religious discrimination by the reigning majority religion of Christendom

[Deepthunk]

I don't think that was a threat, at all. I do think that was a personal fantasy of his, though.

I have heard that same exact statement many times, they say something like "well if i didn't believe in god i could just do anything to you, who cares", its a threat that's as thinly veiled as possible, their telling us if we disprove their religion, that's what they going to do, in no uncertain terms.

Religion is actually an awfully lot like organized crime, it extorts, it fleeces, it demands total control of our bodies, hearts and minds to a level that really borders on slavery and will do anything to force that control on us, but its religion so were not allowed to call it criminal.

[Thumpalumpacus]

I disagree. He was commenting about moral relativity. There was no conditional referring to his own behavior attached.

[TheRocketSurgeon]

Yes. That asshat has made several anti-atheist statements along that line, suggesting that we have no values and thus will be the death of 'Murka.

This is just an exercise in mental masturbation, trying to create an extreme situation in which we are somehow still unable to say rape is bad.

It's a commonly-expressed sentiment. It's just that going into detail like he did indicates to me a very sick mind.

[drfuzzy]

just for AF's amusement: the Duck Dynasty cast look before the show got under way - very different - 

[Deepthunk]

Frankly, at this point in my life the very word "goodness" makes me want to friggen puke. I'm not kidding either, the sound of it or sight of it in text literally makes me feel a bit ill. I'm not joking either, it really does.

*ducks and exits quickly*

well, that's nothing new, all fifties music makes me want to blow chunks.

[Deepthunk]

I disagree. He was commenting about moral relativity. There was no conditional  referring to his own behavior attached.

yeah but actually there is, he's stating in no uncertain terms that, if you disprove my religion, this is what I will do to you.

That's what he meant when he said "if I didn't believe in god I could just do anything", then follows up with what he would like to do. I have heard a hundred variations on the same threat, almost all from Baptists in the deep south, and it is always intended as a very thinly veiled threat. and I do mean thinly veiled.

[Crossless2.0]

*ducks and exits quickly*

well, that's nothing new, all fifties music makes me want to blow chunks.

*Smacks Deepthunk on the nose with vinyl copy of Miles Davis's Kind of Blue*

[Deepthunk]

well, that's nothing new, all fifties music makes me want to blow chunks.

*Smacks Deepthunk on the nose with vinyl copy of Miles Davis's Kind of Blue*

I dont have a clue who youre talking about. this is what I'm listening too while i write.





Suffice to say my taste in music differs a bit.

[TheRocketSurgeon]

*Smacks Deepthunk on the nose with vinyl copy of Miles Davis's Kind of Blue*

I dont have a clue who youre talking about. this is what I'm listening too while i write.


Suffice to say my taste in music differs a bit.

You know I wasn't recommending Jerry Lee Lewis, right?

He said he was sick of hearing the word "goodness", so I put on a song whose main chorus lyric is, "GOODNESS, gracious, great balls of fire!"

[Deepthunk]

well, I admit I did think you were recommending Jerry Lee Lewis, I got the joke, but at the same time I thought there was an implication behind it that this was quality music.

which is not to say its terrible, listen to a kids coir sing blessed be the rock for five minutes, then go into a medley of father Abraham, that'll have you shoving sharpened pencils into your ears. I know because I've had to sit through it. remember in the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy when the president of the art snobbling council chews his own intestines out over vogon poetry? well I know how that feels because I have had to listen to a medley of blessed be the rock and father Abraham.