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struggle4progress

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24. It's a strange slogan. It presumes that "good person" and "bad person" are somehow

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 12:20 AM

Jan 2019

invariant and non-overlapping categories, so "good people do good things" and "bad people do bad things," but then tries to become less idiotic by admitting "good people can do bad things" -- which it wants to attribute to the influence of a vague and undefined force, called "religion"

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With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but... [View all] NeoGreen Jan 2019 OP

Religion (and faith) create the framework. trotsky Jan 2019 #1

Yeah, religion is never used to make good people do bad things Major Nikon Jan 2019 #5

He's a smart guy. Donald Trump should have him visit the White House MineralMan Jan 2019 #2

They can have tea leftieNanner Jan 2019 #26

So the evil that the Chinese Government is currently engaging in is because of..... guillaumeb Jan 2019 #3

Yeah, whatabout those Chinese "atheists" Major Nikon Jan 2019 #4

#Whataboutism n/t trotsky Jan 2019 #6

The conflation of Chinese Government/Atheism persecution of christians is a RWNJ meme... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #7

Dude, if he can't whatabout the Chinese government, he's got nothing to say. trotsky Jan 2019 #8

Dude, if all he has is 'whatabouts' of the Chinese government... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #9

Robust dialogue? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #11

Posting what is actually going on in China guillaumeb Jan 2019 #10

This thread is not about that. Your attempt to make it about MineralMan Jan 2019 #12

Yes, yes. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #14

.. MineralMan Jan 2019 #16

Ah, more "eye for an eye" justice. trotsky Jan 2019 #17

There is no point in attempting to discuss 'reality' with anyone who... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #13

More "dialogue"? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #15

Correct, it is not dialog, it is a dismissal... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #18

How heartbraking. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #19

Is the heartbraking pedal the one on the left or the right? MineralMan Jan 2019 #21

Yes. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #23

What does a discussion about Frederick Douglass have to do with China? MineralMan Jan 2019 #20

The typical blend of ad hominem and reaction to what is done here constantly. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #22

Probably because you bring it up every time you can Lordquinton Jan 2019 #25

The spokesperson for MM? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #27

Avoiding the comment? Lordquinton Jan 2019 #35

Not the topic at hand. Stop with the distraction. bitterross Jan 2019 #29

Your objection is noted. eom guillaumeb Jan 2019 #30

And it will, based on the past, be ignored. /nt bitterross Jan 2019 #32

Given the constant such diversions here, guillaumeb Jan 2019 #33

Tradition, for tradition's sake is not good. bitterross Jan 2019 #36

And simplistic, reductionistic memes are not good either. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #37

Eye for an eye justice. trotsky Jan 2019 #38

Literal Jesus or metaphorical Jesus? Major Nikon Jan 2019 #43

It's a strange slogan. It presumes that "good person" and "bad person" are somehow struggle4progress Jan 2019 #24

I think you are right, but people tend to think in categories marylandblue Jan 2019 #34

So a good athiest qazplm135 Jan 2019 #28

And who defines what a good atheist is? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #31

What??? Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #40

Read #s 28 and 31 in sequence. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #41

What??? Major Nikon Jan 2019 #42

In addition... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #39