(October 1, 2012 at 11:04 pm)Darkstar Wrote: Hmmm...then would that mean that I'm not an anti-theist? I took it to mean anti-theistic, as in, against theism. I don't mean anti-theist, as in, against theists. I am anti-religion, but I don't hate people just because they are theists.
I would not consider myself "anti-theistic" either. Although I am not for theism in any form, to impose my ideals on them is no different than if they impose their ideals on me. That is why I make a distinction between religion and theism. I can educate them and I can laugh at them, but I do not have to play in their yard.
A good example is prayer in the school. It has no place there,but the theists insist that if there is no prayer, then atheism has won. I feel that if we had won, there would be prayer in the school before lunch.
(paraphrase) Charlie Anderson [Jimmy Stewart] Wrote:Lord, we cleared this land,
We plowed it, sowed it and harvested it.
We cooked the harvest, it wouldn't be here,
we wouldn't Be eatin’ it, if we hadn't done it all ourselves.
We worked dog-boned hard for every crumb and morsel, So fuck you.
Amen.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
