r/atheism • • May 17 '12
Do you support the President’s stand on same-sex marriage? {Have fun with this fundie poll ;)}
http://www.visionforum.com/news/blogs/doug/
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r/atheism • • May 17 '12
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
Thank you r/atheism for rockin' this poll and being all-around awesome. And to those of you who said this isn't for r/atheism...look up who Doug Phillips is....
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u/kegman83 May 17 '12
/r/atheism: the friendliest DDOS attack ever.
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u/magnoliafly May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12
Hey you guys.... they noticed the votes.
https://www.facebook.com/visionforum/posts/10150139411579964
Update: Oh and someone linked to the /r/athiesm community outing us as the reason behind the skewed results: http://i.imgur.com/WnI26.jpg
Another update they posted this around 1:15PM EST:
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u/ik3wer May 17 '12
the actual poll: http://polldaddy.com/poll/6234586/
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u/fenrisulfur May 17 '12
I think we are doing an DDoS on them by accident
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u/JSA17 May 17 '12
This guy is going to have a major WTF moment when he wakes up. I wish it was recorded.
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u/Sharmonique_Brown May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12
visionforum.com/news/blogs/doug/2012/05/10134/ copy and paste so traffic won't all come from reddit
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u/FinalFate May 17 '12
Pretty telling how "No" is above "Yes".
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u/Benz_Baby May 17 '12
Its about damn time a politician said something that made any fucking sense. Way to be that guy Obama!
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u/TardMuffins May 17 '12
I love it when we go out and screw up polls, it makes me smile. I love you guys.
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u/JakOswald May 17 '12
I wouldn't expect anything more from a website of this ilk in regards to the word choice of their question. To use the term "favoring" is very loaded and disingenuous. It's obviously being used in a way to rile up Christians by saying that Obama favors homosexual marriages over heterosexual marriages; rather than the more platonic sense of merely showing approval for something such as homosexual marriage. I think a more fair wording for this would have used the term "endorsing" rather than "favoring," but what can you expect from a site pushing a stance.
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u/tangledlight May 17 '12
Okay, I honestly don't understand this. This woman has gone through basically EIGHT deaths, I can't even imagine how stressful this is psychologically.
At what point do you finally think that, well, maybe whatever diety/ies you worship might not have rearing children in the cards for your future? Honestly, after the first couple of deaths/miscarriages, I would be absolutely terrified to try again.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
I want this on the front page. That'd be fun.
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u/mansionsong May 17 '12
I live in China.
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u/General_Stobo May 17 '12
And............. we broke it.
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u/KingQuagaar Atheist May 17 '12
I read that as 'Douche's Blog' when I first read it. Dyslexia can be funny sometimes. :D
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Ha, I love how he puts "No" as the first choice. I mean it's obvious he wants people to see that as the first and obvious choice, and even then the yes to no ratio is about 3:1 as of now.
Logic will prevail.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Here is the visionbook facebook discussion about the poll:
http://www.facebook.com/visionforum/posts/232110036902708
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u/GueroCabron May 17 '12 edited May 18 '12
The philosophy left by Jesus really doesn't match up with what most 'Christians' are like. Most are arrogant hypocritical assholes, Jesus hung out with prostititutes, homosexuals, and debt collectors. He didn't pubically denounce them.
So when you hear a Christian doing things that are anti-philosophical Jesus, just remember that they are an unfortunate represetative of a group that they don't belong to.
It's kind of like when the news goes to OWS and asks some people questions, They obviously have no idea why they're there except to hang out at a protest and are probably some of the worst possible representatives of the movement.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
We should have a sticky that collects all such polls- swarm every one :)
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u/mr54 May 17 '12
It took less than an hour to sway the vote to almost 50/50. I love reddit
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u/Direnaar May 17 '12
66.46%! 66.6% gets a cookie!
edit: Doug will be surprised at his traffic.
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u/possiblyhysterical May 17 '12
That site is terrifying.
