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RE: Jesus sacrifice and why it didn't count
August 1, 2015 at 12:00 pm
To absolve you of your sins I am going to kill myself. (Is not suicide a sin?) But, of course, I cannot really kill myself because I am god, but we can pretend can we not? After all, you are pretending I exist.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
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RE: Jesus sacrifice and why it didn't count
August 1, 2015 at 12:18 pm
I agree, the story makes no sense. Especially to those groups of people who think we are still all born in sin and simple belief in Jesus and this story of sin eradicting sacrifice is what absolves them. Adds another layer of stupidity and cruelty on top.
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RE: Jesus sacrifice and why it didn't count
August 1, 2015 at 12:50 pm
The whole thing is totally crazy. Why would God demand a sacrifice of his son, instead of just forgiving people? Why cause unnecessary suffering at all? What is accomplished by killing Jesus?
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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RE: Jesus sacrifice and why it didn't count
August 1, 2015 at 12:54 pm
He just wants us to know how much he cares about us guys
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
