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  • whatthefunk10

    • That same God invented child leukemia..
      What an all powerful, loving God.
      futurefood
    • and us monkeys have been hurling shit at and murdering each other over god's greatness and favour ever since._niko
    • https://i.pinimg.com…maquito
    • lol at the asterisks in slaveGnash
    • I’m sure it’ll be s-word in no time_niko
    • This is perfect for a ruler or dictator (that declares himself a God, like our Orance Clown). As we know, man created God as his ideal image.formed
    • God created man, and in gratitude, man created god.palimpsest
    • While I agree with the idea, there is no verifiable proof that Mark Twain said this.ShenanigansTV
    • There’s also no verifiable proof of any god, but at least this is in the realm of possibilities.monospaced
  • whatthefunk16

    • بالضبط!OBBTKN
    • Would the exclamation mark not be on the left? Seriously curious.skinny_puppy
  • _niko1

    Here’s my philosophy on life from what I’ve gathered in my forty something years of existence.

    It all means nothing. We don’t matter. The universe will disappear just like it appeared and all will be forgotten. We are no more than fireflies in the night.

    We are a cosmic fluke and shouldn’t really exist but since we do we should live, love and enjoy every single minute of it and ensure everyone else does too.

    • AmenMrT
    • Nilistic Optimism.pango
    • you are a cosmic fluke, everyone else means and matters, just you don'tnudes
    • Welcome to the apathetic church of pragmatic nihilismthumb_screws
    • omnipresenceutopian
    • lol and you were worried about me? It's all a lark, just have fun and leave when you want.garbage
    • lol at cosmic fluke.set
    • preach itfuturefood
    • and here lies the problem: person 1 claims to have found the truth, person 2 and 3 are bullshitting about it; war. Have some respect.mekk
    • cosmic fatalism = religious predestination = justifying being a shit person because it's beyond your will (the will of god/ nature/ science)... same shit.kingsteven
    • If you don't matter, kill yourself and find out.robthelad
    • You're just spouting nonsense. Mattering is just a human construct. Things only matter if we make them matter. The meaning of life, for me, is to find meaning.set
    • Being a good person is never beyond will. That’s just something religious people say to justify their awful tendencies.monospaced
    • When did this become about free will.
      Just a reminder:
      http://psycnet.apa.o…
      http://science.scien…
      soundofreason
    • and
      http://journals.sage…
      soundofreason
    • @_niko
      What I really want to know how racism fits in to your world view.
      soundofreason
    • Is your church accepting donations? I'm a believer. Praise _niko the disciple. He's going to save us all from sin. Oh! save us all _niko!shapesalad
    • oh totally, religious predestination is that the will of god is carried out via individual free will. in effect it's a surrender to lack of control, and as akingsteven
    • mantra this is the same ideology, but based in scientific dogma...kingsteven
    • Hello there old friend!
      ELI5, where in _niko's post he's referencing free will.
      soundofreason
    • I honestly never understood why people find a lack of "meaning" in the universe depressing. Like set said, it's an incoherent concept.yuekit
    • Ultimately your own subjective experience is all that matters. Think of your life like a film or a book. It's up to you to direct it and write the plot.yuekit
    • @yuekit
      Probably because some are unable to have an objective view of specific elements within a structure. Ex: atheist = immoral
      soundofreason
    • @soundofreason, denial of meaning/ roll with it ideology is hardly an objective viewpoint. as personal philosophy it only serves the same purpose askingsteven
    • aforementioned religious (+ as you point out) scientific concepts on the nature of free will... as a coping method for not knowing, and an excuse for not caringkingsteven
    • about your actions.kingsteven
    • OKsoundofreason
    • kingsteven, why would you expect there to be meaning in the universe?yuekit
    • so basically qbn is full of nihilistic satanistspinkfloyd
    • So we exist out of pure luck? I may not believe in jesus and the single old man in the sky but I do think we're part of something bigger.Maaku
    • people believe in what they want to believe in. in the end, we're all clueless apespinkfloyd
    • i don't expect, but i'm not going to say there's not because i don't know. i'm not religious, but just as wary of the certainty of atheist 'beliefs'.kingsteven
    • Why should we ensure everyone else does too? That's on them.cannonball1978
    • Not saying I have any answers either... but it seems awfully convenient and self-serving to think that reality would conform to human psychology or morality.yuekit
    • When you consider the tiny amount of time we've been here, not sure I would put the chances of that on par with the alternative.yuekit
    • It was natural and intuitive for humans to think the universe rotated around the Earth too.yuekit
    • cannon I just mean respect everyone so that they could do the same._niko
    • pinkfloyd is right ... we're just "clueless apes" at the end of the daymonospaced
  • kingsteven5

    • trollmonospaced
    • Lol, awesomeGnash
    • Now that’s some hi-level trolling. Here we are spitting out poop in millisecondsGnash
    • This guy’s carving it into stone!Gnash
    • FUCK YOU, ALEXAMENOS!Gnash
    • Kids eh, they never change. Amirite.Morning_star
    • amazing lol_niko
    • Kids gonna kidnb
    • Imagine it this was posted in the Muslim threar with a Mohammed caricature.NBQ00
    • ^ It’d still be LEGEND!Gnash
    • Caricaturizing Mohammed would get banned and downvoted.hotroddy
    • When you moch Christianity you are somehow enlightened. When you mock any other religion you are a racisthotroddy
    • there's some truth in that, hotroddy, but doesn't change that this is still awesomeGnash
    • CONTEXT the earliest example of the principal symbol of the Christian religion is satire... vskingsteven
    • almost every depiction of
      Muhammad is a criticism of islamic fundamentalism...
      kingsteven
    • almost every image of Muhammad you will find plays on negative Muslim stereotypes...kingsteven
    • (portrayed as violent, backward, sexually perverted, and intolerant of non-Muslims). vs a donkey head...kingsteven
    • That's amazing, never saw that before. Anyway I guess Alexamenos got the last laugh as his religion eventually took over the country and continent.yuekit
    • yah, try putting a donkey head on Mohammed and see how that plays out.hotroddy
    • i find them most depictions uncomfortable as they are analogous to old caricatures of jews, irish that are widely reviled.kingsteven
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      utopian
    • This is viral marketing for Bojack Horseman.i_monk
    • lol at the dunce acting like a 2,000 year old child’s sketch is someone mocking Christianity right now. DERP DERP DERP don’t make fun of my made up shit ... blamonospaced
    • It looks so Dave McKeanscarabin
    • lol scaragarbage
    • t-shirt. now.jagara
    • ^ oh dang. Good idea!Gnash
    • It already is a T-shirt :(Gnash
  • moldero17

    can we merge the flat earth thread and this one, and call it "Old shit people still believe"

