The Atheism Thread - Part 8

[regwec]

Jesus taught us to love our fellow men. Bible believin' folks tell us to hate them joos 'n' homos.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Ahem, it's "the" Jesus.

 

[Hal_Jordan]

Ahem, it's "the" Jesus.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Exactly

 

[Feenix]

http://www.thestate.com/2014/04/26/3409452/jones-the-facebook-face-off-over.html?sp=/99/168/

I feel for atheists in areas of North America where religion is a way of life. It would mean having to hide your lack of faith if you want to hold public office or even volunteer. I've heard stories of atheists being run out of small, religious towns. I can't believe that people can judge so harshly someone they don't know anything about except that they don't believe in a god.

Where I'm from, it's not even an issue. I've never been asked which church I go to or which god I pray to because no one assumes that. It isn't a part of daily life. It seems like there are more important things to discuss.

Amazingly, the city I live in hasn't been hit by horrible storms, we don't live in anarchy, we're not murdering each other, and we're not getting abortions every other day.

It's almost like we don't need to make religion the most important part of our lives to live in peace and live well.

 

[Feenix]

Jesus taught us to love our fellow men. Bible believin' folks tell us to hate them joos 'n' homos.

Funny how the teachings of someone can be perverted so badly that one can "justify" slavery, sexism, hatred, and violence.

 

[KevanG]

They put the Just in Justify.

 

[MrsKent26]

It's almost like we don't need to make religion the most important part of our lives to live in peace and live well.

That is true for many people. I think it would be true for even more people if religion wasn't enforced or encouraged by their parents/guardians.

 

[Feenix]

That is true for many people. I think it would be true for even more people if religion wasn't enforced or encouraged by their parents/guardians.

Absolutely. If I ever have kids and they grow up and want to be part of a church, that's totally fine. If they don't believe in god - cool. If they want to denounce all worldly possessions and move to Tibet - I'm all for it.

Free will, yo.

 

[Feenix]

I'm pretty sure Percy is just posting videos to keep the JC thread at the top of the list

 

[MrsKent26]

For real? I never go to that thread, so I rarely know what's happening in there.

 

[Feenix]

It's actually pretty entertaining right now. The Jews are either God's chosen people or are the product of Satan.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

For real? I never go to that thread, so I rarely know what's happening in there.

Trust me, you don't want to. There's currently an argument about whether or not modern Jews are true Jews...complete with walls and walls of text and scripture quotes out Godzilla's ass.

 

[MrsKent26]

I see that. And all the videos.

Seems weird that some of them judge Jews and gays, but cry foul when someone judges them for being intolerant.

 

[Marvolo]

Yep, in the last 30 minutes Percy has posted 6 seperate videos all in seperate posts.

 

[KevanG]

Who remembers Peace Warrior?

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Yep, in the last 30 minutes Percy has posted 6 seperate videos all in seperate posts.

Making up lost time I guess, all this time without talkin some Jesus on the Internet, poor guy must have been going blue.

 

[Marvolo]

Who remembers Peace Warrior?

How could I forget.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Though I certainly try to

 

[KevanG]

I just remember him doing something similar to get his post count up to get an avatar. The he pissed off the God Mod C Lee and got his post count dropped to 70. Then he was banned.

 

[MrsKent26]

What is the point of posting all those videos? Who cares what thread is at the top? He's gonna get banned for spamming his favorite thread, lol.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

I remember that...it was glorious.

 

[Feenix]

What is the point of posting all those videos? Who cares what thread is at the top? He's gonna get banned for spamming his favorite thread, lol.

It's getting out of control...

If he's not careful, he'll piss off his own brethren

 

[Dr.]

For real? I never go to that thread, so I rarely know what's happening in there.

Since I neither "appreciate" nor "worship" JC, I also stay away. Likewise, for the bowling thread.