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Should we respect Religion?
January 30, 2013 at 11:56 pm
I was watching one of Dawkins Videos and It had me thinking.
Any my Question is this:
Should we respect religions as a whole?
And what I mean is stop being so polite when it comes to the religion its self (I don't mean being a complete jerk to any one person as that's just cruel) and to show everybody just how stupid and evil and irrelevant it is to the whole world.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
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Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
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RE: Should we respect Religion?
January 31, 2013 at 1:02 am
Respect is earnt.
Spoiler: They haven't earnt it.
Nemo me impune lacessit.
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RE: Should we respect Religion?
January 31, 2013 at 1:47 am
(This post was last modified: January 31, 2013 at 1:48 am by Cato.)
Gooders,
Is there something you're not telling us? This combined with the 'powerful quote' thread suggests you are looking for permission to be a cunt. Jim Jeffries only said TRY not to be a cunt. Sometimes being a cunt is warranted. Take for instance this past Saturday.
I'm busy getting to know my wife of 18 years a little better at 9am and the doorbell rings. I of course ignore it, only to get pushed off for the sake of very localized 'homeland security'. Now, imagine my demeanor. Also visualize the fact that I carry two stone between my belt and diaphram.
I went downstairs, opened the garage door, lit a smoke, cracked a beer, drug my nose across my radius and asked the clean cut men in suits, "What the fuck do you want?". These assholes then proved they were the fastest humans with external tibial rotation. Impressive actually.
Moral of the story: if you are subjected to the occasional 'have a blessed day' bullshit, let it go. If the same asshole wants to 'witness' Jesus to you, drop the gloves and start swinging.
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RE: Should we respect Religion?
January 31, 2013 at 2:12 am
(January 31, 2013 at 1:47 am)cato123 Wrote: Gooders,
Is there something you're not telling us? This combined with the 'powerful quote' thread suggests you are looking for permission to be a cunt. Jim Jeffries only said TRY not to be a cunt. Sometimes being a cunt is warranted. Take for instance this past Saturday.
I'm busy getting to know my wife of 18 years a little better at 9am and the doorbell rings. I of course ignore it, only to get pushed off for the sake of very localized 'homeland security'. Now, imagine my demeanor. Also visualize the fact that I carry two stone between my belt and diaphram.
I went downstairs, opened the garage door, lit a smoke, cracked a beer, drug my nose across my radius and asked the clean cut men in suits, "What the fuck do you want?". These assholes then proved they were the fastest humans with external tibial rotation. Impressive actually.
Moral of the story: if you are subjected to the occasional 'have a blessed day' bullshit, let it go. If the same asshole wants to 'witness' Jesus to you, drop the gloves and start swinging.
I never express my thoughts on the 'powerful quote' thread you only interpreted it that way, I said I was stunned, I never said if I liked it or not. You only interrupt it that way.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
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RE: Should we respect Religion?
January 31, 2013 at 2:17 am
Kill the religion, spare the religious.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
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Re: Should we respect Religion?
January 31, 2013 at 2:26 am
Lacking respect is healthy. What kind of nut job respects institutions.
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