    • best post of 2018 so far imhofadein11
    • Agree. How do the bible folk defend the bible saying the earth is flat? Do they believe it?_niko
    • They pick and choose. That’s how faith works. Everyone is doing it differently but they’re all right, and each will die convinced of it.monospaced
  • scarabin13

  • Ramanisky21

    • phew. glad god said it was cool.scarabin
    • Yeah does God give out confirmations via email or visions or some shit still?_niko
    • Via Text messagepango
    • Via Twitter
      #youreforgiven
      Ramanisky2
    • people who talk about "sins" are creepy as fuckinteliboy
    • God bless her heart.utopian
    • forgiven for opening a gmail account hotmail usersowhichnumberwereyou
    • haha, that woman stare when he's talking, not 100% forgiven. her explanation more grounded. his is booshit explanitar.yurimon
    • when anyone talks like him its says to me he hasn't taken full responsibility for his actions.yurimon
    • aawwwww she's such a keeper! throwing up all over this shit.sea_sea
    • these people are insane.chukkaphob
    • Explanitar, pretty sure that's a pokemongilgamush
    • ummmmm no. it's not.pango
    • "God has forgiven me" Hahaha
      Get fucked you conceited, delusional fucking lemming.
      set
    • Wonder what God sounded like when he spoke to him to tell him that all was forgiven?microkorg
    • I love me some fleshly desires.elahon
    • Funny when some Americans called Muslims fanatics, cuz these Americans are as much or more fanatics than some these Muslims.Ben99
    • fuck this dumb cuntmoldero
    • Who is this guy and why does he think god cares about his cougar obsession?fooler
    • this is definitely mental illness.chukkaphob
    • the worst part is him expecting the rest of the world to buy his bullshit. delusional cunt.chukkaphob
    • The internet, giving neurotics like these a platform to regurgitate idiocy to idiots since 1999 (Myspace)Guvnor
    • this is gross.docpoz
    • "..pure fleshly desires.."SlashPeckham
    • https://vimeo.com/92…docpoz
    • ^ wrong thread. my fault.docpoz
    • mir is the fucking man, love that guygilgamush
    • she's cute!pango
    • she puts on a good face for the public.docpoz
  • set4

    1500 Year Old Bible Claims Jesus Christ Was Not Crucified –

    Much to the dismay of the Vatican, an approx. 1500-2000 year old bible was found in Turkey, in the Ethnography Museum of Ankara. Discovered and kept secret in the year 2000, the book contains the Gospel of Barnabas – a disciple of Christ – which shows that Jesus was not crucified, nor was he the son of God, but a Prophet.

    The book also calls Apostle Paul “The Impostor”.

    The book also claims that Jesus ascended to heaven alive, and that Judas Iscariot was crucified in his place.

    A report by The National Turk says that the Bible was seized from a gang of smugglers in a Mediterranean-area operation. The report states the gang was charged with smuggling antiquities, illegal excavations, and the possession of explosives.

    The books itself is valued as high as 40 Million Turkish Liras (approx. 28 mil. Dollars). Man, where is the Thieves Guild, when you need them?

    Authenticity

    According to reports, experts and religious authorities in Tehram insist that the book is original. The book itself is written with gold lettering, onto loosely-tied leather in Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ.

    The text maintains a vision similar to Islam, contradicting the New Testament's teachings of Christianity.

    Jesus also foresees the coming of the Prophet Muhammad, who would found Islam 700 years later.

    It is believed that, during the Council of Nicea, the Catholic Church hand-picked the gospels that form the Bible as we know it today; omitting the Gospel of Barnabas (among many others) in favor of the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Many biblical texts have begun to surface over time, including those of the Dead Sea and Gnostic Gospels; but this book especially, seems to worry the Vatican.

    The Catholic Church wants in
    What does this mean to Christian-derived religions and their followers? Quite a tight spot. The Vatican has asked Turkish authorities to let them examine the contents of the book within the Church. Now that the book has been found, will they come to accept the it and its evidence? Will they deny it altogether? Call it a “Muslim lie”, as did the “Truth” Magazine, in 2000? To many, this book is a beacon of hope, that believers soon realize that the object of their adoration is arbitrary; and that all text, especially religious text, is subject to interpretation. What does this mean to atheists/agnostics/secular thinkers? Is the text real? Fake? Does it matter?

    Hopefully, this news inspires the religious to ask questions, instead of pointing fingers or believing anything blindly.

