March 19, 2012 01:59AM
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The way I see it, all of the positive elements of Christianity are obvious truths of peaceful coexistence that predate the religion itself.
If the main element you share with the religion in your personal life is belief in a higher power, that in itself is not a problem. I don't even consider it completely irrational, because even though there's no real evidence in support of it, there is also a significant enough question mark in our knowledge of the universe at this point in human history to support the possibility of the idea. Mind you, I still identify as atheist, and feel that humans are by nature atheistic given enough knowledge about their environment. There's simply no evidence to suggest otherwise. In the end though, I only really have a problem when people claim to know things they do not.
To expand on that, the probability of there being a blanket 'higher power' is a magnitude of times higher than these ideas of very specific deities that impose silly yet strict ritualistic activities upon humans, and then conveniently disappear for thousands of years. That's where I think we start hitting irrational and troublesome. Taking it a step further and advocating for prayer over conventional medicine, forcing people to go through literal psychological trauma in order to get an abortion because you believe that a fetus is equivalent to a human being and has a 'soul', and other similar things are where I draw the line and start to get uppity like Artificial.
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Wanderlust- |
March 18, 2012 09:35PM |
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Quixotic |
March 20, 2012 09:22AM |
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satchmo |
March 21, 2012 11:59AM |
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bell |
March 20, 2012 03:26AM |
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Rade |
March 19, 2012 02:46PM |
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Quas |
March 20, 2012 08:18AM |
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PaulO |
March 20, 2012 09:28AM |
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DurNominator(VIP) |
March 20, 2012 09:59AM |
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PaulO |
March 20, 2012 10:17AM |
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RobDarken |
March 20, 2012 10:02AM |
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DurNominator(VIP) |
March 20, 2012 10:08AM |
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Quas |
March 20, 2012 10:26AM |
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DurNominator(VIP) |
March 20, 2012 10:34AM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 03:35PM |
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Coumidin |
March 19, 2012 06:27PM |
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Rade |
March 19, 2012 05:31PM |
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satchmo |
March 19, 2012 03:05PM |
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Rade |
March 19, 2012 03:15PM |
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Quas |
March 21, 2012 02:52AM |
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Batman |
March 21, 2012 03:48AM |
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Matrik |
March 19, 2012 04:46PM |
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Batman |
March 19, 2012 04:53PM |
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satchmo |
March 19, 2012 05:03PM |
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satchmo |
March 19, 2012 03:22PM |
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esfergref |
March 19, 2012 08:14AM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 08:21AM |
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esfergref |
March 19, 2012 08:36AM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 08:45AM |
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esfergref |
March 19, 2012 09:12AM |
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Batman |
March 19, 2012 09:23AM |
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PaulO |
March 19, 2012 07:25AM |
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Artificial |
March 19, 2012 07:28AM |
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PaulO |
March 19, 2012 09:24AM |
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PaulO |
March 19, 2012 07:41AM |
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Artificial |
March 19, 2012 07:45AM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 07:43AM |
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Matrik |
March 19, 2012 07:16AM |
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Stevers |
March 20, 2012 12:20PM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 07:18AM |
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Matrik |
March 19, 2012 07:20AM |
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Artificial |
March 19, 2012 02:25AM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 07:09AM |
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Batman |
March 19, 2012 07:43AM |
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PaulO |
March 19, 2012 09:52AM |
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Stevers |
March 20, 2012 12:16PM |
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PaulO |
March 20, 2012 01:46PM |
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Stevers |
March 20, 2012 02:41PM |
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PaulO |
March 21, 2012 06:05AM |
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Batman |
March 20, 2012 02:22PM |
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PaulO |
March 21, 2012 10:24AM |
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Batman |
March 22, 2012 03:34AM |
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PaulO |
March 22, 2012 07:52AM |
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Coumidin |
March 22, 2012 06:06AM |
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PaulO |
March 22, 2012 08:08AM |
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Batman |
March 22, 2012 06:15AM |
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Matrik |
March 22, 2012 07:06AM |
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Coumidin |
March 22, 2012 06:25AM |
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RobDarken |
March 22, 2012 04:11AM |
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Artificial |
March 20, 2012 02:18PM |
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PaulO |
March 21, 2012 09:51AM |
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Batman |
March 20, 2012 02:29PM |
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Matrik |
March 20, 2012 04:24PM |
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Batman |
March 20, 2012 04:30PM |
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Matrik |
March 20, 2012 04:36PM |
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Batman |
March 20, 2012 04:37PM |
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Artificial |
March 20, 2012 02:34PM |
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Matrik |
March 20, 2012 12:20PM |
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Stevers |
March 20, 2012 12:24PM |
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Artificial |
March 19, 2012 10:13AM |
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PaulO |
March 19, 2012 10:38AM |
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DurNominator(VIP) |
March 19, 2012 10:52AM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 10:32AM |
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DurNominator(VIP) |
March 19, 2012 10:36AM |
