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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 9 Jul 2014

    The vitriol of atheist-bashers is a sign of desperation- no rational case for God, so turn the invective up to 11.http://goo.gl/Gx3SLH 

    9:29 AM - 9 Jul 2014
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      2. Carter Mobley‏ @Theamologist 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @RichardDawkins We see this happening everywhere, the sky-god crowd, reduced to ad-hominems, outright lies..Religions death throes

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      2. Rand Simberg‏ @Rand_Simberg 9 Jul 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        Speaking as a non-believer, there might be a little less of it if some atheists weren't such Christian bashers and God bashers. @sapinker

        4 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Judas_the priest‏ @Judas_thepriest 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @Rand_Simberg

        @Rand_Simberg @sapinker. Hmm christians can burn atheists at the stake but a bit of intellectual challenge &now atheists are bashing holies?

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      4. Rand Simberg‏ @Rand_Simberg 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @Judas_thepriest

        When was the last time a Christian burned an atheist at the stake? @Judas_thepriest @sapinker

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      5. Judas_the priest‏ @Judas_thepriest 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @Rand_Simberg

        @Rand_Simberg @sapinker. When was the first time an Atheist burnt a christian at the stake???? @RichardDawkins

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      6. Rand Simberg‏ @Rand_Simberg 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @Judas_thepriest

        Never, as far as I know. Do you have a point? @Judas_thepriest @sapinker @RichardDawkins

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      7. Judas_the priest‏ @Judas_thepriest 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @Rand_Simberg

        @Rand_Simberg @sapinker @RichardDawkins. That is the point. Sheesh, a little slow are we?

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      8. Rand Simberg‏ @Rand_Simberg 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @Judas_thepriest

        Was that posted from some alternate Twitterverse where I claimed that atheists burn Christians? @Judas_thepriest @sapinker @RichardDawkins

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      9. Judas_the priest‏ @Judas_thepriest 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @Rand_Simberg

        @Rand_Simberg @sapinker @RichardDawkins. Fact remains,

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      1. Michael Ots‏ @michael_ots 9 Jul 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker @SamHarrisOrg take out the word 'bashers' and this also reads very true!

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      2. Lump‏ @lump86 9 Jul 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @carolynporco Devils Advocate: that's a pretty big strawman to be fair. I see more vitriol from atheists than anyone else.

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      3. Draugr Pasnak‏ @dougpasnak 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @lump86

        @lump86 @sapinker @carolynporco THAT is the actual strawman. "The "angry atheist" is a cliche.

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      4. Lump‏ @lump86 10 Jul 2014
        Replying to @dougpasnak

        @dougpasnak @sapinker @carolynporco I'd argue that generalizing any group of people to try and get your point across is never a good plan

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      1. jackbwater‏ @jackbwater 31 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker no monopoly on vitriol, remember Hitchens and the popularity of his vitriol.

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      1. Steven Cleghorn‏ @presentmind 11 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker Oh ya! Lame tactics are the norm for such people.

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      1. Nzĭŋghă Sībŏngīlé‏ @NzinghaCataleya 11 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @Rand_Simberg Two wrongs don't make a right but yeah, a soft answer, etc. Yet why make nice with destroyers, unwitting or not?

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      1. richard pacesoler‏ @RPacesoler 11 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker the question seems therefore should humankind believe in a higher authority beyond those parameters

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      1. richard pacesoler‏ @RPacesoler 11 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker the existence or non existence of god is not a question because that would require him/it to be in our existence parameters.

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