Good for you. And same here - I wasn't referring to my own upbringing

Good for you. And same here - I wasn't referring to my own upbringing.....
By: Progressivebreaks (Grumpy Bear; 15494)
Posted on: 04-08-2010 20:14.
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As I'm sure you probably know..
However, it would be pure idiocy to deny that lots of people do grow up with religion rammed down their throats and forced upon them every single waking moment. A large amount of American people for example.
Am I way off here?

PB

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Great piece by Phillip Pullman - Paul, 04-07-2010 23:09 (Views: 604; Replies: 65)

Macintrash? Seriously? WTF? [nt] - Jed, 04-09-2010 01:33 (Views: 470)

♥♥♥♥♥ Group hug, everybody! ♥♥♥♥♥ [nt] - Phred, 04-08-2010 22:54 (Views: 444)

♬♬♬♬♬♭♩☪☯☩☥♧✄☎✈ [nt] - P. Briscoe, 04-08-2010 23:18 (Views: 493)

[nt] - novanglus, 04-08-2010 20:42 (Views: 476)

No text from you would be a fine thing. [nt] - Progressivebreaks, 04-08-2010 21:07 (Views: 480)

And see, you didn't even need religion to learn intolerance. ;) [nt] - novanglus, 04-08-2010 22:14 (Views: 432)

Nor do I need it to bang my head against a wall... - Progressivebreaks, 04-08-2010 22:40 (Views: 476)

Heh. ;) [nt] - tenneck, 04-08-2010 23:50 (Views: 654)

OH NOES!11! Moar Chrischun appresshun eminant! ;) [nt] - Phred, 04-08-2010 23:58 (Views: 454)

*yawn* How constructive. [nt] - Progressivebreaks, 04-09-2010 07:49 (Views: 416)

Bloody peasant!... - novanglus, 04-09-2010 00:18 (Views: 439)

I didn't lose'em, actually. I choose not to log in as admin...sooo...wrong again. :) [nt] - novanglus, 04-08-2010 23:49 (Views: 473)

Thanks - good read. - Progressivebreaks, 04-08-2010 19:31 (Views: 454)

I posted the video a few weeks back in case you missed it.[nt] - Paul, 04-08-2010 19:40 (Views: 462)

Didn't see your post, but caught it on the radio. [nt] - Progressivebreaks, 04-08-2010 19:48 (Views: 434)

Here you go. - Paul, 04-08-2010 20:03 (Views: 420)

best quote IMHO... - darth maynard, 04-08-2010 15:34 (Views: 470)

That seems to imply that only Atheists do any good in the world. - Phred, 04-08-2010 15:40 (Views: 459)

I think it implies that Christians believe only religion can effect "goodness."[nt] - Paul, 04-08-2010 17:17 (Views: 474)

I don't think that was ever taught to us... - novanglus, 04-08-2010 17:24 (Views: 422)

Due to original sin ... - Antoine Doinel, 04-08-2010 17:58 (Views: 481)

I disagree... - novanglus, 04-08-2010 18:14 (Views: 475)

Isn't that what Milton argued? - P. Briscoe, 04-08-2010 23:26 (Views: 463)

I don't know if Milton said that... - novanglus, 04-09-2010 00:02 (Views: 426)

Religion as a counterweight to strict materialism. - Antoine Doinel, 04-08-2010 18:28 (Views: 460)

A lot of things run counter to what Christianity should stand for. - Paul, 04-08-2010 17:27 (Views: 491)

Dawkins makes the point very well in "The God Delusion" also. - Progressivebreaks, 04-08-2010 19:38 (Views: 437)

Well, dogma is "church" not Christianity, and it varies... - novanglus, 04-08-2010 18:06 (Views: 429)

I see we are being pedantic today. - Paul, 04-08-2010 18:16 (Views: 461)

I'm not being pedantic, I'm being serious. Christianity has seen many fights over "dogma" - novanglus, 04-08-2010 18:25 (Views: 431)

