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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 19 Jun 2013

    xkcd: Are atheists as annoying as fundamentalists? http://bit.ly/12K4Jcx 

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      1. Dave Nussbaum‏ @davenuss79 19 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker One thing I'm sure of: certainty is annoying

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      2. D.J. Grothe‏ @DJGrothe 19 Jun 2013
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        RT “@sapinker: xkcd: Are atheists as annoying as fundamentalists? http://bit.ly/12K4Jcx ”

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      1. Conscientia‏ @JBronowski 7 Aug 2013
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        @sapinker but knowledge/science is superior to certainty! Both atheists and religious ppl have no proof...only dogma.

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      1. 3PP Movies‏ @3PennyMovies 7 Jul 2013
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        Steven @sapinker was born Sept 18, 1954 #Montreal http://stevenpinker.com/  Freedom's Curse @TheAtlantichttp://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/11/freedoms-curse/307046/ …

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      1. Poliphilvs‏ @Poliphilvs 3 Jul 2013
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        @sapinker No, sisterwives are hell.

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      1. Happy Heathen Frank‏ @HappyWithNoGod 24 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker Maybe. But at least we have logic on our side. Better to be annoying and making sense than be annoying and believing in magic

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      1. C‏ @MissDoozy 20 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker Generalizing not cool...I am certain of my uncertainty, am I terribly annoying?

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      1. Akash Jishnu‏ @akash_jishnu 20 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker No sir, I don't think that atheists are annoying at all. The diff is that they have solid proof whereas others believe on religion

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      1. Divi Filius‏ @IlCondottiero83 20 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker they are more annoying

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      1. Tzu Zen‏ @E86HotWheels 19 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker sometimes

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      1. Tony‏ @tony4964 19 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker atheists never burned anyone at a stake. Hitler was a Catholic.

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      1. Emanuel Viçoso‏ @evicoso 19 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker you mean atheists aren't fundamentalists?

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      1. DSE Dunn‏ @DSEDunn 19 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker fundamentalist, ‘born again’, zealot atheists certainly are. Anyone without a sense of humour is annoying. Zealots aren’t funny.

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      1. jim poulton‏ @JimmyJet1 19 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker @carolynporco I had to bookmark that site, thanks!

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      1. Brad Evans‏ @Pipe2DevNull 19 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker The fundamental atheists are.

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      1. Tony Burns‏ @ynotburns 19 Jun 2013
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        @sapinker We can be when we are baiting the fundies.

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