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Atheist's guide to the 2012 election
September 22, 2012 at 6:54 am
(This post was last modified: September 22, 2012 at 7:01 am by Napoléon.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJGxVeQw3...re=related
Good viewing if you're willing to watch.
Also skip to 17:37 if you don't want to watch the whole thing, I found his rant quite comical.
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RE: Atheist's guide to the 2012 election
September 22, 2012 at 7:23 am
I do enjoy Penn Jillette, and I'm with him on this one. I believed all that shit in the bible when I was younger, but for the life me I don't know how. Out of fear I guess. I never really justified it with reality, because as soon as you try to justify that shit with how the world actually works, it starts falling away, but you're already in a position where if you doubt, you've lost your place in heaven and you're going to hell, so you don't justify it, you don't even think about it. You just have to accept it and not question it, because as soon as you question it you're doubting. John 3:15 was always in the back of my head. "That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life". If I was doubting I wasn't believing in Him, and I was risking my place in heaven. So no, I don't think people really believe that bullshit, they just... don't think about... it's too risky...
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RE: Atheist's guide to the 2012 election
September 22, 2012 at 8:04 am
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Twenty minutes? Surely you must be stroking, Mr. Bonaparte.
I can give you all you need to know about the 2012 election in ten seconds:
You cannot win. You can't break even. And you can't get out of the game.
Happy voting!
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RE: Atheist's guide to the 2012 election
September 22, 2012 at 9:40 am
(September 22, 2012 at 8:04 am)apophenia Wrote: Twenty minutes?
19 minutes 35 seconds actually.
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RE: Atheist's guide to the 2012 election
September 22, 2012 at 9:41 am
I was on a massive non stop Penn and Teller spree recently. Bumped into this along my way 
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RE: Atheist's guide to the 2012 election
September 22, 2012 at 12:03 pm
(September 22, 2012 at 9:41 am)Insanity x Wrote: I was on a massive non stop Penn and Teller spree recently. Bumped into this along my way
Ditto. I've been watching a lot of their show Bullshit. His political views seem to be pretty Libertarian and I'm cool with that, but only if we first eliminate the power of wealth over government. So far, I don't see it happening any time soon.
As for us, I kinda feel like we have to vote for the lesser of two evils. Obama ain't perfect (not by a long shot) but when you look at the direction the Republican party has been taking lately, the idea of them being in power scares the living shit out of me. Hell, people like Todd Akin and Rush Limbaugh have been helping the Democrats more than the Democrats have been helping themselves.
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RE: Atheist's guide to the 2012 election
September 22, 2012 at 12:30 pm
(September 22, 2012 at 8:04 am)apophenia Wrote: You cannot win. You can't break even. And you can't get out of the game.
Happy voting!
But you can lose less.
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RE: Atheist's guide to the 2012 election
September 22, 2012 at 12:53 pm
"Snake walked up to me, snake opened it's mouth"........
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Atheist's guide to the 2012 election
September 22, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Does it really matter?
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RE: Atheist's guide to the 2012 election
September 22, 2012 at 2:29 pm
Does anything matter?
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