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RobDarken |
March 19, 2012 11:43AM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 10:42AM |
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Artificial |
March 19, 2012 11:24AM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 11:39AM |
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satchmo |
March 19, 2012 12:40PM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 12:44PM |
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satchmo |
March 19, 2012 02:36PM |
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satchmo |
March 19, 2012 10:02AM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 07:53AM |
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Artificial |
March 19, 2012 07:19AM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 07:29AM |
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Artificial |
March 19, 2012 07:30AM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 08:10AM |
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DurNominator(VIP) |
March 19, 2012 08:14AM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 08:22AM |
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(vಠ_ಠ)> AngryFatKid |
March 19, 2012 06:04AM |
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Batman |
March 19, 2012 06:09AM |
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(vಠ_ಠ)> AngryFatKid |
March 19, 2012 06:14AM |
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Artificial |
March 19, 2012 07:09AM |
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(vಠ_ಠ)> AngryFatKid |
March 19, 2012 07:37AM |
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Batman |
March 19, 2012 06:18AM |
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(vಠ_ಠ)> AngryFatKid |
March 19, 2012 06:28AM |
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Sam |
March 19, 2012 05:18AM |
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cenatar |
March 19, 2012 05:44AM |
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Sam |
March 19, 2012 07:42AM |
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Artificial |
March 19, 2012 07:47AM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 07:43AM |
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Artificial |
March 19, 2012 05:19AM |
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Sam |
March 19, 2012 05:25AM |
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Stevers |
March 20, 2012 12:04PM |
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Artificial |
March 19, 2012 07:44AM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 07:11AM |
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Batman |
March 19, 2012 05:31AM |
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Sam |
March 19, 2012 06:15AM |
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Matrik |
March 19, 2012 07:23AM |
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Coumidin |
March 19, 2012 05:54PM |
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satchmo |
March 19, 2012 03:08PM |
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Sam |
March 19, 2012 07:38AM |
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HairyOrangutan |
March 19, 2012 01:21PM |
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Batman |
March 19, 2012 01:29PM |
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Batman |
March 19, 2012 06:25AM |
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Sam |
March 19, 2012 06:46AM |
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Stevers |
March 20, 2012 12:08PM |
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Batman |
March 19, 2012 06:59AM |
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Coumidin |
March 19, 2012 05:40AM |
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cenatar |
March 19, 2012 05:56AM |
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Artificial |
March 19, 2012 07:34AM |
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Artificial |
March 19, 2012 04:16AM |
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Batman |
March 19, 2012 04:31AM |
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RobDarken |
March 18, 2012 11:50PM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 12:11AM |
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Matrik |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 07:35AM |
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Stevers |
March 20, 2012 12:01PM |
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RobDarken |
March 19, 2012 12:22AM |
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Matrik |
March 19, 2012 07:33AM |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 12:26AM |
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RobDarken |
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Wanderlust- |
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satchmo |
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(vಠ_ಠ)> AngryFatKid |
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ORB |
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Stevers |
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RobDarken |
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(vಠ_ಠ)> AngryFatKid |
March 19, 2012 12:28AM |
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Wanderlust- |
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Matrik |
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Wanderlust- |
March 19, 2012 07:54AM |
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Matrik |
March 19, 2012 08:03AM |
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RobDarken |
March 19, 2012 12:36AM |
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Stevers |
March 20, 2012 11:57AM |
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Wanderlust- |
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RobDarken |
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Wanderlust- |
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Wanderlust- |
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Coumidin |
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Wanderlust- |
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Coumidin |
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Wanderlust- |
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(vಠ_ಠ)> AngryFatKid |
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Stevers |
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RobDarken |
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(vಠ_ಠ)> AngryFatKid |
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Batman |
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RobDarken |
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Wanderlust- |
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(vಠ_ಠ)> AngryFatKid |
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Wanderlust- |
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cenatar |
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Batman |
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Stevers |
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Wanderlust- |
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DurNominator(VIP) |
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vortexmagus |
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Wanderlust- |
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bell |
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Coumidin |
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(vಠ_ಠ)> AngryFatKid |
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Coumidin |
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Wanderlust- |
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(vಠ_ಠ)> AngryFatKid |
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