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Tell us your stories of churches and religion (or lack thereof). Let the smiting begin!
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( , Thu 19 Mar 2009, 15:00)
Tell us your stories of churches and religion (or lack thereof). Let the smiting begin!
Question suggested by Supersonic Electronic
( , Thu 19 Mar 2009, 15:00)
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Ditto
I'm just giving it the respect it deserves...
Chicken, Fluffles: Allow me to cement myself firmly in the pigeon-hole you've so lovingly prepared.
Religion isn't sweet little old ladies baking cakes to raffle for charity. It's 'owning' your wife, and beating her whenever you please. It's 1000 Africans a day dying of aids, and some little bloke who lives in a palace objecting to them doing something that would save a lot of their lives, because the little house of cards he's built to hide from reality in is too fragile. It's millions of deaths brought about squabbling over whose imaginary friend is better, and which bit of land he said you could live on. It's beating your 4 year old daughter to death when she has an epileptic fit because you think she has an evil spirit inside her.
Well, pardon me for being utterly sickened by it. Pardon me for refusing to just watch something sickening happening without speaking out. Pardon me for thinking that beliefs which can be checked by anyone should outweigh beliefs you just found lying around in an old book. Pardon me for not wallowing in intellectual cowardice when faced with difficult questions. Pardon me for thinking "I don't know, yet" is a perfectly valid answer to any question.
Fuck religion, fuck defending it as nothing more than a different opinion, and fuck people being indignant at having any of this pointed out to them.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 22:59, 1 reply)
I'm just giving it the respect it deserves...
Chicken, Fluffles: Allow me to cement myself firmly in the pigeon-hole you've so lovingly prepared.
Religion isn't sweet little old ladies baking cakes to raffle for charity. It's 'owning' your wife, and beating her whenever you please. It's 1000 Africans a day dying of aids, and some little bloke who lives in a palace objecting to them doing something that would save a lot of their lives, because the little house of cards he's built to hide from reality in is too fragile. It's millions of deaths brought about squabbling over whose imaginary friend is better, and which bit of land he said you could live on. It's beating your 4 year old daughter to death when she has an epileptic fit because you think she has an evil spirit inside her.
Well, pardon me for being utterly sickened by it. Pardon me for refusing to just watch something sickening happening without speaking out. Pardon me for thinking that beliefs which can be checked by anyone should outweigh beliefs you just found lying around in an old book. Pardon me for not wallowing in intellectual cowardice when faced with difficult questions. Pardon me for thinking "I don't know, yet" is a perfectly valid answer to any question.
Fuck religion, fuck defending it as nothing more than a different opinion, and fuck people being indignant at having any of this pointed out to them.
( , Mon 23 Mar 2009, 22:59, 1 reply)
Thanks for proving my point
You know it's getting bad when an atheist is telling another atheist why religion is bad... uhhh... *facepalm*
Today I have learnt a lesson. Never talk about religion on the internet. Ever.
( , Tue 24 Mar 2009, 0:02, closed)
You know it's getting bad when an atheist is telling another atheist why religion is bad... uhhh... *facepalm*
Today I have learnt a lesson. Never talk about religion on the internet. Ever.
( , Tue 24 Mar 2009, 0:02, closed)
Did I, or did I not...
...tell you right at the start that I was going to fit neatly into your pigeonhole?
I must know though - did you miss my point entirely? 'Cause it would appear so given the lack of a specific response, and if that's the case I just don't know how I'm going to keep the whelming of irony within reasonable bounds.
( , Tue 24 Mar 2009, 1:36, closed)
...tell you right at the start that I was going to fit neatly into your pigeonhole?
I must know though - did you miss my point entirely? 'Cause it would appear so given the lack of a specific response, and if that's the case I just don't know how I'm going to keep the whelming of irony within reasonable bounds.
( , Tue 24 Mar 2009, 1:36, closed)
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