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Atheists & Agnostics

Curmudgeoness

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4. I just don't understand why more women are not atheists.

Reply to beam me up scottie (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 17, 2015, 04:36 PM

Sep 2015

I became an atheist in part from reading the Bible from the beginning. I was an atheist by the time I hit Numbers, which I could not get through.

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If you believe in original sin you're a misogynistic asshole. [View all] beam me up scottie Sep 2015 OP

Thanks for saying it. Curmudgeoness Sep 2015 #1

And they wonder why women and atheists are so angry. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #2

I just don't understand why more women are not atheists. Curmudgeoness Sep 2015 #4

More are becoming atheists all the time. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #6

I just don't understand why more women are not atheists AlbertCat Sep 2015 #7

Bad AlbertCat! beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #8

I was ready to tell you what to do to yourself. Curmudgeoness Sep 2015 #9

Yep, pretty much tkmorris Sep 2015 #3

The bible makes it awfully convenient to claim their bigotry is simply religious belief. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #5

Oh, aren't you just full of the "Jezebel Spirit", bmus? PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #10

I've had a rough day. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #11

I am with you 100%. The way Christianity mistreats women is what pushed my family away years ago. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #14

What a courageous woman. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #15

Yeah, the whole thing is pretty powerful. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #18

I'm still gobsmacked that people believe those myths at all. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #19

No shit. I was raised Evangelical so they take that shit literally. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #20

yes but it is an allegory with a secret hidden meaning! Warren Stupidity Sep 2015 #12

Yep. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #13

It also means nichomachus Sep 2015 #16

Ha ha! beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #17

you want I should kick some misogynistic asshole ass, beam me up scottie? Skittles Sep 2015 #21

Yes you do, Skittles, yes you do! beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #22

Rug has a message for you, BMUS. Curmudgeoness Sep 2015 #23

Tell rug I'm not up for being bullied tonight. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #24

You just did. Curmudgeoness Sep 2015 #25

I wonder if he can see what gesture I'm making right now... beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #26

He's ALWAYS watching. trotsky Sep 2015 #38

I've been saying this gaspee Sep 2015 #27

Most of the women I grew up with left the Church as soon as they could. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #28

I thought that Adam & Eve were both considered guilty of the supposed sin. DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #29

Who ate the apple? beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #30

And the following verses say DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #31

By forcing a human the size of a bowling ball out of a very small orifice? beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #32

Adam is punished because he let Eve tempt him Goblinmonger Sep 2015 #37

And her sin starts with listening to the serpent DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #39

Totally agree! LostOne4Ever Sep 2015 #33

Yes! beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author haikugal Sep 2015 #34

It's a little worse than that PATRICK Sep 2015 #36

And you're a moron to boot. Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #40

Yup. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #41

That just makes me so angry! mr blur Sep 2015 #42

Lol! beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #43