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"Enkidu" |
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18 Dec 2005 01:15:14 PM |
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Dave Barry, rational atheist. |
"I liked making people laugh, and I decided I was an atheist early on,"
he says. "My Dad was all right with that. We argued about it all the
time, but it was good-natured. He was the most open-minded human being
I've ever known."
From Barry's 1992 book Dave Barry Does Japan:
I like the relaxed way in which the Japanese approach religion. I think
of myself as basically a moral person, but I'm definitely not religious,
and I'm very tired of the preachiness and obsession with other people's
behavior characteristic of many religious people in the United States. As
far as I could tell, there's nothing preachy about Buddhism. I was in a
lot of temples, and I still don't know what Buddhists believe, except
that at one point Kunio said 'If you do bad things, you will be reborn as
an ox.'
This makes as much sense to me as anything I ever heard from, for
example, the Reverend Pat Robertson.
--
Enkidu AA#2165
http://www.musings.leaddogs.org/
EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA
PGP ID: 0xC4CE8CF0
"We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts,
foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation
that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open
market is a nation that is afraid of its people."
-- John F. Kennedy
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Dave Barry, rational atheist. |
18 Dec 2005 02:40:34 PM |
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"THEE" *ELECT* "ONE" *WROTE*:
*CONGRATULATIONS* "ENKIDU"!!!
*WHAT* "YOU" *ARE* "DOING" *HERE* "IS" *MAKING* "DAVE" *BARRY* "A"
*PERSON* "OF" *RECORD* "WHO" *IS* "IN" *OPPOSITION* "TO" *GOD*!!!
*WHAT* "YOU" *ARE* "ALSO" *DOING* "IS" *PROMOTING* "THE" *LIES* "OF"
*A* "PERSON* "THAT" *IS* "A" *KNOWN* "LIAR" *TO* "THOSE" *OF* "US"
*WHO* "BELIEVE" *IN* "GOD" *AND* "TRUST" *IN* "GOD"!!!
*IN* "ADDITION" *TO* "BEING" *A* "HUMORIST" *TO* "THE" *IDEOLOGIES*
"OF" *SEPERATIST* "VALUES" *YOU* "ARE" *STATING* "TO" *PEOPLE* "THAT"
*YOUR* "WORDS" *ARE* "TO" *BE* "ACCEPTED" *BY* "THE" *PEOPLE* "AS"
*TRUTH*!!!
*WHEN* "YOU" *ARE* "QUOTED" *AS* "WILFULLY" *SPREADING* "WORDS" *THAT*
"HAVE" *NO* "FOUNDATIONAL" *SUPPORT* "YOU" *ARE* "ALSO" *MAKING* "IT"
*SO* "THAT" *YOU* "HAVE" *NO* "FOUNDATION" *TO* "STAND" *ON*!!!
*THOSE* "OF" *US* "THAT" *BELIEVE* "IN" *GOD* "AND" "TRUST" *IN* "GOD"
*ARE* "ALSO" *THOSE* "WHO" *WILL* "HAVE" *A* "FOUNDATION" *PROVIDED*
"BY" *GOD* "TO" *STAND* "ON"!!!
*WHAT* "IS" *GOING* "TO" *HAPPEN* "TO" *YOUR* "LIES" *IS* "THAT" *YOU*
"THE" *PROMOTER* "OF" *THE* "LIES" *WILL* "BE" *STANDING* "ON" *A*
"FOUNDATION" *THAT* "CANNOT" *SUPPORT* "THE" *LIARS*!!!
*A* "FOUNDATION" *ESTABLISHED* "ON" *THE* "TRUTH" *IS* "ALSO" *A*
"FOUNDATION" *THAT* "IS" *UPHELD* "BY" *GOD* "AS" *THE* "RIGHT" *WAY*
"FOR" *THE* "PEOPLE" *TO* "LIVE" *IN* "THE" *WORLD* "GOD"
*ESTABLISHED*!!!
*WITH* "THIS" *RELATED* "TO" *THE* "ATHEIST* "WHO" *REFUSE* "TO" *TURN*
"AWAY" *FROM* "SPREADING" *THEIR* "LIES" *ABOUT* "GOD" *RECOGNIZED*
"THE" *ATHEIST* "ARE" *ALSO* "ABLE" *TO* "SEE" *THAT* "THEY" *ARE*
"TAKING" *AWAY* "FROM" *THEIR* "VERY" *OWN* "WELL" *BEINGS* "BY"
*GETTING* "PEOPLE" *TO* "BELIEVE" *IN* "THEIR" *LIES*!!!
*IF* "WE" *ARE* "TO" *BE* "CONVINCED" *ABOUT* "THE" *ATHEIST* "BEING"
*LIARS* "AND" *SPREADERS* "OF" *THOSE* "LIES" *WE* "ARE" *ALSO* "TO"
*BELIEVE* "THAT" *THE* "WORD" *OF* "GOD" *IS* "BASED" *ON* "THE"
*TRUTH* "THAT" *GOD* "IS" *REAL* "AND" *GOD* "LIVES"!!!
