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Religions > Atheism |
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"Vince" |
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05 Aug 2005 04:27:05 PM |
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Satan and evolution |
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans believe in
evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan. If this is accurate, we are in real
trouble.
Vince
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| User: "Woden" |
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| Title: Re: Satan and evolution |
05 Aug 2005 07:05:55 PM |
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"Vince" <vcuccia122@comcast.net> wrote in
news:vL2dnTIAZdU3RG7fRVn-hA@comcast.com:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans
believe in evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan. If this is
accurate, we are in real trouble.
Vince
Yes, we are in real trouble!
--
Woden
"religion is a socio-political system for controlling people's thoughts,
lives and actions based on ancient myths and superstitions, perpetrated
through generations of subtle yet pervasive brainwashing."
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| User: "Uncle Buck" |
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| Title: Re: Satan and evolution |
05 Aug 2005 08:57:11 PM |
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On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 00:05:55 GMT, Woden <woden@charter.net> wrote:
"Vince" <vcuccia122@comcast.net> wrote in
news:vL2dnTIAZdU3RG7fRVn-hA@comcast.com:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans
believe in evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan. If this is
accurate, we are in real trouble.
Vince
Yes, we are in real trouble!
I like how so many in this thread have actually managed to make it sound almost
like this is anything new. :-) We've been in _real_ trouble ever since the
transformation of nuculear(sic) power into the bomb, and unless radical
fundamentalist ideology dies out before the world's first nuclear war, you might
just as well call it a match.
--
L8r,
Uncle Buck
BAAWA
a.a. #88
UU Minister # "=" - "Grand Equivocator of the Balanced Equal Sign"
~=^*=^=~-=^=-~=^=*^=~=-^=-=~^=*=^~=-=^-=~=^*=^=~-=^=-~=^=*^=~=-^=-=~^=*=^~=
"Surrendering To The Fall" - A blog about - what else? - me:
http://surrenderingtothefall.blogspot.com
(perpetually under construction)
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| User: "Martin W" |
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| Title: Re: Satan and evolution |
05 Aug 2005 04:51:03 PM |
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Dnia Fri, 05 Aug 2005 17:27:05 -0400, Vince napisał(a):
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans believe in
evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan. If this is accurate, we are in real
trouble.
That's nothing, here in Poland over 90 percent of people are Roman
Catholics, our parlament decided that we'll have The Day Of Pope John
Paul II just few days ago... But uhm, almost everyone believes in
evolution. And we rather don't treat it as a belief, it's an obvious thing
and nobody doubts it... Just another fact that we learn in school, nothing
special.
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Martin W.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Satan and evolution |
06 Aug 2005 02:36:37 AM |
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In article <vL2dnTIAZdU3RG7fRVn-hA@comcast.com>,
"Vince" <vcuccia122@comcast.net> wrote:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans believe in
evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan. If this is accurate, we are in real
trouble.
Sadly but truly we are.
Vince
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Satan and evolution |
05 Aug 2005 05:05:32 PM |
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On Fri, 5 Aug 2005 17:27:05 -0400, "Vince" <vcuccia122@comcast.net>
wrote:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans believe in
evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan. If this is accurate, we are in real
trouble.
Vince
It is quite likely not accurate.
I think the real situation is a lot worse, add if by "we", you mean
the average US citizen, then yes, you *are* in trouble.
The culture of ignorance that your leaders initiated back before
McCarthy (to keep the citizens from having any real control over what
goes on in Washington), is working so well, that George Orwell would
be ashamed.
I notice that your ignorant leader has endorsed the confusion once
again, by his cretinous comments from Texas on the matter.
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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05 Aug 2005 05:06:19 PM |
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Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Vince
(vcuccia122@comcast.net) made the light shine upon us with this:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans
believe in evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan. If this is
accurate, we are in real trouble.
Vince
Well, the latter are. They choose to let an imaginary boogeyman govern
their lives. Unfortunately, many of them are in power.
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
http://home.comcast.net/~vickman/
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'03 XVS650A
'04 XVS1100
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| User: "dgillesp" |
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| Title: Re: Satan and evolution |
05 Aug 2005 05:33:21 PM |
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Uncle Vic wrote:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Vince
(vcuccia122@comcast.net) made the light shine upon us with this:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans
believe in evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan. If this is
accurate, we are in real trouble.
Vince
Well, the latter are. They choose to let an imaginary boogeyman govern
their lives. Unfortunately, many of them are in power.
