From: Alex W. on 12 Jul 2008 19:36 "rbwinn" <rbwinn3(a)juno.com> wrote in message news:1c80751f-d62b-4476-9127-9f62df713eaa(a)a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... If religion is such a bedtime story, why do so many religious people get killed for their beliefs? ========= Whatever makes you think this is special to religious types? Every day in the newspaper, there are examples of people killing and dying for their desires and beliefs, most of which have nothing to do with god.
From: DanielSan on 12 Jul 2008 19:38 rbwinn wrote: > On Jul 12, 8:25�am, Linda Fox <linda...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >> On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:20:29 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> A two year old is learning to lie or tell the truth. �If a two year >>> old sees its parents lie all the time, then the two year old is going >>> to do the same thing. >> Ho-kayyyy - tell us please, because we'd love to know, how a >> two-year-old can tell its parents are lying when it does not know the >> truth itself. Unless it's by watching the nose grow longer and longer. >> >> Linda ff > > A two year old is concerned about what works. If the two year old > sees that lying is more effective in getting results than telling the > truth, then that is what the two year old is going to start doing. > Atheists generally reward untruth. You misspelled "Theists" in that last sentence. -- ****************************************************** * DanielSan -- alt.atheism #2226 * *----------------------------------------------------* * "I distrust those people who know so well what God * * wants them to do because I notice it always * * coincides with their own desires." * * --Susan B. Anthony * ******************************************************
From: Steve O on 12 Jul 2008 19:40 "rbwinn" <rbwinn3(a)juno.com> wrote in message news:f1501d9f-396e-4c41-9155-b68823b5b106(a)m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... > On Jul 12, 11:58 am, "Steve O" <nospamh...(a)thanks.com> wrote: >> "rbwinn" <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in message >> >> news:9befe6a5-fc3f-4d47-93b0-bddbfa97bb06(a)34g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> >> >> > On Jul 12, 6:54 am, "Steve O" <nospamh...(a)thanks.com> wrote: >> >> "rbwinn" <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in message >> >> >>news:845bca25-7a13-463b-94c1-1f466a5ea605(a)z66g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> > On Jul 11, 1:51�pm, "Steve O" <nospamh...(a)thanks.com> wrote: >> >> >> "rbwinn" <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in message >> >> >> >>news:e730cc99-4f9a-47c2-a0e9-5a0b9903b552(a)y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> > Your two year old child is trying to be like you. �Didn't you say >> >> >> > that >> >> >> > you were an atheist? >> >> >> > Robert B. Winn >> >> >> >> What is it about the outward appearance and behaviour of an atheist >> >> >> which >> >> >> you imagine is noticeable or copyable for a two year old? >> >> >> > I would say the fact that atheists are dishonest. >> >> >> My irony meter just shattered. >> >> I have rarely seen dishonesty from any atheist in this newsgroup, yet >> >> I >> >> have >> >> witnessed a constant stream of lying, deceptive and downright >> >> unpleasant >> >> theists, of which you happen to be the latest. >> >> >> > A two year old is learning its behavior faster at that age than at >> >> > any >> >> > other time. >> >> > Robert B. Winn >> >> >> So you think a two year old is capable of distinguishing the >> >> difference >> >> between theism and atheism? >> >> More evidence of you delusional condition, I'm afraid to say. >> >> >> -- >> >> Steve O >> >> > A two year old is learning to lie or tell the truth. If a two year >> > old sees its parents lie all the time, then the two year old is going >> > to do the same thing. >> > Robert B. Winn >> >> What on earth is it, in your twisted and convoluted mind, that you >> imagine >> atheists lie about? >> YOU are the one who is making the silly and unsubstantiated claims, and >> lying through your teeth as you do so. >> >> -- >> Steve O > > Well, let me know how well your two year old turned out when he > becomes a teenager. See how much you like lying when it is not cute. > Robert B. Winn Idiot. -- Steve O a.a. #2240 (Apatheist Chapter) B.A.A.W.A. Convicted by Earthquack Exempt from purgatory by papal indulgence
From: DanielSan on 12 Jul 2008 19:41 rbwinn wrote: > On Jul 12, 7:29�am, Stan-O <bndsna...(a)aol.com> wrote: >> On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:21:44 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> >> wrote: >> >>>>> You atheists seem to have a lot of trouble with the meanings of >>>>> words. ?There was another atheist who seemed to believe that adult and >>>>> adulterer meant the same thing. >>>>> Robert B. Winn >>>> ...which is an old joke that you obviously didn't get. >>> It is a very foolish mistake. �Although the two words look and sound >>> similar, they mean very different things. >>> Robert B. Winn >> I'd explain the meaning of "a play on words", but it would be like >> pouring water on a rock and expecting it to sink in... > > With atheists, it is not a play on words. They really believe that > adulterers are the most mature adults. Liar, thy name is: > Robert B. Winn -- ****************************************************** * DanielSan -- alt.atheism #2226 * *----------------------------------------------------* * "I distrust those people who know so well what God * * wants them to do because I notice it always * * coincides with their own desires." * * --Susan B. Anthony * ******************************************************
From: Steve O on 12 Jul 2008 19:42
"rbwinn" <rbwinn3(a)juno.com> wrote in message news:ad7f65d3-3fa2-4bfd-81f6-5ed6a97ccb30(a)34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > On Jul 12, 8:25�am, Linda Fox <linda...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >> On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:20:29 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >A two year old is learning to lie or tell the truth. �If a two year >> >old sees its parents lie all the time, then the two year old is going >> >to do the same thing. >> >> Ho-kayyyy - tell us please, because we'd love to know, how a >> two-year-old can tell its parents are lying when it does not know the >> truth itself. Unless it's by watching the nose grow longer and longer. >> >> Linda ff > > A two year old is concerned about what works. If the two year old > sees that lying is more effective in getting results than telling the > truth, then that is what the two year old is going to start doing. > Atheists generally reward untruth. > Robert B. Winn Clueless idiot. -- Steve O a.a. #2240 (Apatheist Chapter) B.A.A.W.A. Convicted by Earthquack Exempt from purgatory by papal indulgence |