, Mon Aug 25 6:32PM
- Some Relevant Data — David F Mayer, Mon Aug 25 8:40PM
- Indeed.... — Sprout, Tue Aug 26 3:39PM
- The requirement — Jimbo, Mon Aug 25 6:35PM
- priests and scout masters — stanibol, Tue Aug 26 1:18AM
- An assumption. Back it up with facts... — Sprout, Mon Aug 25 6:49PM
- Of course not. — Jimbo, Mon Aug 25 6:57PM
- That was my sole question. — Sprout, Mon Aug 25 7:04PM
- pe-dan-tic (nm) — Jimbo, Mon Aug 25 7:06PM
- Yes, so annoying to deal with facts and figures.... — Sprout, Mon Aug 25 7:16PM
- 87.5% of all quoted statistics are just made up ... — David F Mayer, Mon Aug 25 10:12PM
- There's nothing wrong — Jimbo, Mon Aug 25 7:28PM
- couldn't happen to a nicer guy — GOP, Mon Aug 25 1:21PM
- Here's another winner.. — Tinfoil, Mon Aug 25 4:28PM
- Private school buggery — Christopher Blackwell, Mon Aug 25 6:47PM
Alright ' so you do not believe the below story — so please explain this....yome, Mon Aug 25 11:21AM
- I to experienced something’s like that but it had nothing — Zeus, Tue Aug 26 6:50PM
- I've had that happen too, — yome, Tue Aug 26 7:58PM
- Still kicking.:o)) — Zeus, Tue Aug 26 8:36PM
- Re: Still kicking.:o)) — yome, Tue Aug 26 8:48PM
- Well — wondering, Tue Aug 26 6:42AM
- actually — yome, Tue Aug 26 9:13AM
- Re: actually — wondering, Tue Aug 26 12:16PM
- Thing is — Bob the builder, Tue Aug 26 3:15AM
- why should it ? — yome, Tue Aug 26 8:42AM
- Coincidence would explain it. — Pud, Tue Aug 26 12:28AM
- although — yome, Tue Aug 26 8:50AM
- Coincidence. Weird thing just happen. — David F Mayer, Mon Aug 25 8:55PM
- Re: Coincidence. Weird thing just happen. — yome, Tue Aug 26 8:40AM
- There are odd expereinces — Christopher Blackwell, Mon Aug 25 6:56PM
- Re: There are odd expereinces — yome, Tue Aug 26 8:41AM
- Pretty fair — Christopher Blackwell, Tue Aug 26 8:52PM
- Very cool story yome... — A.J., Mon Aug 25 6:45PM
- Re: Very cool story yome... — yome, Mon Aug 25 6:47PM
- The Pastor took your money? — SES, Mon Aug 25 6:00PM
- Very simple answer here SES... — A.J., Mon Aug 25 6:47PM
- exactly! (nm) — shadow, Mon Aug 25 9:00PM
- The good lord speaks to no one. — SES, Mon Aug 25 7:18PM
- Not very realistic — Jimbo, Mon Aug 25 6:23PM
- I gave it to him personally — yome, Mon Aug 25 6:13PM
- here's where the credibility gets thin.... — donk, Mon Aug 25 5:28PM
- why not ? — yome, Mon Aug 25 5:49PM
- That is what reduces the credibility... — donk, Mon Aug 25 6:32PM
- Re: That is what reduces the credibility... — yome, Mon Aug 25 6:45PM
- Sounds like a coincidence — Jimbo, Mon Aug 25 2:38PM
- I'm sure coincidences do — yome, Mon Aug 25 3:54PM
- Coincidences can be breathtaking — Jimbo, Mon Aug 25 6:32PM
- Re: Coincidences can be breathtaking — yome, Mon Aug 25 7:03PM
- I've thought about it often. — Jimbo, Mon Aug 25 7:14PM
- Also things like this — yome, Mon Aug 25 3:55PM
The Ethics of Suicide Bomber Recruitment — David F Mayer, Mon Aug 25 9:10AM