Nowhere in the Old or New Testaments are we called upon to "believe in
Satan." Neither is the devil mentioned in the Nicene Creed which was
adopted by the Church even before the books of the NT were officially
confirmed. Satan is a personification of evil, it's adversarial and
destructive power. Human beings find such helpful in identifying
certain realities. You really wouldn't want to do away with Santa Claus
or Uncle Sam because they are essentially representations and not
literal personages, would you?
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
http://home.comcast.net/~vickman/
______________
'03 XVS650A
'04 XVS1100
Denny
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"There cannot be a God because, If there were one, I would
not believe that I were not He." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"My husband and I divorced over religious differences.
He thought he was God and I didn't." - Minny A. Spouse
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| User: "Josef Balluch" |
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05 Aug 2005 08:54:55 PM |
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In a message sent 'round the world, dgillesp poured fuel on the fire
with the following:
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Satan is a personification of evil, it's adversarial and
destructive power.
And your deity is a personification of good.
You really wouldn't want to do away with Santa Claus
or Uncle Sam because they are essentially representations and not
literal personages, would you?
Ditto for your deity. No?
Regards,
Josef
God making could be part of the process by which a society realizes
its aspirations: it first embodies them in the conception of a
particular God, and then proceeds to imitate that God.
-- Eric Hoffer
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| User: "thomas p" |
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07 Aug 2005 05:04:07 AM |
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On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:33:21 -0400, dgillesp <dgillesp@nospam.net>
wrote:
Uncle Vic wrote:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Vince
(vcuccia122@comcast.net) made the light shine upon us with this:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans
believe in evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan. If this is
accurate, we are in real trouble.
Vince
Well, the latter are. They choose to let an imaginary boogeyman govern
their lives. Unfortunately, many of them are in power.
Nowhere in the Old or New Testaments are we called upon to "believe in
Satan."
The reference was to god.
Neither is the devil mentioned in the Nicene Creed which was
adopted by the Church even before the books of the NT were officially
confirmed. Satan is a personification of evil, it's adversarial and
destructive power. Human beings find such helpful in identifying
certain realities. You really wouldn't want to do away with Santa Claus
or Uncle Sam because they are essentially representations and not
literal personages, would you?
You really don't mind then if we point out that neither god or satan
are literal personages.
Thomas P.
"Life must be lived forwards but understood backwards"
(Kierkegaard)
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| User: "Uncle Buck" |
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05 Aug 2005 08:53:36 PM |
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On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:33:21 -0400, dgillesp <dgillesp@nospam.net> wrote:
Uncle Vic wrote:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Vince
(vcuccia122@comcast.net) made the light shine upon us with this:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans
believe in evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan. If this is
accurate, we are in real trouble.
Vince
Well, the latter are. They choose to let an imaginary boogeyman govern
their lives. Unfortunately, many of them are in power.
Nowhere in the Old or New Testaments are we called upon to "believe in
Satan." Neither is the devil mentioned in the Nicene Creed which was
adopted by the Church even before the books of the NT were officially
confirmed. Satan is a personification of evil, it's adversarial and
destructive power. Human beings find such helpful in identifying
certain realities. You really wouldn't want to do away with Santa Claus
or Uncle Sam because they are essentially representations and not
literal personages, would you?
Denny, do get real. You know full good and well that a large chunk, perhaps
even a majority of those who claim a belief in "Satan" believe in an actual
entity. It doesn't matter what you think they should or shouldn't believe, they
are Christians, and they believe in a "literal personage" named Satan.
--
L8r,
Uncle Buck
BAAWA
a.a. #88
UU Minister # "=" - "Grand Equivocator of the Balanced Equal Sign"
~=^*=^=~-=^=-~=^=*^=~=-^=-=~^=*=^~=-=^-=~=^*=^=~-=^=-~=^=*^=~=-^=-=~^=*=^~=
"Surrendering To The Fall" - A blog about - what else? - me:
http://surrenderingtothefall.blogspot.com
(perpetually under construction)
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| User: "dgillesp" |
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| Title: Re: Satan and evolution |
06 Aug 2005 09:09:58 AM |
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Uncle Buck wrote:
On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:33:21 -0400, dgillesp <dgillesp@nospam.net> wrote:
Uncle Vic wrote:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Vince
(vcuccia122@comcast.net) made the light shine upon us with this:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans
believe in evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan. If this is
accurate, we are in real trouble.
Vince
Well, the latter are. They choose to let an imaginary boogeyman govern
their lives. Unfortunately, many of them are in power.
