(August 21, 2011 at 2:21 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(August 20, 2011 at 1:58 pm)Godnose Wrote: Are there any social functions currently provided by religion which are not provided on a secular basis?
If so what are they and how may the situation be remedied?
Stonings are common in Iran.
Jews have circumcision parties.
Some parts of the world go in for female circumcision.
Mormons have wedding after wedding after wedding.
Yes, I suppose I should have stipulated useful social functions - I keep forgetting the level of common sense here. You are probably all MENSA members. Or think you should be. But I'm an ordinary geezer so don't have the intellectual precision or whatever it's called.
Actually, when you think about it, maybe geezers like me coming on to an atheist site is a good thing - after all, doesn't it signify the atheist "message" is beginning to get through to the dumboes - oh but woops! - I forgot, there is no "message" in atheism, is there! Hmm!
It's all very tricky, this not believing in religion stuff, innit! Maybe I'd best just go and sign up at the Mosque. Oh, but, no point. I DON'T BELIEVE IN ALLAN ANY MORE THAN GOD. Sh1t! You almost got me there!
So, is that it? Are you in reality a bunch of high fliery whizzo massive intellect X-tians (or whatever) who have cleverly set a trap to catch lower order atheists and drive us back into the arms of X-tianity (whatever)? If so, very smoooth operation!
(Surely this'll get me banned, for Gods sake - Ooops! There "He" is again!)
