I'm a Christian, and am not embarrassed to admit it. I'm embarrassed by these assholes, though. (Atheists often think that Christian == fundamentalist, which simply isn't true.)
I'm not sure it's more logical to say that the universe created itself than it was created by someone, but to each his own, I guess.
I actually saw them today at the con, holding up a Jesus Is Lord sign, as a bunch of cosplaying executioners paraded around. I didn't know it was the Westborough asshats, or I'd have had words with them,
And you also get upset when theists call you asshats, am I right? (Do you never wonder why?)
Honestly, I think the arguments for the existence of God are more compelling than the opposite, but doing your dickwad atheist bit isn't a good counterargument.
Dawkins has made being-an-asshole-to-theists his raison d'etre, but it neither makes him right, nor even sound particularly smart. His arguments are laughably bad when he strays outside the area he knows (evo
What if there were a single cause for many of the world's ills in both the social and personal spheres, from overpopulation, ecological destruction, ethnic violence and hatred, to addictions, conflicts between the sexes, the breakdown of the family, and even why it feels good to be bad? Sound too simplistic or far-fetched? A core underlying cause of all these problems is hidden authoritarianism. Buying into, communism, spiritual cults, organized religion, UFO cults, therapy cults, Jim Jones, David Koresh, Hi
I agree that authoritarianism is a root cause of many of society's ills. I'm an anarchist, and thus opposed to many of the forms of "authority" that are most widely and unquestioningly accepted by people worldwide, both religious and otherwise. But I base this and all of my other beliefs on the explicit teachings of Jesus Christ, who taught that our relationships with others (and Himself) ought to be based not on authority or coercion or violence, but love. "Religion" certainly can be abused by authorita
Fascinating. How would you combine "There is no greater authority than yourself" http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=0XRPgLZU12g&gl=US [youtube.com], a basic tenet of my brand of anarchism, and say "I am born free and no man is my Lord", with "Yes, God is the ultimate Authority" and sheepishly kneeling to an invisible master?
I acknowledge exactly One (exactly One and only One) Authority higher than myself. I am born free, as are all people, because of having been created in His image. Like many people, though by no means all, I choose to use that freedom to try my best to serve Him. I don't do a particularly great job, perhaps because He also has the freedom to choose me as His servant or not to, and I strongly suspect the latter.
I am born free, as are all people, because of having been created in His image.
I don't get this "image" thing. Does his image have a penis, or a vagina? Either way, half of humanity is going to hell over that discrepency.
Maybe you'll say he has both - in which case only hermaphrodites get a free pass to the afterlife. Or maybe he has no reproductive organs at all, in which case your weiner makes you a sinner.
Any other weasel answer along the lines of "I don't know" or "he moves in mysterious ways" is an admission that you are not really born in his image at all. (Is his image caucasia
In any problem, if you find yourself doing an infinite amount of work,
the answer may be obtained by inspection.
Still doing that? (Score:0, Troll)
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I'm a Christian, and am not embarrassed to admit it. I'm embarrassed by these assholes, though. (Atheists often think that Christian == fundamentalist, which simply isn't true.)
I'm not sure it's more logical to say that the universe created itself than it was created by someone, but to each his own, I guess.
I actually saw them today at the con, holding up a Jesus Is Lord sign, as a bunch of cosplaying executioners paraded around. I didn't know it was the Westborough asshats, or I'd have had words with them,
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No, no, we do not think all of you are fundamentalists, However, we do think you are all delusional.
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>>However, we do think you are all delusional.
And you also get upset when theists call you asshats, am I right? (Do you never wonder why?)
Honestly, I think the arguments for the existence of God are more compelling than the opposite, but doing your dickwad atheist bit isn't a good counterargument.
Dawkins has made being-an-asshole-to-theists his raison d'etre, but it neither makes him right, nor even sound particularly smart. His arguments are laughably bad when he strays outside the area he knows (evo
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What if there were a single cause for many of the world's ills in both the social and personal spheres, from overpopulation, ecological destruction, ethnic violence and hatred, to addictions, conflicts between the sexes, the breakdown of the family, and even why it feels good to be bad? Sound too simplistic or far-fetched? A core underlying cause of all these problems is hidden authoritarianism.
Buying into, communism, spiritual cults, organized religion, UFO cults, therapy cults, Jim Jones, David Koresh, Hi
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Fascinating.
How would you combine "There is no greater authority than yourself" http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=0XRPgLZU12g&gl=US [youtube.com], a basic tenet of my brand of anarchism, and say "I am born free and no man is my Lord", with "Yes, God is the ultimate Authority" and sheepishly kneeling to an invisible master?
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I am born free, as are all people, because of having been created in His image.
I don't get this "image" thing. Does his image have a penis, or a vagina? Either way, half of humanity is going to hell over that discrepency.
Maybe you'll say he has both - in which case only hermaphrodites get a free pass to the afterlife. Or maybe he has no reproductive organs at all, in which case your weiner makes you a sinner.
Any other weasel answer along the lines of "I don't know" or "he moves in mysterious ways" is an admission that you are not really born in his image at all. (Is his image caucasia