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	<title>Comments on: What They Didn&#8217;t Ask at the Megachurch</title>
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		<title>By: Brian</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/10/17/what-they-didnt-ask-at-the-megachurch/#comment-542087</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Alright you ignorant atheists... if there is no god, then HOW DOES THE SUN KEEP ORBITING THE EARTH?  BAM!

  You see people, that&#039;s how you deal with atheist skum.  With LOGIC!  Hit that bullseye and the rest of the dominoes will come down like a house of cards... CHECKMATE!

And on that note...

Dunt dun duuh DAAAAHHHH!

!!!!!!!!!MY ATHEIST STORE!!!!!!!!!

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zazzle.com/briman232*&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Aristotle&#039;s Muse&lt;/a&gt;

This is my store.  Maybe wearing an atheist T-shirt won&#039;t change the world, but enough of them just might.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alright you ignorant atheists&#8230; if there is no god, then HOW DOES THE SUN KEEP ORBITING THE EARTH?  BAM!</p>
<p>  You see people, that&#8217;s how you deal with atheist skum.  With LOGIC!  Hit that bullseye and the rest of the dominoes will come down like a house of cards&#8230; CHECKMATE!</p>
<p>And on that note&#8230;</p>
<p>Dunt dun duuh DAAAAHHHH!</p>
<p>!!!!!!!!!MY ATHEIST STORE!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/briman232*" rel="nofollow">Aristotle&#8217;s Muse</a></p>
<p>This is my store.  Maybe wearing an atheist T-shirt won&#8217;t change the world, but enough of them just might.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/10/17/what-they-didnt-ask-at-the-megachurch/#comment-521762</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Nothing will change&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Come on guys, we can evolve! :) It will eventually change...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Nothing will change</p></blockquote>
<p>Come on guys, we can evolve! <img src='http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  It will eventually change&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: YoungAtheist</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/10/17/what-they-didnt-ask-at-the-megachurch/#comment-521079</link>
		<dc:creator>YoungAtheist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The best thing a Christian can say to a &quot;non-believer&quot; to spread the love would be: You accept my beliefs, and I will accept yours.  Cooperation and common acceptance are the best things that can happen between Atheists/Agnostics and Religious people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The best thing a Christian can say to a &#8220;non-believer&#8221; to spread the love would be: You accept my beliefs, and I will accept yours.  Cooperation and common acceptance are the best things that can happen between Atheists/Agnostics and Religious people.</p>
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		<title>By: caseywollberg</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/10/17/what-they-didnt-ask-at-the-megachurch/#comment-520848</link>
		<dc:creator>caseywollberg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;What the hell is wrong with being short?!?&quot;

Lol! What the hell is wrong with preferring to think of oneself as tall?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;What the hell is wrong with being short?!?&#8221;</p>
<p>Lol! What the hell is wrong with preferring to think of oneself as tall?</p>
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		<title>By: caseywollberg</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/10/17/what-they-didnt-ask-at-the-megachurch/#comment-520845</link>
		<dc:creator>caseywollberg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I’m an agnostic and most of the atheists I know are angry, bitter, self-righteous, and arrogant.&quot;

I don&#039;t think you know what &quot;agnostic&quot; really means. And if that is your experience of atheists, I have a question. Could it be that such a response is justified in specific cases? After all, you know what it&#039;s like to be driven crazy by others&#039; arguments. It may even be that you are projecting your own anger, bitterness, self-righteousness, and arrogance onto their remarks. Perhaps instead of being driven crazy you should calmly consider their arguments: they are most likely valid.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I’m an agnostic and most of the atheists I know are angry, bitter, self-righteous, and arrogant.&#8221;</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think you know what &#8220;agnostic&#8221; really means. And if that is your experience of atheists, I have a question. Could it be that such a response is justified in specific cases? After all, you know what it&#8217;s like to be driven crazy by others&#8217; arguments. It may even be that you are projecting your own anger, bitterness, self-righteousness, and arrogance onto their remarks. Perhaps instead of being driven crazy you should calmly consider their arguments: they are most likely valid.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/10/17/what-they-didnt-ask-at-the-megachurch/#comment-519286</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Found your blog via StumbleUpon.

