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Old 09-04-2009, 13:11   #859
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Re: The existence of God

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The latter I expect - but can you quote an example where "atheism" was the driver?
Little bit of a straw man there, imho since the term of Atheism originated in France in the mid 1500's.

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However. I do recall reading about the padres "blessing" the troops before they went out to kill the enemy. Hardly a "live and let live" attitude, is it?
To be fair, it was padres on both sides praying for their own soldiers well-being, they weren't saying "go out and kill the non-believers".
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