Nowhere in the Old or New Testaments are we called upon to "believe in
Satan." Neither is the devil mentioned in the Nicene Creed which was
adopted by the Church even before the books of the NT were officially
confirmed. Satan is a personification of evil, it's adversarial and
destructive power. Human beings find such helpful in identifying
certain realities. You really wouldn't want to do away with Santa Claus
or Uncle Sam because they are essentially representations and not
literal personages, would you?
Denny, do get real. You know full good and well that a large chunk, perhaps
even a majority of those who claim a belief in "Satan" believe in an actual
entity. It doesn't matter what you think they should or shouldn't believe, they
are Christians, and they believe in a "literal personage" named Satan.
Most Christians believed the world was flat and had four corners a few
centuries back because "it's in the Bible." The important question
concerning Satan is NOT, does he really exist. That question is "what
is the real significance and meaning of Satan."
Denny
--
L8r,
Uncle Buck
BAAWA
a.a. #88
UU Minister # "=" - "Grand Equivocator of the Balanced Equal Sign"
~=^*=^=~-=^=-~=^=*^=~=-^=-=~^=*=^~=-=^-=~=^*=^=~-=^=-~=^=*^=~=-^=-=~^=*=^~=
"Surrendering To The Fall" - A blog about - what else? - me:
http://surrenderingtothefall.blogspot.com
(perpetually under construction)
~=^*=^=~-=^=-~=^=*^=~=-^=-=~^=*=^~=-=^-=~=^*=^=~-=^=-~=^=*^=~=-^=-=~^=*=^~=
--
"There cannot be a God because, If there were one, I would
not believe that I were not He." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"My husband and I divorced over religious differences.
He thought he was God and I didn't." - Minny A. Spouse
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| User: "Josef Balluch" |
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| Title: Re: Satan and evolution |
06 Aug 2005 05:27:33 PM |
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"dgillesp" <dgillesp@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:42F4C4B6.387C943@nospam.net...
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The important question
concerning Satan is NOT, does he really exist. That question is "what
is the real significance and meaning of Satan."
Sure, Denny. And while you are busy navel gazing and pondering the "real
significance" of Satan, the kiling goes on.
Regards,
Josef
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| User: "thomas p" |
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| Title: Re: Satan and evolution |
07 Aug 2005 03:27:36 PM |
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On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 10:09:58 -0400, dgillesp <dgillesp@nospam.net>
wrote:
Uncle Buck wrote:
On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:33:21 -0400, dgillesp <dgillesp@nospam.net> wrote:
Uncle Vic wrote:
snip
Denny, do get real. You know full good and well that a large chunk, perhaps
even a majority of those who claim a belief in "Satan" believe in an actual
entity. It doesn't matter what you think they should or shouldn't believe, they
are Christians, and they believe in a "literal personage" named Satan.
Most Christians believed the world was flat and had four corners a few
centuries back because "it's in the Bible." The important question
concerning Satan is NOT, does he really exist. That question is "what
is the real significance and meaning of Satan."
Or the real significance of Jesus or the Bible or of god. How long
are you going to continue tap dancing?
Thomas P.
"Life must be lived forwards but understood backwards"
(Kierkegaard)
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| User: "dgillesp" |
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07 Aug 2005 03:42:35 PM |
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thomas p wrote:
On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 10:09:58 -0400, dgillesp <dgillesp@nospam.net>
wrote:
Uncle Buck wrote:
On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:33:21 -0400, dgillesp <dgillesp@nospam.net> wrote:
Uncle Vic wrote:
snip
Denny, do get real. You know full good and well that a large chunk, perhaps
even a majority of those who claim a belief in "Satan" believe in an actual
entity. It doesn't matter what you think they should or shouldn't believe, they
are Christians, and they believe in a "literal personage" named Satan.
Most Christians believed the world was flat and had four corners a few
centuries back because "it's in the Bible." The important question
concerning Satan is NOT, does he really exist. That question is "what
is the real significance and meaning of Satan."
Or the real significance of Jesus or the Bible or of god. How long
are you going to continue tap dancing?
Here's another for your prodigious collection:
"I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance." - Friedrich
Nietzsche
Thomas P.
"Life must be lived forwards but understood backwards"
(Kierkegaard)
Denny
--
"There cannot be a God because, If there were one, I would
not believe that I were not He." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"My husband and I divorced over religious differences.
