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26 Jun 2005 08:12:28 PM |
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aa - The polls are open! TQOTM for June 2005 |
Man, I hate newspaper blogs. Folks there just don't have the civility
and self-control you see in alt.atheism. This place is a breath of fresh
air, I can tell you!
Here are the nominations for Theist Quote of the Month for June 2005.
Vote for your favorite by responding to this thread. Votes will be
accepted until midnight, June 30. See rules below. Questions?
Comments?
Email me.
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1) To understand the Bible correctly, reading comprehension has very
little to do with it.
By: Eric Brze
Nominated: Douglas Berry
Seconded: Jon.
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2) In response to:
Then it is perceivable, mate. You've just broken your own argument of
"unperceivable existence".
Not really. The realization and experience of God has nothing to do with
mental perceptions.
By: Eric Brze
Nominated: raven1
Seconded: Masked Avenger
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3) What does what humans claim have to do with GOD? If you believe
everything you hear from human mouths and pretend that because they
claim to be "loyal" followers, is a reflection on God, then you haven't
even bothered to seek God, nor desire to know Him. I suppose you think
that everything that humans claim is always true and never consider the
fruits behind the claims? You are so blind that you don't think that God
exists, but you have NO explanation nor understanding of how ALL things
DO exist, nor have you considered the complexity and intricacy of all
that does exist, but base all of your assumptions on what other humans
say and do, proving that your small mind and narrow thinking has no
basis for even any opinions about God whatsoever.
By: Dore
Nominated: David H.
Seconded: Vic Sagerquist
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4) In response to:
Why do you lie by calling your disgusting religious bigotry "truth"?
Are you so fucking stupid that you think "bigotry" is automatically a
contradiction of truth? The Bible is the source of my "bigotry". God
hates your race so I hate your race. Being a "bigot" is not the same as
being "wrong". Stupid *****.
By: Ban Yasharahla
Nominated: Vic Sagerquist
Seconded: atheist@home
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5) Just because something doesn't exist is no reason not to believe in
it, or to try to censure it.
By: Son of man
Nominated: Carl Kaufmann
Seconded: LisaKay
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Here are the rules for the Quote of the Month Contests.
RULES
1. Only atheists and agnostics may participate in the contests.
2. A quote is a valid entry for the contests if:
a. The quote is a brief piece of text
b. The quote has recently been written in alt.atheism (verifiable),
and is original (no quotes by famous authors, for instance)
c. Nomination of the quote is made by an atheist or agnostic
in alt.atheism
d. Nomination of the quote is supported by at least one other
atheist or agnostic in alt.atheism;
e. The quote is not nominated or seconded by the person who wrote it
in the first place (no one is allowed to nominate him- or herself,
but a person can vote for the quote he or she wrote.)
3. There will be two categories: 'Atheist Quote of the Month'
and 'Theist Quote of the Month'. The category for which a
quote must be nominated must be mentioned by the atheist or
agnostic who wants to nominate it.
If a quote is miscategorized (e.g. an atheist quote is mistakenly
nominated in the Theist QOTM category), the quote will be re-directed
to appear in the correct category, with approriate notification.
4. Nominations can be made until five days before the first of the
next month. If quotes are nominated after this period, they will be
considered as entries for the contest of the next month.
* When making a nomination, please use this format for the subject
line:
"aa - <A or T as applicable>QOTM Nomination (was: <original thread
name>)"
5. Each atheist or agnostic who visits alt.atheism has one vote to
cast for each category (two votes total).
6. Voting starts 5 days before the end of the month. During the month,
votes will be ignored. This way, all nominees will have equal chance of
winning.
7. The two winning quotes will be published in the QOTM Archive.
SUMMARY
A nomination must contain the following information:
1. The lines of the quote.
2. Who wrote it.
3. Who nominates or seconds the nomination of this quote (that's you!)
4. Which category this nomination is for.
5. The word "nomination" MUST appear somewhere in the subject line!
6. The original thread title must appear in the subject line.
Publish the nomination or support for a nomination in a designated
thread, preferably called "[T/A]QoTM Nomination for [month]." You can
also e-mail it to me (see below).
VOTING
1. In the last five days of the month you can cast your vote in both
categories.
2. Votes must be placed in the designated thread.
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Nemo - EAC Commissioner for Bible Belt Underwater Operations.
Atheist #1331 (the Palindrome of doom!)
BAAWA Knight! - One of those warm Southern Knights, y'all!
Charter member, SMASH!!
http://home.earthlink.net/~jehdjh/Relpg.html
Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus
Quotemeister since March 2002
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| User: "Douglas Berry" |
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| Title: Re: aa - The polls are open! TQOTM for June 2005 |
26 Jun 2005 09:26:40 PM |
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On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 01:12:28 GMT, *nemo*
<nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> drained his beer, leaned back in the
alt.atheism beanbag and drunkenly proclaimed the following
#1 still makes me giggle, so it gets my vote.
