Froodo, I am not the one who needs to "pull your head out of your ass".

Understand why you do not buy claims of sun gods or elephant gods or Allah. Atheism is when you realize you don't have to defend invisible beings, sky heros and superstition. It is an acceptance of reality. Nothing bad will happen to you if you accept reality. The good news is that there is no hell to be threatened with.

Hey Brian... you reading this? Thought not :/

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(January 11, 2015 at 11:36 am)Parkers Tan Wrote: lol, I thought so. No answer -- just empty words, followed by insult and the *plonk*.

Hey, I can't say I blame you; I'd hate to have to defend such empty rhetoric myself. Perhaps next time you'll think before you post, theist.

Hey Parker! Brian made me read your dirge

Yeah claim some victory dude lol No *actual* response I see. No *actual* hint of understanding or the start of even addressing the point put to you. Right descision then I guess. Good riddance

Meanwhile it seems that not everyone got the memo from the "moderates."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/germa...irebombed/

Quote:German newspaper that ran ‘Charlie Hebdo’ cartoons firebombed

Holy shit, not another one?

I saw any number of comments to the extent that "the koran does not condone the killing of innocents." The Western left gets all dewy eyed because they read it as "Islam is condemning the extremists." I wonder how many muslims read that and say "but they weren't "innocent"... they insulted the prophet?

(January 11, 2015 at 12:13 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Hey Brian... you reading this? Thought not :/

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(January 11, 2015 at 11:36 am)Parkers Tan Wrote: lol, I thought so. No answer -- just empty words, followed by insult and the *plonk*.

Hey, I can't say I blame you; I'd hate to have to defend such empty rhetoric myself. Perhaps next time you'll think before you post, theist.

Hey Parker! Brian made me read your dirge

Yeah claim some victory dude lol No *actual* response I see. No *actual* hint of understanding or the start of even addressing the point put to you. Right descision then I guess. Good riddance

... said the guy who refuses to answer my simple question about what superstition he thinks I hold. I'm not claiming victory, because your words were empty. I won nothing; you simply forfeited.

You go on and plug your little ears, lad. I'm sure that will quell the scary thoughts that us pesky nonbelievers have the nerve to utter.

(January 11, 2015 at 12:53 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:

(January 11, 2015 at 12:13 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Hey Brian... you reading this? Thought not :/

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Hey Parker! Brian made me read your dirge

Yeah claim some victory dude lol No *actual* response I see. No *actual* hint of understanding or the start of even addressing the point put to you. Right descision then I guess. Good riddance

... said the guy who refuses to answer my simple question about what superstition he thinks I hold. I'm not claiming victory, because your words were empty. I won nothing; you simply forfeited.

You go on and plug your little ears, lad. I'm sure that will quell the scary thoughts that us pesky nonbelievers have the nerve to utter.

How dare you question the existence of snarfwidgets!

(January 11, 2015 at 6:55 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Praying superstitious? How so?

Prayer is asking for something from a supernatural entity.
This looks very like the definition of superstition to me, just wrapped up in more pageantry.

"Help me god" is no different from "I'll be ok with this, touch wood".

Religion=Formalised superstition.

(January 11, 2015 at 3:42 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:

(January 11, 2015 at 6:55 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Praying superstitious? How so?

Prayer is asking for something from a supernatural entity.
This looks very like the definition of superstition to me, just wrapped up in more pageantry.

"Help me god" is no different from "I'll be ok with this, touch wood".

Religion=Formalised superstition.

Just saying it is in no way makes a point.

Let me try...

A superstition is a belief that an action, object, or circumstance can affect a situation even if they are in no way related. For example: a black cat crossing the road in front of you, walking under ladders, or throwing salt over your shoulder. Walking on cracks.

Your 'luck' is supposed to be affected by these events.

Confusing faith with superstition shows your lack of understanding of the difference between the two, which supports what I'm saying... that lack of understanding makes you more susceptible.

Of course calling faith superstition is pretty weak stone throwing. We're attacking the lowest common denominator.

Just to put things into perspective after the attacks in Paris. Here's a study how many terrorist attacks in the EU were religiously motivated.

http://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/01/0...sm-europe/

Quote: In 2013, there were 152 terrorist attacks in the EU. Two of them were “religiously motivated.” In 2012, there were 219 terrorist attacks in EU countries, six of them were “religiously motivated.”

In 2011, not one of the 174 terrorist attacks in EU countries in 2011 were “affiliated or inspired” by terrorist organizations. 2010, 249 terrorist attacks, three of them were considered by Europol to be “Islamist.” In 2009, of 294 terrorist attacks, only one was related to Islamist militancy – though Europol added the caveat, “Islamist terrorists still aim to cause mass casualties.”