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- MeatMountain, on 03/31/2009, -3/+139Lisa is a Buddhist.
- inactive, on 03/31/2009, -13/+125It's sad when the phrase "'came out' as an athiest" exists
- inactive, on 03/31/2009, -2/+108I thought it was pretty clear that Brian is an atheist in "Love Blactually"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Blactually - ZackAttack007, on 03/31/2009, -6/+112the internet, where 90% of users are young, open-minded people ...
That's a joke, right? - Samurai77, on 03/31/2009, -3/+81FTA
That doesn’t explain why the 16% of people who would identify themselves as non-religious never check the “other” box and fill in “atheist” on a job application. You might as well write that you’re a serial rapist.
They don't ask religion on Job apps, that's an illegal question. - tpmidd, on 03/31/2009, -3/+79Well it's easy for Brian to be an Atheist, as Chris Griffin pointed out a few seasons ago:
"Family Guy: North by North Quahog (#4.1)" (2005)
Chris Griffin: You're a dog! You don't have a soul!
Brian: Ouch. - Jhiaxuz, on 03/31/2009, -7/+73I would have rather seen more TNG airtime than this second Meg/Brian plot unfold. Felt totally ripped off after waiting for this episode.
- chrispen, on 03/31/2009, -2/+62Since when do job applications have a religion section?
- Justavian, on 03/31/2009, -5/+62As Sam Harris says, atheism is a term that we really shouldn't need. Just as we don't need a label for someone who isn't an astrologer. Every believer thinks they have a knock-down killer argument against "atheism", as though it's some kind of philosophical position. It isn't. An atheist says the same thing to christians that an educated christian would say to a muslim or hindu or pagan - "I understand your claims, and i don't believe you've provided sufficient evidence to support them." Who has a knock-down killer argument against reason, skeptical inquiry, and rational discourse?
I am not an atheist. I am someone who bases his life on reason and evidence. The degree to which i support a proposition is the degree to which evidence has been provided. I need not believe anything on insufficient evidence to live my life in that way. - Chooxo, on 03/31/2009, -2/+49"What’s more shocking: that Brian came out as an atheist on Family Guy this week..."
I think all dogs are atheists. - inactive, on 03/31/2009, -0/+42And I thought it was pretty clear that Stewie is gay in.... almost every episode.
- jkoski, on 03/31/2009, -0/+41Well, Peter *did* tell you that it was a Meg episode and you could change the channel.
- evil-doer, on 03/31/2009, -10/+51PROTIP: Buddhists are atheists.
- indubitably, on 03/31/2009, -0/+35a simple "simpsons did it" would suffice. ;)
- moberry, on 03/31/2009, -1/+36Just ask Will Wheaton..
- omnithought, on 03/31/2009, -4/+38To those digging down evil-doer:
Zen Buddhism teaches that there is nothing. No mind, no god, etc. They lack a belief in a personal god, therefore they are atheists. - mycoplasma, on 03/31/2009, -3/+35That episode didn't have nearly enough Star Trek jokes.
- PizzaEagle, on 03/31/2009, -2/+32If most people come to the independent conclusion that Dane Cook is an unfunny hack, how is that evidence against the open-mindedness of Digg?
- TerribleReality, on 03/31/2009, -3/+32"the internet, where 90% of users are young, open-minded people."
hahaha, oh wow
You must be new here. - MWeather, on 03/31/2009, -12/+4190% are young and open-minded. They're just not as loud as the other 10%.
- wtfitsRICK, on 03/31/2009, -3/+31Seriously? We're freaking out because a character of a cartoon show stated his 'religion' and stuck with it? Wow.
I love Family Guy, but this article is outrageous. - recruz, on 03/31/2009, -0/+25Say wheat ...
- DanPlainview, on 03/31/2009, -0/+24Things to do:
1) Read the article.
2) Comment on the article.
You clearly skipped one of those things. - Greengoo, on 03/31/2009, -0/+23As an angry atheist I take offense to that and demand your head on a platter.
- tpmidd, on 03/31/2009, -0/+23Are they still serving Breakfast?
Patrick it's 3 in the afternoon. - inactive, on 03/31/2009, -6/+28Here is a philosophical question: Without Goats, Marijuana and atheism, would Digg have a front page?
- jbmcb, on 03/31/2009, -2/+24"That's right, it's gonna be a Meg episode. Just wait for the laughs. There's the clicker, I wouldn't blame you."
- chadsexingtime, on 03/31/2009, -7/+28Thought it showed a good luck at crazy christian fundamentalists, ie staunch believers, book burning, convert everyone, athiests are evil, etc, but it didn't really show the moderate christians.. probably because they're not funny.