*EITHER* "WAY" *WE* "ARE" *CHOOSERS* "OF" *OUR* "OWN" *BELIEFS* "BASED"
*UPON* "THE" *TEACHINGS* "OF" *PEOPLE* "WHO" *HAVE* "PROVIDED"
*SUPPORT* "FOR" *THEIR* "TEACHINGS"!!!
*THE* "REAL" *PROBLEM* "WITH" *THIS* "IS"... *THE* "CHRISTIANS" *ARE*
"PROMOTERS" *OF* "GOD" *AS* "BEING" *TRUTH* "AND" *THE* "ATHEIST" *ARE*
"PROMOTERS" *OF* "GOD" *BEING* "FALSE"!!!
*WITH* "THAT" *SAID* "IT" *ALSO* "MAKES" *CLEAR* "THAT" *I* "WOULD"
*RATHER* "BE" *FOUND* "BELIEVING" *IN* "THE" *TRUTH* "OF" *GOD* "THAN"
*TO* "BE" *FOUND* "BELIEVING" *IN* "THE" *LIES* "OF" *THE* "ATHEIST"!!!
*HAVE* "A" *NICE* "DAY"...
"THEE" *ELECT* "ONE"
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| User: "turk" |
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| Title: Re: Dave Barry, rational atheist. |
18 Dec 2005 03:58:13 PM |
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<Elect_One_Two@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1134938434.556531.53480@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
"THEE" *ELECT* "ONE" *WROTE*:
*CONGRATULATIONS* "ENKIDU"!!!
*WHAT* "YOU" *ARE* "DOING" *HERE* "IS" *MAKING* "DAVE" *BARRY* "A"
*PERSON* "OF" *RECORD* "WHO" *IS* "IN" *OPPOSITION* "TO" *GOD*!!!
*WHAT* "YOU" *ARE* "ALSO" *DOING* "IS" *PROMOTING* "THE" *LIES* "OF"
*A* "PERSON* "THAT" *IS* "A" *KNOWN* "LIAR" *TO* "THOSE" *OF* "US"
*WHO* "BELIEVE" *IN* "GOD" *AND* "TRUST" *IN* "GOD"!!!
*IN* "ADDITION" *TO* "BEING" *A* "HUMORIST" *TO* "THE" *IDEOLOGIES*
"OF" *SEPERATIST* "VALUES" *YOU* "ARE" *STATING* "TO" *PEOPLE* "THAT"
*YOUR* "WORDS" *ARE* "TO" *BE* "ACCEPTED" *BY* "THE" *PEOPLE* "AS"
*TRUTH*!!!
*WHEN* "YOU" *ARE* "QUOTED" *AS* "WILFULLY" *SPREADING* "WORDS" *THAT*
"HAVE" *NO* "FOUNDATIONAL" *SUPPORT* "YOU" *ARE* "ALSO" *MAKING* "IT"
*SO* "THAT" *YOU* "HAVE" *NO* "FOUNDATION" *TO* "STAND" *ON*!!!
*THOSE* "OF" *US* "THAT" *BELIEVE* "IN" *GOD* "AND" "TRUST" *IN* "GOD"
*ARE* "ALSO" *THOSE* "WHO" *WILL* "HAVE" *A* "FOUNDATION" *PROVIDED*
"BY" *GOD* "TO" *STAND* "ON"!!!
*WHAT* "IS" *GOING* "TO" *HAPPEN* "TO" *YOUR* "LIES" *IS* "THAT" *YOU*
"THE" *PROMOTER* "OF" *THE* "LIES" *WILL* "BE" *STANDING* "ON" *A*
"FOUNDATION" *THAT* "CANNOT" *SUPPORT* "THE" *LIARS*!!!
*A* "FOUNDATION" *ESTABLISHED* "ON" *THE* "TRUTH" *IS* "ALSO" *A*
"FOUNDATION" *THAT* "IS" *UPHELD* "BY" *GOD* "AS" *THE* "RIGHT" *WAY*
"FOR" *THE* "PEOPLE" *TO* "LIVE" *IN* "THE" *WORLD* "GOD"
*ESTABLISHED*!!!
*WITH* "THIS" *RELATED* "TO" *THE* "ATHEIST* "WHO" *REFUSE* "TO" *TURN*
"AWAY" *FROM* "SPREADING" *THEIR* "LIES" *ABOUT* "GOD" *RECOGNIZED*
"THE" *ATHEIST* "ARE" *ALSO* "ABLE" *TO* "SEE" *THAT* "THEY" *ARE*
"TAKING" *AWAY* "FROM" *THEIR* "VERY" *OWN* "WELL" *BEINGS* "BY"
*GETTING* "PEOPLE" *TO* "BELIEVE" *IN* "THEIR" *LIES*!!!
