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RE: Religion poisons everything, Thanskgiving Edition
November 24, 2012 at 4:34 am
(November 24, 2012 at 3:04 am)Daniel Wrote: (November 23, 2012 at 9:18 am)Zen Badger Wrote: Actually it's not. I get it now, it's like leaving a takeaway menu with the other services provided by the business. How awful!
Bullshit again! It's not like leaving a menu, that would imply that the recipient could pick and choose according to his/her desires.
You assholes aren't happy until the victim rejoices in your special brand of bullshit. As evidence I submit the thousands of different christianities.
Perhpas it's time you jesus freaks had another conference to get your shit straight. You know, it's only been about 1700 years or so since the last one.
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RE: Religion poisons everything, Thanskgiving Edition
November 24, 2012 at 7:25 am
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RE: Religion poisons everything, Thanskgiving Edition
November 24, 2012 at 8:11 am
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RE: Religion poisons everything, Thanskgiving Edition
November 24, 2012 at 9:41 am
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RE: Religion poisons everything, Thanskgiving Edition
November 24, 2012 at 1:11 pm
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Quote:as if the global generosity of Christians is tainted because we do things in ways that YOU as an atheist disapprove of.
You're being generous in the same way a drug dealer who hands out free samples is generous. Christians do good because they expect the recipients to reward them with conversion. Christian charity is a pyramid scheme. Participate in charity, donate money, volunteer, when you're doing it for the needy rather than God and not expecting rewards of any kind, and I'll call it 'generosity'. When you toss in dogma with the food, it is not generosity. It is an act of crass cynicism seasoned with just enough artificial kindness to fool people.
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RE: Religion poisons everything, Thanskgiving Edition
November 24, 2012 at 1:27 pm
(November 23, 2012 at 8:39 am)Daniel Wrote: So let me get this straight - they're providing you with a service, and they had the audacity to give you a piece of literature that you could choose to read or throw away?  Those bastards, who do they think they are! That would be like if a business person you were doing business with gave you their business card, how awful.
It's the advertising for your fucking god that offends us, Danny-boy. I'd think that if the "creator of the universe" wanted to get his message out he could do something a little more spectacular than have some douchebag stick a flier in a "free" meal. Sadly....all religion ever seems to produce are the douchebags.
There is no "free" meal with those fucks. It is just advertising for their superstitions. A spoon full of soup for you and a spoon full for jesus.
You probably cannot even see how the constant proselytizing undermines your act, can you?
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RE: Religion poisons everything, Thanskgiving Edition
November 24, 2012 at 2:59 pm
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(November 24, 2012 at 9:41 am)Daniel Wrote: Quote:Nobody can produce that much stupid off the top of their head.
I'll take that as a compliment, since anything that seems stupid to you is probably very reasonable, respectable and honest.
This is a fascinating conclusion. I must say, my biased thinking doesn't draw to mind many examples of people who have drawn similar conclusions. So help me make this a more salient memory so I shant forget to recall it on future occasions. What facts and representations are you drawing upon which lead you to this result, and why do you consider it a reliable one?
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RE: Religion poisons everything, Thanskgiving Edition
November 24, 2012 at 3:01 pm
(November 24, 2012 at 3:04 am)Daniel Wrote: (November 23, 2012 at 9:18 am)Zen Badger Wrote: Actually it's not. I get it now, it's like leaving a takeaway menu with the other services provided by the business. How awful!
So, this menu contains all the religious options including Atheism? Or does it just contain the "Believe in me or burn" option?
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RE: Religion poisons everything, Thanskgiving Edition
November 24, 2012 at 10:47 pm
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(November 24, 2012 at 1:11 pm)Ryantology Wrote: You're being generous in the same way a drug dealer who hands out free samples is generous. Christians do good because they expect the recipients to reward them with conversion. Christian charity is a pyramid scheme. Participate in charity, donate money, volunteer, when you're doing it for the needy rather than God and not expecting rewards of any kind, and I'll call it 'generosity'. When you toss in dogma with the food, it is not generosity. It is an act of crass cynicism seasoned with just enough artificial kindness to fool people. It's no different to any other sponsored program and you know it.
(November 24, 2012 at 3:01 pm)IATIA Wrote: So, this menu contains all the religious options including Atheism? Or does it just contain the "Believe in me or burn" option? Does a halal menu contain kosher?
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RE: Religion poisons everything, Thanskgiving Edition
November 25, 2012 at 12:29 am
(November 24, 2012 at 10:47 pm)Daniel Wrote: It's no different to any other sponsored program and you know it.
It is totally different. Other sponsored program does come with ghastly self-serving made-up threat of infinite punishment, nor sickeningly worming false promises of infinite reward.
And refrain from such shabbily tactical insinuation of dishonesty as "you know it". The ones who are most likely to know it but far too weak to admit it would be your lying, boasting, swindling, nagging, insulting, threatening, cajoling, double dealing coreligionists.
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