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Atheism all over TV
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The lat time I saw my sister-in-law, her priest was over to the house. She introduced him as Father Dean an I said "Hello, Dean." She then spent a couple minutes haranguing me about how it's appropriate to address people by their title, so I said "I'm sorry. Hello Priest Dean." I thought she was going to have a stroke, but he was cool about it.
Thief and assassin for hire. Member in good standing of the Rogues Guild.
 RE: Atheism all over TV
March 25, 2015 at 8:41 pm
(This post was last modified: March 25, 2015 at 8:42 pm by Exian.)
(March 25, 2015 at 8:06 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Watched it... america this, america that... Oh, look, Richard Dawkins... back to america this and that... Yeah it was America this and America that. I guess I'm numb to that bias. Although, they did focus on some important southern areas. At least it wasn't Houston this, San Francisco that, Portland...huh..some third option. On Richard Dawkins, I was surprised that he was sort of presented as the moderate type. But I guess when compared to David Silverman, it's not hard to look like the moderate. (March 25, 2015 at 7:03 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: My mom sent me some links to stuff about atheism from CNN this week. I was so proud of her! When she describes me as an atheist, she usually whispers, so we've made some steps! That's some awesome personal progress!  (March 25, 2015 at 8:06 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Watched it... america this, america that... Oh, look, Richard Dawkins... back to america this and that... Yes, we need it badly.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein 
I didn't like Silverman describing people who call themselves humanists or freethinkers as being afraid to call themselves atheists. I'm a humanist and a freethinker, and I'm not shy about calling myself an atheist. The first two terms convey more information about me to someone familiar with those terms.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
Yeah I was uncomfortable with much of what Silverman said and his approach. Different strokes, I guess. I believe the term he used was "liars". And you're right, terms like freethinker and humanist have completely different criteria from atheist.
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay." For context, this is the previous verse: "Hi Jesus" -robvalue |
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