He thought he was God and I didn't." - Minny A. Spouse
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| User: "thomas p" |
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08 Aug 2005 02:37:49 AM |
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On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 16:42:35 -0400, dgillesp <dgillesp@nospam.net>
wrote:
thomas p wrote:
On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 10:09:58 -0400, dgillesp <dgillesp@nospam.net>
wrote:
Uncle Buck wrote:
On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:33:21 -0400, dgillesp <dgillesp@nospam.net> wrote:
Uncle Vic wrote:
snip
Denny, do get real. You know full good and well that a large chunk, perhaps
even a majority of those who claim a belief in "Satan" believe in an actual
entity. It doesn't matter what you think they should or shouldn't believe, they
are Christians, and they believe in a "literal personage" named Satan.
Most Christians believed the world was flat and had four corners a few
centuries back because "it's in the Bible." The important question
concerning Satan is NOT, does he really exist. That question is "what
is the real significance and meaning of Satan."
Here's another for your prodigious collection:
"I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance." - Friedrich
Nietzsche
I see. You are going to continue tap dancing. It just makes
Christianity look bad, and it doesn't really need any help.
Thomas P.
"Life must be lived forwards but understood backwards"
(Kierkegaard)
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| User: "Woden" |
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06 Aug 2005 05:18:32 PM |
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dgillesp <dgillesp@nospam.net> wrote in
news:42F4C4B6.387C943@nospam.net:
Uncle Buck wrote:
On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:33:21 -0400, dgillesp <dgillesp@nospam.net>
wrote:
Uncle Vic wrote:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Vince
(vcuccia122@comcast.net) made the light shine upon us with this:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of
Americans believe in evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan. If
this is accurate, we are in real trouble.
Vince
Well, the latter are. They choose to let an imaginary boogeyman
govern their lives. Unfortunately, many of them are in power.
Nowhere in the Old or New Testaments are we called upon to "believe
in Satan." Neither is the devil mentioned in the Nicene Creed which
was adopted by the Church even before the books of the NT were
officially confirmed. Satan is a personification of evil, it's
adversarial and destructive power. Human beings find such helpful
in identifying certain realities. You really wouldn't want to do
away with Santa Claus or Uncle Sam because they are essentially
representations and not literal personages, would you?
Denny, do get real. You know full good and well that a large chunk,
perhaps even a majority of those who claim a belief in "Satan"
believe in an actual entity. It doesn't matter what you think they
should or shouldn't believe, they are Christians, and they believe in
a "literal personage" named Satan.
Most Christians believed the world was flat and had four corners a few
centuries back because "it's in the Bible." The important question
concerning Satan is NOT, does he really exist. That question is "what
is the real significance and meaning of Satan."
Sort of like god and Jesus, those other main characters of the bible.
--
Woden
"religion is a socio-political system for controlling people's thoughts,
lives and actions based on ancient myths and superstitions, perpetrated
through generations of subtle yet pervasive brainwashing."
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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05 Aug 2005 07:26:46 PM |
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Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet dgillesp
(dgillesp@nospam.net) made the light shine upon us with this:
Uncle Vic wrote:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Vince
(vcuccia122@comcast.net) made the light shine upon us with this:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans
believe in evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan. If this is
accurate, we are in real trouble.
Vince
Well, the latter are. They choose to let an imaginary boogeyman
govern their lives. Unfortunately, many of them are in power.
Nowhere in the Old or New Testaments are we called upon to "believe in
Satan." Neither is the devil mentioned in the Nicene Creed which was
adopted by the Church even before the books of the NT were officially
confirmed. Satan is a personification of evil, it's adversarial and
destructive power. Human beings find such helpful in identifying
certain realities. You really wouldn't want to do away with Santa
Claus or Uncle Sam because they are essentially representations and
not literal personages, would you?
Satan is mentioned many times in the bible. What are we supposed to do,
take its word he exists? Belief is the operative word here.
And if you think belief in Satan is as innocent as belief in Santa Claus,
think again. Fantatical Christians believe atheists are the minions of
Satan, they even go as far as to think we worship their boogeyman. Some
have shotguns, chains and pickup trucks....
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
http://home.comcast.net/~vickman/
______________
'03 XVS650A
'04 XVS1100
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| User: "dgillesp" |
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06 Aug 2005 08:56:19 AM |
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Uncle Vic wrote:
Satan is mentioned many times in the bible. What are we supposed to do,
take its word he exists? Belief is the operative word here.
And if you think belief in Satan is as innocent as belief in Santa Claus,
think again. Fantatical Christians believe atheists are the minions of
Satan, they even go as far as to think we worship their boogeyman. Some
have shotguns, chains and pickup trucks....
