What's your religion?

[Chutney]

REALLY? Pix of Turban or GTFO!

 

[Eastoff]

OH SNAPE! thanks duder

 

[mook]

I love how the ratio of Agnostics and Atheists vs everyone else has slowly declined in the vote tally the longer people debate the definition of Atheism and Agnosticism.

"Crap, I thought I was agnostic, but now I'm not sure. Maybe I'm atheist. Fuck it. I'll check Catholic. That's what Mom thinks I am."

 

[crowTrobot]

Yeah, what could she possibly know about the history of atheism?

other than your obsession with semantics people don't base their views on this subject on history, so what she knew about it is irrelevant.

 

[PapaG]

other than your obsession with semantics people don't base their views on this subject on history, so what she knew about it is irrelevant.

So you're not an atheist in its truest sense. Why is that so hard for you to come to terms with? It isn't "semantics", it's a literal term.

 

[Eastoff]

My religion is Jedi.

you are a liar! What is your midichlorians level?

 

[crowTrobot]

So you're not an atheist in its truest sense.

yes i am. i just don't fit your impractical restrictive defninition, and almost nobody else would either.

Why is that so hard for you to come to terms with? It isn't "semantics", it's a literal term.

why is it so hard for you to come to terms with the fact that most of the world doesn't agree with or find any practical use for your definition?

 

[Buzz Killington]

Would you tell a muslim that Allah doesn't exist?

 

[Eastoff]

Would you tell a muslim that Allah doesn't exist?

only if he asked my opinion.

 

[Buzz Killington]

point being, most atheist seem to concentrate their attack on Christianity and Catholicism. Seems to me more of a personal problem with that religion than others. You won't see Bill Mahar go and attack Jews like he does christianity. He'd get absolutely fucked up. Maybe its because Christians don't fight back?

 

[RR7]

Maybe it's because there's a much much higher percentage of Christians in America, which I am guessing is predominantly his viewing audience. It's like the viruses on Mac computers, I would guess. Why attack the much smaller ones?

 

[Buzz Killington]

No. Because you'll get labeled as an anti-semite if you attack jews and will have a fatwah if you attack muslims.

 

[crowTrobot]

point being, most atheist seem to concentrate their attack on Christianity and Catholicism. Seems to me more of a personal problem with that religion than others. You won't see Bill Mahar go and attack Jews like he does christianity. He'd get absolutely fucked up. Maybe its because Christians don't fight back?

has nothing to do with bias. atheists concentrate on what they see as dangerous, which currently is islamic extremism throughout the world, and christian fundamentalist dogma affecting government policy here in the US. if a jew was lobbying for teaching creationism in science classes or flying a plane into a building i'm sure bill maher would have something to say about it.

 

[crowTrobot]

No. Because you'll get labeled as an anti-semite if you attack jews and will have a fatwah if you attack muslims.

the "new" atheist authors - dawkins, harris, etc. attack islam way more than they specifically target christianity.

 

[Chutney]

Maher has gone after fundamentalist Islam quite a bit on his show. Fundamentalist Judaism is largely concentrated in Israel and hasn't really made itself relevant beyond those borders.

 

[BasX]

Is that really you Chut?

 

[Chutney]

Is that really you Chut?

Yep. I whited out my face because its far too handsome for the internet.

 

[Eastoff]

Is that really you Chut?

that question combined with your GIANT signature...

 

[Buzz Killington]

I base my thoughts on Bill Mahar from when he was still on ABC. haven't watched him since really since I don't get HBO

 

[Dumpy]

No. Because you'll get labeled as an anti-semite if you attack jews and will have a fatwah if you attack muslims.

Thank goodness "jewish" isn't an option on the poll. Maybe they are incorporated as "other Christian."

 

[andalusian]

Thank goodness "jewish" isn't an option on the poll. Maybe they are incorporated as "other Christian."

It's a God eat God world out there.

 

[mook]

It's a God eat God world out there.

Awesome.

 

[Haakzilla]

...I am going to have to follow the OG T.Paine's line of thinking on this one, from The Age of Reason:

I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

He also wrote An Essay on the Origin of Free-Masonry (1803-1805), about the Bible being allegorical myth describing astrology:

The Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the sun, in which they put a man called Christ in the place of the sun, and pay him the adoration originally payed to the sun.

 

[Eastoff]

Thank goodness "jewish" isn't an option on the poll. Maybe they are incorporated as "other Christian."

we all know those only exist on tv, not really in Oregon, right?

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Sorry for not including Jewish.. it kinda slipped my mind cause I don't know any Jewish people and its not really a hot topic religion... or at least I haven't really talked to anyone about it

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

I've said the shahada, so does that make me Muslim?