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TOR Hershman
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Trish
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USA
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Posted - 06/03/2007 : 00:21:52 [Permalink]
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I hope this is satire.
http://www.mindspring.com/~alutiiq/atheists-in-foxholes.html
www.maaf.info
http://www.cem.va.gov/cem/hm/hmemb.asp check #16
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...no one has ever found a 4.5 billion year old stone artifact (at the right geological stratum) with the words "Made by God."
No Sense of Obligation by Matt Young
"Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I consider the capacity for it terrifying and vile!"
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they don't need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the traditions of the Marines. They are Marines.
LtGen Thomas Holcomb, USMC
Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1943
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 06/03/2007 : 02:50:52 [Permalink]
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Trish, TOR pops in from time to time just to baffle us.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 06/03/2007 : 02:59:20 [Permalink]
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Does anyone recall the church sign stating: "THERE ARE NO ATHEISTS IN HELL!"
I had it saved, but it mysteriously went away when I changed computers. I seem to recall that it was Ricky who orginally posted it.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 06/03/2007 : 05:34:36 [Permalink]
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You mean like this?
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by Filthy
The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart. |
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
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 Posted - 06/03/2007 : 05:48:54 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by pleco
You mean like this?
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Actually, you could also say believers too; since we all know the heaven/hell concept is one of the most vulgar of religious fairy tales. |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 06/03/2007 : 05:53:46 [Permalink]
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Yeah, that's the one! Thanks pleco...
Kinda says it all doesn't it? 
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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JEROME DA GNOME
BANNED
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Posted - 06/03/2007 : 07:34:32 [Permalink]
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In the bible "hell" actually means only, hole in the ground.
Sheol (hebrew), and Hades (greek). Both mean grave or place of death.
These are the words translated to, in english, hell.
The burning part comes from gehenna, which was a real trash pile that burned constantly.
Religious leaders used these terms whilst twisting the meaning to make "hell" scary and thus causing people to follow their teachings to avoid going to a firery hell after death.
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What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 06/03/2007 : 15:45:47 [Permalink]
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| "Anywho"? |
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
Collateralmurder. |
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Trish
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 06/03/2007 : 23:14:35 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Trish, TOR pops in from time to time just to baffle us.
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Thanks. Putting military and atheist as non compatible positions makes my radar ping. |
...no one has ever found a 4.5 billion year old stone artifact (at the right geological stratum) with the words "Made by God."
No Sense of Obligation by Matt Young
"Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I consider the capacity for it terrifying and vile!"
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they don't need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the traditions of the Marines. They are Marines.
LtGen Thomas Holcomb, USMC
Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1943
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 06/03/2007 : 23:47:37 [Permalink]
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One version I heard long ago was:
There are no atheists in foxholes and no believers in concentration camps. |
Diversity, independence, innovation and imagination are progressive concepts ultimately alien to the conservative mind.
"TAX AND SPEND" IS GOOD! (TAX: Wealthy corporations who won't go poor even after taxes. SPEND: On public works programs, education, the environment, improvements.) |
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Trish
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 06/04/2007 : 00:02:45 [Permalink]
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| I've heard that too, but Chip this is what wiki says, and they don't add the last part. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheists_in_foxholes |
...no one has ever found a 4.5 billion year old stone artifact (at the right geological stratum) with the words "Made by God."
No Sense of Obligation by Matt Young
"Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I consider the capacity for it terrifying and vile!"
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they don't need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the traditions of the Marines. They are Marines.
LtGen Thomas Holcomb, USMC
Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1943
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 06/04/2007 : 00:49:36 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Chippewa
One version I heard long ago was:
There are no atheists in foxholes and no believers in concentration camps.
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And I would say the second part is just as much a defamation as is the first. I think history shows that a lot of religious people have kept their beliefs in spite of persecution. In that, I respect them. (For keeping their beliefs in spite of reason, I do not respect them.)
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 06/04/2007 : 13:52:41 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Hershman is probably a Dadaist, Trish. See this thread from January.
If you don't get his jokes, then you're one of the people that he's mocking.
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I think you nailed it with Dadaism, Dave. So passé. So 20th Century.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Dave W.
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There are no Atheists in graveyards
