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You can also dig up some accounting-related posts between IBD and myself in which we both clearly disagree about some particulars (even though we are in agreement on most aspects).

Again, I'll take your word for it- accounting has never really been something I've been that interested in :-p.
 
You can also dig up some posts on the subject of Christianity. IBD is a self-proclaimed atheist (not to be confused with the religious belief that God does NOT exist) while ITN and I are both self-proclaimed Christians.

I had assumed that you were all Christian, thanks for pointing out that this isn't actually the case with IBD. Anyway, you seem to be saying that atheism shouldn't be confused with the religious belief that God doesn't exist. What I'd like to know is if you agree with the following introduction of Atheism from Wikipedia's page on Atheism:
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Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Atheism is contrasted with theism, which is the belief that at least one deity exists.
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Source:
 
ITN and I do attend churches of differing denominations (there's MANY different ones out there, and some churches are even non-denominational) but as Christians we both share the same core belief that Jesus Christ exists and is precisely who he says he is.

Not being a Christian myself (I'm Pantheist), I don't know that much about Christianity. I had vaguely heard of non-denominationalism, but didn't really know what it means. This is Wikipedia's introduction to the term:
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Non-denominational Christianity (or nondenominational Christianity) consists of churches, and individual Christians, which typically distance themselves from the confessionalism or creedalism of other Christian communities by not formally aligning with a specific Christian denomination yet still follow Protestantism.
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Source:

Would you agree with this definition of the term?
 
ITN is from Washington, I'm from Wisconsin, and IBD is from Maryland (I think?).

One could go on, but I would think that this is a good bit of evidence that we are different people.

Well, technicaly, a poster would have to believe that you (1) aren't lying and (2) actually know all of this to be true. But as I said, I never saw any evidence that any of you were the same person to begin with, so I've simply assumed that you were all different people from the get go. We're really just doing this for Lefty and perhaps a few other posters who may still have some strong doubts as to whether you're all truly different people.
 
Yes, I remember. I definitely think it's interesting that none of them chose to say anything here. Perhaps it's because you were the one inviting instead of me, but that doesn't mean I'd invite them myself.
Perhaps that's true. Many of them don't like me very much.
That got me thinking though- is TOP the only woman on the right in this forum?
I'm honestly not sure. I reckon there's gotta be more out there somewhere. Maybe Life is Golden is more right leaning and a woman? I don't remember.

It seems like there's lots of males on this forum in general, and the few women that do come to my mind right away (ThatOwlWoman, JadeDragon, Phantasmal, Margot) are all leftists. Oh wait, I don't think I asked Margot to participate in this thread.

@Margot Do you have any thoughts on this thread?
 
I'll take your word for it. I think there's enough people against what Israel's doing for me to focus my energy on other things.
That's mainly what I've been doing... I've been leaving that issue alone for others to discuss and argue over. I'm not the most vocal on here when it comes to "foreign affairs" topics in general; it's just not my cup of tea.
 
I had assumed that you were all Christian, thanks for pointing out that this isn't actually the case with IBD.
No problem. It's another key difference between us. While ITN and I are both believers in the Christian faith, IBD is not. A number of people on here will accuse him of being a Christian because he doesn't instinctively HAAAAAATE Christians like they do, but he's definitely not a flagbearer of the Christian faith like ITN and I are.
Anyway, you seem to be saying that atheism shouldn't be confused with the religious belief that God doesn't exist.
Right. I'd say that there are three main "camps" on this issue, if you will:

1) The theistic/religious belief that a god (or gods) exists. [This is the "camp" that ITN and I, as Christians, both fall under].

2) The theistic/religious belief that a god (or gods) DOES NOT exist. [This is what most people (I'd say incorrectly) call "atheism", and this is what your Wikipedia link (I'd say incorrectly) claims "atheism" is]. To avoid confusion with terminology, I will instead call this the "Church of No God" (ITN coined the term).

3) The nontheistic/nonreligious "lack of theism", or "without theism". IOW, maybe a god or gods exists and maybe a god or gods DOESN'T exist. [This is actually "atheism" and this is the "camp" that IBDaMann falls under]. This is what most people (I'd say incorrectly) claim "agnosticism" is.
What I'd like to know is if you agree with the following introduction of Atheism from Wikipedia's page on Atheism:
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Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Atheism is contrasted with theism, which is the belief that at least one deity exists.
**

Source:
Like pretty much everything that I've come across on Wikipedia, I find it to be erroneous (because it rejects the etymology of the prefix "a", such as in the word "atypical"). See above for how I would amend it.
 
Not being a Christian myself (I'm Pantheist), I don't know that much about Christianity. I had vaguely heard of non-denominationalism, but didn't really know what it means. This is Wikipedia's introduction to the term:
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Non-denominational Christianity (or nondenominational Christianity) consists of churches, and individual Christians, which typically distance themselves from the confessionalism or creedalism of other Christian communities by not formally aligning with a specific Christian denomination yet still follow Protestantism.
**
Source:

Would you agree with this definition of the term?
It seems like Wikipedia actually gets the gist of that one.
 
Who forces you to do anything with your body?
Who allows you to kill another living human?

If you are a dude then virtually no one.
Since he is a dude, he is not allowed to kill another living human.

If you are a woman then virtually every man think he has right to tell you what to do with your body.
False.

So now that we have resolved that you are not some sort of VICTIM! if you are not allowed to kill another living human, who allows you to kill another living human?

Sometimes it's for the life of the mother,
Far less than 1% of the time. These extremely rare occurrences were omitted from the beginning.

sometimes it's the result of a rape.
If you are raped, are you somehow allowed to kill another living human?

Sometimes it's the result of incest.
If you fuck your brother, does that earn you the right to kill another living human?

The question then is: why do YOU think YOU have a say?
I don't want you legitimizing killing supremacy for yourself or for any group of people. I think it's a totally shitty position to hold that you somehow get to kill living humans for your own convenience and that the rest of society should have no say in the matter.

You can expect that I will oppose your killing supremacy 100%, and if you are going to require that abortion be totally banned in order to end your killing supremacy then I will push for that 100% with a big "fuck you" along with it.
 
You can expect that I will oppose your killing supremacy 100%, and if you are going to require that abortion be totally banned in order to end your killing supremacy then I will push for that 100% with a big "fuck you" along with it.
Even if that happens, abortion will continue to happen regardless. And women will give you a big "fuck you".
 
Mine just stays the same old "boring" catbird. It does have some reasoning behind it, though.

1) The simplest reason is that they're my favorite bird. What they lack in appearance they more than make up for in personality.
2) I view a catbird as representative of a "conservative" similar to how I view a cowbird as representative of a "leftist". Catbirds can recognize their own eggs, so if a cowbird subsequently lays its eggs in a catbird nest (expecting the catbird to raise its young FOR it), the catbird will actually eject those foreign eggs from its nest. I view that as representative of "rejecting the socialism of leftists".
3) Catbirds are also rather good mimics. They can (quite well!) mimic the calls of other bird species. In fact, during breeding season, male catbirds will attempt to impress females with all sorts of mimicry vocalizations that they've learned over the years. The better a male is at this, the more a female will view the male as "experienced" and "resourceful" (IOW, as a good mate). As this relates to JPP and my avatar, I personally enjoy mimicking the vocalizations of leftists from time to time (poking fun at them).
4) A catbird's preferred habitat is within dense shrubs/thickets and they are generally reclusive. I find that behavior to be representative of my own behavior.

All very interesting, thanks for sharing :-). For the record though, I find that some leftists are great and would never do the type of thing that cowbirds do.

Speaking of birds, I like to think I have a type of spirit bird- the golden eagle, which is native to the Canadian province I was born in. I think it may also be as close as it gets to what you might call my dream bird- the phoenix. I'm not sure when I first heard about the phoenix, but Marvel Comics' phoenix certainly made a big impression on me. The phoenix has -usually- been possessed by a woman in their stories, but there were a few exceptions when it wasn't. I also found stories of the phoenix before the X-Men to be quite good too. Even made a poem about the phoenix once, which I could remember it now.
 
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