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ACLJ: Decision on Camp Pendleton Memorial Cross imminent - San Diego Cultural Trends | Examiner.com |
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It's a bit much to post about this and then imply that all atheists are tyrannical and intolerant, as if every atheist in the U.S. agrees with the group trying to get those crosses taken down. |
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Last edited by BLUELINE976; 04-15-2012 at 09:43 PM.
The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended. - Frédéric Bastiat
I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to try and deny the same to others, at least as long as they refuse to keep their fantasies to themselves. - Christopher Hitchens
Formerly known as BLUELINE976
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? "tries to desecrate" ? "tyrannic and intolerant" ? |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended. - Frédéric Bastiat
I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to try and deny the same to others, at least as long as they refuse to keep their fantasies to themselves. - Christopher Hitchens
Formerly known as BLUELINE976
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The First Amendment issue here is that the government cannot EVER be in the business of promoting a religion. However, citizens are allowed to express and promote religions. The line gets very blurry and confusing when a citizen working for the government promotes a religion for his own citizen purposes while in a government setting. |
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
I live right next to camp pendleton O_O |
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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake
did you not watch your own clip? (the Navy chaplain name-checked my old Psych of Religion prof, btw). |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
Come on Ne-Yo, pipe up. Why do you support the mass killing of innocent school children? I don't get it. |
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Except no one is promoting a religion, these are 'battle crosses'. There's another cross on Camp Pen that's been there for decades that no one has ever seemed to have a problem with that one. So why now? |
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People don't always complain right away. Maybe the protestors didn't know about the other one or didn't feel enough support until recently. The same question can be asked about most protest movements. |
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
I'll take this tangent as you ceding that your use of the term "desecration" was inflammatory BS. |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
As long as it's all personal approval and personal funding, rather than state sanction and state funding, I really don't see what the problem is. |
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It doesn't share the same symbolic representation as Christianity. |
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The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended. - Frédéric Bastiat
I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to try and deny the same to others, at least as long as they refuse to keep their fantasies to themselves. - Christopher Hitchens
Formerly known as BLUELINE976
If I say something utterly retarded which also happens to be analogous to something a previous poster said, it's highly possible that I'm engaging in parody. |
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The most pathetic part is that she's still holding a long term grudge over missing stars or something of that nature. |
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Oh look, somebody's run out of arguments again. |
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But on a more serious note that was a cheap shot and I extend my apologies. Let's say you and I bury the hatchet and call it a truths because arguing with you all these years over silly stuff is getting old. Friends? |
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On the basis of your conduct pretty much anywhere else in the forums I'd say yes, but the problem is every so often you make a thread in R/S like this where you'll do something scary like blanket labelling everybody who doesn't believe in God as 'intolerant tyrants' on the basis of a tiny number of individuals. |
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