    Please, don't go poking fun or tossing around the “I told you so!”s. The biggest danger of faith is when people believe what they want to believe, defending against any and all evidence; especially when that evidence revolutionizes their foundation from the ground up. And the biggest culprit to that danger is the ego trap: rejecting/criticizing others, for being unlike you. For centuries, the “defense” of blind faith has driven nations to war, violence, discrimination, slavery and to become the society of automatons that we are today; and for just as long, it has been justified with lies. If you know better, act like it. Read

    Sources: Sons On The Pyre, National Turk http://sonsonthepyre.com/1500-ye…
    http://www.nationalturk.com/en/1…

    More: http://www.knowledgeoftoday.org/…

    • Re: the last paragraph, I find it hard to believe Christianity will change its foundations based on this revolutionary evidence.monospaced
    • And I will respect your request to not poke fun or play the "I told you so" game.monospaced
    • mocking the word of God with some counterfeit manuscrit, !!!!GeorgesII
    • Are those paperclips holding the pages of a 1500 year old book?dmay
    • ^
      spot on
      ApeRobot
    • http://ak-hdl.buzzfe…pablo28
    • how convenient and uncensored.yurimon
    • haha paperclippinkfloyd
    • 3 reliable sources: Sons On The Pyre, National Turk and knowledgeoftoday.org…
      lol
      pablo28
    • Cool stuff. Ya Paul hates on Jesus for jesus' whole life, wasn't untill the guy died and it became a popular movement did Paul jump the bandwagon and co-opt thegilgamush
    • Entire thing. In short, Paul was a dick, so fake or not, this document has some meritgilgamush
    • lol @ pablo.

      I guess you would label cnn and bbc as reliable? Humorous.
      set
    • but yes I have no idea how real this is, and the paperclips are a bit of a giveaway, just thought it was interesting reading.set
    • new testament apocrypha are fascinatinginteliboy
    • also the catholic church are not phased - they simply try to debunk what ever doesn't fit their systeminteliboy
    • uh ohdbloc
    • plot twistKrassy
    • I can 3D print this book for a pack of smokes nowadays.kona
    • Special archival paperclips. Barely any pressure.BrokenHD
    • nothing is going to change, because people are too afraid to change their engrained beliefs. was in jerusalem and oooh man that was like a religious theme park.sea_sea
    • there's a book i read about jesus not dying, therefore not resurrecting. which would destroy christianity as we know it. so this concept is not completely new.sea_sea
    • It's a 500ish year old book (1500AD) Not 1500 years olf. Also this story is more than a year old and the book was discovered back in 2000.ETM
    • Really cool.Hayoth
    • yeah this one in particular seems far fetched. the book of Thomas on the other hand is really interesting and possibly legit.inteliboy
    • For the record the pages are leather not paper, so I don't imagine the clip would damage it...set
  • sarahfailin16

  • whatthefunk14

    • <_niko
    • LOLGuyFawkes
    • oh, and Muslims of course. Same god, same devil, most of the same stories and just as crazymonospaced
    • satan is just a persistent negative energy that we choose to absorb or not. Not a guy with goatee. It's a necessary element of a bipolar dynamism.Beeswax
    • without that we wouldnt be able to evolve. Nothing would. and Mono is stuck at literal meanings like most believers, this is a fact.Beeswax
    • "negative energy" is just a made up concept based entirely on feelings, with no actual connection to any reality.monospaced
    • "negative energy" is like "satan" and "evil" in that it is a man-made concept. None of them exist outside of being a construct of fear. That is a fact.monospaced
    • I'm not a "believer" either. I don't believe in the supernatural (which includes evil, god, satan, fairies).monospaced
    • So back to the comparison. Christians believe in Satan. So do Muslims. I'm not wrong.monospaced
  • hydro744

    • now do Mohamed banging his 9 year old wifeGnash
    • She was actually 6 when they married Gnash, I couldn't believe it so watched a scholar explain how hilarious it was that she brought her dolls to the wedding.PhanLo
    • @gnash, why?monospaced
    • @mono, maybe because critics and ridiculers of religion are selective and like a soft target.Morning_star
    • lol, jesus weenis on the front pageAkagiyama
    • Because it’s funny that Mohamed fucks childrenGnash
    • Why do you care though? Why do you think people should pick one over the other?monospaced
    • It’s easier to make fun of Christianity because we know more about it. Play on words, etc.monospaced
    • Personally I think they’re all deserving of ridicule. But Christianity above others.monospaced
    • Yeah, do that with Allah, faggotcrazyprick
    • Allah is actually just Abrahamic God, he's the same guy. Big white guy in the skyPhanLo
    • Jesus is Coming!fooler
    • I know you have a soft spot for minor attracted people, mono. So I see why you feel that wayGnash
    • Damn! JC was hung!futurefood
    • slow clap futurefood_niko
    • ..that's not hung in more than one way.garbage
    • I meant he was hung up on breaking all the rules! teaching how to make love and suchfuturefood
    • flolgarbage
    • He's cum too soon, it's not Easter until next weekGardener
    • The spirit of easter right there, it's all about pumpin'.PhanLo
    • Allah, what a faggotcrazyprick
    • I have a what, Gnash? You just making up nonsense about me? Fucking weird.monospaced
    • Is that what Christians call pedophiles in their ranks, “minor attracted people”? No, no soft spot here for that.monospaced
    • who would of thought that Hung Jesus would cause soo many issues here. He is just into BDSM, let the man enjoy!hydro74
    • Sure mono, sure. Act all confused :)Gnash
    • @hydro, posting such shit is simply a low hanging fruit. Try that with Islam.crazyprick
    • I’m not confused, I very clearly am against criminal pedophilia and especially the conspiracy by the Catholic Church to cover it up. Now youmonospaced
    • I think the bored conversation about how similar evangelicals of any faith or non-faith should get a room is over.garbage
    • We need to talk about calling that silhouette as "hung". That's a short pencil Jesus is weeping with.garbage
    • Garbage is a size queencrazyprick
    • thought for a moment his chin/beard was his noserzu-rzu
  • PonyBoy7

    Iceland's mooted circumcision ban sparks religious outrage

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-eu…

    "The draft law would impose a six-year prison term on anyone guilty of "removing part or all of the [child's] sexual organs", arguing the practice violates the child's rights.

    Jewish and Muslim leaders however have called the bill an attack on religious freedom."

