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    Quote Originally Posted by domer76 View Post
    Angel?



    Tell us about the logistics of all those animals on one boat. You know the children’s story. The one where the rainbow was invented.
    did you think the rainbow was invented?.........as I recall it was created......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ralph View Post
    Apparently our nation was created by "wing nuts".....all 50 states reference GOD in their constitutions. Our courts require an oath sworn before God in order to be under oath. Even our politicians are required to place a hand on the Holy Bible and swear an oath before God...even the democrats. And show me one person that does not endorse spending money with the oath "in God we Trust" engraved upon it?

    And what does that make our Supreme Court? A group of nuts? When you walk up the steps to the building that houses our most Supreme Court....we find the lawgivers facing MOSES as he is holding the 10 commandments. And more clearly? When you open the twin doors to go in? You find a list of the 10 commandments of God.

    What about the bible verses itched all over the buildings in DC?

    James Madison was clearly a nutjob (the father of our constitution). "We have staked the whole of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, TO SUSTAIN OURSELVES ACCORDING TO THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF GOD." -- James Madison


    Leave it up to snowflakes to revisit history actual and declare our founders.... WING NUTS.

    They didn't believe in the Rapture or the Scofield heresy.
    He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. Thomas Paine

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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    is that the sound of the angel Gabriel swinging his sword at your head?.....
    No, that's the tumor in your brain.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LV426 View Post
    Well, I don't think there's any worth in religion. Full stop.

    Secondly, dogma is rigidity of thought, and religion is dogma. Hence, religion is rigidity of thought.
    For something you find has no worth, you spend a lot of time talking about it moron. You will bow before God, and confess him Lord, like it or not! I don't care if you believe it or not just in case you wondered!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolverine View Post
    For something you find has no worth, you spend a lot of time talking about it moron.
    You're the ones who bring up your religion as the justification for pretty much everything you believe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolverine View Post
    You will bow before God, and confess him Lord, like it or not!
    (Waits for lightning bolt to come from sky)

    (still waiting)

    (still waiting)

    Whoops! Was that God? Nope, just a normal afternoon thunderstorm in the South...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolverine View Post
    I don't care if you believe it or not just in case you wondered!
    So...you are commanding I bow before God, but say you don't care if I do?

    How's that work?
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    Quote Originally Posted by LV426 View Post
    You're the ones who bring up your religion as the justification for pretty much everything you believe.
    You started the thread fool!

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    Quote Originally Posted by LV426 View Post
    So...you are commanding I bow before God, but say you don't care if I do?

    How's that work?
    I command nothing, but you will bow before God, I can only pray this conversation flashes before your eyes when you do answer for your lack of faith!

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    Quote Originally Posted by LV426 View Post
    A study published in the journal Neuropsychologia has shown that religious fundamentalism is, in part, the result of a functional impairment in a brain region known as the prefrontal cortex. The findings suggest that damage to particular areas of the prefrontal cortex indirectly promotes religious fundamentalism by diminishing cognitive flexibility and openness—a psychology term that describes a personality trait which involves dimensions like curiosity, creativity, and open-mindedness.
    https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/sci...Ev-GPn7NK5_Mfg

    Neuropsychologia is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that focuses on cognitive neuroscience. It was established in 1963, and is published by Elsevier.
    scary

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolverine View Post
    You started the thread fool!
    Yeah, as a response to your religious-based arguments against abortion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolverine View Post
    I command nothing, but you will bow before God
    This is cognitive dissonance.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolverine View Post
    I can only pray this conversation flashes before your eyes when you do answer for your lack of faith!
    I thought God forgave everyone? Wasn't that the point of crucifying his son/himself?
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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    did you think the rainbow was invented?.........as I recall it was created......


    Only after that “flood”? You bet, Jethro.

    Waiting for the answer on the boat animals as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolverine View Post
    I command nothing, but you will bow before God, I can only pray this conversation flashes before your eyes when you do answer for your lack of faith!
    So the God you worship demands you bow before him, and if you don't, he'll smite you?

    Who wants to worship an insecure deity like that anyway?

    Someone with serious daddy issues...
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