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RE: "Laughing At Religion" Meme Thread
December 15, 2024 at 8:55 am
Sunday meme
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: "Laughing At Religion" Meme Thread
December 15, 2024 at 10:34 am
(December 15, 2024 at 8:55 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Sunday meme
Couldn't that be said for wasting time doing anything?
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RE: "Laughing At Religion" Meme Thread
December 15, 2024 at 10:54 am
(December 15, 2024 at 10:34 am)brewer Wrote: Couldn't that be said for wasting time doing anything?
I guess not because wasting time in church is different because it's excruciatingly boring. In other places like waiting rooms or banks or toilets, you can at least look at your phone or talk to other people.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: "Laughing At Religion" Meme Thread
December 15, 2024 at 2:57 pm
(December 15, 2024 at 10:54 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: (December 15, 2024 at 10:34 am)brewer Wrote: Couldn't that be said for wasting time doing anything?
I guess not because wasting time in church is different because it's excruciatingly boring. In other places like waiting rooms or banks or toilets, you can at least look at your phone or talk to other people.
If the person (like me) comes to the conclusion that the concept/teaching is flawed and was only there due to indoctrination then not a waste. Now religious services only reinforce how logically and emotionally fallacious religion is.
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RE: "Laughing At Religion" Meme Thread
December 15, 2024 at 3:09 pm
I am very happy to announce that I’ve never gone to church.
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Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get,
What is terrible is easy to endure
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December 16, 2024 at 2:04 am
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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December 17, 2024 at 5:38 pm
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December 17, 2024 at 5:42 pm
Poor man does not understand that an atheist does not believe in satan any more than he believes in gods! (Does that make me an asatanist??)
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RE: "Laughing At Religion" Meme Thread
December 17, 2024 at 7:00 pm
(December 17, 2024 at 5:38 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
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He's a parody account.
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"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
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RE: "Laughing At Religion" Meme Thread
December 17, 2024 at 7:05 pm
(December 17, 2024 at 7:00 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: (December 17, 2024 at 5:38 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
Boru
He's a parody account.
I’m aware, but is it really that far off from how the godbotherers view us?
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