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- inactive, on 07/20/2009, -6/+29***** fantastic.
- TyrelVnne, on 07/20/2009, -5/+27Finally the Onion has branched into real news
- Stealthbreed, on 07/20/2009, -6/+27"According to sources, citizens of the U.S. depend on the fanciful grandfather of magic to take care of everything for them, from aiding their tiny overseas army, to curing their illnesses, to helping their sports teams achieve victory, to providing little Jimmy McDonalds with his silly toys."
to true to be The Onion! - readacook, on 07/20/2009, -6/+21Your lack of faith in my sky ghost disturbs me.
- Adwt0125, on 07/20/2009, -1/+12I hope one day presidents are scrutinized for saying "God bless America"
- ironhide, on 07/20/2009, -3/+13I expect there are plenty of conservative atheists.
- almiki, on 07/20/2009, -1/+11I think people might be missing the whole context of the article--the Onion has been taken over by a Chinese company.
- Rethcir, on 07/20/2009, -6/+15Are spiritualism and liberalism completely incompatible? I choose to believe not.
- FapCommander, on 07/20/2009, -12/+21Dugg for truth (even though it's the onion)
- seventoes, on 07/20/2009, -0/+8Boy that's clever.
"I've never heard that before on Digg." I've never heard that before on Digg. - wastingdeath, on 07/20/2009, -1/+9Typical Christian response, "just ignore it and hopefully it'll go away"
- Spamorama, on 07/20/2009, -0/+8hahahahahahahahahahaaha spoken like a true Christian ;)
- BotchaMcCoola, on 07/20/2009, -1/+9He often thanks God for the miracle that made him president, namely, Dub Bush's destroying the Republican party.
- Hetman, on 07/20/2009, -5/+12There probably in the closet with all the gay conservatives.
- EskNerd, on 07/20/2009, -1/+8No one's trying to "prove atheism". Atheism is a base state. Every child comes into this world not believing in any god. The burden of proof is ultimately on those who do believe in an omnipotent deity, not those who don't.
- capski, on 07/20/2009, -10/+17Trolling? It's just funny. Believing in god is primitive and deserves to laughed at.
- eyepennies, on 07/20/2009, -0/+7It's parodying totalitarianism, actually.
- eyepennies, on 07/20/2009, -0/+7Never enough!
- milomilomilo, on 07/20/2009, -0/+6So you're implying that the fact that seth drank too much the prior evening is an act of God?
And whats with the crazy comma placement in the last sentence.
I always see completely unnecessary commas in comments like yours. Has anyone else noticed this? - ApokalypseNow, on 07/21/2009, -0/+5@Tyrone
Doesn't your mythology have a line in it that goes something like, "Judge not lest you be judged"? And also one about bearing false witness (aka lying)? - inactive, on 07/20/2009, -1/+6There is no reason to take a dogma seriously when there is no evidence to back it up. The reason why we can never disprove a "creator" is because every time we try to pin down a specific definition of "creator" and smash it away with facts, religious folks move the goalposts and change their definition. "Oh, we didn't mean 7 LITERAL days!" "Maybe God didn't create all the animals in their current form, but he did create them and then let them evolve." Things like that. It's dishonest and it's the kind of move only a scared, scared opponent would make.
- tamman2000, on 07/20/2009, -0/+5What reason is there to believe in a creator? If you say that there has to have been a cause for everything in the universe, and the creator is that cause, then what is the cause for the creator?
The introduction of a creator to the universe only complicates the universe. Why would I want to do that? How is it a personal decision (to be respected, rather than ridiculed) when someone believes in something for which there is no evidence? - Hetman, on 07/20/2009, -1/+5Yea it is really funny the idea of 3k people dying in one of the worst trajedies in american history.
- RobotBuddha, on 07/21/2009, -0/+4It's discussions like these that make me realize how much digg sucks for actual discussion. A couple comments in and it's impossible to tell who's directing what comment at who. Would it really be that hard to just allow more replies and have a 'read more' link to avoid screen clutter.
- davidjunit, on 07/20/2009, -5/+9What about our Zombie overlord?
- sooperdooper, on 07/20/2009, -0/+4I don't believe in Superman, but I firmly believe that he would do a better job of saving America than God.
- Hetman, on 07/20/2009, -1/+5How compassionate of you.
- TWallaceWD, on 07/20/2009, -1/+5It is? Oh, it's not funny then.
- eyepennies, on 07/20/2009, -1/+5Yes. Everything awesome is.
- EskNerd, on 07/20/2009, -0/+4If there were two or three different afterlifes (afterlives?) for everyone who dies, I'd much rather end up with my fellow atheists. As a bonus there are also adulterers and sodomites and moneylenders. Sure, we'd have to deal with a bunch of murderers, as well, but what are they gonna do? Kill us again?
- Frankyfan3, on 07/20/2009, -0/+4You realize there are people that identify as Christians which believe hell to be a metaphor for personal suffering at our own, or eachother's hands on earth, and that no such place actually exists, and that all peoples of all faiths (or none) will find their way to heaven when they die, right?
It's called the theology of inclusion, and while you may put stock in pledging your allegiance to your particular deity, many people of faith believe that the idea of hell for non-believers to be an anti-christian doctrine established by power/money-hungry church authorities.
Kylere certainly has a point, that your mentality is not christ-like at all, but rather vengeful and filled with very human hate and indignation.
