Atheism is just another form of faith

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Junkiebev: Jan 18, 2002; Feel the progress.

captainoblivious posted:

Did anyone see that movie about vampires in New Zealand, What We Do In The Shadows, it was pretty cool, what do you guys think?

I think you have a good take.

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I am Toni Lippi: Aug 16, 2004

Professor Shark posted:

There aren't any atheists in the foxhole

Yeah but there have been more than a few in my bhole.

# ? Dec 27, 2015 23:49

Cake Smashing Boob: Nov 5, 2008; I support black genocide

I'm jonesing for an atheist holy war so goddamn bad right now

can't help myself picturing the followers of white christ and mohammedans strung up next to each other, makes me so loving hard

# ? Dec 28, 2015 00:05

Creed Reunion Tour: Jul 3, 2007; by Cyrano4747; Grimey Drawer

atheists and theists are the same because they both pray to nothing because their is no god lol

# ? Dec 28, 2015 00:09

Professor Shark: May 22, 2012

I am Toni Lippi posted:

Yeah but there have been more than a few in my bhole.

Hey that's fine

# ? Dec 28, 2015 00:10

glowstick party tonight: Oct 4, 2003; by zen death robot

faith exits only when observed

# ? Dec 28, 2015 00:12

Not_Rainbow_Horse: Nov 11, 2013

op is just another form if idiot

# ? Dec 28, 2015 00:13

Jeremiah Flintwick: Jan 14, 2010; King of Kings Ozysandwich am I. If any want to know how great I am and where I lie, let him outdo me in my work.

Honestly the best argument for atheism is the fact that virtually all counter-arguments boil down to "no u!"

# ? Dec 28, 2015 00:51

green chicken feet: Nov 5, 2015; spray-paint the vegetables
dog food stalls
with the beefcake pantyhose; Grimey Drawer

I think when he chased the moneychangers out of the temple it was because they were financially taking advantage of other people, and they were doing so in a place of worship. So a more equivalent modern version of this scene could be Jesus kicking out the televangelists who own giant mansions and fly around in $10 million jets. Which is something most of us would also probably be happy to see.

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CaptainSarcastic: Jul 6, 2013

You didn't intentionally use "athiesm" in the subject line. Amateur mistake, voting 3.

# ? Dec 28, 2015 00:59

The Whole Internet: May 26, 2010; by FactsAreUseless

Professor Shark posted:

There aren't any atheists in the foxhole

clearly you've never seen a furry convention

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TEAYCHES: Jun 23, 2002

green chicken feet posted:

I think when he chased the moneychangers out of the temple it was because they were financially taking advantage of other people, and they were doing so in a place of worship. So a more equivalent modern version of this scene could be Jesus kicking out the televangelists who own giant mansions and fly around in $10 million jets. Which is something most of us would also probably be happy to see.

In Ancient Israel all debts were supposed to be forgiven every fifty years. It was in this tradition that the moneychangers were driven out, to bring back the law to Roman occupied Judea.. It makes little sense to view this in some narrow focus, especially considering the content of the Sermon on the Mount. It's a radical tradition by any measure.

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Professor Shark: May 22, 2012

The Whole Internet posted:

clearly you've never seen a furry convention

Nope, never.

# ? Dec 28, 2015 01:01

ghlbtsk: Apr 19, 2005; these bath mats
are
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my favorite color is clear

why can't I find a nice wool overcoat in my favorite color?

# ? Dec 28, 2015 01:35

green chicken feet: Nov 5, 2015; spray-paint the vegetables
dog food stalls
with the beefcake pantyhose; Grimey Drawer

TEAYCHES posted:

In Ancient Israel all debts were supposed to be forgiven every fifty years. It was in this tradition that the moneychangers were driven out, to bring back the law to Roman occupied Judea.. It makes little sense to view this in some narrow focus, especially considering the content of the Sermon on the Mount. It's a radical tradition by any measure.

I think the whole debt forgiveness / anti-usury thing is pretty cool, and in that context the cartoon of Jesus kicking out the banks makes sense, too.

# ? Dec 28, 2015 02:51

CaptainSarcastic: Jul 6, 2013

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wiffle ball bat: Oct 2, 2015; by Shine

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Thuneral: Jul 25, 2004; High Listener For Music Awful

Hail Science. Lay thine hands upon our Holiest of Bibles, the IPCC2014. The prophets Al Gore and Barack Obama will lead us to the promised land where we will live in cool comfort for the last of our days.

# ? Dec 28, 2015 06:13

ScrubLeague: Feb 11, 2007; Nap Ghost

Hello I am an Internet Atheist I get super erect when I see an elected official sworn in on the Constitution because I love it when people pander to my illiterate worship of science.