    • what's with religious group's fixation on toddler genital mutilation?pango
    • ^ peepees are bad, bad.Gnash
    • antifapApeRobot
    • It’s not only religiousmonospaced
    • what's with people's fixation on toddler genital mutilation?pango
    • ^ yupGnash
    • good on iceland!futurefood
    • Is circumcision really an anti-fap move?Bennn
    • Yespango
    • good for them and fuck those guys. The decisions is for the kids and kids alone to make. Fuck those relgious cunts.mugwart
    • This is fucked up Dark Ages shitBennn
    • it's not an anti-fap thingmonospaced
    • never understood why female circumcision is barbaric but male is totally coolscarabin
    • ^ i think we are more hateful to men then we are to woman ... which is still a lotmugwart
    • "Dr. J H Kellogg recommended circumcision of boys caught masturbating, writing: "A remedy for masturbation which is almost always successful in small boy..."pango
    • https://en.wikipedia…pango
    • https://youtu.be/gCS…pango
    • @mugwart Um, no. @scar Not to deny the wrongs of male circumcision, a read of the FGM explains some of the disparities: https://en.wikipedia…PeterPancake
    • ^Is this the first time this guy not posting pancakes?pango
    • ^ https://i.imgur.com/…PeterPancake
    • I thought Scar WAS Peter Pancake.sarahfailin
    • there's a little scar in all of usGnash
    • Yea produce a beautiful being, a part of you, ready for the beauty of the world. I know, let's chop the tip of its cock off. Fucking nutjobsset
    • The whole hygiene thing is utter nonsense as well. Why not cut your arm off to keep your armpits cleaner. Or maybe just wash properly..set
    • ^ well putmugwart
    • @Set. Spot on.PhanLo
    • Its to prevent kids from masturbating. Masturbation is bad for you. also god loves you more than you love your self.pango
    • no it's notmonospaced
    • yes it is.pango
  • Ramanisky25

    • Jesus was almost 7’ tall? Way back in 0033?nb
    • Is he also on trial with Trump?PhanLo
    • He was a Viking clearlymonospaced
    • Artist really captured his fat, flabby neck and his sad attempt to jut out his chin to avoid having it fold and flop over his collar.monospaced
    • The Grifter and the Drifter_niko
    • Both narcissistic, delusional conmen who cared only about making people worship them.monospaced
    • oh snap! monoutopian
    • one mocks disabled people the other healed them...very fine people on both sides..neverscared
    • and the evangelicals will still vote for him.CyBrainX
    • So Jesus had small hands as well?Bluejam
    • And did Jesus have a mushroom?Continuity
    • Mono triggered by Jesus again. The historical Christ was literally the polar opposite of Trump. He was more an anarchist social reform type.garbage
    • He was killed for pointing out corruption in the church and state. The cult of personality didn't take hold until about 60 years after him getting crossed up.garbage
    • omg stfu, stop mansplaining the same old Christian schtick, it’s unnecessary.monospaced
    • And I agree with you. Which is why this is ridiculous. Fucking captain obvious garbage.monospaced
    • Anyway, Jesus is just god, and in that case I am 100% right in my assessment. His main goal is that people worship him. Blindly. Without thinking.monospaced
    • I’m not threatened by this religious nonsense. So you can drop thatmonospaced
    • "[Jesus] cared only about making people worship them."palimpsest
    • @monospaced if you took a bit of time to understand religion you wouldn't be making such a fool or yourself. I'm not asking to believe it, just understand it.palimpsest
    • Jesus is not just god, that's why the trinity is so important in catholic religion.palimpsest
    • Jesus' teachings are emphasized for compassion and concern for the poor and marginalized. He serves a link to the human.palimpsest
    • His concern for those in need is as a call to address economic and social inequalities. He does not posture as a god.palimpsest
    • Matthew 20:28palimpsest
    • (Subscribed)Gnash
    • yeah palimpsest Jesus as a hippie philosopher is one thing, Jesus as the son of everyone's favourite imaginary friend is another._niko
    • @palimp Exactly. Mono's atheism rings about as deep as "Jesus is dumb". If you're confident in your disbelieve, JC doesn't give you boogeyman vibes.garbage
    • I'm guessing he still doesn't know what "God is dead" actually means, and will mouth-foamingly Google this clapback.garbage
    • I mean, the dude still uses "retard" as an insult. It's kind of funny that he gets so heated, but he should probably check his rage problems at the door.garbage
    • Who else felt insulted by being nominated for Nice Week? Nobody.garbage
  • _niko3

    anybody want some covid with their blood of christ?

    https://www.usnews.com/news/worl…

    Such a fucking embarrassment, we were once a beacon of hope, carrying the torch of reason, critical thought, science and logic in a dark age of superstition and fear, only to snuff the light and enter another 2000 years of darkness.

    In Toronto they're angrily defying the order to not take communion and saying shit like:

    "No one who enters God’s church will catch any sickness. The Church is God’s house. Kissing holy objects such as crosses and the holy chalice would NEVER cause any transmission of any sickness/disease/COVID."

    right idiot, except for the plague of justinian that killed 100 million christians, 10,000/day in Constantinople their holiest city.

    How the fuck are we still thinking like this in 2020?