- Once violence between groups start — Christopher Blackwell, Mon Aug 25 7:07PM
- How else can these — ann, Tue Aug 26 12:01PM
- They can try negotiation. They can try peace. — David F Mayer, Tue Aug 26 5:11PM
- Just as you rationalize — ann, Wed Aug 27 6:51AM
- Equating USA Military with Terrorists Is Insane. — David F Mayer, Wed Aug 27 10:50AM
- All killing — ann, Wed Aug 27 11:02AM
- same-old, same-old... — donk, Mon Aug 25 6:34PM
- check histoire..problems have 700 yr record — GOP, Tue Aug 26 4:41AM
- and Bush is going to change it? — donk, Tue Aug 26 11:57AM
- America has played a role in ME since the founding — GOP, Wed Aug 27 4:57AM
- Longer than that--Much longer. (nm) — David F Mayer, Tue Aug 26 6:21AM
- doesn't sound like Good News in the Mideast — GOP, Mon Aug 25 1:28PM
Imagine no religion — Morgan, Mon Aug 25 8:50AM
- as much as I dislike billboards, I like — stanibol, Mon Aug 25 11:42PM
- I think it's funny — Jimbo, Mon Aug 25 2:46PM
- I wonder if this will open the doors — Faith, Mon Aug 25 10:50AM
- Come on, Faith — Moraith, Mon Aug 25 1:02PM
- nope that would be state sanctioning — sym, Mon Aug 25 11:06AM
- Your freedom — Faith, Mon Aug 25 11:18AM
- Faith — Christopher Blackwell, Mon Aug 25 7:28PM
- Curious — Faith, Tue Aug 26 8:48AM
- Why — Christopher Blackwell, Tue Aug 26 9:04PM
- The way I see it — Faith, Wed Aug 27 8:13AM
- Finding something hard to believe — Moraith, Tue Aug 26 9:17AM
- The claim is that religious signs — Faith, Tue Aug 26 9:31AM
- Not at all — Christopher Blackwell, Tue Aug 26 9:09PM
- False — Faith, Wed Aug 27 8:11AM
- Which ones are those? — Morgan, Wed Aug 27 11:55AM
- I disagree — faith, Wed Aug 27 1:08PM
- When my kids were in school... — Morgan, Wed Aug 27 1:15PM
- For a number of reasons — Faith, Wed Aug 27 1:38PM
- One cannot prove a negative — Moraith, Tue Aug 26 10:28AM
- You are confused — Faith, Tue Aug 26 10:37AM
- Only in matters of Government pushing religion — Christopher Blackwell, Tue Aug 26 8:58PM
- I never said it should — Faith, Wed Aug 27 8:23AM
- The Ten Commandments were written for Hebrew MEN — Morgan, Wed Aug 27 12:07PM
- Disagree again — Faith, Wed Aug 27 1:13PM
- A graven image is a graven image — Morgan, Wed Aug 27 1:21PM
- You can't break the command in half — Faith, Wed Aug 27 1:46PM
- Not to you apparently — Morgan, Wed Aug 27 2:28PM
- twisting? Lol! — Faith, Wed Aug 27 3:00PM
- I'd say that "any likeness of any thing" — Morgan, Wed Aug 27 3:35PM
- believe whatever you must — Faith, Wed Aug 27 4:41PM
- The 10 Commandments don't impose religion??!?! — Moraith, Wed Aug 27 8:41AM
- I agree with you — Faith, Wed Aug 27 8:53AM
- No where have I claimed the Founders didn't want people — Moraith, Wed Aug 27 9:09AM
- But why is that a problem? — Faith, Wed Aug 27 10:03AM
- Why is it such a hard thing for you to accept that the state — Moraith, Wed Aug 27 11:55AM
