Schmuck!

[Minimalist]

Why are you mocking him? Because he was religious?

Yes.

This is Darwin Award material.

This isn't some guy who had to jump off a sinking ship and didn't make it.

It's some guy who thought his fucking god desired something.

Fuck him.

[Cinjin]

Should I get yours before I voice my opinion? Calm down. I said what I thought, everyone is entitled to do the same.

Exactly my point. So glad we could come to this understanding.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Why are you mocking him? Because he was religious?

I'm not. He was apparently a good man who did a thoughtlessly stupid thing which cost him his life. He also happened to be a devout Jew and a Rabbi.


The characterisation of all believers as stupid, ignorant or crazy is a common conceit among some atheists. It's simply another form of bigotry in my opinion.

Easy mistake to make considering the absolute shower* of believers we have here.Easy to forget our bunch of village idiots are actually atypical.

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*for the unfamiliar; ''shower" in this context is an abbreviation of the archaic British slang "shower of of shit"

[Jaysyn]

I know he's religious and died during a religious ceremony of his own choosing, but he was a charitable man who is now dead. Why are you mocking him? Because he was religious? Because a man pushing 50 encountered rougher seas than he could handle? Do all drowning victims deserve this mockery? Not cool.

I'm guessing you don't care for the Darwin Awards either?

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

I'm guessing you don't care for the Darwin Awards either?

Darwin award? Yes; that's for terminal stupidity. However, to judge a person as stupid BECAUSE of religious beliefs is a facile and bigoted ad hominem in my opinion.

[Cinjin]

Lets put it this way. I've done a lot of good things for people in my life, and if I die tomorrow, people will probably praise me. It's kind of the way people are. We want to remember people far bigger and better than they actually were. I'm sure I'd have many friends who would go way overboard, exaggerating my "goodness."

Now imagine that I was killed balancing on a high wire above the grand canyon simply because I believed that Thor the god of thunder wanted me to cleanse myself with high altitude winds. Now, are you going to avoid calling me stupid just because some of my friends blew my "goodness" way out of proportion and set me up as some kind of Saint?? I hope not, because I was a stupid fuck to die doing something stupid for a stupid non-existent god.



(by the way I'm not remotely upset, I'm just giving some perspective on the butthurt that happens so much around here)

[Cato]

Lets put it this way. I've done a lot of good things for people in my life, and if I die tomorrow, people will probably praise me. It's kind of the way people are. We want to remember people far bigger and better than they actually were. I'm sure I'd have many friends who would go way overboard, exaggerating my "goodness."

Now imagine that I was killed balancing on a high wire above the grand canyon simply because I believed that Thor the god of thunder wanted me to cleanse myself with high altitude winds. Now, are you going to avoid calling me stupid just because some of my friends blew my "goodness" way out of proportion and set me up as some kind of Saint?? I hope not, because I was a stupid fuck to die doing something stupid for a stupid non-existent god.



(by the way I'm not remotely upset, I'm just giving some perspective on the butthurt that happens so much around here)

I might be persuaded to say a few complimentary words at your service, but only if your testicles were split by the exact diameter of the wire you were crossing before plunging into the Colorado River. My ability to deliver the eulogy would be in direct proportion to the local EMS' ability to revive me after shitting, puking, and pissing myself to death in laughter over your demise. With love....Cato.