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qazplm135

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18. so what?

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #15)

Mon Sep 3, 2018, 10:06 PM

Sep 2018

If the morals are good, who cares?

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Once Again, Christianity is a Minority Religion [View all] MineralMan Sep 2018 OP

Yeah, but we're gaining collection basket contributors every day because we don't allow birth contro 3Hotdogs Sep 2018 #1

Actually, those numbers are going down since that 2010 survey. MineralMan Sep 2018 #2

Well done, MM, saidsimplesimon Sep 2018 #3

Not just christians. Every religion thinks it is the chosen one, the only one, the true one, saved. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #4

Indeed. They could be all wrong. MineralMan Sep 2018 #5

No, not all religions do think they are the only one. gtar100 Sep 2018 #9

Yes, sects of those religions don't proselytize, but other sects of them do. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #12

IIRC the Bahai qazplm135 Sep 2018 #63

Majority-minority religion qazplm135 Sep 2018 #6

Simple. Christianity is the dominant religion in the place MineralMan Sep 2018 #7

it's the dominant religion qazplm135 Sep 2018 #10

Christian is a broad term Lordquinton Sep 2018 #8

they all believe in Jesus qazplm135 Sep 2018 #11

It's rather mockable. As are just about all religions. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #13

I don't think so qazplm135 Sep 2018 #14

At the bottom of that word salad is a story Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #15

so what? qazplm135 Sep 2018 #18

Are the morals of Christianity good? nt. Mariana Sep 2018 #19

some of them are, yes qazplm135 Sep 2018 #20

How do you determine which ones are good and which ones are bad? trotsky Sep 2018 #22

by their actions qazplm135 Sep 2018 #24

By their actions according to whom? trotsky Sep 2018 #26

lol qazplm135 Sep 2018 #31

Do they? How do you know? trotsky Sep 2018 #32

lol qazplm135 Sep 2018 #33

More weasel words. "most" "almost" trotsky Sep 2018 #34

Facepalm qazplm135 Sep 2018 #48

You used weasel words to acknowledge you were wrong, without having to admit I was right. trotsky Sep 2018 #49

Good grief this is painful... qazplm135 Sep 2018 #56

Yes, it's quite painful being confronted with evidence that contradicts your worldview. trotsky Sep 2018 #61

Right qazplm135 Sep 2018 #67

Sure, we've had a lot of people look at it. trotsky Sep 2018 #72

Sigh qazplm135 Sep 2018 #80

You said you can tell good Christianity from bad Christianity. trotsky Sep 2018 #82

Most of them show remorse, most of them plead guilty. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #51

have you worked in the criminal justice system? qazplm135 Sep 2018 #57

Do they think their crimes are truly bad? marylandblue Sep 2018 #60

It took Christianity nearly 2,000 exboyfil Sep 2018 #54

Oh hell they would still be burning people Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #55

It took humanity that long qazplm135 Sep 2018 #58

So morality seems to be independent of religion. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #66

of course morality is "independent of religion" qazplm135 Sep 2018 #68

Your claim was that it wasn't mockable. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #21

my claim was that qazplm135 Sep 2018 #25

Oh. You were unclear. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #50

I'm unclear how this: qazplm135 Sep 2018 #59

Mocking a religion is not mocking a person. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #65

sure it is qazplm135 Sep 2018 #69

Sure it isn't. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #73

what a wonderful qazplm135 Sep 2018 #79

Morals that include selling your children into slavery Major Nikon Sep 2018 #27

I'm pretty sure it is something less than 2 billion qazplm135 Sep 2018 #38

There is no doctrine and dogma that goes with atheism Major Nikon Sep 2018 #41

I didn't say there was qazplm135 Sep 2018 #42

"reading comprehension" Major Nikon Sep 2018 #47

tell you what qazplm135 Sep 2018 #62

Such a long post to rerun your strawman Major Nikon Sep 2018 #75

so clearly qazplm135 Sep 2018 #77

Sure clear to you, meanwhile others are a bit more cloudy on accepting your fallacies Major Nikon Sep 2018 #81

You can have the morals without the myth Lordquinton Sep 2018 #16

or you can focus on the morals over the myth qazplm135 Sep 2018 #17

Which morals? trotsky Sep 2018 #28

You mean like discrimination against women and LGBTQ? Major Nikon Sep 2018 #29

so every Christian and Christian group does that? qazplm135 Sep 2018 #30

Of course it isn't all or nothing. Mariana Sep 2018 #35

Almost all Christian groups discriminate against LGBTQ Major Nikon Sep 2018 #40

I've met plenty of Christians qazplm135 Sep 2018 #43

Please don't pretend not to understand simple English words. Mariana Sep 2018 #53

here's what you wrote qazplm135 Sep 2018 #64

Do you know any Christians who don't believe Christianity is true? Mariana Sep 2018 #70

Absolutely qazplm135 Sep 2018 #71

Obama is a Christian group? Lordquinton Sep 2018 #37

So you are saying qazplm135 Sep 2018 #45

So what about the content of what I said? Lordquinton Sep 2018 #74

I've pretty clearly addressed qazplm135 Sep 2018 #78

I can figure out that you avoided it Lordquinton Sep 2018 #83

"lazy thought process" Major Nikon Sep 2018 #39

you absolutely implied it qazplm135 Sep 2018 #44

Horseshit Major Nikon Sep 2018 #76

Or just leave the myth behind Lordquinton Sep 2018 #36

yeah no, not really qazplm135 Sep 2018 #46

Muslims also believe in Jesus Major Nikon Sep 2018 #23

The Mormon belief in Jesus exboyfil Sep 2018 #52