Atheists.
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- b_electro0
Speaking of race and religion, has Atheism been covered by Stuff White People Like yet?
- ETM0
So much personal opinion and so little reporting on Fox. Always amusing. I laugh at how they can't grasp the intentional irony of the Atheists wanting to put up the 'Thou shalt not steal' sign.
I loved the comment 'If we don't speak out against the Atheists, Christianity might disappear.' Wow.
- ETM0
A follow up to the original broadcast:
- Sorry this is CNN, not Fox. My mistake. I figured it out when they didn't attack their guest.ETM
- 1-3% of the population? latest figures show closer to 30 million claiming 'no religion'. that's closer to 10%.spifflink
- mr. preacher man on there is an idiot. 'where do you get your morals from??' ummm hundreds of thousand of years of evolution?spifflink
- evolution?spifflink
- Lillebo0
To clarify:
A Christian has an atheist view on Islam.
A Muslim has an atheist view on Christianity.
A Buddhist has an atheist view on Hinduism.
And so on...As long as you don't believe in every God in every religion, you're an atheist in some way. If you have absolute absence of belief in any deity, God or supernatural being, you're an absolute atheist and a jolly good chap.
Regarding Christmas:
Jesus was not born in December, so if you think we celebrate the birthday of Jesus on December 25th, you're wrong. Actually it is an old pagan festival to celebrate the winter solstice (a part of sun worship). Therefore anyone can celebrate Christmas (or Yule) without being in conflict with their religion, or lack of one. They are just taking part in celebrating that the days are getting more sunny and the winter is heading to an end.- A Christmas tree is also a Pagan symbol.. and technically Santa could be seen as worshiping a false idol.ETM
- BTW a solstice represents the middle of the season, not the ending.ETM
- "The seasonal significance of the winter solstice is in the reversal of the gradually lengthening nights and shortening days."Lillebo
- and shortening days"
http://en.wikipedia.…Lillebo - The Solstices are the shortest and longest days of the years. Technically winter doesn't even start until the winter solstice.ETM
- Touchè. But my guess is that the pagans didn't bother with technicality as long as the sun would shine more and more...Lillebo
- :)ETM
- ETM0
Just to show how easy it is to criticize, consider this. Christians who even celebrate Christmas in anyway but in their hearts are technically violating their beliefs. Here is an example from the 10 commandments:
"You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth."
Do you put out a Nativity scene or any Santa Claus decorations? It forbids even idols of things that art in Heaven, so that means Jesus as well.
Wouldn't that also mean there should be no images, statues etc of Jesus at all anywhere? Note it says only idols... not just false idols.
"thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"
- Wrong translation of the bible, the original hebrew says, "you should not make an idol to worship" or something like thatbeast08
- Basically - Your argument is shit.beast08
- basically you are a dumbass beast. don't try and argue semantics when you have no idea what you are talking about.spifflink
- unless you are just being difficult :)spifflink
- Beast08, I don't understand your argument. Your translation also forbids idols. So what the dif?ETM
- TheBlueOne0
I am most certainly not a godless heathen.
*Slaughters oxen. Pours libations and sprinkles frankincense to secure favour of Zeus
Savages, the lot of you!
- Hey, I coveted those nice oxen of yours... oh wait... I am not allowed to.ETM
- TheBlueOne0
- Sorry. Couldn't help myself.TheBlueOne
- I'd hit itLillebo
- 'malkingrabies.jpg' haha
nice set, tBO, no apology necessary/Nairn
- emukid0
i absolutely hate michelle malkin.
- digdre0
atheism is cool.
- Khurram0
The bible is such a crock of shit.
- beast080
So, let me guess, you are an atheist?
- beast080
Also very ignorant because whether you are a Christian or not the Bible is one of the greatest pieces of literature ever written - my English teacher told me so, so it must be true!
- yerolda0
A bit arrogant of the human race to presume that there must be more than this I think. I'd never mock anyone for their beliefs and I have a lot of respect for people who live their life to any particular faith but of some decides to believe in something else then why actually get hot under the collar about it?
Respect people for what they believe in even if you don't agree. Tolerance is the key to peace on earth.
- eating_tv0
To be honoust, I don't think any of my friends is religious - or practicing at that.
And Christmas is bull. It's the celebration of the birth of Christ, but wasn't he born in june, july?
- A celebration of His birth, and yet all we really do is spend too much and wait in long lines for material things. Hmmm.ETM
- moth0
Religionists have a lot in common with 'terrorists' really. It's like a big gang quietly supporting wars and violence all over the place. The whole thing is totally abhorrent and full of the worse kind of hypocrisy. I don't care if your good book doesn't promote violence - the reality of your religion does - time and time again. Faith is tantamount to sponsoring violence.
I hope that one day a strong political leader will come out and say it and ban the lot of it.
Happy Christmas.
- I'll run for Dictator of Earth and make your wish come true.Lillebo
- I'd rather have a dictatorship than a Fox loon running the show.moth
- MOTH FOR PRIME MINISTERJaline
- I truly believe an enlightened dictatorship has the best potential. Too many retarded people in the world to allow them to have a say..Lillebo
- ..them to have a sayLillebo
- Religion is used as an excuse for violence, people are bad, get over it.beast08
- Lillebo0
@yerolda
I disagree. I have no respect for people in general. If anyone wants my respect they have to earn it. And to expect me to respect your beliefs just because they based on your faith is terribly arrogant.I no more respect any religious person for their beliefs about discriminating homosexuals, than I do respect a nazi for believing that the final solution is murdering all the jews. I laugh at you, and your brainwashed convictions.
- Here "you" means "religious nuts", not you yerolda :)Lillebo
- TheBlueOne0
Religion and\or spiritualism is where the finite object meets the infinite force, by accident (awe inducing unexpected sublime event) or design (established ritual),and says "What the fuck?"
Any answers received should be expected to be random noise that some foolish enough ascribe to something meaningful thanks to mere coincidence.
Any meaning ascribed should be considered at best a bit of helpful poetry.
I enjoy the poetry.
- Khurram0
yeah but its a crock of shit tho innit?
"the animals went in two by two by two!"
it's not even about the "big" questons of who or why. its fucking fetishism "thou must repent your sins and worship a naked man nailed to the cross!"
if it was about the meaning of life and the nature of reality, like Buddhism, well fair do's. But it's not. it's all "and lo the sodomites did turn into monkeys, thou must exalty the monkeys!"
i mean fuck off. wanker.