    • Because nothing ever changes nor ever willnb
    • my dudes, here in Orthodoxy realm, we have the same plus the high patriarchs ride in the latest Benz, pay no taxes, defy state and order, don't feel sorrygrafician
    • God never said to be stupid, pretty sure He banished Adam from Eden for being a smart ass...grafician
    • And I'm not taking the Lord's name in vain, pretty sure condemning others in the name of the Lord is exactly that, so karma is a bitchgrafician
    • "It will all sort itself out" ~scarabinmoldero
    • Humans... this is our struggle.brandonp
    • "He banished Adam from Eden for being a smart ass..." Pissed my self laughing, cause its so true in so many ways. Nice one Grafician.Sellies
    • I know my religiion Sellies lolgrafician
    • scarabin a bit of a prophet innit?grafician
    • Belief systems evolved in humans as a way to gain social cohesion. How it can evolve out depending on the society structure.shapesalad
    • Those that believe the most, tend to have a different brain, one area in particular is larger and more active in believers vs non believers.shapesalad
    • Read the Phantom Brain. Talks about it in relation to brain injuries and how it affects a patient’s belief system, reducing / enhancing.shapesalad
    • fuck the lordernexbcn
    • I'm not religious. But I'll go to church at times. My Tak religion is suppose to be and idea withe a little fear of the devil to make u behave nice to ppl.deathboy
    • But some very dogmatic and strict. But also we have new and simar religions with climate change and science staticiuams for Corp interestsdeathboy
    • Personally I like the old religion vs new being sold a d I doctribated especially in schools public and more so as higher edudeathboy
    • Maybe covid will help change itdeathboy
    • And we think masks protect us... Reminds me of a muslim laughing at christians writing prayers on wailng walldeathboy
    • Saying silly people and notes when we want to speak to God all we do is praydeathboy
    • Science is not a belief systemmonospaced
    • Anything can be a belief system. Pseudo science as welldeathboy
    • I believe scientology is built off the ideadeathboy
    • I remeber a a concerned teacher when I was reading dianetics in the third gradedeathboy
    • But a big question is the morality it inflicts. This new religion and dogma u buy me not lacks purpose and structuredeathboy
    • Scientology isn’t science. Pseudo science isn’t either, by definition. Science is a process not a belief.monospaced
    • If you dig deep enough into religion, you will see it's all based from ancient astrology system. Humans then created stories around it which have been bent andSellies
    • changed over time to suit each human idealistic approach so they can gain power and to suppress opponents.Sellies
    • changed over time to suit each human idealistic approach so they can gain power and to suppress opponents.Sellies
    • In saying that, there is some form of power in positive thinking with over a few people praying for something to happen or a outcome needing to happen.Sellies
    • Science have seen positive results with human intention in groups.Sellies
    • No it hasn’t. People doing things is the only thing that happens. You’re describing motivation.monospaced
    • Astrology isn’t science either. It’s just mythology slapped over a meaningless natural phenomenon of stars being visible.monospaced
    • plaguested
    • I just love how mono is the voice of reason here LOLgrafician
    • is that a bouncer in the back ready to hold her down if she refuses?fadein11
    • oh my bad, it's Ross Kemp.fadein11
    • Religion = Badformed
    • religion = obsolete tool to pass information trough generations.sted
    • Information is sparse and mostly useless.monospaced
    • Fundamentalist, people who follow astrology, tarot, Santa Claus, the boogie man are all superstitious. It's the same exact thing.CyBrainX
    • I like bad religiondeathboy
    • Let's them practice. It's not fair so me ppl can and others can't practice faith. Lockdowns are straight up faithdeathboy
    • Opening churches should be mandatoryscarabin
    • Not mandatory asshat. U miss the point.deathboy
    • Fake scarabin.deathboy
    • You missed the joke idiotmonospaced
    • Lolscarabin
    • Pray for us, deathboy. A nice, big, group prayer will set us all straightscarabin
    • hey-o, scarabin's on a hot streak.zarkonite
  • moldero12

    "Religious people are more tolerant of different viewpoints than atheists"

