sleeper;1391825 wrote:That's fine. Please feel free to substitute faith for any circular reasoning you feel I have engaged in. I have faith that I did not therefore I am correct.

sleeper;1399751 wrote:I actually was approached on the street by a bible thumper trying to get me to come to a bible study session. He was pretty persistent even after I told him that I'm an atheist and that he was brainwashed. He kept going on and on about the heavenly mother and finally I stopped walking and said "Prove it. Prove the Bible is correct." To which he replied, "The bible is correct, you just have read it".

SMH delusional followers. Hopefully he burns in hell along with the rest of his pathetic believers.

jmog;1399756 wrote:Heavenly mother? Must have been catholic, way too 'organized' for me. Organized religion can be a real turn off for a lot of Christians with all the rituals/sacraments/etc.

Plus the whole deifying the pope (ok, a little stretch but I'm close) seems to contradict the Bible to me.

sleeper;1399776 wrote:I have no idea what religion he was part of. He was a total douche.

sleeper;1399776 wrote:I have no idea what religion he was part of. He was a total douche.

Dr Winston O'Boogie;1399902 wrote:He does sound like a douche. He reminds me of the douches from the Freedom from Religion Foundation, specifically Ann Marie Geller or whatever her name is. Like your bible thumper, it's not enough for these people to have their own set of beliefs, they have to worry about what everyone else is thinking as well. IN this respect, many ahteists are exactly the same of the wacko born again Christians.

sleeper;1399906 wrote:Actually, I don't care what you believe as long as you A) keep your fairy tale beliefs to yourself, B) 50% tax rate on all churches and church related institutions and C) Keep church separate from state.

sleeper;1399906 wrote:... 50% tax rate on all churches and church related institutions ...

jmog;1399912 wrote:Methinks your B and C contradict themselves, but lets not let semantics get in the way of your well thought out argument .

O-Trap;1399913 wrote:Huh ... never figured you to be big on taxes.

I'd be all for more thorough bookkeeping requirements to retain non-profit status ... ensuring that "not-for-profit" indeed means "not-for-profit."

O-Trap;1399913 wrote:Huh ... never figured you to be big on taxes.

I'd be all for more thorough bookkeeping requirements to retain non-profit status ... ensuring that "not-for-profit" indeed means "not-for-profit."

sleeper;1399916 wrote:They are businesses in the business of exploiting its members. The tax is merely a way to remind its customers that they are being hoodwinked into a cult like belief system.

sleeper;1399916 wrote:They are businesses in the business of exploiting its members. The tax is merely a way to remind its customers that they are being hoodwinked into a cult like belief system.

jmog;1399921 wrote:In other words you do not believe in separation of church and state?

Dr Winston O'Boogie;1399922 wrote:We all get it. You're an atheist and you have little regard for religion. I don't begrudge anyone their beliefs. And many different types of beliefs seem silly to me. But by using every opportunity to repeat yourself, you sound eerily like the "douche" you encountered on the street recently.

sleeper;1399928 wrote:There's not much else to say. I speak from an irrefutable logical position and don't need to constantly rationalize an erroneous belief system. Therefore I will continue my efforts to protect innocent children from the corrupt nature of religion and its institutions.

Dr Winston O'Boogie;1399934 wrote:That's fine. And I'm not altogether in disagreemetn with you. Ultimately there is still a leap of faith required however.

I don't know what you do on the side, but I would bet that you have not "protected" one child with your repeated lines here.

Dr Winston O'Boogie;1399902 wrote:Like your bible thumper, it's not enough for these people to have their own set of beliefs, they have to worry about what everyone else is thinking as well. IN this respect, many ahteists are exactly the same of the wacko born again Christians.

FatHobbit;1399949 wrote:There are douches everywhere. Don't paint an entire group (Christian or Atheist) with one giant brush just because some of their followers are loud and obnoxious. (I'm not addressing sleeper because I know this is just part of his schtick.)

sleeper;1399917 wrote:I'm pretty big on sin taxes, alcohol, cigarettes, religion, marijuana, etc.

O-Trap;1399995 wrote:You sound a lot like the establishment Republicans I know, then.

believer;1400000 wrote:I don't know of too many Repubs who think taxing religion is a good idea.

sleeper;1399925 wrote:I believe laws should be created with no respect towards religious belief. I believe churches are for profit corrupt businesses that exploit innocent vicitims and molest innocent children. Those that condone this activity tithe towards these churches and fund the corrupt behavior allowed by these institutions. They should be taxes as businesses with the funds going to help the innocent children that they abuse and cover up.

jmog;1400045 wrote:Blah blah blah, aka you think they should be taxed like a corporation. Well, since corporations are only taxed on profits, if a church shows zero profit are you ok with them paying no taxes?