When people claim religion is harmless.

[The Grand Nudger]

Good point.  So Christian science should get a slug to the head.  That crazy baptist group that shouts obscenities at the funerals of veterans, Westboro?  Same treatment.  But I think I'd keep poop religionists around and at least regulate YEC's.  You know, don't let them operate anything that could put others in harm's way.

-but we won't even do that...that's how far we have to go in stripping religion of the vestments of unearned deference. At present, we're looking to appease the children, to make excuses for them, and to turn our heads when they engage in harmful douchebaggery on every level from the personal to the institutiuonal.

That a single catholic still exists, as in a card carrying member of mother church..not these wishy washy "believers" who don't believe what Cathol demands...is a condemnation of where religious appeasement and deference leads. Depravity, oppression, indifference, absurdity, and complicity..all in one cute little package.

[brewer]

Christianity gave us the scientific method. I'd call that a net positive.

Now that's some damn fine sarcasm.

[Cyberman]

And anti-religious people don't want to look at the good side of religion.

My eyesight isn't good enough to find it!

Electron fucking microscopes would be hard pressed to find it. Don't be so hard on yourself.

[Brian37]

My eyesight isn't good enough to find it!

Electron fucking microscopes would be hard pressed to find it. Don't be so hard on yourself.

Neutrinos say, "We've looked everywhere too, cant see shit either."

[Whateverist]

Good point.  So Christian science should get a slug to the head.  That crazy baptist group that shouts obscenities at the funerals of veterans, Westboro?  Same treatment.  But I think I'd keep poop religionists around and at least regulate YEC's.  You know, don't let them operate anything that could put others in harm's way.

-but we won't even do that...that's how far we have to go in stripping religion of the vestments of unearned deference.  At present, we're looking to appease the children, to make excuses for them, and to turn our heads when they engage in harmful douchebaggery on every level from the personal to the institutiuonal.

That a single catholic still exists, as in a card carrying member of mother church..not these wishy washy "believers" who don't believe what Cathol demands...is a condemnation of where religious appeasement and deference leads.  Depravity, oppression, indifference, absurdity, and complicity..all in one cute little package.

Yeah it is some kind of commentary on the times we live in that adults consider crazyass supernatural beliefs to be not only acceptable but even praiseworthy.  Who would have thought a naked chimpanzee species could devolve to such a degree?

Still, I won't let that be my problem.  Adults get to make their own decisions in my world so long as they stay within the law about it (and don't try to turn that into the Sharia type).  The world is a strange and wonderful place which will always surprise me.  Why shouldn't people do the same?

[Brian37]

Christianity gave us the scientific method. I'd call that a net positive.

Now that's some damn fine sarcasm.

Nice attempt at sarcasm, but Christians didn't create that, our species ability to be curios did. Arabs came up with algebra so by his logic we should all become Muslims.

^^^^^ That was a slam, not sarcasm.

[The Valkyrie]

Makes you wonder what goes through the minds of some of these "people".

For these two, I would suggest something high calibre...

[brewer]

I think as more information is gathered we will see "mental disease or defect" put forward.

[The Valkyrie]

I think as more information is gathered we will see "mental disease or defect" put forward.

Which, in this instance, can be cured with a high velocity lobotomy.

[The Grand Nudger]

Still, I won't let that be my problem.

You don't actually have the power to do so, you can ignore it and say "that's not my problem"..but it is..and the religious actively make it so regardless of whether or not you want it to be wherever they can.

I'm sure that catholics don't consider their churches problem "their problem" either.  The muslims express wonder and amazement @ the islamists, on and on the list goes.  Enablers, the lot of em.

Adults get to make their own decisions in my world so long as they stay within the law about it (and don't try to turn that into the Sharia type).  The world is a strange and wonderful place which will always surprise me.  Why shouldn't people do the same?

Surprise isn;t the religionists strong suit.  Fuckers are predictable to a T, lol.