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Confessions of a Lapsed Atheist
American Thinker ^ | 6/21/2009 | Jenn Q. Public

Posted on 06/22/2009 5:33:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

>>So the cure-all would be to start forcing within oneself the belief in an imaginary being in the sky?

What is Paradise described in the Bible, as?<<

None of the above has anything to do with Communism being atheist.


181 posted on 06/22/2009 1:03:43 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: netmilsmom

The answers to the question I posed will show you the reason why Atheists exist.


182 posted on 06/22/2009 1:07:48 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

But they have nothing to do with

1. this article
2. Communists being atheists

Which of course are the ideas being discussed here.

Do I care why atheists exist? Not really. Doesn’t bother me one bit if you believe in God or not.

Do I care that atheists are infringing on my right to freedom of religion? Sure do. And that’s about that.


183 posted on 06/22/2009 1:11:27 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: netmilsmom
LOL, you are mixing issues up, again.

Do I care that Atheists Communists are infringing on my right to freedom of religion? Sure do. And that’s about that.

Corrected.

Communists being Atheists

Like I said before, a Communist baking a cake does not make all Atheists, bakers.

Not to mention Thomas Jefferson was an Atheist, and most of the Founding Fathers were Deists (just about the same thing).

184 posted on 06/22/2009 1:16:45 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

>>Do I care that Atheists Communists are infringing on my right to freedom of religion? Sure do. And that’s about that. <<

Nope, sorry but Communists aren’t the people freaking out about the Pledge of Allegiance and “In God We Trust” on money.

When your no longer in denial that communist regimes are atheist, we can talk. Otherwise, bu-bye.


185 posted on 06/22/2009 1:22:27 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: netmilsmom

You are indulging in confusion, again.

Bickering about the Pledge of Allegience or the motto on coins, isn’t the same thing as getting the Fundamental Rights revoked.

Please use your intelligence.


186 posted on 06/22/2009 1:25:26 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: MrB
The only issue I'd take with this would be to say that it is Christianity that it is okay to be bigoted against.

Good point. Sometimes I see Atheists go after Islam, but whenever Islam is pointed out, someone always jumps up to say "Christianity is just as bad".

187 posted on 06/22/2009 1:28:43 PM PDT by dan1123 (Liberals sell it as "speech which is hateful" but it's really "speech I hate".)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

You do realize that your smarmy answer proves the article correct, right?


188 posted on 06/22/2009 1:29:06 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Real believers, if they had the highest faith in a god-figure, would not waste a single minute living their ordinary lives- they would be out crossing oceans, to risk life and limb to spread what they believe is the truth.

When (hopefully) you become saved I hope you become as you say and risk life and limb to spread The Gospel of Jesus Christ. Said a prayer for you, from an x-athiest to the LORD of Life for you.

189 posted on 06/22/2009 1:31:41 PM PDT by Bellflower (The end of this age is near but the beginning of the next glorious one is coming!)
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To: Bellflower

Indeed, and thank you very much! I really meant that.


190 posted on 06/22/2009 1:34:22 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: netmilsmom

And you do realize that you’ve only managed to display that your faith only goes so far as stays within a certain “comfort zone”; as I had mentioned earlier, a psychological salve, largely adopted by you to enjoy that smug sense of superiority that you’ve so eloquently displayed so far, here, don’t you?


191 posted on 06/22/2009 1:37:22 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

I’m not every poster on this thread.

You are the only atheist. No need to attribute everyone’s statements to me because you’ve proven the article to be correct.

While you have defined what you believe makes a Christian, you have shown what only you are.


192 posted on 06/22/2009 1:42:36 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: netmilsmom

Seriously, is this “smug sense of superiority” he’s seeing a projection or what?


193 posted on 06/22/2009 1:43:33 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: netmilsmom

You are repeatedly proving the point I made quite early on, regarding how much you are willing to sacrifice for an entity you believe promises you far greater things after death.

As far as can be inferred from your repeated efforts to justify not willing to “risk it all” for your supposed savior, your faith is rather feeble.


194 posted on 06/22/2009 1:45:12 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: MrB

Well, in my experience working Psych, yes.

In fact, from a DSM diagnostic point of view, I would say “Projective Identification”

>>Projective identification may be differentiated from projection when the individual does not completely disavow what is projected. Instead, the person remains aware of his or her own feelings or emotions, but misattributes them and regards them as being justifiable reactions to the behaviour of the other person.<<


195 posted on 06/22/2009 1:53:21 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Some freepers post comments to insult the other guy, and some try to straighten 'em out.  Usually either effort is a waste of time. 

Something I've seen working pretty good is idea-exchange, and if you've got a minute I'd be grateful if you'd share how your belief system sorts by value.  Like, what's good and bad in your book.

196 posted on 06/22/2009 2:03:36 PM PDT by expat_panama
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins; metmom

I remember you from late 2008, not long after you signed up to FR.

Weren’t you pretending to be Hindu, and trying to get people to go to your little Hindu Wiki page, that turned out to be a Christian-bashing, pro-evo site?


197 posted on 06/22/2009 2:32:39 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry; MrB

OH REALLY?!?


198 posted on 06/22/2009 2:45:21 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins; netmilsmom; MrB; RegulatorCountry; dan1123
As far as can be inferred from your repeated efforts to justify not willing to “risk it all” for your supposed savior, your faith is rather feeble.

Do you feel nice and superior to all us believers now that you've been able to tell us that we have weak or feeble faith because we don't march lockstep to your demands for what is spiritual and what is not?

199 posted on 06/22/2009 2:57:26 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: RegulatorCountry; netmilsmom; MrB
I remember you from late 2008, not long after you signed up to FR. Weren’t you pretending to be Hindu, and trying to get people to go to your little Hindu Wiki page, that turned out to be a Christian-bashing, pro-evo site?

It does fit in well with post 159, now doesn't it?

200 posted on 06/22/2009 2:58:46 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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