December 2010
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Catholic Shibboleth
One Wednesday spring morning about five years ago, I stopped into the grocery store on my way to work. The lady in line in front of me was trying to pay for her groceries while handling an unruly little baby. She looked like she had her hands full. Somehow she had gotten some grease on her face. Trying to be helpful, I mentioned that she had something smudged on her forehead. She gave me such a...
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Mormon Shibboleth
True story: 15 years ago, my parents threw a party, which sucked, except for meeting my parents’ neighbor’s daughter, who happened to have the exact same name as me. She mentioned she was going to a dance later that night, and I, looking to ditch my parents’ party, invited myself. She mentioned that the dance was a Mormon dance, and I’d need to pretend to be her cousin to...
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“I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer god than you do....”
– Stephen F Roberts
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Acceptance
2brains:
You cannot use logic to get someone to reject what they never used logic to accept.
“In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it...”
– Dave Barry (via pigtailsandcombatboots)
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God's Word Is Eternal and Unchanging
Dear Dr. Laura,
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate.
I do need some advice from you,...
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God's Word Is Eternal and Unchanging
Dear Dr. Laura,
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate.
I do need some advice from you,...
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“People will then often say, ‘But surely it’s better to remain an...”
– Douglas Adams, interview with The American Atheist (in The Salmon of Doubt)
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“People will then often say, ‘But surely it’s better to remain an...”
– Douglas Adams, interview with The American Atheist (in The Salmon of Doubt)
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“The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one...”
– Anatole France, novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate (1844-1924), via AWAD
“We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who...”
– Gene Roddenberry (found at athiestblogger.com)
“We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who...”
– Gene Roddenberry (found at athiestblogger.com)
“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I...”
– Susan B. Anthony
“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I...”
– Susan B. Anthony
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“It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed...”
– Lazarus Long, in Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
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“It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed...”
– Lazarus Long, in Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
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“…throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools, the...”
– Jerry Falwell (regarding the 9/11 attacks)
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“If there really is a God who created the entire universe with all of its...”
– Dave Barry, 25 Things I Have Learned in 50 Years
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