Posts: 548
Threads: 13
Joined: March 12, 2013
Reputation:
7
RE: Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 2:31 pm
I really enjoy watching The Atheist Experience, and I think Matt is great; along with Jeff Dee. It's just a shame that the callers are often so deluded that they can't see or accept such obvious truth.
Recently, I've been listening to a lot of Sam Harris' speeches/lectures.
Posts: 601
Threads: 33
Joined: January 12, 2013
Reputation:
13
RE: Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 2:36 pm
(March 12, 2013 at 2:31 pm)Persuade Me Wrote: I really enjoy watching The Atheist Experience, and I think Matt is great; along with Jeff Dee. It's just a shame that the callers are often so deluded that they can't see or accept such obvious truth.
Recently, I've been listening to a lot of Sam Harris' speeches/lectures.
If you've been lurking, you know that you will encounter the same kind of delusion and hard-headedness here on this very forum.
It really is amazing how blind people can be to simple facts when they are completely convinced of their dogmatic religious positions. Ironically, these positions are not, for the most part, thought out by themselves but regurgitated tripe from their priests, mullahs, and sky-daddys.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Einstein
Posts: 548
Threads: 13
Joined: March 12, 2013
Reputation:
7
RE: Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 2:48 pm
(March 12, 2013 at 2:36 pm)Baalzebutt Wrote: (March 12, 2013 at 2:31 pm)Persuade Me Wrote: I really enjoy watching The Atheist Experience, and I think Matt is great; along with Jeff Dee. It's just a shame that the callers are often so deluded that they can't see or accept such obvious truth.
Recently, I've been listening to a lot of Sam Harris' speeches/lectures.
If you've been lurking, you know that you will encounter the same kind of delusion and hard-headedness here on this very forum.
It really is amazing how blind people can be to simple facts when they are completely convinced of their dogmatic religious positions. Ironically, these positions are not, for the most part, thought out by themselves but regurgitated tripe from their priests, mullahs, and sky-daddys.
Yes, I've certainly noticed that. Sometimes I find it slightly amusing... Other times, frustrating.
Posts: 25314
Threads: 239
Joined: August 26, 2010
Reputation:
155
RE: Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 3:14 pm
Hi there, glad to have you aboard!
I'm a great fan of The Atheist Experience as well; Tracey Harris is one of my favourite hosts, I just love her laser-like no-nonsense approach. I enjoy Jeff Dee too, in fact I cringe whenever a caller threatens him with Hell and he looks like he could just reach through the screen and physically tear the guy a new one. I wouldn't regard Matt as a rationalist rock star though; the closest we've got to such a thing is the Texan Tank, AronRa.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
Posts: 3117
Threads: 16
Joined: September 17, 2012
Reputation:
35
RE: Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 3:16 pm
John Adams Wrote:The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
Posts: 19646
Threads: 177
Joined: July 31, 2012
Reputation:
91
RE: Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 3:57 pm
Also look into thunderf00t's "why do people laugh at creationists" series.
At least for the LULz.
Posts: 601
Threads: 33
Joined: January 12, 2013
Reputation:
13
RE: Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 4:01 pm
(March 12, 2013 at 2:48 pm)Persuade Me Wrote: (March 12, 2013 at 2:36 pm)Baalzebutt Wrote: If you've been lurking, you know that you will encounter the same kind of delusion and hard-headedness here on this very forum.
It really is amazing how blind people can be to simple facts when they are completely convinced of their dogmatic religious positions. Ironically, these positions are not, for the most part, thought out by themselves but regurgitated tripe from their priests, mullahs, and sky-daddys.
Yes, I've certainly noticed that. Sometimes I find it slightly amusing... Other times, frustrating.
Yeah, I would recommend keeping a brick wall handy to bash your head into from time to time. It often far more productive than some of the discussions that take place here.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Einstein
Posts: 5652
Threads: 133
Joined: May 10, 2011
Reputation:
69
RE: Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 4:21 pm
Howdy!
Posts: 25314
Threads: 239
Joined: August 26, 2010
Reputation:
155
RE: Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 4:29 pm
(March 12, 2013 at 4:01 pm)Baalzebutt Wrote: Yeah, I would recommend keeping a brick wall handy to bash your head into from time to time. It often far more productive than some of the discussions that take place here.
Not to mention far less painful.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
Posts: 601
Threads: 33
Joined: January 12, 2013
Reputation:
13
RE: Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 4:35 pm
(March 12, 2013 at 4:29 pm)Stimbo Wrote: (March 12, 2013 at 4:01 pm)Baalzebutt Wrote: Yeah, I would recommend keeping a brick wall handy to bash your head into from time to time. It often far more productive than some of the discussions that take place here.
Not to mention far less painful.
Amen, brother.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Einstein
|