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Old 06-11-2018, 04:52 AM
 
Location: S. Wales.
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No. I don't feel sorry for them as I am one and proud of it.
Well, let me ask you then - do you feel sorry for people who believe in the Other religions?
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Old 06-11-2018, 05:11 AM
 
Location: Coastal Georgia
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I feel sorry for the Jehovahs Witnesses, who have to go door to door, sometimes dragging children, when nobody wants to hear about their church.
In the Park last weekend, a woman and her daughter, who looked like they just hopped off a covered wagon, were accosting people.
It’s not at if there aren’t enough mainstream religions in the world. Why make up some new weird ones?

Last edited by mensaguy; 06-12-2018 at 05:00 AM.. Reason: We are NOT referring to Christian churches as cults.
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Old 06-11-2018, 09:39 AM
 
Location: Valencia, Spain
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It's like a publicly acceptable form of mental illness.
Indeed! If one replaced the name Jesus The Christ with the name Mary The Mermaid, we'd be locking them up in asylums.
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Old 06-11-2018, 09:34 PM
 
Location: S. Wales.
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i.., who looked like they just hopped off a covered wagon,


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Indeed! If one replaced the name Jesus The Christ with the name Mary The Mermaid, we'd be locking them up in asylums.

We're getting some good ones.
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Old 06-11-2018, 09:59 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Well, let me ask you then - do you feel sorry for people who believe in the Other religions?
Yes I do.
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Old 06-11-2018, 10:06 PM
 
Location: S. Wales.
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Yes I do.
Then that's why I feel sorry for all the others, including yours.
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Old 06-12-2018, 09:58 AM
 
Location: Coastal Georgia
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I’m religious, but not a church goer. I feel very sorry for people like Hasidic Jews or the Duggars, and I’m sure there are others. Any time children are raised without a full education, for the purpose of keeping them from choosing a different lifestyle, it seems like child abuse to me.
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Old 06-13-2018, 01:28 PM
 
Location: USA
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I’m religious, but not a church goer. I feel very sorry for people like Hasidic Jews or the Duggars, and I’m sure there are others. Any time children are raised without a full education, for the purpose of keeping them from choosing a different lifestyle, it seems like child abuse to me.
It’s definitely child abuse.

I visit my ultra-religious Christian fundamentalist parents once a year, but only out of a sense of moral obligation. I won’t shed a tear when they pass away.
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Old 06-14-2018, 01:33 PM
 
Location: "Arlen" Texas
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. . . Any time children are raised without a full education, for the purpose of keeping them from choosing a different lifestyle, it seems like child abuse to me.
Good point! It keeps them trapped from lack of opportunities.
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Old 06-14-2018, 03:29 PM
 
Location: 'greater' Buffalo, NY
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It’s definitely child abuse.

I visit my ultra-religious Christian fundamentalist parents once a year, but only out of a sense of moral obligation. I won’t shed a tear when they pass away.
I like your new take on your location. Good ol' DT of A
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