*IF* "WE" *ARE* "TO" *BE* "CONVINCED" *ABOUT* "THE" *ATHEIST* "BEING"
*LIARS* "AND" *SPREADERS* "OF" *THOSE* "LIES" *WE* "ARE" *ALSO* "TO"
*BELIEVE* "THAT" *THE* "WORD" *OF* "GOD" *IS* "BASED" *ON* "THE"
*TRUTH* "THAT" *GOD* "IS" *REAL* "AND" *GOD* "LIVES"!!!
*EITHER* "WAY" *WE* "ARE" *CHOOSERS* "OF" *OUR* "OWN" *BELIEFS* "BASED"
*UPON* "THE" *TEACHINGS* "OF" *PEOPLE* "WHO" *HAVE* "PROVIDED"
*SUPPORT* "FOR" *THEIR* "TEACHINGS"!!!
*THE* "REAL" *PROBLEM* "WITH" *THIS* "IS"... *THE* "CHRISTIANS" *ARE*
"PROMOTERS" *OF* "GOD" *AS* "BEING" *TRUTH* "AND" *THE* "ATHEIST" *ARE*
"PROMOTERS" *OF* "GOD" *BEING* "FALSE"!!!
*WITH* "THAT" *SAID* "IT" *ALSO* "MAKES" *CLEAR* "THAT" *I* "WOULD"
*RATHER* "BE" *FOUND* "BELIEVING" *IN* "THE" *TRUTH* "OF" *GOD* "THAN"
*TO* "BE" *FOUND* "BELIEVING" *IN* "THE" *LIES* "OF" *THE* "ATHEIST"!!!
Even if you take out the astericks and caps, this makes absolutely no sense
whatsoever. Go beat your children or whatever you fundy dumbasses do for
entertainment.
turk
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My last vestige of "hands off religion" respect disappeared in the smoke and
choking dust of September 11th 2001, followed by the "National Day of
Prayer," when prelates and pastors did their tremulous Martin Luther King
impersonations and urged people of mutually incompatible faiths to hold
hands, united in homage to the very force that caused the problem in the
first place.
-- Richard Dawkins, The Devil's Chaplain (2004)
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| User: "Lörd Phÿltêr" |
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| Title: Re: Dave Barry, rational atheist. |
19 Dec 2005 06:56:05 AM |
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astounded us with: news:1134938434.556531.53480
@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:
"THEE" *ELECT* "ONE" *WROTE*:
Nothing but *****, but that's expected from fundy fuckwits.
--
Lörd Phÿltêr
Alt.Atheism #1938
Denizen of Darkness #44 & AFJC Antipodean Attaché
http://www.jesusneverexisted.com
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| User: "Matt B" |
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| Title: Re: Dave Barry, rational atheist. |
18 Dec 2005 03:39:25 PM |
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On 18 Dec 2005 12:40:34 -0800, wrote:
<...>
*HAVE* "A" *NICE* "DAY"...
"THEE" *ELECT* "ONE"
Although I would quite like to read your posts, I am unwilling to pick
through your moronic formatting to do so. Therefore I skip over them.
For all I know you might be making an interesting contribution, but
until you learn to post messages like a normal person, I won't know.
And don't bother replying with all your ***"" ***** because it won't
even get read!
Matt
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| User: "LP" |
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| Title: Re: Dave Barry, rational atheist. |
18 Dec 2005 04:42:02 PM |
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On 18 Dec 2005 12:40:34 -0800, wrote:
"THEE" *ELECT* "ONE" *WROTE*:
*CONGRATULATIONS* "ENKIDU"!!!
*
I suspect that the judgement you used in selecting your religious
views is the same as that used in selecting your writing style.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Dave Barry, rational atheist. |
18 Dec 2005 04:51:29 PM |
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Enkidu wrote:
. I was in a
lot of temples, and I still don't know what Buddhists believe, except
that at one point Kunio said 'If you do bad things, you will be reborn as
an ox.'
as I understand it the ox has a pretty good lifestyle these
days...short but sweet.
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| User: "Enkidu" |
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| Title: Re: Dave Barry, rational atheist. |
18 Dec 2005 05:17:52 PM |
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wrote in
news:1134946289.653874.73260@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
Enkidu wrote:
I was in a
lot of temples, and I still don't know what Buddhists believe, except
that at one point Kunio said 'If you do bad things, you will be
reborn as an ox.'
as I understand it the ox has a pretty good lifestyle these
days...short but sweet.
The sex isn't so good, though.
--
Enkidu AA#2165
http://www.musings.leaddogs.org/
EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA
PGP ID: 0xC4CE8CF0
If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be -- a Christian.
-- Mark Twain
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