God or nothing.

POSTED BY: AURaptor
UPDATED: Sunday, October 31, 2010 18:15
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AURAPTOR

Saturday, October 30, 2010 9:51 PM

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Originally posted by two:

Bill Maher thinks there are life and death issues here.

Well, Maher is right about some things - some religious nuts find you don't 'believe'?...they'll cut your head off. Straight up.

"The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal."

LWAVES

Sunday, October 31, 2010 11:40 AM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

I find his 'rants' to be humorous. Civil enough to get the point across, but snarky enough to poke at the other side.

Mr C does poke the other side, here and there, but he's voicing his opinion. Why sugar coat it when you have religious nut cases threatening non believers to an eternity of hell and anguish ?

This is the way I saw it. Yes he's having a dig at believers but you can see him smile on several occasions as he's talking. He's making his point but with a humourous edge.
But then there's always that proportion of believers that will get offended by something like this. They don't realise that they can be offensive to non-believers.

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

AURAPTOR

Sunday, October 31, 2010 4:18 PM

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Originally posted by lwaves:

They don't realise that they can be offensive to non-believers.

And that truly is the gist of it. Many believers, those who want convince everyone that their slant on religion is ONE TRUE WAY, because it just so happens to be what THEY believe.

One of the most inane and oft repeated comments I get from believers is " I use to be just like you, I know how you think .

Much like Mal answered The Operative -

" You really don't"

"The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal."

LWAVES

Sunday, October 31, 2010 6:15 PM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

One of the most inane and oft repeated comments I get from believers is " I use to be just like you, I know how you think .

Yeah, I've had that line as well from some religious friends. Another line I get a lot, particularly from Patrick who is very religious, is that "it's all part of Gods plan". That one really bugs me and I'm usually pretty easy going with people's beliefs (each to their own etc).
But the one that really gets to me is when something bad happens and the religious folks say that 'they'll pray for them.' They don't understand that I see it as being as useful as doing nothing. They think they are being helpful and that I'm not doing anything.

"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall

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