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Gun Control Reform Activism

defacto7

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11. Because they believe there is no future

Reply to wandy (Reply #10)

Sat Mar 29, 2014, 04:10 PM

Mar 2014

because of the apocalypse and the return of a non-existent prophet from 2000 years ago who will either rejuvenate or destroy the earth depending on their interpretation.

They don't believe in a terrestrial future to protect or that their children need the concoctions of human research. It's all some god's will. See Dominionism.

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Cosmic terror: Why Neil deGrasse Tyson has religious fundamentalists so freaked [View all] billh58 Mar 2014 OP

But there is another side to that coin-- Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #1

Not the other side of the coin Shivering Jemmy Mar 2014 #2

Brilliant rebuttal. Insightful critique of the methodology of both papers I cited. Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #3

Of course the results of any study can be skewed billh58 Mar 2014 #4

Of COURSE I think research needs to be continued. But I also see the need Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #6

I totally agree, and billh58 Mar 2014 #8

I love NDT and Cosmos Gothmog Mar 2014 #5

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Why Does the NRA Fear the Truth About Gun Violence? billh58 Mar 2014 #9

The right wings use of this type of misinformation must serve some porpous........... wandy Mar 2014 #10

Because they believe there is no future defacto7 Mar 2014 #11

Yes there is that. You will get no argument from me on apocalypse insanity.......... wandy Mar 2014 #12