I just want to thank you for your attitude on religion, and for sharing it. I&#039;m an agnostic and most of the atheists I know are angry, bitter, self-righteous, and arrogant. They drive me crazy when religion comes up, and they give people like us a bad name.

So its a breath of fresh air to see stuff like this :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Found your blog via StumbleUpon.</p>
<p>I just want to thank you for your attitude on religion, and for sharing it. I&#8217;m an agnostic and most of the atheists I know are angry, bitter, self-righteous, and arrogant. They drive me crazy when religion comes up, and they give people like us a bad name.</p>
<p>So its a breath of fresh air to see stuff like this <img src='http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Mitchell</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mitchell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Love has been usurped by religion to give it legitimacy ... love needs no words to reflect its intent ... people have been trying to capture love with words for thousands of years ... someone asking what they can say to convince another of their love, for a non believer, with words ... is asking how they hide their guilt for feeling pity ... in my opinion</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love has been usurped by religion to give it legitimacy &#8230; love needs no words to reflect its intent &#8230; people have been trying to capture love with words for thousands of years &#8230; someone asking what they can say to convince another of their love, for a non believer, with words &#8230; is asking how they hide their guilt for feeling pity &#8230; in my opinion</p>
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		<title>By: Erik</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/10/17/what-they-didnt-ask-at-the-megachurch/#comment-518837</link>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s always awesome to see/hear about friendly dialog occurring between believers and nonbelievers on the subject of belief. It is just such a politically incorrect topic that really should be addressed in a much more public manor and more often.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s always awesome to see/hear about friendly dialog occurring between believers and nonbelievers on the subject of belief. It is just such a politically incorrect topic that really should be addressed in a much more public manor and more often.</p>
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		<title>By: danielle</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/10/17/what-they-didnt-ask-at-the-megachurch/#comment-518558</link>
		<dc:creator>danielle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Re: &quot;Are you still practicing non-violence&quot;

I wonder what they expected you to say?  &quot;No! In fact, I beat up an old lady on the way here and I eat babies for dinner.&quot;

In any case, I think this is awesome.  I empathize with the story of the girl who came to you in tears, as that reflects so much of my fundamentalist upbringing. It wasn&#039;t until college that I was really able to explore, learn, and find answers to so many of my questions.  I was disowned after college for getting engaged to someone who was (at the time) Catholic--since Catholics aren&#039;t &quot;real Christians.&quot;  

Now I live a very happy, very fulfilled, godless life.  I&#039;ve since reconciled with my parents, but they still try to guilt me back to the church.

It&#039;s refreshing to see a church so open to dialogue.  I wish more were like this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re: &#8220;Are you still practicing non-violence&#8221;</p>
<p>I wonder what they expected you to say?  &#8220;No! In fact, I beat up an old lady on the way here and I eat babies for dinner.&#8221;</p>
<p>In any case, I think this is awesome.  I empathize with the story of the girl who came to you in tears, as that reflects so much of my fundamentalist upbringing. It wasn&#8217;t until college that I was really able to explore, learn, and find answers to so many of my questions.  I was disowned after college for getting engaged to someone who was (at the time) Catholic&#8211;since Catholics aren&#8217;t &#8220;real Christians.&#8221;  </p>
<p>Now I live a very happy, very fulfilled, godless life.  I&#8217;ve since reconciled with my parents, but they still try to guilt me back to the church.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s refreshing to see a church so open to dialogue.  I wish more were like this.</p>
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		<title>By: Ken</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I *swear* I’m not that short. I’m just leaning.&quot;

What the hell is wrong with being short?!?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I *swear* I’m not that short. I’m just leaning.&#8221;</p>
<p>What the hell is wrong with being short?!?</p>
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