  • chukkaphob11

    • i'll give you three guesses who downvoted this. it's okay though, i canceled it out with an upvote.scarabin
    • @scarabin:
      1. yurimon
      2. yurimon's 2nd account
      3. yurimon's 3rd account
      chukkaphob
    • I cancelled out his 2nd accountmoldero
    • some truth to this but not a balanced statement. too much ego. which is counter intuitive to an enlightened person.yurimon
    • it's only egotistical at first glance, yuri.scarabin
    • the biggest ego on this website is yourself yuri.inteliboy
    • naw yuri is just this guy in the glasses
      http://i.imgur.com/r…
      deathboy
    • OH MY ME! I AM?! SWEET'pango
    • normally in the hindu explanation it is not an ego centric. however in the context of a bumper sticker on car rear window, with the word atheist reference.yurimon
    • ego centric. pretty sure of it. ive always seen my self im as a humble messenger btw, but i understand how peoples ego could get jerked by my posts.yurimon
    • n no dnvote brah. you just wrecked yo selfsyurimon
    • It's egos that are offended by yuri, frankly.set
    • http://in1.ccio.co/g…yurimon
    • another question i have for this god who owns the bumper sticker. out of all your godly power. you have chosen a life of servitude to a printed paper that guideyurimon
    • s your action and decision making. and mind you with your godlyness you place yourself below public servant that can beat you and get away with it.yurimon
    • so with all his godly power he can only come up with a life of complacent, slavery to an authority that only has power to the extent you give it andyurimon
    • so the cycle continues.yurimon
    • using money isn't slavery. it's easier than carrying around goats to trade for food. how do you pay for things, yuri?scarabin
    • you're guilty of EVERYTHING you accuse people of here. political inaction, using money & having a job, enjoying the endless fruits of science, being alivescarabin
    • thanks to vaccinations, basically everything you've ever said you were above you're guilty of. that's not just ego, that's denial.scarabin
    • that's some serious de-lumination right there. you're living in the dark in the worst way.scarabin
    • we are all serfs bro. no denying. but in the way we live now yes its true we are slaves. so how you going to get out of the darkness? denying it?yurimon
    • yes how you use money could be a tool or vice. but doesnt answer the question. with all this free will and divine imagination, what are we subjecting ourselvesyurimon
    • to? are we the masters of the beast or servants to the urges of our lower selves?
      you did the oto what they say?
      yurimon
    • you're an idiot if you think humans aren't doing amazing things with ther powers every day. all you're focusing on is the 9-5 grind, which has existed since thescarabin
    • for millions of years.scarabin
    • -since thescarabin
    • any of us can choose to grow our own food and escape your supposed slavery. we can live anywhere in the world. those are some pretty weak-ass chains.scarabin
    • you also can't declare everyone a servant to their urges without knowing everyone personally so that line of thinking is pointless.scarabin
    • there is different gradations of serfdom. its more scientific now where you have classes of people. 2nd of all you are no where near the sovereign you wereyurimon
    • intended to be. Its seems you have a whole range of history or study of concepts of american law missing.yurimon
    • So it still comes to the point of with all this freedom and chainlessness that you claim we have. this what we can come up with?yurimon
    • yeah im sure there are amazing things done on daily basis.yurimon
    • lol. you don't need to know "american law" to move and grow a garden.scarabin
    • and we're discovering new planets, mapping our solar system, finding new ways to save lives, creating new art, etc, all while you're pissing and moaning aboutscarabin
    • bumper stickers.scarabin
    • you need it to know how you've been robbed and your sovereignty stolen. if you like to be screwed like the rest of public then sure you dont need it.yurimon
    • how much of what is discovered hidden from the public? real knowledge of all the ongoing programs is prob like 100 years or more ahead of what we are exposed toyurimon
    • are we really empowered with all the knowledge that is out there? or is it another hierarchy?yurimon
    • yeah some things are great and some are not but basically are dogs on a leash? obviously to natural law we are serfs with some slack to our leash maybeyurimon
    • compared to other cultures. but the core of us mastering ourselves completely as whole doesnt reflect the system we find ourselves to be bonded to.yurimon
    • no, humans are not "basically dogs on a leash". i'm sorry you have such a shit life you see everything through a negative lens. i really am.scarabin
    • i like a happy and fulfilling life opting into a system i've learned to play well. if you don't like it, go play a different game somewhere else or do somethingscarabin
    • besides just bitching all the time. all that does is make you look like a whiner, not anyone enlightened.scarabin
    • nobody takes you seriously because you practice NOTHING you preach.scarabin
    • this is discussion. nothing to whine about. just because you are fed on the farm doesnt mean you are free range. I dont understand how this goes above your headyurimon
    • its the issue of illusion and reality. we can be stoked on how great we are and progressing while your calls are listened to and people being kill on your dime.yurimon
    • this discussion doesnt reflect my life. so i dont see why you resort to oh how sad just because. you want to live in your bubble go ahead.yurimon
    • so what are you doing to free yourself? nothing. that makes this just a bunch of whining.scarabin
    • society has been moving along so far on bullshit for a millennium till it collapses. n restart bullshit n controlyurimon
    • so opt out and live in a cave.scarabin
    • you won't, because you're happy enough with the system to stay. if you stay, it's your choice and not slavery.scarabin
    • you dont know what i practice anyway or what im doing regarding what i think or know. what do i have to do with other people.yurimon
    • the bottom line is you're just as guilty of playing the game as everyone else here, so shut the fuck up with the high and mighty crap.scarabin
    • going around pointing out the reality of our situation is neither productive nor enlightening yurimonmonospaced
    • so what if we live in a society that has rules of control? it always has; nothing new and nothing really taht surprising whatsoevermonospaced
    • everyone is responsible for themselves, just because i point something out you can do whatever you like. if something is true regardless of your belief whoyurimon
    • cares, right?yurimon
    • I dont know why you guys always end up thinking im thinking im better then anyone. lol. its not productive i know because few people take action. true it is.yurimon
    • but im free to express. so. stick to the philosophy. this conversation was about something else. but nice try. i like how it becomes about me.yurimon
    • this thread started with philosophy that i find interesting non the less so someday we can talk along those lines instead.yurimon
    • are you taking action or just making a feeble attempt to school us on seomthig that's painfully obvious?monospaced
    • i dont know how obvious it is considering the amount of posts. n if its obvious then dont play dumb trying to maneuver yourself on how i think im the shit when.yurimon
    • when its not even an issue. iyurimon
    • literally, all you're saying is we're a slave to money and society, and nobody is saying we aren't, yet you won't STFU about itmonospaced
    • when you go on and on, it's like you're not happy with us being bored with a topic that most people addressed in their early teens or after watching Zeitgeistmonospaced
    • and it comes off like you think you're more enlightened, when in fact, you're just more uppity about it... is this like some new realization to you?monospaced
    • I thinks its a bit more then zietgeist bro, i did alot more backlogging into history, law, etc before this was out on the net. you guys seem to react in typicalyurimon
    • I like how everything is put in box, this is a typical anatomy of a conversation we have.
      me: make comment. u's: "you think your smart" me: try to explain.
      yurimon
    • back forth, back forth explaining, u's sidetrack to "you think your smart" "what you doing?" end internet reference to pigeon hole shit or we know this already.yurimon
    • what? maybe you wouldn't have to explain so much if you could type an intelligible sentence.scarabin
    • i dont think so. its more of your maneuvering after you come up shit like i have an ego. then after explanation of your misunderstanding that you say oh itsyurimon
    • standard knowledge or whatever bulshit.yurimon
    • lol. more like you telling everyone they're slaves or unenlightened or primates (unlike yourself of course), then us mocking you for a bit,scarabin
    • then you telling everyone they’re closed-minded because they don’t agree with you. you’re the pot calling the kettle black from word one and it’s ridiculous.scarabin
    • then the whole time you're calling people monkeys while typing like one so it's extra funny.scarabin
    • i dont take my fast typing serious. seems you have alot of assumptions. i assume nothing n make comments you fuckd up again, son.yurimon
    • how does it feel that you keep fuckn up making assumptions when i clearly said i dont have an ego. why is your ego so fragile. n mono. dang yo.yurimon
    • why are all my comments a threat to you both?yurimon
    • Because it endangers their comfortable world view. People get irrationally defensive when that happens.set
    • it endangers nothing... his world view is mostly accurate, but nothing that we haven't heard before, and certainly nothing that makes him special by understandingmonospaced
    • you dont think you statement is foolish mono? who talks like that. why you always have to say oh its nothing special u complacent individual.yurimon
    • No, I don't think it's foolish. I'm simply stating that what you are saying is true, but calling everyone complacent is really unproductive.monospaced
    • I'm aware of the shackles society and civilization have put on me and the people around me, including you and everyone.monospaced
    • lol. yeah set, i'm secretly worried that zombie jesus is real. apart from his creationism nonsense i don't have any issues with his views.scarabin
    • he's just fucking annoying with them.scarabin
    • he's the stoner in your group that never shuts up about bullshit everyone else saw on youtube ten years ago. it gets old.scarabin
    • the stupidity of what you just said broh. read it over how infantile it is. sorry to say.yurimon
    • major LOLs at @scarabin's stoner comment up one over ^chukkaphob
    • what he said isn't stupid, yurimon, it's the truth. You are going on and on about something most people realized long, long agomonospaced
    • I think your question is better served when you ask yourself. How are my actions contributing to the ills of the world. you cant say you arent. you do mostlyyurimon
    • with your $? how you spend or what you dont stand for? i already answered long time ago now its your turn.yurimon
  • PonyBoy11

    How does Jesus make his tea?

