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Atheists in Bubbleland
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| 10/28/2009
| Rabbi Yonason Goldson
Posted on 10/28/2009 10:27:28 AM PDT by TopQuark
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"The new atheists counter that they believe in reason, science and freedom from religious myth. And, as Ronald Lindsay, who replaced Kurtz, puts it: "We take the high road, the low road, country roads, interstates, highways, byways, - whatever it takes to reach people."
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posted on
10/28/2009 10:27:28 AM PDT
by
TopQuark
To: TopQuark
Where was the “Koran in a bucket of urine” exhibit?
Or the “caricatures of Muhammed art gallery”?
To: TopQuark
I don’t have enough faith to be an atheist.
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posted on
10/28/2009 10:31:21 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(Obama Administration: Security thru Absurdity)
To: TopQuark
A true atheist can’t believe in “Blasphemy” since the very definition of “Blasphemy” assumes the existance of a God to Insult!
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posted on
10/28/2009 10:32:54 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
To: TopQuark
A true atheist can’t believe in “Blasphemy” since the very definition of “Blasphemy” assumes the existance of a God to Insult!
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posted on
10/28/2009 10:33:05 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
To: left that other site
There are no true atheists. No one can ever convince me otherwise.
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posted on
10/28/2009 10:37:49 AM PDT
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: TopQuark
According to NPR.com, atheists marked Blasphemy Day last month at gatherings around the world, celebrating the freedom to denigrate and insult religionI was thinking of attending their gathering in Mecca, but there wasn't one in that city for some reason.
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posted on
10/28/2009 10:38:05 AM PDT
by
YankeeReb
To: TopQuark
Of all the strange "crimes" that human beings have legislated out of nothing, "blasphemy" is the most amazing with "obscenity" and "indecent exposure" fighting it out for second and third place. ---Robert A. Heinlein, from "Time Enough For Love"
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posted on
10/28/2009 10:39:17 AM PDT
by
GL of Sector 2814
(One man's theology is another man's belly laugh --- Robert A. Heinlein)
To: TopQuark
If they were truly secure in their non-belief, they would not have to resort to this ridiculous behavior.
To: <1/1,000,000th%
Christianity is safer for them to pick on then Islam. They didn't risk anything by playing the fool with a relatively tolerant religion. I had heard about this and had thought the same thing, that they really didn't have any balls. Which is for the greater good actually, for the followers of the, "religion of peace", would of killed some poor innocent souls somewhere to show their outrage.
To: demshateGod
There are no true atheists. No one can ever convince me otherwise. Just as the existence or non-existence of a God (or gods) is not dependent upon whether or not they are believed in, the existence or non-existence of atheists is not dependent upon your belief or non-belief in them.
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posted on
10/28/2009 10:44:11 AM PDT
by
GL of Sector 2814
(One man's theology is another man's belly laugh --- Robert A. Heinlein)
To: TopQuark
Hitchens defended atheist incivility this way: "If I said to a Protestant or Quaker or Muslim, 'Hey, at least I respect your belief,' I would be telling a lie." And now that that's out in the open, I guess they can't whine when the vice-versa is applied.
Atheism is a delusional faith. Honest skepticism is a different subject, but to declare with certainty that God does not exist and that this declaration is not a statement of faith, is delusional.
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posted on
10/28/2009 10:50:27 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
(I am Joe Wilson!)
To: <1/1,000,000th%
Or the caricatures of Muhammed art gallery? Or even in the book about the caricatures of the Big Mo.
They not only are delusional, they are gutless.
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posted on
10/28/2009 10:53:01 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
(I am Joe Wilson!)
To: TopQuark
An atheist secure in his belief that God does not exist would not waste his time with the exhibitionist pranks of the “Blasphemy Day” celebrants.
I suspect that many of these people have little philosophical or theological education, else they would be engaging in serious debate about the question of God instead of sloganeering.
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posted on
10/28/2009 10:56:52 AM PDT
by
Loyalist
(A tagline so irenic it deserves a Nobel Peace Prize of its own!)
To: demshateGod
There are no true atheists. No one can ever convince me otherwise.
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Well, at least you do anyone so inclined a favor, by letting them know up front that discussion on the topic is useless.
I tend to think that there are no true monotheists. We all serve so many masters.
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posted on
10/28/2009 10:59:51 AM PDT
by
dmz
To: TopQuark
"[Religion] can prompt people to fly airplanes into buildings."-Christopher Hitchens
And atheism can prompt dictators to kill one hundred million people.
I do not mean this as a serious polemical hit against my valued atheist friends, who are fairly numerous. But I am disappointed at Hitchens, whose good writing I have enjoyed many a time, for making such a foolish and bigoted argument.
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posted on
10/28/2009 11:06:17 AM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
("If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning."-Gilda Radner)
To: demshateGod
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posted on
10/28/2009 11:09:55 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
To: TopQuark
We know what you're against, but what do you want to defend?" Atheism is always on the attack because it has no defenses.
Seriously. How can someone like Hitchens talk about "religion" "poisoning" everything? That implies that there is an objective right and wrong, and that religion is somehow 'corrupting' things from what 'ought to be'. But as the 'old atheists' know, it is nonsense to talk about 'ought to be' in a godless universe. If there is no God then the universe has no "right" or "wrong" state. It just is.
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posted on
10/28/2009 11:19:05 AM PDT
by
Liberty1970
(Democrats are not in control. God is. And Thank God for that!)
To: TopQuark
“The new atheists counter that they believe in reason, science and freedom from religious myth.”
Yeah, I beleive in that, too. What I don’t believe in is insulting people merely because they happen to hold a different world view - something that many on both sides of this issue could stand to consider IMO.
Blasphemy is, or should be, my right however. If I want to go around and say that God is a fairy tale, or insulting (i.e. telling the truth) about Mohammed, or saying that Jesus was just a man, that’s my right. Still doesn’t mean I’m going to go out of my way to insult and offend people, though.
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posted on
10/28/2009 11:22:07 AM PDT
by
-YYZ-
(Strong like bull, smart like ox.)
To: TopQuark
"I think religion should be treated with ridicule, hatred and contempt, and I claim that right." Spoken like a true bigot.
His faith in the no god god takes presendence over all other faiths. Bow mere mortals to the superiority of Atheism. So dictates Christopher Hitchens.
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posted on
10/28/2009 11:22:39 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all the while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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