Both are human creations. [nt] - Progressivebreaks, 04-08-2010 19:48 (Views: 477)

Sooo....how's atheism different? [nt] - novanglus, 04-08-2010 19:50 (Views: 422)

It`s not forced upon us from the moment we`re born! ;) [nt] - Progressivebreaks, 04-08-2010 19:56 (Views: 427)

Wow, you must have grown up in a different environment than I did... - novanglus, 04-08-2010 20:02 (Views: 420)

Good for you. And same here - I wasn't referring to my own upbringing - Progressivebreaks, 04-08-2010 20:14 (Views: 486)

I don't know, is it "rammed" down your throat anymore than the... - novanglus, 04-08-2010 20:20 (Views: 449)

I'm not going to carry on this discussion - Progressivebreaks, 04-08-2010 20:30 (Views: 432)

Uh, yeah, it has been, might want to read up on your Russian history... - novanglus, 04-08-2010 20:39 (Views: 579)

re: - Progressivebreaks, 04-08-2010 21:06 (Views: 459)

Yes, it in fact does make it wrong... - novanglus, 04-08-2010 22:17 (Views: 440)

Semantics? - Progressivebreaks, 04-08-2010 22:41 (Views: 450)

So, because you're ignorant of the fact, it doesn't count. Interesting. [nt] - novanglus, 04-08-2010 23:52 (Views: 422)

I'll try again; I was using the term to loosely describe a broad belief, not doctrine. - Paul, 04-08-2010 18:32 (Views: 463)

I definitely think there is a lot of truth there... - novanglus, 04-08-2010 18:35 (Views: 466)

I would say that you ignore community. A vital aspect of the Church. [nt] - Antoine Doinel, 04-08-2010 18:29 (Views: 457)

You can get community anywhere. Don't need a church for it.... - novanglus, 04-08-2010 18:31 (Views: 442)

I'm an atheist and I'm evil. The rest of us must be too. [nt] - pudds, 04-08-2010 16:23 (Views: 462)

That seems to be the way he makes his decisions. - Phred, 04-08-2010 16:30 (Views: 472)

I don't think he believes in radical reinterpretation, rather ... - Antoine Doinel, 04-08-2010 15:59 (Views: 548)

I disagree with that completely... - novanglus, 04-08-2010 17:18 (Views: 482)

I don't.. - Progressivebreaks, 04-08-2010 19:52 (Views: 446)

Clearly the church hasn`t forced me into anything... - novanglus, 04-08-2010 20:17 (Views: 502)

I don't think he said he "didn't care"... [nt] - Progressivebreaks, 04-08-2010 20:34 (Views: 410)

"Readers may make of my work whatever they please."... - novanglus, 04-08-2010 20:44 (Views: 478)

I make of your posts what I please - Progressivebreaks, 04-08-2010 21:05 (Views: 425)

You jumped into my posts, not the other way around... - novanglus, 04-08-2010 22:19 (Views: 447)

My "panties" are well and truly untwisted, I can assure you. - Progressivebreaks, 04-08-2010 22:42 (Views: 495)

Mmmmmmmhmmmm. Oddly enough, I don't feel like banging my head against a wall... - novanglus, 04-08-2010 23:53 (Views: 624)

Wait...you're saying the absolute extreme polar opposite statement isn't true? - Phred, 04-08-2010 16:17 (Views: 461)

No, I'm actually saying that the belief ... - Antoine Doinel, 04-08-2010 16:23 (Views: 433)

An uncontroversial assertion. Perhaps you too overinterpreted? [nt] - Phred, 04-08-2010 16:27 (Views: 416)

lol, well knowing a lot of Christians and being good friends with them, - darth maynard, 04-08-2010 15:44 (Views: 448)

To be more clear, I should probably say it's overstated. - Phred, 04-08-2010 16:12 (Views: 507)

All that for a longer version of "Dear God"... - novanglus, 04-08-2010 12:15 (Views: 482)

good read indeed [nt] - P. Briscoe, 04-08-2010 04:23 (Views: 483)

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