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PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:49 pm    Post subject: Public Survey on Evolution Reply with quote
I got this in my monthly E-Skeptic newsletter. I hope everyone here will consider taking this survey.

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I've completed that survey Mr P....but I still hate that piece of toast!!!
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I've completed that survey Mr P....but I still hate that piece of toast!!!


Sorry...I see nothing wrong with poking fun at lunacy. Think of it as not poking fun at Jesus or the religion, but at those that really think Jesus shows up on burnt bread.
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You can poke as much fun as you like at Jesus and the Religion....it is the people that matter to me.....because I am one of them...I don't wear their label...of Christian......but I did once!!!!

They might be deluded....but you will never, never, never be able to reach them....if you ridicule them in the first place.....you just alienate them....

I am sorry..Mr P.....I am on their side....I want to find a point of trust, respect and.....contact. Therefore, your toast...infuriates me....

But you are not your toast....and they are not their their 'label'.
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You can stand up there on your pedestal....and shout 'down' to the people and tell them how stupid and delusional they are....that is Pride.

Or you can get down among them....and understand...why they are so deluded.....that is Love!!!

MAKE UP YOUR MIND....what are you going to do????
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I am sorry..Mr P.....I am on their side....I want to find a point of trust, respect and.....contact. Therefore, your toast...infuriates me....

But you are not your toast....and they are not their their 'label'.


Are you really going to escalate this thread too? You should have just left it alone...but since you did not...

The fact is I do not care Penelope. You do not like my avatar go scratch...kay? It is a f'ing joke. Get over it. And...

THEY do NOT seem to want anything of the sort (trust and respect)...if we are talking about the people who believe in the toast. And if you are on their side, then you leave me no choice but to assume you are a dolt as well. Sorry.

You are expanding the toast to include everyone, I have said I am not doing that at all...just those that believe the toast is a host for Jesus, Mary &...how come it is never poor Joseph?
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Yeah well...it was uncalled for.
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It is very flattering to think that I my age I can extend anybody's thread!!!

Hmmm.....New avatar I see!!!! Cool - I'm saying nothing!!!
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It is very flattering to think that I my age I can extend anybody's thread!!!

Hmmm.....New avatar I see!!!! Cool - I'm saying nothing!!!


Good choice, because I guarantee you will absolutely hate the next avatar!
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