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Religious 'inspirational' platitudes
September 4, 2012 at 3:32 pm
I'm sure we've just about all had these sorts of things sent to us at one time or another by some friend or relative whose heart may be in the right place even if their mind isn't. This example came from my Facebook wall and I present it here with a warning: the following image contains so much sugary syrup that your health may be at risk.
All that said, this is the sort of thing that's meant to improve my life or save my soul, or somesuch:
![[Image: 296538_463865240301752_401426092_n.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash4%2F296538_463865240301752_401426092_n.jpg)
Yes; my reaction exactly. As always there's a handy non-believer around when you want one:
Robert Green Ingersoll, "The Gods" (1872) Wrote:We are satisfied that there can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.
Anyone got any others they'd like to throw in here? Consider this a rubbish tip for such saccharine platitudes.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Religious 'inspirational' platitudes
September 4, 2012 at 4:43 pm
"You may not believe in God, but He believes in you."
Bitch, please.
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RE: Religious 'inspirational' platitudes
September 4, 2012 at 4:55 pm
I'm only kidding. I know it sounds corny (I mentioned that when I said it).
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RE: Religious 'inspirational' platitudes
September 4, 2012 at 4:57 pm
"I wanna get down on my knees and start pleasing Jesus! I wanna feel his salvation all over my face!"
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"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
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RE: Religious 'inspirational' platitudes
September 4, 2012 at 4:58 pm
Tegh, you've either got to stop watching those sort of videos or give me the url!
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Religious 'inspirational' platitudes
September 4, 2012 at 4:59 pm
That's what she said. (badum-TISH)
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