    Hebrews it.

    • That was god awful_niko
    • Jesus christmoldero
    • sacriliciousfuturefood
    • Facepalmpango
    • hahah yesinteliboy
    • Microwaves water for one minute, adds milk and then a tea bag. Just like King James did when they wrote the Bible together.monospaced
    • Could have used this yesterday.ben_
  • hydro748

    • ouch and lol_niko
    • LOLYakuZoku
    • haha!scruffics
    • Hmm, Jesus definitely didn't have any truck with Buddha, nuh-uh. You fucking morons. Listen to what Your Man actually said.
      Fucking morons.
      Nairn
    • ^ Probably should add that a prostitute gave Jesus a pedicure.garbage
    • flol garbageContinuity
    • Buying an alabaster jar of perfume does not a prostitute make. Christian conservative translators call her a prostitute. The Bible only calls her a sinner.imbecile
    • your momdoesnotexist
    • "Seems logical."
      https://cdn.openart.…
      Wolfboy
  • pango10

    "Israel health minister, who claims coronavirus is ‘divine punishment’ for homosexuality, tests positive for COVID-19"

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/w…

    • loves dat assPhanLo
    • not the best way to come outta closet.pango
    • dat hatutopian
    • more of this please dear lord baby Jesus/Apollo/David/m..._niko
    • Where is your God now?Bennn
    • but Divine died in 1988MrT
    • always blame the minorityNutter
    • LoooooooolNBQ00
  • whatthefunk1