- I agree 100 percent — Anonymous, Wed Aug 27 1:32PM
- I'm following along quite neatly. — Moraith, Wed Aug 27 2:06PM
- If that were true — Faith, Wed Aug 27 3:18PM
- Oh, yes, he WAS a deist — Morgan, Wed Aug 27 3:53PM
- Jeffersons own words — Faith, Wed Aug 27 4:52PM
- Disagreeing with you isn't the same as being confused — Moraith, Tue Aug 26 10:50AM
- You misunderstand — Faith, Tue Aug 26 11:31AM
- No you make a false assumption that this was supposed to be — Christopher Blackwell, Tue Aug 26 9:30PM
- I did not say — Faith, Wed Aug 27 8:16AM
- You yourself have stated... — Morgan, Wed Aug 27 2:39PM
- No one is trying to eradicate Christianity — Moraith, Tue Aug 26 11:39AM
- Not true. — Faith, Tue Aug 26 12:02PM
- The pushiest ones... — Morgan, Tue Aug 26 3:37PM
- Didn't answer the question — Faith, Wed Aug 27 8:30AM
- Ask those who want to do so — Morgan, Wed Aug 27 12:11PM
- Still — Faith, Wed Aug 27 1:41PM
- That's why it could never succeed — Morgan, Wed Aug 27 2:36PM
- The problem? — Faith, Wed Aug 27 4:46PM
- The Jesus as my personal Savior religion — Moraith, Tue Aug 26 12:22PM
- Wrong — Faith, Tue Aug 26 1:03PM
- Re: Wrong — Anonymous, Tue Aug 26 9:40PM
- All of that aside... — Faith, Wed Aug 27 7:19AM
- Not quite. — Moraith, Tue Aug 26 1:18PM
- You can believe what you choose — Faith, Wed Aug 27 8:06AM
- As can you, yet actual history is on my side — Moraith, Wed Aug 27 8:46AM
- Name one founder — Faith, Wed Aug 27 9:29AM
- Thomas Jefferson was a Deist, not a Christian — Moraith, Wed Aug 27 11:47AM
- So was Ben Franklin — Morgan, Wed Aug 27 12:13PM
- Hardly likely — Faith, Wed Aug 27 4:54PM
- She only asked for one, so I went for the obvious. (nm) — Moraith, Wed Aug 27 12:25PM
- That is a very — ann, Wed Aug 27 9:54AM
- What is scary — Faith, Wed Aug 27 10:13AM
- yeah I'm sure that reality — sym, Tue Aug 26 3:58PM
- yep I agree with you — sym, Mon Aug 25 11:56AM
- Exactly right — Morgan, Mon Aug 25 11:20AM
- I doubt it (nm) — Faith, Tue Aug 26 8:49AM
- I don't understand — yome, Mon Aug 25 2:28PM
- I have lost jobs for my faith — Sym, Mon Aug 25 2:47PM
- next ' — yome, Mon Aug 25 4:35PM
Peer-reviewed Creationists' work — Faith, Mon Aug 25 7:38AM
- Without cutting and pasting whole paragraphs — Moraith, Tue Aug 26 10:35AM
- I am sure I already posted that.. — Faith, Tue Aug 26 11:04AM
- Sorry, I'm going to have to stop you there — Bob the builder, Tue Aug 26 2:59PM
- Life as we know it... — Faith, Wed Aug 27 8:35AM
- But — Bob the builder, Wed Aug 27 10:46AM
- Of course it does... — Faith, Wed Aug 27 11:05AM
- Evolution doesn't posit HOW life began — Moraith, Wed Aug 27 8:48AM
- I gave you both models — Faith, Wed Aug 27 10:34AM
- First, you misrepresent the scientific Theory of Evolution — Moraith, Wed Aug 27 11:33AM
- That isn't a hypothesis, Faith — Moraith, Tue Aug 26 11:10AM
- Funny how the article was careful — Jimbo, Mon Aug 25 2:54PM
