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ZWICK 4 PREZ

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Aug 22, 2013 7:48 AM
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Kosh B'Gosh

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Aug 22, 2013 10:24 AM
It is a shame to see people helping people.
Aug 22, 2013 10:24am
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ZWICK 4 PREZ

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Aug 22, 2013 10:36 AM
OSH;1489868 wrote:It is a shame to see people swindling people.
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Aug 22, 2013 10:36am
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Tiernan

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Aug 22, 2013 11:49 AM
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Aug 22, 2013 11:49am
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Dr Winston O'Boogie

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Aug 22, 2013 1:33 PM
Like anything else, you can't draw conclusions on the whole based upon these "bishops". In my experience, churches and church going people are okay. The clergy I've known are nothing like those in this piece.
Aug 22, 2013 1:33pm
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Kosh B'Gosh

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Aug 22, 2013 1:54 PM
You only get "swindled" if you give in. Who's fault is it if you get "swindled?"

Yours for being dumb enough OR theirs for asking?
Aug 22, 2013 1:54pm
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Aug 22, 2013 2:05 PM
OSH;1490024 wrote:You only get "swindled" if you give in. Who's fault is it if you get "swindled?"

Yours for being dumb enough OR theirs for asking?
What are you mattinctown? It's ok to take advantage of people?
Aug 22, 2013 2:05pm
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Belly35

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Aug 22, 2013 2:24 PM
Church and Religion are not the same a Faith in The Lord

I'm not perfect, because I'm of the flesh and have weakness, it is my Faith and Belief that makes me better and gives me strength ... Not the Church or the type of Religion those I don't really need ...
Aug 22, 2013 2:24pm
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Tiernan

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Aug 22, 2013 2:36 PM
More people in America believe in Angels than believe in evolution...right there is a big part of why we are no longer the greatest country in the world.
Aug 22, 2013 2:36pm
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Kosh B'Gosh

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Aug 22, 2013 8:02 PM
ZWICK 4 PREZ;1490037 wrote:What are you mattinctown? It's ok to take advantage of people?
Who?

And, who is taking advantage of people?
Aug 22, 2013 8:02pm
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Tiernan

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Aug 22, 2013 8:11 PM
Fundamental Christians are more dangerous
today in the USA than domestic Moozlums are. When you get on a plane be much more worried about the woman in a gingham gown with the huge cross necklace than the brown guy in the turban.
Aug 22, 2013 8:11pm
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Kosh B'Gosh

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Aug 22, 2013 10:07 PM
Tiernan;1490214 wrote:Fundamental Christians are more dangerous
today in the USA than domestic Moozlums are. When you get on a plane be much more worried about the woman in a gingham gown with the huge cross necklace than the brown guy in the turban.
I'm not worried about either.
Aug 22, 2013 10:07pm
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Tiernan

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Aug 23, 2013 8:32 AM
The Fundy Christians are dangerous because they destroy from within trying to infiltrate religion into our laws, schools, local govts and communications.
Aug 23, 2013 8:32am
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Kosh B'Gosh

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Aug 23, 2013 10:04 AM
Tiernan;1490357 wrote:The Fundy Christians are dangerous because they destroy from within trying to infiltrate religion into our laws, schools, local govts and communications.
Oh yeah, that's probably it.

We don't have to worry about our government and education being messed up unless there is religion involved. Got it.
Aug 23, 2013 10:04am
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Aug 23, 2013 10:37 AM
I love the West Wing episode about school prayer and why it should be banned. It's because it's a way to make kids different
Aug 23, 2013 10:37am
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Aug 23, 2013 11:57 AM
Tiernan;1490055 wrote:More people in America believe in Angels than believe in evolution...right there is a big part of why we are no longer the greatest country in the world.
The threat from fundamentalist Christians is based on reality but greatly overstated. The most dangerous Christians are largely under educated and lack wider influence. On an airplane, I'll be much happier next to a bible beater as opposed to a jihadist.
Aug 23, 2013 11:57am
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Aug 23, 2013 4:21 PM
I was using the plane example as a metaphor Winnie...my point being Fundy Christians walk among us like they are the ones calling the shots in this country and the rest of us who actually have a brain should be very concerned about their widespread influence on decision making be done in the US today.
Aug 23, 2013 4:21pm
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Aug 23, 2013 5:18 PM
Tiernan;1490563 wrote:I was using the plane example as a metaphor Winnie...my point being Fundy Christians walk among us like they are the ones calling the shots in this country and the rest of us who actually have a brain should be very concerned about their widespread influence on decision making be done in the US today.
I understood your metaphor. My point is that I don't believe fundamentalists have the influence you suggest. I am reading a series of fictional books to my daughter that were written in the 1880's. In some ways, that society had a much greater fundamentalist influence than today's does. I think bible beaters only harm those who chose to blindly follow. Jihadists are dangerous because they enjoy lopping off heads. So I prefer the former.
Aug 23, 2013 5:18pm
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Tiernan

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Aug 23, 2013 5:43 PM
You poor naive soul...jihadists are definitely some bad mofos that need watching but they ain't influencing the Tea Partiers who are currently the most dangerous idiots America has allowed in the front door of Washington in quite sometime.
Aug 23, 2013 5:43pm
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Aug 23, 2013 6:16 PM
Tiernan;1490580 wrote:Tea Partiers who are currently the most dangerous idiots America has allowed in the front door of Washington in quite sometime.
Wrong again. It's pro athletes who use steroids.
Aug 23, 2013 6:16pm
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jmog

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Aug 23, 2013 10:19 PM
Tiernan;1490055 wrote:More people in America believe in Angels than believe in evolution...right there is a big part of why we are no longer the greatest country in the world.
So more people believe in a being that hasn't been proven scientifically than those that believe in a theory that hasn't been proven scientifically...and THAT is what is wrong with a America? How about a country so divided over every political topic?
Aug 23, 2013 10:19pm
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jmog

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Aug 23, 2013 10:21 PM
Tiernan;1490214 wrote:Fundamental Christians are more dangerous
today in the USA than domestic Moozlums are. When you get on a plane be much more worried about the woman in a gingham gown with the huge cross necklace than the brown guy in the turban.
Depends on your definition of fundametal, but name the last time a fundametal hijacked a plane and you might have an argument.
Aug 23, 2013 10:21pm
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jmog

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Aug 23, 2013 10:23 PM
Tiernan;1490580 wrote:You poor naive soul...jihadists are definitely some bad mofos that need watching but they ain't influencing the Tea Partiers who are currently the most dangerous idiots America has allowed in the front door of Washington in quite sometime.
Yeah, we need more tax and spend leftist as that had really turned out well so far.
Aug 23, 2013 10:23pm
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Tiernan

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Aug 24, 2013 9:22 AM
Note to self: Jmog is a Christian Right Wing nut bag that should be on a domestic terrorism watch list.
Aug 24, 2013 9:22am
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jmog

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Aug 24, 2013 10:19 PM
Tiernan;1490707 wrote:Note to self: Jmog is a Christian Right Wing nut bag that should be on a domestic terrorism watch list.
Note to self: Tiernan has zero clue what he is talking about...ever
Aug 24, 2013 10:19pm