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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 5 February | 140 comments (138 topical, 2 editorial, 0 hidden)

what on earth led them to believe they could or should do such a thing ?

Baptists from the USA. They were probably wacko proselytizing fundies, and thought Gawd approves.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Feb 5th, 2010 at 06:25:37 AM EST
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Absolutely. "These children are so in need of God's love", said their spokeslady on TV.

Which God, of course, needed the agency of these fundies to be able to lavish. Having just slipped up in the expression of His love by putting the kids through a 200K-death earthquake.

God is such a wanker.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Feb 5th, 2010 at 06:31:50 AM EST
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Re: World (none / 1)

Have just had a book by one of my old professors turn up in the post entitled "Forgivness, how religion endangers morality" I'm sure he'd have had something to say on the matter.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Feb 5th, 2010 at 06:39:13 AM EST
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