Quote for the day -- different words, same thing
posted by Infidel753 at 3:44 AM
22 August 2014
About Me
- Name: Infidel753
- Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
Individualist, pro-technology, pro-democracy, anti-religion. I speak only for myself and not for any ideology, movement, or party. It has been my great good fortune to live my whole life free of "spirituality" of any kind. I believe that evidence and reason are the keys to understanding reality; that technology rather than ideology or politics has been the great liberator of humanity; and that in the long run, human intelligence is the most powerful force in the universe.
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- Link round-up for 17 August 2014
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God doesn't exist
Evolution happened
Global warming is real
Homosexuality is normal
Aging is a curable disease
The election was not stolen
Everything "spiritual" is a lie
Free speech is for everybody
Humans do not have "souls"
Men can't become women
Fetuses are not persons
Words are not violence
Taiwan is a nation
Pluto is a planet
4 Comments:
LOL! Of course!
A brief history of religion on planet Earth:
"My imaginary friend is the REAL imaginary friend, not the one you worship!"
Yep. As a lot of atheists say, "Everyone is an atheist toward most of the gods ever thought of -- we just go one god further."
Interestingly, there are a handful of people who still worship the Norse gods; unfortunately, from what I've heard, a lot of them are white supremacists. I also find it interesting that quite a few days of the week are named after them: something I always think of whenever I hear a fundamentalist fulminating about something that has pagan roots (because that's obviously a sign it was originally intended to glorify Satan!).
I've often reflected myself how funny it is that most people seem to have no problem being atheists when it comes to other people's gods. How many people nowadays worry about Zeus striking them down with a thunderbolt because they don't believe in him any more, for example, or feel the need to placate Poseidon with a sacrifice before taking a boat out to sea?
I've heard of that. The thing is, if you worship a figure from Norse mythology and hate blacks, everyone knows you're a nutcase, but if you worship a figure from Israelite mythology and hate gays, that's respectable. Though maybe not for much longer.
The irony is that almost everything in Christianity can be traced back to something pagan. If you took away every Christian concept that has pagan roots, there'd be nothing left.
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