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    "The Christian god can be easily pictured as virtually the same as the many ancient gods of past civilizations. The Christian god is a three headed monster; cruel, vengeful and capricious. If one wishes to know more of this raging, three headed beast-like god, one only needs to look at the caliber of the people who say they serve him. They are always of two classes: fools and hypocrites."

    -Thomas Jefferson

    Man, these guys were way harsher on Christianity than your modern day Dawkins or Hitchens type character;)

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    • and yet you subscribe to the same philosophies. exchange god for public. politicians for prophets. and buy into altruism ethics.
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    • ethics
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    • You're saying that's what the founding fathers believed?ukit
    • no. just think its funny how most people who dont buy into religion buy the same philosophy and collectivist ethics in politics.
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    • ethics in their political choices. a religious zealot to me is no smarter then a hc supporter
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    • they both prescribe to altrusim philosophy/ethics, and just differ in who they choose to serve. they should be friends
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    • Interesting analogy. Too bad the religious types don't typically believe in altruismMimio
    • Did you miss the indicting part of the quote where Jefferson calls them "fools and hypocrites"?Mimio
    • and not all liberals practice the altruism they preach either, but they should be friends. and yea i caught it.
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    • You are reading a lot into just not believing in God...it really doesn't have anything to do with liberalism. Ayn Rand was an atheist.ukit
    • an atheist. Oh and we're assuming there's something wrong with liberalism anyway;)ukit
    • yup wasnt focused much on the god as much as the similiarity in philosophies. i dont care if peopel believ ein god aliens or bigfoot, but it does give me insight about their critical thinking skills.
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    • bigfoot, but it does give insight into peoples critical thinking skills.
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