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To: jlallen who wrote (60623)	10/17/2014 5:00:14 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

I agree, (although I took the trouble once to determine if the question of god was unknowable). The way I see it, God is a lot like the NBA. No, I don't think God plays basketball. It's similar in the way that I really don't care about basketball and never think about it or read the sport page or wonder who would be on my fantasy team. I would happly never hear about basketball except for the fact that people I know and people I care about have an interest in the games. So, I watch some basketball because my nephew really likes the Spurs and I like my nephew and that can be an opportunity to hang with him for a couple hours and drink beer. Similarly I go to churches or synagogs , generally for weddings or funerals, and manage not to kick over the icons. I think it's silly to spend much time or money on basketball games and paraphernalia, but nobody makes me watch a game or buy a T-shirt. Religion starts to skirt a different area. The religous seem compelled to make people observe a moment of silence, or ignore their family planning, or grant tax exemptions. That is just plain wrong.

To: jlallen who wrote (60623)	10/18/2014 10:28:42 AM
From: Solon	Respond to of 69300

"I don't believe I said I was an atheist.... I did say I was a not a believer...." Just say you're a Donkey, TROLL boy. Keep it simple... internet trolls are indeed “Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Sadists”...".the associations between sadism and GAIT (Global Assessment of Internet Trolling) scores were so strong that it might be said that online trolls are prototypical everyday sadists." ... Buckels, Erin E., Paul D. Trapnell, and Delroy L. Paulhus. "Trolls just want to have fun."Personality and Individual Differences67 (2014): 97-102.”