1) To understand the Bible correctly, reading comprehension has very
little to do with it.
By: Eric Brze
Nominated: Douglas Berry
Seconded: Jon.
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Douglas E. Berry Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail
Atheist #2147, Atheist Vet #5
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as
when they do it from religious conviction."
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Pense'es, #894.
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| User: "Liz" |
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| Title: Re: aa - The polls are open! TQOTM for June 2005 |
26 Jun 2005 08:34:51 PM |
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On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 01:12:28 GMT, *nemo*
<nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> in news message
<nemo0037-9F8B7D.21122526062005@news1.west.earthlink.net> wrote:
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5) Just because something doesn't exist is no reason not to believe in
it, or to try to censure it.
By: Son of man
Nominated: Carl Kaufmann
Seconded: LisaKay
Number 5.
Überwench #658 Now a *real* atheist!
Dame Liz the Undaunted Ath.D BAAWA
Charter Member of SMASH
and Queen of the known universe
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| User: "Razor 616" |
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| Title: Re: aa - The polls are open! TQOTM for June 2005 |
27 Jun 2005 10:45:29 AM |
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On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 01:12:28 GMT, *nemo*
<nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote:
1) To understand the Bible correctly, reading comprehension has very
little to do with it.
#1... short, sweet, to the point, and honest for a change :-)
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#1295
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: aa - The polls are open! TQOTM for June 2005 |
30 Jun 2005 07:04:35 PM |
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On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 01:12:28 GMT, *nemo*
<nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote:
4) In response to:
Why do you lie by calling your disgusting religious bigotry "truth"?
Are you so fucking stupid that you think "bigotry" is automatically a
contradiction of truth? The Bible is the source of my "bigotry". God
hates your race so I hate your race. Being a "bigot" is not the same as
being "wrong". Stupid *****.
By: Ban Yasharahla
Nominated: Vic Sagerquist
Seconded: atheist@home
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "satyr" |
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| Title: Re: aa - The polls are open! TQOTM for June 2005 |
27 Jun 2005 07:23:12 PM |
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On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 01:12:28 GMT, *nemo*
<nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote:
In a world of raving religious lunatics, SOM states his insanity
succinctly and gets my vote.
5) Just because something doesn't exist is no reason not to believe in
it, or to try to censure it.
By: Son of man
Nominated: Carl Kaufmann
Seconded: LisaKay
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satyr #1953
Chairman, EAC Church Taxation Subcommittee
Director, Gideon Bible Alternative Fuel Project
Supervisor, EAC Fossil Casting Lab
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| User: "Dubh Ghall" |
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| Title: Re: aa - The polls are open! TQOTM for June 2005 |
27 Jun 2005 03:39:53 PM |
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On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 01:12:28 GMT, *nemo* <nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote:
5) Just because something doesn't exist is no reason not to believe in
it, or to try to censure it.
By: Son of man
Nominated: Carl Kaufmann
Seconded: LisaKay
Such a rich haul, it was not an easy choice.
It finally came down to a toss up, (literally) between one, and five.
Five won. 2:1
My vote.
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Puck Greenman
The spelling, Like any opinion stated here,
is purely my own
#162 BAAWA Knight.
Plonked by Rob Duncan
Na bister 500,000
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| User: "Harry F. Leopold" |
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| Title: Re: aa - The polls are open! TQOTM for June 2005 |
26 Jun 2005 11:06:58 PM |
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On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 20:12:28 -0500, nemo* wrote
(in article <nemo0037-9F8B7D.21122526062005@news1.west.earthlink.net>):
5) Just because something doesn't exist is no reason not to believe in it,
or to try to censure it.
By: Son of man
This one, for its' speakers' insanity.
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Harry F. Leopold
aa #2076
AA/Vet #4
The Prints of Darkness
(remove gene to email)
"God hates figs."
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| User: "Hamish McNugget" |
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| Title: Re: aa - The polls are open! TQOTM for June 2005 |
26 Jun 2005 08:57:47 PM |
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Recently, *nemo* shared the following :
Man, I hate newspaper blogs. Folks there just don't have the civility
and self-control you see in alt.atheism. This place is a breath of fresh
air, I can tell you!
Here are the nominations for Theist Quote of the Month for June 2005.
Vote for your favorite by responding to this thread. ...
#1 is short and oh so sweet.
1) To understand the Bible correctly, reading comprehension has very
little to do with it.
By: Eric Brze
Nominated: Douglas Berry
Seconded: Jon.