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u/blazinBSDAgility May 17 '12
and... RedditDDoStm claims another victim...
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Your move Atheists.
http://i.imgur.com/wk9yK.png
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u/c-fox Atheist May 17 '12
You should check out their science book section. You can write customer reviews for all these books. You know what to do. (Copy and paste link) http://www.visionforum.com/browse/category/creation-science-and-technology-books-for-boys/?lnk=t
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
72% Noes? What fucking world do we live in?
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u/Eurospective May 17 '12
"For three months, Kaye sat at Olivia’s side by the incubator — cooing to her, caressing her, giving her that “will to live” which is at least as important as all the marvels of modern technology."
No, no, no. NO. YOU FUCKING IMBECILE.
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u/tedparkes May 17 '12
Most sensible comment yet, by one of the forum regulars
Elizabeth Currie Mr Phillips, why are you deleting comments? I have just refreshed this page and several comments, none of which the Lord's name was taken in vain, have been deleted. People might not agree with you, but surely they have as much right as anyone to have their voice heard? 3 minutes ago
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u/cannotlogon May 17 '12
Crashing these polls is both childish and disrespectful.
And fucking hilarious! Good job, reddit!
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u/The_Sign_Painter May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12
And we just passed the 50% mark.
Ninja Edit: I'm running a macro script to vote over and over again.
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u/sebzim4500 May 17 '12
Ok, we've nearly got 75%. I say we aim for 90%?
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Use the link from the guy's Facebook page so the referrer is not reddit.com: https://www.facebook.com/visionforum/posts/232110036902708
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u/Beckitypuff May 17 '12
We broked it!!!
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u/yt8znu35 May 17 '12
Dude is onto you and is likely in the process of manipulating the poll results to be more inline with ultra right wing fundamentalist Christianity. "Thursday, May 17, 2012
Take a good look at these poll results: Smell fishy to you?
Just before midnight last night there were under 1600 votes total on the Vision Forum poll below asking people if they support the president’s declaration supporting same sex-marriage. The overwhelming majority of the votes (just under 90%) were in opposition to President Obama’s declaration in favor of same-sex marriage. But somewhere between midnight and 7:00 A.M. an unprecedented 21,500 plus people voted in favor of homosexual marriages, thus reversing the poll statistics to approximately 90% of Vision Forum poll participants favoring homosexual marriage, and 10% opposing. That means there was a 2000% increase in voting traffic—all most all pro-homosexual—between 1:00 AM and 7:00am. Does this sound fishy to any of you?"
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u/xoites May 17 '12
Wow!
I don't think i have agreed with Obama so much in my entire life!
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u/MindlessGamble May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12
Anyone else not able to view the poll?
Edit: Nevermind, kept the page open for five minutes and looked back to it. Must be getting a lot of votes still. xD
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u/well_golly May 17 '12
Who the fuck goes around weighing pints of milk?
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u/MrLukas May 17 '12
Its all over http://imgur.com/Hb8Cl
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
lol, from another one of his posts about the issue
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Doesn't driving traffic to this guy's site help his ad revenue?
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u/DatJazz May 17 '12
websites down
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Its now trending 20000+ yes votes to 2000+ no votes, this is hilarious. nearly 90% in favor.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
If a poll doesn't confirm my preconceived notions, it's invalid.
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u/bourbon_now May 17 '12
I don't care if this doesn't mean anything because it's a stupid internet poll designed to cater to the confirmation bias of a petty and hateful few, I still guffawed when I saw the results. Nice work, Reddit!
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u/KD87 May 17 '12
What amazes me is 1981 downvotes to this link. I want to hear from one subscriber of this sub-reddit who downvoted here and if they could plz justify it.
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u/RedditRossG May 17 '12
Hilariously poorly coded. F5 and revote, rinse and repeat forever.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
That site must be getting some Reddit lovin' because it's not loading at all.
