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TundraGrifter's avatar

toughsister:

Minutes. I give him another 10 minutes.

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TundraGrifter's avatar

And a love for the human race that tore him apart because he perceived the evil we do.

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TundraGrifter's avatar

This would be a good weekend to read Twain's "The War Prayer."

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Monsieur_Grumpe's avatar

Nice.

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bobbert's avatar

And at least one of them is the governor of an entire state.

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Lefty Mark's avatar

If I get too far behind on my tithe payments, will I be repossessed by demons?

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Tiny kaiju's avatar

Chester the cricket in Times Square?

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Incoming Ham's avatar

Which 1000 monkeys on Manhattans and meth took 5 years to type this fantastic ode?

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

"[T]hey all enjoyed speculating about theological possibilities far more than preaching certainties, which is why they’re so damned <strike>dangerous to fundamentalists. </strike>"

FIFY.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

The irony is certainly not lost on me...

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

how will you win hearts for Jeebus?

If history is any guide, sometimes you have to cut them out.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

"Man is the religious animal. He is the only religious animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion -- several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven."

-Twain

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Pierre_de_Fermat's avatar

Dok: Well, there is <i>The Mysterious Stranger</i> and a few others that were kind of ... bleak?

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Lot_49's avatar

Norman Mailer wrote a hilarious book review of <i>Huckleberry Finn</i> in which he criticized Twain for stealing all of his effects from other authors...who of course came after Twain and borrowed from him.

Well anyway it's hilarious when you read it.

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bobbert's avatar

Poontang Plenty? (I want to see if anyone else remembers Agent Oy-Oy-7).

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Dashboard Buddha's avatar

Copious Cu.....

I, I just can't.

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