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Old 06-19-2013, 08:00 AM
 
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Considering we are little more than apes barely out of caves and can't even fathom things like additional dimensions and the vastness of the universe....I'm glad to hear you've got it all figured out.
You're right. We can't fathom.

Which is why our cavemen ancestors invented their gods. To explain the universe.



The gods that contemporary human beings subscribe to are no different than the ones that predate them, or the ones that will inevitably replace them.


"The Old Gods, and the New."
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Old 06-19-2013, 08:07 AM
 
Location: My beloved Bluegrass
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It seems more and more like that's the case. I keep reading reports of antigay protestors getting caught sexually abusing children. I've seen lots of inferences that antigays are repressed homosexuals, but it seems to me they are just yelling loud to try and mask thier sick perversion of pedophilia..
*sigh* We really do fail to teach critical thinking, cause-and-effect, and logic in this country.
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Old 06-19-2013, 08:08 AM
 
Location: Michigan
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By that incredibly goofball theory, those who are loudest about republicans, conservatives, and TEABAGGERS are likely Republicans at heart. Right wing nut jobs of the worst kind. Closet conservatives.
Not necessarily closet conservatives, but there is often some characteristic projected onto others by those who are irrational and vitriolic, whether they are left, right, or center. For instance, those who answer any allegation of corruption or dishonesty in government, however modest the claim may be, with the epithet "conspiracy theory" are frequently given to conspiratorial views themselves, e.g. Hillary Clinton's "vast right wing conspiracy", etc.

Projection is a very real and well-attested psychological defense mechanism.
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Old 06-19-2013, 08:08 AM
 
Location: MO
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It seems more and more like that's the case. I keep reading reports of antigay protestors getting caught sexually abusing children. I've seen lots of inferences that antigays are repressed homosexuals, but it seems to me they are just yelling loud to try and mask thier sick perversion of pedophilia..
Well you said it, so it must be true!
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Old 06-19-2013, 08:10 AM
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Location: Florida
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Progressive logic (or lack thereof)... down is up. Up is down. Good is bad. Bad is good. We've entered the Bizzaro World.
Thanks for posting a perfect example of self-serving self-deception.
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Old 06-19-2013, 08:12 AM
 
Location: Middle of nowhere
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It seems more and more like that's the case. I keep reading reports of antigay protestors getting caught sexually abusing children. I've seen lots of inferences that antigays are repressed homosexuals, but it seems to me they are just yelling loud to try and mask thier sick perversion of pedophilia..
There are sick, twisted, people in every group.
But honestly, saying that antis are more likely to be pedophiles is no more correct than them saying that homosexuals are more likely to be pedophiles.
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Old 06-19-2013, 08:13 AM
 
Location: A great city, by a Great Lake!
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Thanks for posting a perfect example of self-serving self-deception.

Oh yeah, how so?
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Old 06-19-2013, 08:18 AM
bUU
 
Location: Florida
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Oh yeah, how so?
Do you understand what self-deception is and how it works? If so, how do you propose one would get you to abandon a vacuous position you publicly invested in? Answer: It can't be done. I have never seen such a reversal happen on C-D after someone has so boldly posted some self-deception like that.
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Old 06-19-2013, 08:27 AM
 
Location: A great city, by a Great Lake!
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Do you understand what self-deception is and how it works? If so, how do you propose one would get you to abandon a vacuous position you publicly invested in? Answer: It can't be done. I have never seen such a reversal happen on C-D after someone has so boldly posted some self-deception like that.

I hold no self-deception. I call it the way I see it. If you don't like it, you're free not to read or respond to my posts. Furthermore, you may want to harp on the OP for his ASSumption that anti-gays are secretly pedophiles! That is absolutely ridiculous, and you know it!
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Old 06-19-2013, 08:33 AM
bUU
 
Location: Florida
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I hold no self-deception.
If you're so certain then why did you ask for an explanation of why you were not?

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If you don't like it, you're free not to read or respond to my posts.
Or point out the problems I have with them.

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Furthermore, you may want to harp on the OP for his ASSumption that anti-gays are secretly pedophiles! That is absolutely ridiculous, and you know it!
And I already said it. You're evidently not paying attention to what folks are posting.
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