- Everyone knows that — Faith, Tue Aug 26 9:33AM
- My point is — Jimbo, Tue Aug 26 4:40PM
- The purpose of creation science — Faith, Wed Aug 27 8:27AM
- Science does not ask — Jimbo, Wed Aug 27 9:50AM
- wrong — Faith, Wed Aug 27 10:37AM
- Sorry, but that's just silly. — Jimbo, Wed Aug 27 3:30PM
- No we can't — Bob the builder, Wed Aug 27 10:48AM
- There is no room — Faith, Wed Aug 27 11:19AM
- probably deserves to be unemployed — GOP, Mon Aug 25 1:23PM
- Peer-reviewed by whom? — Moraith, Mon Aug 25 1:05PM
- It is sort of like having Moe & Larry Review Curly's Work. (nm) — David F Mayer, Mon Aug 25 8:19PM
- You are trying to go to bat with 3 outs in 9th inning. — David F Mayer, Mon Aug 25 8:25AM
- Let them continue to try. — KR, Mon Aug 25 9:02AM
- it also keeps them from far more — sym, Mon Aug 25 11:07AM
- Creationists are sort of Latter-Day Three Stooges. LOL! (nm) — David F Mayer, Mon Aug 25 9:03AM
- Materialistic ideology — Faith, Mon Aug 25 11:01AM
- One species of dinosaurs evolved into ALL of the — David F Mayer, Mon Aug 25 7:52PM
- lolololol! — Faith, Tue Aug 26 9:23AM
- You just DO not understand what Evolution is about — David F Mayer, Tue Aug 26 5:13PM
- It doesn't matter what you said — Faith, Wed Aug 27 8:44AM
- Faith — Christopher Blackwell, Mon Aug 25 7:37PM
- So they say.... — Faith, Tue Aug 26 9:37AM
- Umm.... — wondering, Mon Aug 25 1:03PM
- With God...yes — Faith, Tue Aug 26 9:41AM
- And what outside source — wondering, Tue Aug 26 1:16PM
- Only is God declared — Faith, Wed Aug 27 10:38AM
- Only *if*.... — Faith, Wed Aug 27 11:30AM
- Other than the fact it has been proven. — KR, Mon Aug 25 11:43AM
- You believe a lie — Faith, Tue Aug 26 10:00AM
- Its an uphill battle — Faith, Mon Aug 25 8:40AM
- Perhaps this is one of your problems.... — Sprout, Mon Aug 25 7:15PM
- It is an impossible battle. — KR, Mon Aug 25 9:03AM
- The Matter Has Been Settled for 100 Years. — David F Mayer, Mon Aug 25 8:58AM
- That's terrifying.. — Tinfoil, Mon Aug 25 8:52AM
- absurd — Faith, Mon Aug 25 9:20AM
- True, most scientists were Christians. — David F Mayer, Mon Aug 25 10:20AM
- False! — Faith, Mon Aug 25 10:40AM
- Mendel and pea plants — Christopher Blackwell, Mon Aug 25 7:49PM
- Disagree — Faith, Tue Aug 26 9:47AM
- You are missing one important point, Faith — Morgan, Mon Aug 25 11:21AM
- believing both — Faith, Tue Aug 26 10:04AM
- What? — KR, Mon Aug 25 11:00AM
- Re: What? — Faith, Mon Aug 25 11:13AM
- Please explain — wondering, Mon Aug 25 12:47PM
- Evidential support! — Faith, Tue Aug 26 10:39AM
- What evidential support? — wondering, Tue Aug 26 1:22PM
- I have the fossil record — Faith, Wed Aug 27 11:28AM
- How has Creationism disproved anything? — Moraith, Tue Aug 26 10:52AM
- The fossil record alone — Faith, Tue Aug 26 11:18AM
- So — Bob the builder, Tue Aug 26 11:39AM
- The fossil record — Faith, Tue Aug 26 12:05PM
- LOL! — Bob the builder, Tue Aug 26 2:56PM