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Are all preachers dicks?
August 3, 2014 at 3:57 pm
In my worldview, jumping past solipsism, we perceive order in the universe. At least in the universe of our memories.
Some of that regularity can be isolated as self replicating subsets. I see myself as one of these, labeled 'human.' There are other possible groupings which vary in size and complexity from prions and viruses up to the biggest I know of which is global human culture.
Further observation of self replicating structures reveals common features like: mechanisms to propagate and spread, provision for increased variance to improve survival and reproduction in uncertain or changing environments where natural selection will cull the unfit.
In this context, religions compete for memory space in human brains using memes spread by, generally, human to human communication. Preachers are specialized structures who replicate and spread religious memes using, it seems, any scheme or scam available to them. Applying a human, biological metaphor, the preacher is an aggressively male reproductive organ of the religious super-organism. That is, in the vernacular, a dick. 
Comments?
So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat? 
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RE: Are all preachers dicks?
August 3, 2014 at 4:00 pm
I'll just add that the Catholic ones are particularly... unruly
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
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RE: Are all preachers dicks?
August 3, 2014 at 5:31 pm
Can anyone be a dick, atheist preachers, or who ever?.
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RE: Are all preachers dicks?
August 3, 2014 at 5:33 pm
Is there such thing as an atheist preacher? I don't know any atheists who go knocking door to door.
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RE: Are all preachers dicks?
August 3, 2014 at 5:35 pm
(August 3, 2014 at 5:33 pm)Blackout Wrote: Is there such thing as an atheist preacher? I don't know any atheists who go knocking door to door.
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RE: Are all preachers dicks?
August 3, 2014 at 5:40 pm
I've always questioned if we could teach atheism at schools, I mean, what would we teach? just say 'hey kids don't believe in deities'? I think at most we could teach irreligion, and from irreligion atheism would arise
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RE: Are all preachers dicks?
August 3, 2014 at 5:43 pm
(August 3, 2014 at 5:33 pm)Blackout Wrote: Is there such thing as an atheist preacher? I don't know any atheists who go knocking door to door.
They may not knock at your door, but they can still be dicks.
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RE: Are all preachers dicks?
August 3, 2014 at 5:45 pm
You don't need to teach atheism. You just need to teach critical thinking.
Everything else should fall into place.
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RE: Are all preachers dicks?
August 3, 2014 at 5:56 pm
Yes. They are.
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RE: Are all preachers dicks?
August 3, 2014 at 5:58 pm
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(August 3, 2014 at 5:43 pm)psychoslice Wrote: (August 3, 2014 at 5:33 pm)Blackout Wrote: Is there such thing as an atheist preacher? I don't know any atheists who go knocking door to door.
They may not knock at your door, but they can still be dicks.
Saying 'religion lacks evidence' is not being a dick, it's just reality... Sometimes theists think a mere critic is a persecution when it's not. Just because I point out flaws in your religion, that doesn't make me a dick, I don't hate you for believing.
I'm not a dick, I don't want to take away people's rights, but if they come preaching and annoying me, be ready for some heated up debate and a defeat.
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