 8BitHero
Male, 18-29, Europe
 5420 Posts
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011 1:09:53 PM
What's that on her neck? |
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 Schr0dinger
Male, 50-59, Western US
361 Posts
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Friday, May 27, 2011 1:26:28 AM
Just sort of dumb. |
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 slut_etta
Female, 50-59, Southern US
2193 Posts
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Thursday, May 26, 2011 10:45:26 AM
i like the outfit, except for the shoes. and would wear it if it came in my size, even though living in the bible belt i would get ten kinds of hell for it.
have to agree with insanmonster. i'm an atheist but i respect other people's religions. and they should respect my choice of not having one. however it seems that no matter where i live i have to be extra careful in not disclosing my atheism to anyone other than very close friends. either people want to argue with me or want to convert me, even though i am interested in neither. |
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 squoggle
Female, 18-29, Europe
159 Posts
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Thursday, May 26, 2011 1:19:35 AM
Nice shoes! |
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 insanmonster
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
260 Posts
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Thursday, May 26, 2011 12:46:48 AM
Alright, let me give my two cents on this convo. I am an atheist, so if you want take my words with a grain of salt but I think I make an important point. The founding fathers WERE secular and all of the BS that SOME (I cannot emphasize that more) christians spout is ridiculous, this is not and will hopefully never be a Christian nation. (USA) I would also point out that I am not necessarily against religion, I have some friends that probably wouldn't be alive today without it (they were going through difficult times and were having trouble coping). My hope is that those who are religious and those who are not would learn to live amongst each other without trying to influence those around them. For example many of my friends are religious, I would even say most of my friends are religious but we get along because we understand and respect the differences between us. We can even have conversations about religion without fighting and I wish everyone would strive to be able to do the same |
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 davymid
Male, 30-39, Europe
11693 Posts
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Thursday, May 26, 2011 12:09:25 AM
Well, I didn't get the crappy education you got, that's for sure. If you were ever to read what the founders said in their own words instead of drinking the Kool-Aid served up by your unionized government teachers
Sorry, you had me up to Kool-Aid thing. Please expound? A valid comment will count as bonus marks. |
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 OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8953 Posts
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 9:25:02 PM
That's a very uneducated view, all the founding fathers were weary of religion.
Well, I didn't get the crappy education you got, that's for sure. If you were ever to read what the founders said in their own words instead of drinking the Kool-Aid served up by your unionized government teachers, you would know that they were extremely wary of government and not the least bit concerned about the church. |
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OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8953 Posts
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 9:20:17 PM
OldOllie ? wtf don't really know your laws...
Yeah, you kinda proved that. |
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OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8953 Posts
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 9:19:25 PM
first settlers - 1492
first ammendment - 1789
Columbus and his crew weren't settlers in any sense of the word; they were explorers. The first settlers of the east coast of North America were the separatist Pilgrims fleeing the start-run Church of England. |
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 auburnjunky
Male, 30-39, Southern US
8770 Posts
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 7:05:56 PM
Yeah that's a good point. |
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 I-IS-BORED
Male, 18-29, Canada
2432 Posts
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 11:36:37 AM
@AJ
first settlers - 1492
first ammendment - 1789
not close enough to make a direct connection in the motivations of the people involved in these events |
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 AngryYouth
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
736 Posts
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 9:03:41 AM
@terracottus AGREED!!! Let's just move on people! |
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auburnjunky
Male, 30-39, Southern US
8770 Posts
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 8:58:00 AM
Guys, Old Ollie is right.
The first settlers were running from state run church, not church run state.
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 terracottus
Male, 30-39, Europe
278 Posts
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 8:11:38 AM
Okay, so exactly as behind ever die-hard evangelical Gaybasher there are hundreds of moderate, cool Christians, behind every annoying preachy atheist teen (and those who never grew out of this) there are hundreds of atheists who just don't believe in god. Can't we just ignore the preachy kind on both sides and move on? |
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 DJDoubleb
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
381 Posts
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 6:58:52 AM
@hobomoe, That's not a Washington quote. It's from the treaty of Tripoli. Written by President John Adams (Also a founding father).
@SvampeBob, It was written for 2 reasons, to protect the people from laws written by a church ran government, and to protect the people from a Government ran church. |
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 tommy2X4
Male, 50-59, Eastern US
2891 Posts
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 4:49:28 AM
"If you're lookin' fer trouble..." |
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 tanyacool
Female, 18-29, Asia
7 Posts
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 4:23:11 AM
Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live Today here …. |
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 HOBOMOE
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
507 Posts
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:46:36 PM
@oldollie
That's a very uneducated view, all the founding fathers were weary of religion. they created a secular government with the intention of keeping it that way. All but one or two were Deists, which placed religions priority behind more important secular things.
It's very easily illustrated by Washington's quote
"The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religionâ€
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 techgeek07
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
2560 Posts
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:29:28 PM
She's cute. Probably annoying but cute. |
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 SvampeBob
Male, 18-29, Europe
3088 Posts
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:14:42 PM
yey Flying Spaghetti Monster :D
OldOllie ? wtf don't really know your laws, but I'm pretty sure that when your founding father made that law, it was to protect the state/people from the church. |
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 xCYBERDYNEx
Male, 18-29, Southern US
4798 Posts
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 10:51:14 PM
@davymid-thats the smartest damn thing ive heard in a long time |
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OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8953 Posts
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 10:12:57 PM
Okay, except that the 1st Amendment wasn't intended to protect the state from the church; it was to protect the church from the state. |
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 Baalthazaq
Male, 18-29, Asia
4753 Posts
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 8:50:58 PM
Qwerty:
XKCD. :P |
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Qwertyuiop95
Male, 18-29, Western US
206 Posts
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 8:27:21 PM
@AngryYouth
Well, the important thing is that you've found a way to feel superior to both. That accusation expires after one use per converstion, by the way.
(Please let somebody get my reference.) |
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MechaWolf
Male, 18-29, Southern US
311 Posts
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 8:23:23 PM
Not attractive. |
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