    • lol let's watch those hypocritical Christian bitches squirm when they use this to make them look like backward foolsmonospaced
    • hahaomg
    • What's wrong with private religious schools? Of ANY kind? It's the PUBLIC religious schools you need to worry about. #MemeFailzarb0z
    • Yeah... and there isn't one public school that pushes any sort of God here in the StatesPonyBoy
    • ^ no public catholic schools in the us?Gnash
    • Is it progressive calling people with different beliefs or opinions to you backwards?robthelad
    • i'd go to that school.pango
    • "Psst kids, there were no such a thing as dinosaurs!! These are dragon bones! The ones Noah forgot to put in the Ark!Fabricio
    • "Dont believe in the media histeria and hype, they think they are superior than us!"Fabricio
    • nothing's wrong if they're private, what's wrong is when the public system is gutted in favor of private-only options, dominated by religionmonospaced
    • @robthelad. Mono has an irrational hatred of Christians. As a younster I think he was baptised against his will ;)Morning_star
    • morningstar in with the false assumptions, based on his own biases and #alternativefactsmonospaced
    • Aren't most children?detritus
    • you're a smart guy, but you sound really off when it seems like you're defending the union of church and statemonospaced
    • thing is ... my original comment will come true, if these guys proceed as shown in the photo ... it's happened so many times it isn't even funnymonospaced
    • Kids get indoctrinated with Religious bullshit as kids, and grow up believing that baby Jesus walked on water and was born to an actual virgin mother.section_014
    • They for real believe it as fact. And, when you question it, they have no fucking answer. "He was just born"/ "So, god fucked her". "No, he was just is" . "k"section_014
    • Again, there's nothing wrong with a private school that teaches ANYthing. Let the rich pay for ignorance. The meme fails. Arguments about collusion are mootzarb0z
    • 'I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty...Morning_star
    • ...and justice for all'Morning_star
    • Wasn't the 'under God' bullshit added under McCarthy, in the 50s?detritus
    • yes, detritus, it was never in the original pledge, but brainwashed christians like their alternative history and keeping their heads deep in the sand about itmonospaced
    • Their protect the children project is rad though... https://thesatanicte…sea_sea
    • bottom line is, if you support the stance that charter schools should be allowed to be christian, you also support their right to be satanicmonospaced
    • hail satanscarabin
    • Mono: sure, I support Satanic private schools. Go for it, let the market decide. That has nothing to do with Christianity, so stick to your broken meme.zarb0z
    • Slippery slope. If you promote religion in schools, what does a hs diploma mean? If creationism is taught and science ignored, I am not sure that'sformed
    • going to fix itself w free "markets". There needs to be some reality or we'll just have cults everywhere. Worse, we'll have kids brain washed and willing toformed
    • die and kill in whatever "God" is taught.formed
    • When are you going to criticize Islam mono?Hayoth
    • @zarboz, it's not my meme and everyone knows it's unrelated to christianity; @hayoth, same god, same stupid bullshitmonospaced
    • 'The Devil' is directly related to xtianity, mono... what are you going on about? Where do you think the story of it's / his existence / origin comes from?PonyBoy
    • satanists are atheists, actuallyscarabin
    • http://www.churchofs…scarabin
    • do satanists actually believe in an entity known as 'lucifer' or 'the devil', scar?PonyBoy
    • ah... Q answered :)PonyBoy
    • What's the point of using all the pagan symbolism if it's meaningless? Seems like it's only purpose would be to piss off other faiths? (this pleases me) :)PonyBoy
    • that's basically it. they recognize a human need for ritual drama. otherwise it'd just be humanismscarabin
    • satanism is basically about denying shame for natural human impulses (like sex, masturbation, etc) and tempering our urgesscarabin
    • so they don't control us.scarabin
    • I just think it's funny that the aim the Devoss-backed is to push a christian initiative, and how it would backfire when other legit religions exploit itmonospaced
    • And trust me, I would criticize each and every one of them for the same things, because substituting science & reason for religious doctrine is backward.monospaced
    • ... that last part came out wrong, but you know what I mean. School simply shouldn't have to be an extension of church. It's not helping anyone.monospaced
    • couldn't agree more, mono
      <3 (you get a heart cuz it's valentine's day)
      .. and these are for scarabin: <3 <3 <3 He gets more cuz he's 'darker' :)
      PonyBoy
    • lol. yesss feed me heartsscarabin
    • You guys are making massive leaps. Private religious schools are fine. What do they mean? I dunno, what does Loyola mean? What does BYU mean, or Princeton?zarb0z
    • Who cares? What do they mean to YOU? Nobody is forcing any religion on anybody. You may FEAR that possibility, but it's not reality. Bring on the Satanists.zarb0z
    • Bring on the scientists, bring on the Muslims, the Jews, the Jain, the Rastafarian. If you can support a credible degree program with a faith, do so.zarb0z
    • Either way, the non-religious schools vastly outnumber the religious schools, either public or private, and that will not change one iota any time soon.zarb0z
    • Obviously nobody's forcing anyone! Nobody said they were! We're laughing about how the christians will SQUIRM when they see other religions doing it...monospaced
    • ... the Ironic part is that it is the conservative christian right that is the most intolerant of other religions in the USA. Fact.monospaced
    • Eh... one can argue that the anti-religious left in the USA is just as intolerant of Christians (but are fine w/other faiths)... kind of a vicious circle, mono.PonyBoy
    • Hayoth mentioned a lack of the same hate for muslims... I have to agree with him. The Left in the USA has a specific hatred for Christianity in general...PonyBoy
    • ... they'll piss in a jar w/a jesus statue and call it art. In the meantime they'll defend muslims who beat their wives as it's a 'part of their culture'PonyBoy
    • ... there most def. is a pick-and-choose scenario going on when it comes to which religions 'the left' chooses to pick onPonyBoy
    • It would seem this Satanist statue is more directed toward the Abrahamic-origin faiths... more specifically in the States though is Xtianity w/out a doubt.PonyBoy
    • incidentally, that statue was designed to be placed at the arkansas state capitol building after they put up a christian statuescarabin
    • http://fox59.com/201…scarabin
    • well, when/if the first muslim, satanic or local jewish charter school pops up, with government money going to them (Devos), let's see who's squirmingmonospaced
    • The heart of the problem is that Trump and Devos want to give PRIVATE charter schools government funds and not hold them to the same standards as publicmonospaced
    • So, they want to push the christian agenda further with government cash, ignore education standards, and probably continue living in fear of muslims.monospaced
    • its point is to highlight religious discrimination of the statescarabin
    • This isn't speculation, and it's not even subtle that that's what they're doing, so don't even bother trying to imply I'm exaggerating here.monospaced
    • My original point stands, let's watch hypocritical christians squirm and lose their shit when a satanic charter school starts operating on gov funds.monospaced
    • exactly!whatthefunk
    • can't argue w/you mono :) It will indeed be fun to watch Xtians trip-out in both fear and anger... and not see what absolute hypocrites they are in the processPonyBoy
    • Gov't funds means it's a public school. Period. Your argument is invalid. Charter means "charter of admission," which is not pvt.zarb0z
    • You are splitting hairs and moving goalposts for the One True Scotsman, all to make right what is, essentially, a misspelled meme.zarb0z
    • There is nothing wrong with a private religious school. The meme would make your argument if it said "public religious school." But it DOESN'T SAY THAT.zarb0z
    • apparently zarboz doesn't realize what the trump administration is planning to do with charter schools and funding!monospaced
    • yeah, if charters weren't about to take gov. funds, then maybe you'd have a point, but pay attention to the piece of shit Devos!monospaced
    • We want Private School Religion. Worship deans. Bond in boarding accommodation workshops. Sin. And take donations from rich parents.fruitsalad
    • mono is right about her motives: "There are not enough philanthropic dollars in America to fund what is currently the need in education...PonyBoy
    • ...Our desire is to confront the culture in ways that will continue to advance God's kingdom."PonyBoy
    • And do a little research before saying IT DOESN'T SAY THAT ... if they hadn't said that, this meme wouldn't even exist in the first place.monospaced
    • http://www.motherjon…PonyBoy
    • The meme says "SO YOU WANT PRIVATE RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS / OK GAME ON." Fine. So it DOES say "PRIVATE." Fine!zarb0z
    • yeah, but you're missing the message, which is that they want private schools with public funding ... that's what this is about, otherwise it would be stupidmonospaced
    • Fuck off with your conspiracy theories, mono. It says PRIVATE, which is exactly the same as me saying it does NOT say "public," so fuck the fuck off you fuck.zarb0z
    • if this was simply about wanting private religious schools, it would be meaningless, because there are already tons of those. sorry, but you're wrong, dudersmonospaced
    • You're interpreting too literally, and taking my comment out of context, which is the political clusterfuck that is a bible-thumper as secretary of edu.monospaced
    • Florida: Bill Filed to Insert Religion into Public Schools: House Bill 303 and it’s companion bill Senate Bill 436 http://bit.ly/2kHT6P…whatthefunk
    • Where were these satanic school when I was young? Damn I missed out :(pango
    • You satanists are such trollssince1979
    • which part of fighting religious discrimination in government-funded ventures is trolling?scarabin
    • This discussion is actually a little less trolly than I imagined it would turn out. Hoorah.robthelad
    • @zarb0z, LOL at telling me to fuck off, and calling me a fuck, when it's YOU who is 100% completely fucking wrong and missing the point. Made a fool of yourselfmonospaced