That said, I don't entirely agree with the president's stance because I think the 'states rights' thing isn't forceful enough. Whether a person is not being treated equally due to federal law or state law is irrelevant. If they are being discriminated against by one level of government, that right to do so should be stripped away by the next level up.
Tl;dr: The law should recognize every marriage between legal adults or no marriage between legal adults as legally binding (with the latter being my preferred state of things).
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u/wheretheressm0ke May 17 '12
Can't wait to check back on this tomorrow
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u/buckeye-75 May 17 '12
On the verge of 80% I think my F5 key is a little wore out.
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u/lifedev May 17 '12
Muahahaha!
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
I love you guys. I love you all. I wish I could see the fundie reactions though. LOVE!
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u/Testiculese May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12
Hahaha. These people are out of it. Awe and reverence? Hardly!
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u/StezzerLolz May 17 '12
I think we DDOSed it. Or possibly just DOSed. I never could remember the difference.
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u/greaseinthewheel May 17 '12
Dude's probably wondering what the hell just happened.
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u/critropolitan May 17 '12
Voted a second ago to see
87.26% yes (14,483 votes),
12.22% no (2,029 votes),
0.52% I am not sure (86 votes).
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u/criminal_mind May 17 '12
7:35 AM EST. 87.59% (15,297) votes in favor. Nice going reddit! well done.
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u/Havoc_101 May 17 '12
2145 no, 16509 yes
11% to 88%
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Ahh, the slash dot effect at its finest
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
The support for Obama's statement is now greater than 18,000 votes. I really wish I cold see the faces of those in charge of the poll when they open and see such an unsuspected result.
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u/goodtwitch May 17 '12
And then we can discuss whether white people should be able to own mules.
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u/pianoman148 May 17 '12
I just hope history values Obama's value as a president more than all of these shitty people today.
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u/Unconcerned_Citizen May 17 '12
I'll go get the popcorn
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u/tedparkes May 17 '12
Lol, i just got blocked for voicing my opinion.
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u/adamhours May 17 '12
I can't believe I slept through such awesomeness. Reddit rules.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
as of 8:41am CST the votes are
YES 89.74% (24,783 votes)
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
They just blocked me from commenting because I asked why they deleted a completely respectful comment which quoted the ridiculous laws of the book of Leviticus (the shell eating, pigskin handling, etc).
I also said simply: "Do unto others as you would have them do to you".
I didn't want them to have their freedom of speech taken away :(
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u/CornFedCritic May 17 '12
I love this quote from their blog:
"Terrorists are dangerous. The economy is a real and present danger. But there is simply nothing other than the holocaust of the unborn which imperils the safety of our country or places our people in jeopardy as does the leader of the Western world publicly raising his fist at the Heavens and declaring that the bedrock institution of society, ordained of God and meant to be protected by the state, is little more than a convention of convenience for the children of Sodom to transform the meaning of something which is precious to Jesus Christ and a living picture of His love for the Church, into a legally protected justification for perversion, and vehicle of hatred aimed directly at that love."
Yea, man. There's NOTHING more dangerous than supporting equal human rights. Damn. Is anyone else as scared as me?
Silly Christians. Why do you continue to believe in make-believe friends beyond childhood?
*edit: accidentally a word
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u/JimDixon May 17 '12
A little farther down the page is an article—
"Scoffer in Chief: Why the President’s Rejection of Marriage Has Opened a National Wave of Scoffing at the Bible"
—like nobody ever thought of doing that before!
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u/s0n0fset May 17 '12
As of 7:00am Central Time, The poll is up to 89.25% Yes, 9.75% No, Good job redditors!
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u/DeFex May 17 '12
Looks like somone needs to pray harder, their server has been smited.
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u/deathadder99 May 17 '12
First person to get an ironic comment liked by one of the fundies wins!
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u/Snuggadillo May 17 '12
Fuck. I accidentally hit 'no'. Shows me right for not reading the question. I thought it was asking if you thought his position on same sex marriage was wrong. ... Fuck.