Sad commentary on the human condition. It seems we always require an
enemy which we find necessary to dehumanize in order to justify our
prejudice, condemnation, often a war or brutality against. Be they
Indians, blacks, gays, whatever. Unfortunately red neck types are more
susceptible to skewed notions about atheists and any others who differ
from them. Education helps, but then Nazi Germany had the best educated
populace of any country at the time. Humanity is in need of much more
than a good education.
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
http://home.comcast.net/~vickman/
______________
'03 XVS650A
'04 XVS1100
Denny
--
"There cannot be a God because, If there were one, I would
not believe that I were not He." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"My husband and I divorced over religious differences.
He thought he was God and I didn't." - Minny A. Spouse
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| User: "Josef Balluch" |
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| Title: Re: Satan and evolution |
06 Aug 2005 04:52:27 PM |
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"dgillesp" <dgillesp@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:42F4C183.F84018D8@nospam.net...
Uncle Vic wrote:
Satan is mentioned many times in the bible. What are we supposed to do,
take its word he exists? Belief is the operative word here.
And if you think belief in Satan is as innocent as belief in Santa
Claus,
think again. Fantatical Christians believe atheists are the minions of
Satan, they even go as far as to think we worship their boogeyman. Some
have shotguns, chains and pickup trucks....
Sad commentary on the human condition.
Silly twaddle. In order to believe that someone is a minion of Satan, one
must believe that there is a Satan. Belief in Satan is not inherent; it
requires religious indoctrination.
It seems we always require an
enemy which we find necessary to dehumanize in order to justify our
prejudice, condemnation, often a war or brutality against.
Baloney. Another of your straw men. The most fanatically brutal are those
driven by ideology, very often religious ideology. One's prejudices do not
require an enemy for justification. The justifcation comes from ideology.
Unfortunately red neck types are more
susceptible to skewed notions about atheists and any others who differ
from them. Education helps, but then Nazi Germany had the best educated
populace of any country at the time.
You obviously cannot distinguish between education and indoctrination.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Nazis_Education.htm
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/frau01.htm
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/modern_history/national_studies/germany/2429/page64.ht
m
Humanity is in need of much more
than a good education.
Less religious ideology would be an excellent start.
Regards,
Josef
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| User: "Ben Goren" |
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05 Aug 2005 06:07:39 PM |
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dgillesp wrote:
Uncle Vic wrote:
Vince wrote:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of
Americans believe in evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan.
If this is accurate, we are in real trouble.
Well, the latter are. They choose to let an imaginary
boogeyman govern their lives. Unfortunately, many of them are
in power.
Nowhere in the Old or New Testaments are we called upon to
"believe in Satan."
Dude...the ``imaginary boogeyman'' that you let govern your life
is the one you call, ``God.''
....idiot....
Cheers,
b&
--
BAAWA Knight of Blasphemy
All but God can prove this sentence true.
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| User: "dgillesp" |
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05 Aug 2005 08:28:20 PM |
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Vince wrote:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans believe in
evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan. If this is accurate, we are in real
trouble.
Vince
Which reminds me of the story about a man who was met by Satan at the
gates of hell. Satan ushered him down a seemingly endless hallway with
many different rooms on either side, each with a window in the door so
to see what was going on inside. The new inmate would have to choose
one of the rooms for himself.
They passed by the first door where he heard moans and groans from those
within. The new inmate didn't even want to look in and so passed on.
In the next room he saw everyone sweating and straining in backbreaking
toil as they shoveled coal into a red hot furnace. This was not to be
his choice either.
Then he looked into the next room and saw all inside standing on tiptoe
in a huge cesspool that reached all the way to to their lower lips. All
were urgently cautioning one another, "Don't make waves! Don't make
waves!" That room was definitely out of the question.
The next one was different. Everybody was standing around with cup and
saucer in hand, obviously enjoying their coffee. They were, however,
standing ankle deep in do-do. The new inmate thought to himself that
this was about the best he could hope for in hell. So he told the devil
he had made his choice. Almost as soon as they entered the room and he
had a couple of sips of coffee, Satan announced, "Coffee break is over!
Back on your heads!"
Denny
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"There cannot be a God because, If there were one, I would
not believe that I were not He." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"My husband and I divorced over religious differences.
He thought he was God and I didn't." - Minny A. Spouse
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07 Aug 2005 05:04:08 AM |
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On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 21:28:20 -0400, dgillesp <dgillesp@nospam.net>
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Vince wrote:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans believe in
evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan. If this is accurate, we are in real
trouble.
