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03-10-2010, 03:19 AM
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Location: UK
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“'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what." Fry |
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03-10-2010, 05:24 AM
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WTF?? Personal beliefs are not a religion? What the hell is? My religion demands the annual (Summer) ignition of loud and brightly colored fireworks. I am convinced that my soul cannot enter Paradise without it. Fireworks are a sacrament that must be immune to legislation.  Beside the fireworks, my religion is based on larceny. Proper observance requires the believer to bilk members and non-members alike (a sign of our tolerance) of as much loot as possible. This feature is, of course, an emulation of the Catholic Church. Driving while sober is a sacrilege, as is sober hunting, boating and stock trading.  Separation of church and state, if it means anything, would prohibit the state from defining what is and is not a religion. That is the flaw in the separation idea. If the religious right really wanted to invade legislatures, they could simply get evangelicalism declared a non-religion (possibly reclassified as an "essential component of our national heritage") and so, entitled to interfere with public policy in all the ways that religion is not currently permitted to do. "Those who most loudly proclaim their honesty are least likely to possess it." "Atheism: rejecting all absurdity." S.H. "Reality, the God alternative" |
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03-10-2010, 06:04 AM
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Location: Inklandia
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Religion is a protected class of idiocy... but it requires numbers. Personal beliefs have to be shared for it to be a religion.
But that's not enough. You actually have to sincerely believe it. Which is why "Jedi" isn't considered quite a proper religion. Of course, if we're going by sincere belief, that would knock out the Anglican church, to say nothing of the Unitarian Universalists. Oh, and the next time I have to rush-schedule a vaccination in order to attend a college class, I'm saying I'm a Jehovah's Witness. Those fuckers can get away with anything. And after registration, if the class has a Saturday morning component, I'm converting to Judaism. There are so many different religions to nominally become members of, I'm surprised more people don't treat them as the do-what-you-want piggy bank they are. If religion were based on facts, it would be called science, and no one would believe it. -- Stephen Colbert |
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03-10-2010, 11:50 AM
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Mistress Monster Mod'rator Spy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The North Coast
Posts: 15,428
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Yellow? WTF?
"I do not intend to tiptoe through life only to arrive safely at death." Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle. |
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03-10-2010, 12:49 PM
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I Live Here
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Chandler- Arizona
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The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross. I suggest reading the works of this amazing mentally healthy, aka atheist, British scholar. The RCC hated him & one Christophrenic man, Wasson, tried in vain to discredit his findings. It was like saying 2+2=5. About Allegro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Marco_Allegro Christians and other folks infected with delusional beliefs think and reason like schizophrenics or temporal lobe epileptics. Their morality is dictated by an invisible friend called Jesus. |
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03-10-2010, 12:55 PM
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I Live Here
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Location: Chandler- Arizona
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Today the same delusions are accepted as faith, while similar beliefs, without religious names, are diagnosed as delusions inducing disorders defined as schizophrenia. I like to know the difference between the beliefs produced by Religious Faith & those produced by Schizophrenia Faith Christians and other folks infected with delusional beliefs think and reason like schizophrenics or temporal lobe epileptics. Their morality is dictated by an invisible friend called Jesus. |
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03-10-2010, 01:24 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Puerto Rico
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the duggars can't fight this war alone......... One of the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected....That they should have this immunity is an outrage. There is nothing in religious ideas, as a class, to lift them above other ideas. On the contrary, they are always dubious and often quite silly. H. L. Mencken |
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03-10-2010, 03:23 PM
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If religion were based on facts, it would be called science, and no one would believe it. -- Stephen Colbert |
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03-10-2010, 04:00 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Puerto Rico
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so, i'm battling this nasty stomach flu....and i gave it to the kid.
he had his first puke about 10 minutes ago. so he came to the kitche about 3 minutes ago: daddy, can i have some Pepto Dismal? dismal indeed....... One of the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected....That they should have this immunity is an outrage. There is nothing in religious ideas, as a class, to lift them above other ideas. On the contrary, they are always dubious and often quite silly. H. L. Mencken |
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03-10-2010, 04:05 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Britland
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Does he have a weak stomach? - - - or is he throwing his guts as far as you?
Stop the Holy See men! |
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03-10-2010, 05:13 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Puerto Rico
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not weak at all
oh cripes, he puked just as i was writing this post. it's going to be a loooooong night.... One of the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected....That they should have this immunity is an outrage. There is nothing in religious ideas, as a class, to lift them above other ideas. On the contrary, they are always dubious and often quite silly. H. L. Mencken |
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03-10-2010, 05:50 PM
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I Live Here
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 23,211
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 from someone very much like Bovina Evilly.(Sympathies to you both.)  "Those who most loudly proclaim their honesty are least likely to possess it." "Atheism: rejecting all absurdity." S.H. "Reality, the God alternative" |
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03-10-2010, 05:53 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Puerto Rico
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he's only five, but he can talk shit like the best of them already.
he is my cilantro salesman.... poor guy. has puked 4 times already. may have to take him to the er... One of the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected....That they should have this immunity is an outrage. There is nothing in religious ideas, as a class, to lift them above other ideas. On the contrary, they are always dubious and often quite silly. H. L. Mencken |
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