RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America
August 8, 2014 at 12:27 am
(This post was last modified: August 8, 2014 at 12:32 am by Bad Wolf.)
(August 7, 2014 at 11:50 pm)Polaris Wrote:(August 2, 2014 at 10:18 am)Bad Wolf Wrote: Did these evil atheists do these evil things because there was no god? I'm being serious here, was that specifically their reason for doing bad things?
Aka the beaten to death "killing in the name of atheism" genetic fallacy.
Which I have not commited.
(August 7, 2014 at 11:50 pm)Polaris Wrote: Historians decided that after searching through tomes of records. It's quite logical why the religious would be far less brutal in their quest for power.
Would be? No no no. We were talking about past atrocities committed by atheists and theists. You claimed that athiests did worse, I disagreed with your statement and asked who decided this, implying that it isn't up to you and that I would like to see how you got there. Saying 'historians say so' is not a satisfactory answer. Which historians? What study or investigation did they do to come to this conclusion? Can you link me to this study? And no, you don't just get to claim it's logical without explaining how.
(August 7, 2014 at 11:50 pm)Polaris Wrote: So, by your logic, going up to a gay man and insulting him for being gay would not make me homophobic. That's fucking retarded.
You're fucking retarded. You are comparing Islam (a religion and a choice) to homosexuality (a sexual orientation and not a choice). Apples and oranges you chucklefuck. Of course insulting a homosexual for being gay would be homophobic. Disliking and insulting a religion that has caused thousands of deaths and to this day inspires suicide bombings and terrorism across the globe, is not Islamaphobic. There are actual legitimate reasons for not liking Islam, unlike homosexuality.
(August 8, 2014 at 12:07 am)Polaris Wrote: Don't try and pass off a question intended as a statement as an actual question.
Don't try and presume that you know what i'm thinking. You aren't psychic. I am the expert on me and what I think, and i'm telling you that it was a legitimate question not a statement in any way.
(August 8, 2014 at 12:07 am)Polaris Wrote: The atrocities were caused by people such as yourself, aka people of your intellect and extremist (as in ISIS) nature. People like you just need a little incentive to go into full on Waco mode.
You know nothing, absolutely nothing about me. Therefore, you are quite unjustified when you call me an extremist. What is an atheist extremist? See this is another one of those questions, those things that you are supposed to answer. What does an atheist extremist do, in your eyes, to be labelled as such?
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
