What Turned You Away from God?

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  1. Musika Last in Space Valued Senior Member

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    Barney Fife is reasonably contemporary.
     
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  3. Seattle Valued Senior Member

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    It's what religion with the marketing would look like.
     
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  5. Seattle Valued Senior Member

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    Not for anyone younger than 50.
     
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  7. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    Apparently you do, I'm just not buying.....

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  8. Musika Last in Space Valued Senior Member

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    Difficult to buy what no one is selling, no?
     
  9. Jeeves Valued Senior Member

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    What turned me away from the biblical god was the bible.
    What turned me away from the other gods were their stories, written by the people who believed in them.
    The stories are just sooo silly!
     
  10. Musika Last in Space Valued Senior Member

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    Marketing doesn't exist sans demographs, hence the suggestion to pay attention to the fine print in the analogies you choose to bring forth.
     
  11. Jeeves Valued Senior Member

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    ....and what turns me off proselytizers is their unrelenting nonsensical tedium.
     
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  12. RainbowSingularity Valued Senior Member

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    any religion that can not stand non violently on its own feet and debate its core essence is a cult.
     
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  13. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    I wouldn't know. I'm not in that market.
     
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  14. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    I'm glad to hear that other people of sound mind agree with me.
    That's more than can be said among the various theists. They have been at war for thousands of years, just over a "WORD".
     
  15. Jeeves Valued Senior Member

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    Which are the ones that can?
    No, wait, that was a bit glib. I'm not sure what standing non-violently means. Hinduism and Buddhism appear quite peaceful, though the histories of the believers are not and it's hard to separate faith from politics. Indeed, I think religion is politics, and faith is just another form of crowd-control.
     
  16. Beer w/Straw Transcendental Ignorance! Valued Senior Member

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    No.

    Belief in unicorns is reasonably contemporary.
     
  17. Musika Last in Space Valued Senior Member

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    Once again, you are on the record for losing track of what you are talking about
     
  18. Musika Last in Space Valued Senior Member

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    Despite having a long history of adherents, shooting one's self in the foot never appears to go out of fashion.
     
  19. Beer w/Straw Transcendental Ignorance! Valued Senior Member

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    Please, Sir, this would be the second time I've asked you as to how I've shot myself in the foot.

    Please, tell me how dumb I am, or just shut up as I have previously suggested.
     
  20. Beer w/Straw Transcendental Ignorance! Valued Senior Member

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    I'm a worthless human being
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    Should I kill myself, or, whatever.
     
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  21. Musika Last in Space Valued Senior Member

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    It has something to do with the fine print on the whole unicorn analogy thing ... bit hard to stage a raging "against" stance when nothing but chirping crickets fills the stadium, eh?
     
  22. Musika Last in Space Valued Senior Member

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    What would they put for a cause on your death certificate? Silliness?
     
  23. Beer w/Straw Transcendental Ignorance! Valued Senior Member

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    And maybe the correct answer.
     

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