Emotional resilience and Philistinery

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Themes raised by GetMeRex ...

OOH, LISTS! I love lists. Thank you for breaking it down I've prepared a musical response to all of it!

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1. Atheists have no feelings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Q4AkJ9iIU

2. Life has no meaning without religion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DA2MKuI6fs

(okay, that one was just too easy)

3. Atheism is disorganised, unplanned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwltCgkB6Pk

4. Positive atheists are communists and ideologues who believe in tooth fairies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWON0ujll9c

Somehow... I hit *EVERY ONE OF THOSE*. I feel pretty awesome about that video response, not gonna lie.

5. The vast majority of atheists are the "so what" variety.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjvsdhJ3q6c

That's right, you're right! Most atheists of the so-what aren't even human... AND MOST OF THEM AREN'T EVEN ALIVE!

6. Religion provides structure and meaning. What does atheism offer in its place?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLCEUpIg8rE

7. There is safety in thinking about Jesus, there is no safety in atheist thinking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPau5QYtYs

8. Although, it might be safe with a miniature Christopher Hitchens on your shoulder, but that is unpleasant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBGV_3L0A1Q

9. Atheism is jumping into deep, dark waters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvB8aZlo5IA

10. Atheists throw hollow facts at sensitive humans and complex social discourse. Ergo, atheists only care for themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6UAYGxiRwU

11. Atheists delight in the exasperation their shallow messages entail.

I don't even want to fight with this one anymore... I've had shallowness songs, songs about letters and the post, letters about happy people, shallow people writing letter, but I never found me one JUST LIKE THAT. So, fuck it.

12. Super-rational (or super-neutral?) leads to philosophical backwardness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSYoKPfkPRE

13. An appetite for wonder does not compare to the grand depth of feeling in religious thought (even to stupid religious people).
e.g. eulogies that praise a scientists acquisition of knowledge can't be given to infants, stupid or misfortunate people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du9eDLhA0c8

Yeah, i have no idea what's written there... I just really like this.

14. How does the wondering and majestic enquiring mind make sense of the death of millions?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7F-B2DLvAQ

Yeah, this is just mood-music, cause reading that seems to be a hassle, and I really like this (probably because I'm not an atheist, but whatever: I'm not a christian either).

Dat communiteh. In my head there are a few dozen peeps singing this shit.

15. Ergo, atheists have nothing to contribute to the lives of anyone but those who share their brutish views.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpb9EbmvM5M

How about... Charles Dickens? Yeah, I love him too.

16. Are there any conceptions of an atheistic universe that aren't reactionary or flippant, but make real sense to emotional human minds?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja9aXTZFwqM

I'll let that sink in before trying to reply. But I think I've already failed the flippancy test.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgyM2QbvRrk

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I got bored about 1/3 of the way through. Oh well

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Also, OP: If you're throwing degrees on the table: show us. Tell us who you are, tell us how you got said degrees... or learn that your nonexistent qualifications are a useless commodity in this realm.

But wait, you already knew that Even if you DID have degrees: your shit at using them. Pick your poison: liar... or failure.

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Has to be a troll.

I think most adults know not to judge too quickly as it often leads to embarrassments and misunderstandings, and yet this one strolls in here, calls everyone brutish and backwards and then tries to convince us that he wants a dialogue and is a lecturer? lol?

Oh? What gave it awa-... I should get these boosters out before I hurt feelings.

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Remember, it's not hard to graduate from clown college. I hear they're even giving PhD's out nowadays.

That's a lie, sir! I am PROUD to be a Jester, sir! I am PROUD of my PhD in clownin around! I HUNG IT ON THE WALL, SIR! I FRAMED IT, SIR!