Vince
Which reminds me of the story about a man who was met by Satan at the
gates of hell. Satan ushered him down a seemingly endless hallway with
many different rooms on either side, each with a window in the door so
to see what was going on inside. The new inmate would have to choose
one of the rooms for himself.
They passed by the first door where he heard moans and groans from those
within. The new inmate didn't even want to look in and so passed on.
In the next room he saw everyone sweating and straining in backbreaking
toil as they shoveled coal into a red hot furnace. This was not to be
his choice either.
Then he looked into the next room and saw all inside standing on tiptoe
in a huge cesspool that reached all the way to to their lower lips. All
were urgently cautioning one another, "Don't make waves! Don't make
waves!" That room was definitely out of the question.
The next one was different. Everybody was standing around with cup and
saucer in hand, obviously enjoying their coffee. They were, however,
standing ankle deep in do-do. The new inmate thought to himself that
this was about the best he could hope for in hell. So he told the devil
he had made his choice. Almost as soon as they entered the room and he
had a couple of sips of coffee, Satan announced, "Coffee break is over!
Back on your heads!"
It is good that you realize that it is all just a story.
Thomas P.
"Life must be lived forwards but understood backwards"
(Kierkegaard)
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| User: "skyeyes" |
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| Title: Re: Satan and evolution |
05 Aug 2005 04:58:32 PM |
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Vince wrote:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans believe in
evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan.
And an even larger percentage of them believe in angels.
If this is accurate, we are in real trouble.
It's accurate, if I may be allowed to judge from my personal
experience. We've been in real trouble for quite some time now.
Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34
EAC Professor of Feline Thermometrics and Cat-Herding
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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| Title: Re: Satan and evolution |
05 Aug 2005 05:11:27 PM |
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Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet skyeyes
(skyeyes@dakotacom.net) made the light shine upon us with this:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans
believe in evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan.
And an even larger percentage of them believe in angels.
I saw a car today with two bumper stickers that proclaimed the owner
believes in angels. There were no baseball logos on the car either. I've
got to design one for my bike. How about "I believe in gargoyles", or "I
believe in wood trolls".
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Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
http://home.comcast.net/~vickman/
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'03 XVS650A
'04 XVS1100
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| User: "Uncle Buck" |
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| Title: Re: Satan and evolution |
05 Aug 2005 08:51:06 PM |
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On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 17:11:27 -0500, Uncle Vic <address@withheld.com> wrote:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet skyeyes
(skyeyes@dakotacom.net) made the light shine upon us with this:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans
believe in evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan.
And an even larger percentage of them believe in angels.
I saw a car today with two bumper stickers that proclaimed the owner
believes in angels. There were no baseball logos on the car either. I've
got to design one for my bike. How about "I believe in gargoyles", or "I
believe in wood trolls".
You could always devote one to me and say you believe in "faeries"... :-)
--
L8r,
Uncle Buck
BAAWA
a.a. #88
UU Minister # "=" - "Grand Equivocator of the Balanced Equal Sign"
~=^*=^=~-=^=-~=^=*^=~=-^=-=~^=*=^~=-=^-=~=^*=^=~-=^=-~=^=*^=~=-^=-=~^=*=^~=
"Surrendering To The Fall" - A blog about - what else? - me:
http://surrenderingtothefall.blogspot.com
(perpetually under construction)
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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05 Aug 2005 09:11:35 PM |
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Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Uncle Buck
(UncleBuck@SpamMeNot.com) made the light shine upon us with this:
On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 17:11:27 -0500, Uncle Vic <address@withheld.com>
wrote:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet skyeyes
(skyeyes@dakotacom.net) made the light shine upon us with this:
I just read the following statistic: Only 28 percent of Americans
believe in evolution; 68 percent believe in Satan.
And an even larger percentage of them believe in angels.
I saw a car today with two bumper stickers that proclaimed the owner
believes in angels. There were no baseball logos on the car either.
I've got to design one for my bike. How about "I believe in
gargoyles", or "I believe in wood trolls".
You could always devote one to me and say you believe in "faeries"...
:-) --
I work in Hollywood. Nobody has to believe in those, they're
everywhere... :-)
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
http://home.comcast.net/~vickman/
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'03 XVS650A
'04 XVS1100
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| User: "skyeyes" |
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| Title: Re: Satan and evolution |
05 Aug 2005 06:09:28 PM |
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Personally, I like the "gargoyles" one. ;->
Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34
EAC Professor of Feline Thermometrics and Cat-Herding
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