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Are we the boogieman?
November 14, 2015 at 11:56 am
This is something that has been on my mind recently. Some people don't really care about the portrayal of atheists in fiction, but to me it is a sign of how we are perceived on the whole. What is odd is how rare it is to have an atheist protagonist in a story. The only 2 I can think of is Edward Aleric from full metal alchemist and William adama from battlestar Galactica. But science and the evil evil scientist moteef is fucking everywhere.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: Are we the boogieman?
November 14, 2015 at 12:13 pm
Gregory House is an atheist. Though he's also a jackass.
Modern science is only a few hundred years old. Religion is many thousands of years old. Whe new things come along to disrupt the status quo, people who benefit most from that status quo will react badly. A good example is how many people think the god debate is settled, and evolution is debunked.
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RE: Are we the boogieman?
November 14, 2015 at 12:15 pm
(November 14, 2015 at 12:13 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Gregory House is an atheist. Though he's also a jackass.
Modern science is only a few hundred years old. Religion is many thousands of years old. Whe new things come along to disrupt the status quo, people who benefit most from that status quo will react badly. A good example is how many people think the god debate is settled, and evolution is debunked.
Yeah forgot about him. That show is surprisingly kind to atheism given its on fox, and that it also implies Wilson and Chase are atheists as well, without shoving it up peoples ass.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: Are we the boogieman?
November 14, 2015 at 12:44 pm
Temperance from Bones is nonreligious, though it seems every time she does something that's not mainstream, like dating two men at once, it doesn't go well and she stops. So it seems her beliefs aren't always shown to be valid.
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RE: Are we the boogieman?
November 14, 2015 at 12:46 pm
Greg Gutfeld is curiously muted in his atheism, unlike everything else in his world. His co-panelists can rip on atheism all they want, and he won't say anything.
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RE: Are we the boogieman?
November 14, 2015 at 2:05 pm
Watch the movie 7 women. Pretty forward thinking for 1966.
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