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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 6:59AMWar 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 1:29PMUnintentional 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 2:46PMNew 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 8:51AMConservatives 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 5:03PMTruth 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 9:46AMMartin 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 6:59PMGod 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 7:55AMReligion 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 5:08PMAnother 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 6:47PMAlright ' 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 3:55PMThe 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 1:28PMImagine 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 4:35PMPeer-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

