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Where were you on this one, Woicik?

Cleve in the second

Oh I absolutely agree, all children are born scientists.

Lopez is almost as good right?

There's no such thing as a whole in your soul. That's just another imaginary ailment invented by religion so they can sell you an imaginary cure. Here's some Ingersoll on yo asses Amen.

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overly attached girlfriend is really?

I won't need it but thanks. :)

True story.

Um what? So much for the power of prayer!

It doesn't become less of a threat simply because the one making the threat can carry through with it. It's still a threat and it's still coercion. And it has nothing to do with "choosing the ways of the world, it's about one thing" - belief in Christ, and acceptance of him as your savior and...

So threatening someone isn't an attempt to influence them?

Again, already covered. In Christian-lore we cannot choose not to sin. So any of these arguments where the police punish you for a conscious decision you made to violate the law are invalid. In order to get a true parallel, we would have to invent a world where the government has outlawed...

This has already been covered.

The consequences of following/not following the rules should be their own retribution. For instance, I can drink antifreeze or I cannot. The consequences are entirely related to the decision made and nothing further. If my body has an adverse reaction that is my own issue. But you cannot make...

Only if the police made something noone can avoid doing - like "Breathing" - a crime, and then decided you could stay out of jail if you would just sing songs about how great the police are all day. But that would make them absolute asshole tyrants. Kind of like God.

God: Worship me or go to hell. Person: I don't want to. God: Go to hell. "Coercion"

Coercion (play /koʊˈɜrʃən/) is the practice of forcing another party to behave in an involuntary manner (whether through action or inaction) by use of threats or intimidation or some other form of pressure or force

Oh right I forgot hell is awesome, carry on.

Coercion (play /koʊˈɜrʃən/) is the practice of forcing another party to behave in an involuntary manner (whether through action or inaction) by use of threats or intimidation or some other form of pressure or force Worship me and go to heaven or don't and go to hell is coercion. Any idiot who...