--almost like life happens whatever you believe...
All the crazy can exist more or less unexamined in the religious life e.g. you're a Mormon long before you seriously consider what that even means...
Did you have to become an atheist?
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"... in the game of chess, you can never let your adversary see your pieces" (C. Z. Brannigan, Futurama, "Love's Labours Lost in Space", 1999).
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who the fuck is on here that's not an atheist 
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One or two mild theists are here for the shit and giggles...
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What about me? I am a militant theist. Seriously.
I know that God exists. Want proof? Here's proof.
If you need more proof, just say so. I shall post links to pop songs by Depeche Mode.
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Cats are gods, but not gods as religion would have us believe.
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Every atheist is a fundamentalist.
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Atheism is just another faith.
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There's no such thing as atheism.
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Well, I didn't quite mean that!Hermit wrote:Atheism is just another faith.
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I know.Brian Peacock wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:21 amWell, I didn't quite mean that!Hermit wrote:Atheism is just another faith.
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Atheists hate God.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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I don't. I hate religions. Some less so than others.
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No point in hating non-existent things...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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Re: Did you have to become an atheist?
I heard that it once existed and caused the big bang.
As I was told, its last words were, "hold my beer."
As I was told, its last words were, "hold my beer."
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