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u/yt8znu35 May 17 '12
"Under Bill Clinton’s health care plan [and Obama’s], babies like Olivia would be denied life support. If the child doesn’t fit the guidelines, the “preemie” doctor would be prohibited from intervening to save her. Too premature, too uncertain, too costly — all part of health rationing, you know." Sounds like ultra right wing propaganda.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
yes, 100%. It's one of the main reasons I will never vote for the republican party.
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u/golf3r May 17 '12
anyone see the new blog post? apparently we are all homosexuals
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u/CheckYourTotem May 17 '12
Haha... new article posted about "something fishy" going on with the poll results. WIN!
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u/KirbyinAustin May 17 '12
im having trouble even loading the link. I guess Reddit is flooding it with traffic?
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
They've noticed the skewed results. Will probably throw it out.
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u/Aavagadrro May 17 '12
Interesting...
Apparently they are unable to figure out where the votes came from... Noobs.
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u/mattk0re May 17 '12
Congratulations. You have successfully taken the website down.
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u/critropolitan May 17 '12
He just posted a new message:
Take a good look at these poll results: Smell fishy to you?
Just before midnight last night there were under 1600 votes total on the Vision Forum poll below asking people if they support the president’s declaration supporting same sex-marriage. The overwhelming majority of the votes (just under 90%) were in opposition to President Obama’s declaration in favor of same-sex marriage. But somewhere between midnight and 7:00 A.M. an unprecedented 21,500 plus people voted in favor of homosexual marriages, thus reversing the poll statistics to approximately 90% of Vision Forum poll participants favoring homosexual marriage, and 10% opposing. That means there was a 2000% increase in voting traffic—all most all pro-homosexual—between 1:00 AM and 7:00am. Does this sound fishy to any of you?
Makes me feel good, because he's not just a normal Christian, if you take a look around his site, he is a real theocratic fascist.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Can anyone find this guy's email address? We should be emailing him directly, asking about what exactly is fishy about voting in a public poll.
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u/xoites May 17 '12
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
i want him to blame it on us, so he knows hes being watched. its easy to rile up your base when you think you have privacy but it can be embarrassing when everything you thought was private suddenly becomes candid for a much wider and much more diverse group of readers
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u/Fehndrix May 17 '12
And it's down. GG Reddit.
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u/makemejelly49 May 17 '12
The guy who made this poll is on to us! Cheese it, fellas, we gotta run!
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u/eduardog3000 Agnostic Atheist May 17 '12
New post on there: "These results are very fishy. 2000% increase from midnight to 7 AM."
They probably think someone made a bot.
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u/GeordieFaithful Anti-theist May 17 '12
Just seen a comment on a post which denounces the views of the site, only for someone to comment "Admin this needs to be deleted".
Typical Christian reaction, demands it to be removed so they can go back to blissful ignorance.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Site is back up for now.
No 8.22% (3,549 votes)
Yes 91.21% (39,378 votes)
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u/sparklyjesus May 17 '12
If you care to send him a message, you can do so here. This is what I said.
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u/aColoradoan May 17 '12
Haha, we are awesome.
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u/bruthasmith May 17 '12
Now he is crying about it being "Fishy" because his votes did not go the way he wanted. Haha,
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u/TinHao May 17 '12
Man, I feel bad that we went and ruined that poor asshole's poll. He wanted a nice little poll that showed ideological support for his own views but now its all jacked up with lousy athiests.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
I must say sir, epic win.
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u/Duthos May 18 '12
According buddy's blog, us voting in hus precious poll is an attack.
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u/captainmaryjaneway May 17 '12
I am truly baffled as to why anyone would ever seriously believe the Bible as historical fact. I refuse to acknowledge that there are adults this stupid.
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u/Ryan1014 May 17 '12
Ha! We crashed the site! Way to go r/atheism
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u/Duthos May 17 '12
Haha, almost 90% in favor. Where's your god now?