# ? Dec 28, 2015 06:18

Not_Rainbow_Horse: Nov 11, 2013

ScrubLeague posted:

Hello I am an Internet Atheist I get super erect when I see an elected official sworn in on the Constitution because I love it when people pander to my illiterate worship of science.

same

# ? Dec 28, 2015 06:19

Nonsense: Jan 26, 2007

Putty posted:

my vision is augmented

# ? Dec 28, 2015 06:25

Emerson Cod: Apr 14, 2004; by Pragmatica

I'm an atheist not an Atheist. There was probably a guy named Jesus who had a lot of groupies and there were plenty of historical events recorded in the bible but there's no reason to believe any of it is due to anything crazy like a sky wizard. What didn't happen in reality is likely just really good writing which is why the book has so much staying power.

It's just a curated collection of short stories with some characters that crossover. Really it is the historical equivalent of Wildcards as edited by George RR Martin.

# ? Dec 28, 2015 06:26

TacticalUrbanHomo: Aug 17, 2011; by Lowtax

AugmentedVision posted:

Atheists have FAITH in the absence of God, how are people too dumb to realize this?

so what, you can't prove god doesn't not exist

# ? Dec 28, 2015 06:26

tetsuo: May 12, 2001; I am a shaman, magician

Check this out : Religion isn't even real. people don't believe in what they say they believe in. It's all geopolitical forces causing good people who will do good and bad people who do bad to ascribe their actions to the mythology of the region they were born in. Hi, I'm inexplicably popular retard Reza Aslan.

# ? Dec 28, 2015 06:33

Ravane: Oct 23, 2010; by LadyAmbien

tetsuo posted:

Check this out : Religion isn't even real. people don't believe in what they say they believe in. It's all geopolitical forces causing good people who will do good and bad people who do bad to ascribe their actions to the mythology of the region they were born in. Hi, I'm inexplicably popular retard Reza Aslan.

You sound like a Zealot.

# ? Dec 28, 2015 06:38

whoflungpoop: Sep 9, 2004; With you and the constellations

Jesus was an underemployed dreg of society who kinda worked part time for his dad but then found out that carpentry is like hard and stuff and spent the rest of his time drinking and building up an ego and started vandalizing poo poo and loving with people's money and got executed for being the piece of poo poo criminal that he was

yall really couldnt have picked a tackyer piece of poo poo loser to worship i mean if yall are gonna have this little believy party at least pick a respectable mascot, and it cant be someone who ever wanted to be ur mascot because those ppl are always scummy and crazy because, and this is the damndest thing, ppl of sound mind and good repute NEVER go around telling ppl they're god

# ? Dec 28, 2015 06:58

Leonard Ghostal: Apr 26, 2006

Totalizator posted:

The joke here is that the pizza toppings are sickness, famine, poverty and death.

Evidence of a just and loving God

# ? Dec 28, 2015 06:59

tetsuo: May 12, 2001; I am a shaman, magician

Ravane posted:

You sound like a Zealot.

if i'm any protoss unit it's a dragoon :haw:

# ? Dec 28, 2015 06:59

Not_Rainbow_Horse: Nov 11, 2013

whoflungpoop posted:

Jesus was an underemployed dreg of society who kinda worked part time for his dad but then found out that carpentry is like hard and stuff and spent the rest of his time drinking and building up an ego and started vandalizing poo poo and loving with people's money and got executed for being the piece of poo poo criminal that he was

yall really couldnt have picked a tackyer piece of poo poo loser to worship i mean if yall are gonna have this little believy party at least pick a respectable mascot, and it cant be someone who ever wanted to be ur mascot because those ppl are always scummy and crazy because, and this is the damndest thing, ppl of sound mind and good repute NEVER go around telling ppl they're god

so you're telling me it's ok to rape white women?

# ? Dec 28, 2015 07:00

Nathilus: Apr 4, 2002; I alone can see through the media bias.

I'm also stupid on a scale that can only be measured in Reddits.

Emerson Cod posted:

I'm an atheist not an Atheist. There was probably a guy named Jesus who had a lot of groupies and there were plenty of historical events recorded in the bible but there's no reason to believe any of it is due to anything crazy like a sky wizard. What didn't happen in reality is likely just really good writing which is why the book has so much staying power.

It's just a curated collection of short stories with some characters that crossover. Really it is the historical equivalent of Wildcards as edited by George RR Martin.

Uh oh! A seriouspost. You're right but you're still displaying faith in a worldview. You believe that the instruments and reason of today can give you a realistic glimpse at today, tomorrow, and yesterday.

In that way you are still adhering to an ontology. And you can be sure, our methods for investigating reality are almost every bit as poo poo as those of the creators of the bible compared to what is concievable.

# ? Dec 28, 2015 07:07