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Comment by Joan Denoo on January 28, 2013 at 9:17pm -
sk8eycat, your comments offer pearls of great price! I'll keep you informed.
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Comment by sk8eycat on January 28, 2013 at 9:04pm -
Joan, pease let us all know when/if you get a reply. I keep looking at that sign, and whether the photo is real or fake, it's typical xian arrogance.
"Jesus loves me (but not you)."
Hah! But I love me; I don't need an imaginary friend to make me feel worthwhile.
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Comment by Joan Denoo on January 28, 2013 at 8:48pm
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Grinning Cat, you are a good sleuth; I've gone north and south and east and west around that corner and I can't get a good view of the sign. If the sign is a fake, I owe that church an apology for accusing them of something they did not do; however, I went to the church site and challenge their basic premise.
I sent them an email and look forward to their response.
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Comment by sk8eycat on January 28, 2013 at 8:12pm
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Dear Grinning Cat, the sign's frame looks genuine, but the removable lettering and spacing look somewhat different from the sign in the Google Maps photo. Of course, Google Maps and Google Earth only update images a couple of times a year. If that often.
I just checked my own address on Garble Earth, and it still shows the car I sold last summer sitting in the driveway....
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Comment by Grinning Cat on January 28, 2013 at 6:01pm -
That "logical/theological" church sign looks real to me -- more detailed than the usual church sign generator output. In any case, that particular Baptist church is real and shows up on Google Street View. They also have a website.
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Comment by Loren Miller on January 28, 2013 at 1:48pm -
Logical thinking may encourage or discourage you, depending on your own personal bent and capacity for understanding data you're presented with. Theological thinking is MAGICAL THINKING, which can do anything it wants and doesn't answer to fact or reality ... so sure it can be encouraging, as certainly as it can be utterly and absolutely DELUSIONAL.
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Comment by Joan Denoo on January 28, 2013 at 1:01pm
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Tony Carroll, that sign says it all; even if religious people can think, many choose not to. Yes, reasoning requires effort, math takes work, science overwhelms because of the diversity; that is exactly why religion may be necessary to make people feel good, but life involves far more than feelings.
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Comment by Idaho Spud on January 28, 2013 at 12:32pm -
Tony, that sign, and others like it are incredibly stupid. Almost beyond belief. In fact, I still do have a slight doubt that they are real.
I see quite a few on atheist websites, and they appear to be real, but there is still that lingering thought in the back of my mind that says no one can be that stupid can they?
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Comment by booklover on January 28, 2013 at 8:21am
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sk8eycat, that is wonderful how you help-out doing what you can!
Tony, that sign does boggle the mind. Do they seriously not know what they are saying? OMS!!!!
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