I'm an agnostic, and I am proud to name a number of christians among my friends and family, and they don't feel the need to threaten me with hell or damnation for my lack of belief in biblical stories, but they can certainly appreciate that i find the fundamental teachings of christ to be valuable tools for living a happy, fulfilled and meaningful life.
Living a life through love for your fellow man is hard to do... obviously something you're not even starting to work on.
I love some christians, and I respect many more.
You are not one of them. - PsyklonAeon, on 07/20/2009, -0/+4So YOUR god cared enough to save Seth McFarlane but not enough to save the other 3k people? You can keep him.
- Gorkov, on 07/20/2009, -0/+3You're not a Christian. If you were, you'd strive (even if you failed) to behave in a Christ-like manner. When Christ said he came as a sword he was referring to the destruction of organized religion. You, the Catholic Church and the Right Wing have hijacked his message and it disgusts me and a growing number of other Christians.
You want proof there's no hell? Jesus refers not to hell but to Gehenna, which was a trash-burning dump. He never mentioned hell once. "Hades" isn't hell, it's the underworld, in Hebrew "Sheol". Everyone goes there awaiting resurrection. In the parable of the good shepherd Jesus says he will judge people based on how they treat one another. Those who fail that test will be burned in Gehenna. Not eternal damnation. And the test isn't religion. It's charity. But more than that, there are many more places where Jesus says things like "all people are of me and I will draw all people back into me" which leads a growing number of Christians to believe everyone will be saved.
So I'll see you and everyone else in heaven, I hope. But once you're there I think you'll notice that you were wrong, and you should feel profound sorrow for the statements you've made and will make like this one. Hateful people like you are what is wrong with this country.
Until we meet in heaven, go ***** yourself. - Frankyfan3, on 07/20/2009, -0/+3Actually... I think pink may be playing devil's advocate, or trolling...?
Not sure, but thinking back on the post over the last few minutes, it's just too predictable, the hate-filled christian stereotype.
I hope so, anyways. It's depressing to think of people that actually believe in their religion in this way, and don't see the irony. (Is it still ironic if it's predictable? I mean, ironic compared to the messages & teachings of christ, but not ironic, in that this mentality is not very uncommon in very fundamentalists camps)
Might as well go join the taliban, with the righteousness & violent hate fomenting in their heart. - ironhide, on 07/20/2009, -3/+6Billy Mays?
- CanadianCheese, on 07/20/2009, -3/+6That is pretty damn funny.
- Snoogs, on 07/20/2009, -0/+3I can only assume that anyone posting Christian views on Digg is a troll... I mean, this place is so atheistic, who would even bother to post unless they were trying to rile up their fellow Diggers?
- Frankyfan3, on 07/20/2009, -0/+3Ya... he hooked me, and then I thought about it some more, and I think you may be right.
- kylere, on 07/20/2009, -0/+3I think that we decide our afterlife by mentally preparing it for ourself, and based on your words here, you are a failed Xian. Hope you enjoy the flames of hell.
- inactive, on 07/20/2009, -0/+3Now tell me, pinkie, is it very Christian of you to chuckle at the thought of people being eternally tortured for their beliefs?
- RobotBuddha, on 07/21/2009, -0/+3I think we all get the joke, which is what makes it even more amusing. It's like a ping pong game of satire in infinite regress.
- inactive, on 07/20/2009, -4/+7According to his profile he is CHRISTIAN.
God likes it loud. - inactive, on 07/20/2009, -0/+3Caps lock, a missing comma and using the wrong version of the indefinite article, are just three of the reasons I hate you.
- inactive, on 07/20/2009, -0/+3Maybe atheists have to fight the hardest because they're so marginalized and stigmatized, sanguine. Maybe atheists have to fight the hardest because there are so many lies about them that people accept as commonplace truth. Did you think of that?
- secrity, on 07/27/2009, -0/+2Christians should keep their hateful comments to themselves.
- Frankyfan3, on 07/21/2009, -0/+2LMAO @ your last line, Gorkov.
Seriously, I could hardly contain myself. - inactive, on 07/21/2009, -2/+4So... basically you're saying nothing. Why did it take you such a long post to say absolutely nothing of any consequence?
No, I lied, there was a little nugget of substance in there. And it was wrong.
"any answer to why things exist is going to require some sort of 'faith.' "
No, it's not. Faith is believing in things with no reason to believe. Just because you feel like it. Asking why things exist is like asking why species are divided into males and females, for the most part: either there isn't a satisfying answer, or the answer is creator-deity. Asking why things exist is inane. The knowledge doesn't exist, because there IS no reason "why" we exist if by "why" you're asking for a purpose. I think you ignored my logic instruction altogether, which is fine. Be ignorant. Be dogmatic. Be an accomodationist. Be whatever you want. Just recognize that there's no divine plan, no purpose, no special reason. - Reebee52, on 07/22/2009, -1/+3I have a basic understanding of logic. You're attributing fallacies to my arguments that I'm not making, even mistaking what I'm trying to say in the first place. You see anybody that remotely disagrees with you and attack them with ad hominen insults and a profound arrogance, placing yourself above them because you've taken a course in logic, and believing your remarks have a guaranteed essence of superiority when in fact you're making irrelevant claims using terminology you hope I don't understand or intimidates me into submission.
- kitsua, on 07/21/2009, -0/+2Great post Franky.
- secrity, on 07/21/2009, -0/+2I don't believe in any gods because there is no evidence (or proof) that any gods exist or that there is a creator.
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