Notably missing from Kirk Cameron's show was a crocoduck. - udjet, on 03/31/2009, -4/+24You've obviously never applied to work at a private university. They ask, and it is totally legal for them to discriminate based on your beliefs. I found this out the hard way...
The religious are the most biased non-tolerant individuals out there. - gentk, on 03/31/2009, -3/+23"claims that they know God doesn't exist"
... that's not what atheists claim... f*ck it, why do I even try. - inactive, on 03/31/2009, -2/+22I could say the same thing about believers with your retarded veggie tales. better hope youre right I wouldn't want to find out I had endorsed such a cartoon for nothing.
- drmangrum, on 03/31/2009, -2/+22I take it you didn't read the article. He mentions Lisa Simpson several times. The problem was that at the end of the Simpson's, they chickened out and gave Lisa a different religion. Instead of staying edgy and throwing a very real topic into the faces of the society, they rolled over and played dead.
- LilJimmyNordin, on 03/31/2009, -0/+19But I saw another movie once that said that all dogs go to heaven!
It was called Billy Madison. - bitterbug, on 03/31/2009, -3/+22It's also easier for Brian to be the Atheist character on the show because he's the only one with reasoning skills. (You could argue for Stewie, but his temper makes him irrational way too often)
- JohnFrum, on 03/31/2009, -0/+18Not my dog. He worships me.
Suchagoodboy. - biscoradio, on 03/31/2009, -4/+21I'm an atheist, and my view is: Why not? I'm not personally missing out on anything because of my lack of faith, and I'm not attempting to alter the actions of others because of my lack of faith. It's my belief that humans should be there to aid others, regardless of religion, be strong for others when they can't be strong themselves and essentially, act as decent humans. I don't think I need to believe in a god to know what is morally right.
- inactive, on 03/31/2009, -0/+16I don't see how atheism is faith. I mean, I say God probably doesn't exist. But, if God were suddenly to appear before me, I wouldn't say "Hey, I don't believe in you, go away," I'd say "Okay, so I was wrong." If you can amend your views based on new evidence, that's not faith. Christianity is faith - there is no circumstance to my knowledge under which a Christian would ever say "Well this proves God isn't real and I was wrong."
- MWeather, on 03/31/2009, -2/+18Try saying the sky is red.
- frieddonuts, on 03/31/2009, -0/+15Seriously, when people ask me, I say I'm an atheist. They write me off because I'm 18 and they think it's some childish phase.
I'm proud of what I believe in. - oboshoe, on 03/31/2009, -0/+15At 18 you get written off for a great many things due to age.
Some of it is spot on, some not. - DiggityCarl, on 03/31/2009, -0/+15I agree! This didn't seem like "news" to me.
- mazaj423, on 03/31/2009, -4/+19my family was raised catholic and the only one still religious is my sister although she changed faiths. when my 7y.o. nephew was asked to pray for someone in the family in Sunday school he said he waqnted to pray for his dog who broke it's leg the teacher told him no because dogs don't have souls he would have to pick a person to pray for
- Elranzer, on 03/31/2009, -0/+15I agree with it, though. Buddhism more accurately fits Lisa's character than straight up atheism.
- bobburn1, on 03/31/2009, -1/+15I know "god" doesn't exist. In the same way I "know" Santa and the tooth fairy don't exist: through weighing the possibilities and the probability of an omnipotent sky-daddy that no one has any physical evidence for other than a couple of really old books (books that claim giants and unicorns exist..yet we haven't found those yet either). Without any--even ambiguous--empirical evidence, I know with 99% certainty that there is no god (plus or minus 1%).
- roddack, on 03/31/2009, -1/+15I think what was shocking was that it was a Meg episode and I didn't turn the channel even at Peter's behest
- bobburn1, on 03/31/2009, -0/+14absolutely true.
- bobburn1, on 03/31/2009, -3/+17Buddhism doesn't assign any "god" at all. It's an atheistic religion. In which there is no singular omnipotent being (nor multiple god-like beings).
- nreynolds, on 03/31/2009, -0/+14ok... wrong.
Nihilism is the BELIEF that life has no purpose, it's an offshoot of existentialism (which believes that life has no INHERENT purpose). Atheism is the lack of belief in a deity, not any belief you think of. I still believe in a lot of things like clouds and sunshine and sometimes unicorns. - Greengoo, on 03/31/2009, -34/+48Didn't Lisa "come out" as an atheist on Simpsons a long time ago? That said, I fully endorse this sort of thing... it's easy to forget that the real world is not like the internet, where 90% of users are young, open-minded people.
- gttim, on 03/31/2009, -8/+21I don't read Digg to be hammered over the head with your stupid opinions. I read Digg to be entertained with stupid, mindless, humor. I really wish you and other people would leave your opinions out of the comment threads.
If I want a moronic opinion, I have outlets to get that, I don't need it from Digg. -
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