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Hamish
aa #2134 a-vet #20
godless American
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| User: "John Popelish" |
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| Title: Re: aa - The polls are open! TQOTM for June 2005 |
26 Jun 2005 11:00:48 PM |
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Some seem confused and some seem insane, but I vote for #5, because of
its perfect logic. ;-)
5) Just because something doesn't exist is no reason not to believe in
it, or to try to censure it.
By: Son of man
Nominated: Carl Kaufmann
Seconded: LisaKay
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| User: "Ben Goren" |
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| Title: Re: aa - The polls are open! TQOTM for June 2005 |
27 Jun 2005 12:33:27 AM |
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This has been a very tough decision for me, but I gotta go with #5
with an honorable mention to #1.
Cheers,
b&
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BAAWA Knight of Blasphemy
God can never prove that this sentence is true.
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| User: "JohnN" |
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| Title: Re: aa - The polls are open! TQOTM for June 2005 |
27 Jun 2005 08:32:56 AM |
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This month its #1 for its very simple understanding of all holy books.
JohnN
1) To understand the Bible correctly, reading comprehension has very
little to do with it.
By: Eric Brze
Nominated: Douglas Berry
Seconded: Jon.
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| User: "skyeyes" |
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| Title: Re: aa - The polls are open! TQOTM for June 2005 |
27 Jun 2005 04:53:54 PM |
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This one gets my vote:
5) Just because something doesn't exist is no reason not to believe in
it, or to try to censure it.
By: Son of man
Nominated: Carl Kaufmann
Seconded: LisaKay
Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34
EAC Professor of Feline Thermometrics and Cat-Herding
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| User: "nJb" |
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| Title: Re: aa - The polls are open! TQOTM for June 2005 |
29 Jun 2005 02:11:49 AM |
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Tough one. #4 or #5?
#4 is just plain sad and #5 is funny.
#5 it is.
--
Jack
Plonked by Native American
bobo1148atxmissiondotcom
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/xmissionbobo/
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| User: "Gail Futoran" |
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| Title: Re: aa - The polls are open! TQOTM for June 2005 |
29 Jun 2005 11:05:38 AM |
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I'll vote for #4:
"4) re: notion that Naxis weren't Christians:
So here's what we've learned about evasive and self-serving Christain
mendacity: if something walks like a duck; quacks like a duck; looks
like a duck; is descended from ducks; was brought up as a duck; never
claimed not to be a duck; quotes ducks; justifies itself in the language
of ducks; is accepted by ducks as one of their own; says it's doing the
work of ducks; is photographed shaking hands with leading ducks; is a
participant in and supporter of duck-type rituals; is never condemned by
the organisations that define duckdom; uses the slogans and insignia of
ducks; refers endlessly to the mythology and history of ducks, and has
the same racial prejudices as ducks do, then ... *it might not actually
be 'a duck'*. Reason: the Christains *moved the fucking goalposts* - and
they won't tell you *where to*...
By: Katt
Nominated: Carl Kaufmann
Seconded: Harry F. Leopold"
It falls under the category "how frelling stupid
can you be not to see it?" for me. :)
Gail
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| User: "*nemo*" |
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| Title: Re: aa - The polls are open! TQOTM for June 2005 |
01 Jul 2005 03:40:06 AM |
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In article
<mFzwe.1048883$w62.984179@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
"Gail Futoran" <futoran@nospam.worldnet.att.net> wrote:
I'll vote for #4:
"4) re: notion that Naxis weren't Christians:
So here's what we've learned about evasive and self-serving Christain
mendacity: if something walks like a duck; quacks like a duck; looks
like a duck; is descended from ducks; was brought up as a duck; never
claimed not to be a duck; quotes ducks; justifies itself in the language
of ducks; is accepted by ducks as one of their own; says it's doing the
work of ducks; is photographed shaking hands with leading ducks; is a
participant in and supporter of duck-type rituals; is never condemned by
the organisations that define duckdom; uses the slogans and insignia of
ducks; refers endlessly to the mythology and history of ducks, and has
the same racial prejudices as ducks do, then ... *it might not actually
be 'a duck'*. Reason: the Christains *moved the fucking goalposts* - and
they won't tell you *where to*...
By: Katt
Nominated: Carl Kaufmann
Seconded: Harry F. Leopold"
It falls under the category "how frelling stupid
can you be not to see it?" for me. :)
Gail
I'm not sure how this vote switched over from AQOTM... never seen this
before. I counted the vote in the Atheist ballot.
--
Nemo - EAC Commissioner for Bible Belt Underwater Operations.
Atheist #1331 (the Palindrome of doom!)
BAAWA Knight! - One of those warm Southern Knights, y'all!
Charter member, SMASH!!
http://home.earthlink.net/~jehdjh/Relpg.html
Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus
Quotemeister since March 2002
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