I'm definitely an Atheist if by that you mean I proselytize, but I think Maher and Dawkins are both racist/sexist assholes.

Right. I think the best analogy is Saddam Hussein. He is a mass murdering dictator who just happened to be Muslim. No one with a brain would attribute his atrocities to Islam. If Saddam had been a Christian, Jew, or atheist, he would have done the exact same thing.

Just because Mao or Stalin were professed atheists, that doesn't mean they weren't spiritual, or had no conception of the afterlife, and it would be wrong to think that their religious upbringings had no bearing on their later actions.

Stalin, a trained seminarian, would've been well-acquainted with the afterlife. Mao,…

125 years ago organised religion was a compeditor to the state. sothe 2 had to fight each other for power. Just like ISIS is fighting Iraq / Syrian government right now. (The difference is that ISIS is arguably winning).

Sure, but not all of us Athiests are Assholes.

I recall someone — Neil Degrasse Tyson maybe? — labeling your former category (little "a" "atheists") as non-theists. I think that's a good term.

When a charlatan "Man of God" like this is so successful, it's easy to believe there is no God. Or that God has a wicked sense of humor.

I was just on the receiving end of this, and I LOST to my brother's friend. I actually wasn't upset about it though. And we've been fairly close most of our lives (maybe not quite as much within the past couple years, but no bad blood). I could not in good conscience support typical bachelor part behavior (call me…

To be fair Winslow would of fouled out on that second charge...but he should have had gotten at least one of those called on him..considering they called one on a tyus jones flop just moments before.

Excellent point!

So you think Mark McGwire was there to talk about the past?

Broken.

excellent and succinct analysis, sir. what the fuck is it doing here ?

It looks like it was stung by...

Ah, the dreaded Dihydrogen Monoxide...

The issue is that American parties aren't really political parties like the rest of the world has, they're more of a systemic construct for runoffs. In the US you proclaim yourself a Republican or Democrat and usually vote in a primary run by the government. The guy elected may be supported by a hierarchy, may not…

"Pussies"

Dammit, there goes my day

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