April 2012
fatwasandfanboys asked: are you a muslim apostate? also, are you american? i are you male? are you white?
fatwasandfanboys:
Think about how easy it is for an American to become an apostate of their faith. It’s much easier to confront religion and see it as this oppressive force when you live in a (mostly) secular democracy. It’s a no-brainer. It’s not revolutionary.
If it was so easy, then why is America one of the most religious countries in the world? In fact if you plotted every country on a...
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“Knowledge is not just a loose-leaf notebook of facts, above all it is a responsibility for the integrity of what we are, above all as what we are as ethical creatures. You cannot possibly maintain that if you let other people run the world for you, while you yourself continue to live out of a rag-bag of morals that come from past beliefs. That’s really crucial today. You see,...
My prediction I made before about the way the S&P500 was headed appears to have been demonstrated completely wrong, unless it’s a very drawn out process. Because I was waiting to see if it was a false breakout when it went above 1380 points which was the limit I had in mind. These events occur regularly, but it’s stayed above 1380 for two months now which means it’s probably...
“In the 17th century, Dutch growers cultivated orange carrots as a tribute to William of Orange…The Long Orange Dutch carrot, first described in writing in 1721, is the forebear of the orange Horn carrot varieties so abundant nowadays.” Mind = Boiled Potato
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“If an individual has faith that he is Napoleon, then you say he’s loony. But if...”
– Richard Dawkins, The Nature of Existence (via rbjmh)
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miscellaneous me: this made me chuckle... →
miscellaneousmee:
Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son ? Student : Yes, sir. Professor: So, you believe in GOD ? Student : Absolutely, sir. Professor : Is GOD good ? Student : Sure. Professor: Is GOD all powerful ? Student : Yes. Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he…
It was, of course, a lie what you...
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One Direction
I was watching A Current Affair recently, and One Direction appeared in a brief interview on the program. For those not in Australia, the show is Australia’s best attempt at something like Fox News. Well tonight they apparently had them on again. I wasn’t bothered to watch it, but the ads were saying they we’re going to reveal some ‘Massive event’ or some rubbish like...
Anonymous asked: what exactly are you hoping to do by slanering religion? because you're not educating people into 'seeing sense' and leaving it, you're just pissing everyone off.
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“People sometimes say to me, ‘Why don’t you admit that the humming bird, the...”
– Sir David Attenborough
(via ludimagister)
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“If revealed religions have revealed anything it is that they are usually wrong.”
– Francis Crick - English molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist. Co-discoverer of the DNA molecule along with James D. Watson. (via helvetebrann)
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The True Lies Of The Not-So-Fabulous Killjoys:... →
daisybryland:
Coming up with what you believe in is thinking for yourself, isn’t it?
Yes, but religion isn’t that. Religion discourages or even punishes freethinking. Religion is a power structure which requires it’s adherents to accept teaching on the basis of authority rather than critical thinking, because that is what it replies upon to exist. Every religion has this requirement -...
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daisybryland:
Why don’t we all back the fuck up and not force our religion to influence government?Because how would you like it if a different religion forced you to follow it’s ways because it’s how some people who don’t know you think you should live your life?Didn’t God say to do unto others as you would have done unto you? Even us other Christians hate you, possibly more than...
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miscellaneous me: @aeonist... →
miscellaneousmee:
I have not cherry picked anything about nature. i too am aware of the many sufferings of this world. but could you not agree with me more that these sufferings are caused by man? When God first created this world, there never was such things called heat death.
I’m not sure you understand what I mean by the heat death of the universe. I’m referring to the fact that no...
Vatican to Outspoken Priest: Spend 6 Weeks in... →
just-methinks:
I see your point and I agree, actually.
I think that religion, as a man-made construct, has outlived its usefulness and it seems to be a breeding ground for intolerance and discrimination more often than not these days.
When I said that the Pope has a point, I meant that if he (Father Flannery) disagrees with the church doctrine, he’d do more good by leaving the church and...
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Immunity... →
miscellaneousmee:
before i slept last night, i read a few pages of my microbio text book. for some reason, everything just kind of seemed to make sense..like why God had made us the way we are. but here is the jist of what was running through my head:
(the following is a bit sciency..but read on. there is a point…
Explain terminal cancer
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Some thoughts on religion, atheism and morality →
keruff:
Morality is doing what is right regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told regardless of what is right. Sounds pretty good doesn’t it? And judging by the number of people - particularly atheists - I’ve seen sharing it on Tumblr, it clearly has a lot of resonance.
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I’ll summarize the arguments in favor of religion you present:
Not all religious...
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Vatican to Outspoken Priest: Spend 6 Weeks in... →
just-methinks:
A popular Irish priest known for his liberal views has been told to shut up by church authorities, reports the Daily Beast. Father Tony Flannery, who has questioned the doctrine of celibacy, and said the priesthood should be opened up to women, has been told to stop writing about controversial subjects, and to spend the next six weeks in prayer and reflection at a monastery....
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Today I witnessed a miracle my friend accepted... →
salvadorian:
Today I witnessed a miracle
my friend accepted Jesus into his heart
we have been hanging out for around a month and a half a lot
I would tell him a lot about God
and now today we said the sinners prayer
I have said that prayer now with 4 people
it never seizes to amaze me
it made…
In other words, so long as you don’t actually make clear your irrational beliefs,...
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“The death sentence is a necessary and efficacious means for the Church to attain...”
– Pope Leo XIII, reigning from 1878 to 1903
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“I’m fighting so I can die a martyr and go to heaven to meet God. Our fight...”
– Osama bin Laden
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“Woman is the daughter of falsehood, a sentinel of hell, the enemy of peace.”
– Saint John of Damascus 