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    Quote Originally Posted by Factorem View Post
    Christians will continue to spread the Good News by the most effective means available to them.
    You can certainly try. I reserve the right to laugh at you though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cato View Post
    You can certainly try. I reserve the right to laugh at you though.
    The smugness emanating out of you never ceases to amaze me. As I said: best of luck laughing at Christians. People like you have been pointing the finger and persecuting for centuries. They haven't been particularly successful.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mr_anderson View Post
    What a classic example of evolution in action.
    Those who have adapted to the new electronic age have the edge over those who haven't.
    Actually the mis-application of Darwin there; social or economic Darwinism.
    Entirely subjective.
    Equating economic materialism with 'progress' is a complete delusion.

    (From observation, I can confidentally say that excessive mobile phone use makes people stupid, so the spread in their use is retro-evolutional.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cato View Post
    Dawkins is certainly not the best proponent. Not by a long shot. James, Santayana and Russell are far superior.
    The blurb on the back of one of his books said it all - ''makes the reader feel like he is a genius.''
    That and the full chapter he spent explaining how the astrology pages in the paper wouldn't give you accurate predictions.
    Tabloid writer - preaches to the stupid, much like his own assessment of religious manipulation of the gullable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by advertismo View Post
    Actually the mis-application of Darwin there; social or economic Darwinism.
    Entirely subjective.
    Equating economic materialism with 'progress' is a complete delusion.

    (From observation, I can confidentally say that excessive mobile phone use makes people stupid, so the spread in their use is retro-evolutional.)
    Where did I associate it with progress ?

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    I am very tempt to go, just to shoot him. I wouldnt mind going down in history as the man who shot Richard Dawkins.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mr_anderson View Post
    Where did I associate it with progress ?
    I didn't mean you, and I wasn't being particularly serious.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr.De-Regulation View Post
    I am very tempt to go, just to shoot him. I wouldnt mind going down in history as the man who shot Richard Dawkins.
    If you make him a martyr, his followers will make little Ikons of him, miracles will be reported.....
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    Over 6 decades, We oldies have purchased box cameras, valve radios, 78rpm record players, B/W tvs, transistor radios, cassette tapes, calculators, Electronic chess boards, CD players, PCs, digital cameras and Lap tops etc.

    OK, a mobile phone is no big deal to an evolved senior citizen.

    It's such a pity there are those unwilling to leave behind the ramblings of ancient charlatans.

    The great Carl Sagan was a gentle Atheist but he had nowhere near the impact of Richard Dawkins on the question of religions and their retardationary impact on millions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by advertismo View Post
    If you make him a martyr, his followers will make little Ikons of him, miracles will be reported.....
    I dont care about his beliefs, I just find him annoying.

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