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RE: So, you're sitting in a tea shop, quietly reading a book...
April 21, 2017 at 7:51 pm
(April 21, 2017 at 4:27 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: ...and this drunk comes in and tries to get you to drink out of the bottle he's been sucking on, apparently for some time now.![[Image: blink.gif]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.skepticforum.com%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fblink.gif) He insists that the rot gut is better than tea and you should try his favorite brand because it's really great.You decline and he gets angry that you would not agree to get as besotted as him. You explain that tea and booze aren't in the same drink category and booze is actually rather bad for the person drinking it. He then attacks you for being "closed minded" about booze.
You can see where this is going, right?
Someone asking you to experience religion is like a heroine addict asking you to experience there drug of choice
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RE: So, you're sitting in a tea shop, quietly reading a book...
April 21, 2017 at 7:56 pm
(April 21, 2017 at 5:20 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: (April 21, 2017 at 4:51 pm)Sal Wrote: Is OP an analogy for theism?
For theists, especially the proselytezers we get here.
As for alcohol, we don't live our lives out drunk ... mostly.
Except that alcohol is delicious and being drunk is fun. Being a Theist is boring and shitty.
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RE: So, you're sitting in a tea shop, quietly reading a book...
April 21, 2017 at 8:10 pm
(April 21, 2017 at 7:56 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: (April 21, 2017 at 5:20 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: For theists, especially the proselytezers we get here.
As for alcohol, we don't live our lives out drunk ... mostly.
Except that alcohol is delicious and being drunk is fun. Being a Theist is boring and shitty.
Like a rubber band that has been stretched almost to infinity, analogies only go so far.
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RE: So, you're sitting in a tea shop, quietly reading a book...
April 21, 2017 at 11:23 pm
(April 21, 2017 at 7:56 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: (April 21, 2017 at 5:20 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: For theists, especially the proselytezers we get here.
As for alcohol, we don't live our lives out drunk ... mostly.
Except that alcohol is delicious and being drunk is fun. Being a Theist is boring and shitty.
Being drunk regularly can also be boring and shitty. Ask me how I know.
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RE: So, you're sitting in a tea shop, quietly reading a book...
April 22, 2017 at 12:54 am
(April 21, 2017 at 11:23 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: (April 21, 2017 at 7:56 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Except that alcohol is delicious and being drunk is fun. Being a Theist is boring and shitty.
Being drunk regularly can also be boring and shitty. Ask me how I know.
That is indeed really true, too much of anything is shitty.
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RE: So, you're sitting in a tea shop, quietly reading a book...
April 22, 2017 at 3:58 am
You guys are hilarious. You do realize that even atheists are getting up and going to "church" on Sundays and they don't even believe in any reward... So who's the joke really on?
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RE: So, you're sitting in a tea shop, quietly reading a book...
April 22, 2017 at 4:23 am
Atheists are not a homogeneous group. Some may like (or are used to due to their past experiences) the sense of community, while others (myself for instance) don't give a shit.
I think it's stupid that they call it church though, because they give talking points to people like you
"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."
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RE: So, you're sitting in a tea shop, quietly reading a book...
April 22, 2017 at 4:38 am
(April 22, 2017 at 3:58 am)Huggy74 Wrote: You guys are hilarious. You do realize that even atheists are getting up and going to "church" on Sundays and they don't even believe in any reward... So who's the joke really on?
I don't, I like to do things on Sunday, long walks in the country with my best girlie, airsofting or just watching the latest blockbuster.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
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RE: So, you're sitting in a tea shop, quietly reading a book...
April 22, 2017 at 6:42 am
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(April 22, 2017 at 3:58 am)Huggy74 Wrote: You guys are hilarious. You do realize that even atheists are getting up and going to "church" on Sundays and they don't even believe in any reward... So who's the joke really on?
So what? Are they like the drunk in the OP? No, they're just hanging out with like-minded people. Some folks liked the "community" of a church, but simply couldn't buy the bullshit that went with it.
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RE: So, you're sitting in a tea shop, quietly reading a book...
April 22, 2017 at 8:13 am
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(April 22, 2017 at 3:58 am)Huggy74 Wrote: You guys are hilarious. You do realize that even atheists are getting up and going to "church" on Sundays and they don't even believe in any reward... So who's the joke really on?
Huggy, if we're going to be treating all members of a group as identical, you realize I'd rather have these guys representing me, misguided as they might be, than religiously-motivated terrorists.
Because if we're going to treat people as group-members and nothing more, that's who represents theists, in the minds of many.
Of course, I'm considerate enough to not treat you in that manner. You know, it's that whole "do unto others" thing.
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