The Paradox of Power....

[Minimalist]

Archaeological evidence contradicts all four stories that make up the foundations of the Bible

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/24...al-History

Archaeologists keep finding evidence that supports the Old and New Testaments; this find dates back 3,000 years or so:

Israeli archaeologists may have found fabled Maccabees tomb
By DANIEL ESTRIN
Sep. 21, 2015 4:32 PM EDT
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b2dd69492...abees-tomb

Archaeologists have also determined that 10th century "jerusalem" was a miserable little hilltop village...at best.  How come you fuckers never trot that fact out?

[TheRocketSurgeon]

Archaeologists keep finding evidence that supports the Old and New Testaments; this find dates back 3,000 years or so:

Israeli archaeologists may have found fabled Maccabees tomb
By DANIEL ESTRIN
Sep. 21, 2015 4:32 PM EDT
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b2dd69492...abees-tomb

Archaeologists have also determined that 10th century "jerusalem" was a miserable little hilltop village...at best.  How come you fuckers never trot that fact out?

To be fair, it does seem to be doing okay as a fortified city, about 100 years after the time of David (late 9th Century BCE).

[Bob Kelso]

Pope Francis speaks to a massive crowd on the National Mall, Washington, DC:



Richard Dawkins speaks to a sparse crowd at the 2012 Reason Rally at the National Mall:



Estimates of crowd size ranged from a paltry 8,000 to an generous high of 30,000.

(N.B.: God did not show up to dry the atheists off miraculously as He did at Fatima.)

Ah, yes. Who can forget where they were when they heard the news. 

Is it odd reducing your god's power to that of an everyday hand towel?

[Minimalist]

Pope Francis speaks to a massive crowd on the National Mall, Washington, DC:

So does Trump.  They're both bullshit artists.

[KevinM1]

There are more Catholics than atheists, atheists on the whole aren't nearly as fervent in their unbelief as theists are in their belief, and Dawkins isn't our leader.

But, yes, so many people at the National Mall to see Pope Francis must be a clear metric of the veracity of Catholic dogma much like the millions of albums Britney Spears has sold to date is an accurate reflection of her musical prowess. As always, flawless inference through copypasta.

[Silver]

like the millions of albums Britney Spears has sold to date is an accurate reflection of her musical prowess.  As always, flawless inference through copypasta.

Man, I'm going to bitch slap you for ditching the brilliant performing and vocal art that Britney creates.

[KevinM1]

like the millions of albums Britney Spears has sold to date is an accurate reflection of her musical prowess.  As always, flawless inference through copypasta.

Man, I'm going to bitch slap you for ditching the brilliant performing and vocal art that Britney creates.

I won't lie, her pre-crazy phase videos were hot*. Best viewed with the audio muted

*Not including those when she was a kid. I'm not Jared from Subway

[robvalue]

Why are people impressed that a book written at a certain time contains some very easily obtained information from that time? And even weirder, that we should believe a load of ridiculous magical stories on the strength of the author knowing what his own town and king were called?

I guess it's the overly simplistic religious binary thinking. It's all true, or it's all false.

[Bob Kelso]

Why are people impressed that a book written at a certain time contains some very easily obtained information from that time? And even weirder, that we should believe a load of ridiculous magical stories on the strength of the author knowing what his own town and king were called?

I guess it's the overly simplistic religious binary thinking. It's all true, or it's all false.

My favorite bit is how the religious crow over the early jews knowing that water rinses things. 

Fuck me man, who doesn't? 

[robvalue]

It does? Wow, wait a minute, I'm gonna go try it...