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- max420, on 10/14/2007, -62/+379All forms of religion foster the development of bigots, racists and idiots. This major is one of them. Religion is stupid. The world would be a much better place if religion didn't exist.
- tehbored, on 10/14/2007, -28/+158***** evangelical scum. The ***** just seem incapable of leaving people who are different alone.
- inactive, on 10/14/2007, -18/+118Great to see the radical Muslims & the U.S military have one thing in common.
- Junkyarddawg, on 10/14/2007, -17/+116It is well known that the evangelicals have infiltrated the US military, and that they do try to convert or drive out not only atheists but also all non-christians (notably jews). See e.g. http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/13/weinstein/
- DeskFlyer, on 10/10/2007, -23/+116As much as I hate to say it, I'm fairly confident that something else equally asinine would take religion's place at one point or another.
- reddevil3, on 10/14/2007, -18/+86Goddamn...what the ***** is wrong with this country?
- bruinexmo, on 10/10/2007, -6/+72It looks like there are plenty of atheists in foxholes.
- Zarokima, on 10/14/2007, -15/+79Human stupidity is limitless, eh?
Regardless, I find it nearly impossible to conceive something as idiotic and detrimental to society and humanity as a whole than religion. - MrPig, on 10/14/2007, -6/+50Rednecks.
- zweben, on 10/14/2007, -16/+59"So it is not religion that is stupid, it is how people use it."
No, it's both. Get rid of religion and the world will be a better place. Not perfect, but better. - UberNick, on 10/14/2007, -6/+44On Mother Teresa:
Even patients in unbearable pain were refused strong painkillers, not because the order did not have them, but on principle. "The most beautiful gift for a person is that he can participate in the suffering of Christ," said Mother Teresa. Once she had tried to comfort a screaming sufferer, "You are suffering, that means Jesus is kissing you."
-http://members.lycos.co.uk/bajuu/
Don't get me started on John Paul II... (cough*AIDS*cough). Want to try naming a few more? Try to avoid the child-raping, Nazi sponsoring, anti-intellectual bigots (if you can). - ZephyrNinety, on 10/10/2007, -15/+52This just in! All soldiers are mistreated in Iraq!
- Locke2053, on 10/10/2007, -14/+51According to Penn and Teller, Mother Teresa wasn't very saintly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q1m-8npkJ4
But I agree with you that good people, religious or not, will tend to do good things, evil people, religious or not, will tend to do evil things, but for good people to do evil things--that takes religion. [can't remember original source] - ahammett, on 10/10/2007, -6/+40The difference is that it's politically correct to call greed and selfishness for what it is, UNLESS it has to do with religion--then we're not allowed to question it.
- subterfuge, on 10/14/2007, -4/+35Quote from a girl in my sunday-school class at church: "How come all the smart people are athiests?"
- arjie, on 10/10/2007, -1/+27I don't think one needs to tolerate intolerance. That's ridiculous. If need be, we must condemn people like this Major, not tolerate his nonsense.
- betacmag4u, on 10/14/2007, -5/+31Atheist doctors more likely to care for the poor than religious ones
http://pressesc.com/news/80931072007/atheist-doctors-more-likely-care-poor-religious-ones - UberNick, on 10/10/2007, -2/+27there is a definite correlation between education and atheists. also between intelligence (through most accepted metrics) and atheists. and scientific achievement and atheism. The more achieved you are as a scientist, the less likely you are to be religious. It hits about 0% once you get to nobel-prize level. by most considerations of "geek", yes, there's a very strong correlation
- tdowling, on 10/10/2007, -2/+26Yup, dogmatism will always pushed to the mindless masses. Religion is just a really convenient vessel for it.
- idontlikeyou2, on 10/10/2007, -6/+28What a dumbass comment, bird watching isn't a religion either but they meet. The point is that people that share similar interest likes to gather togeather share ideas and experience. Thats the point.
- realclark, on 10/10/2007, -3/+25Yes, geeks are intelligent people, and intelligent people see no value in religion.
- realclark, on 10/10/2007, -5/+27Im glad jerry falwell is dead
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -4/+25Let’s declare Jihad on them.
- inhaler, on 10/14/2007, -3/+24When my brother was overseas in Belgium, he had to opportunity to do more PT, or attend church on Sundays. You can guess which one he chose. Glad to see the military is still promoting religious choice and freedom.
- breadbin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22Atheists ARE persecuted and Christians are assumed to be people of upstanding character and sound morals. Tell me it isn't so, and then remind why it's almost impossible to get elected into office in the US if you openly state your non-belief? You've got the White House and most of the US government, what more do you want?? Religious groups have persecuted each other throughout history and across the globe. Wherever people of faith congregate they actively seek out those who don't believe exactly what they believe and someone ends up getting bullied. You can't even agree among your different sects WITHIN the same religion, so don't talk to me about persecution. I'm sick of this circular lie about religion and tolerance. All major religions preach intolerance of other religions and non-believers, yet when someone questions religion all the faithful complain they're being persecuted. It's *****, pure and simple.
- UberNick, on 10/14/2007, -2/+23our leaders
(edit: MrPig beat me to it) - HughSucka, on 10/14/2007, -8/+28They have also infiltrated the foundation of our government. Separation of Church and State? The movie “Jesus Camp” has an interesting, I mean infuriating, I mean insightful look at this.
I am more concerned about fighting for freedom at home than abroad. - mrlinux, on 10/14/2007, -11/+31We need to remove religion from our government and not give billions of dollars to a country an ocean away because the bible says we need to protect it. Freedom is the distance between church and state.
- bachdog, on 10/14/2007, -6/+25Don't trust people who tell lies to children, especially one called Original Sin, where you are born EVIL and your only hope for redemption is to believe a story about Jesus being a god. But then who died on the cross? A man or a god? What kind of sacrifice is it to get killed as a human and then go back home to heaven? John 3:16 is BS
- arjie, on 10/10/2007, -3/+21I think that 'something else' is blind nationalism disguised as patriotism. And its here.
- MrPig, on 10/10/2007, -3/+20Is that sarcasm or are you a retard?
- UberNick, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18Your only examples "humanitarians" turn out to be monsters. Let observation shape your conclusion, not the other way around.
- pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17falwell worked to eliminate the separation of church and state, a founding principle of this country. tammy faye lived off of the ill gotten gains she and her husband stole.
- DocHoliday22, on 10/14/2007, -3/+20God told Bush to go to war... Nuff said...
- FXPooky, on 10/14/2007, -15/+31Okay okay, calm down people! You don't want to brainwash yourself like this Major did. First of all, the Major is an idiot, I think we all agree to that. However, don't jump to the conclusion that the evil Evangelicals are out to get us or that religion is the cause for the world's problems. First, think clearly (freethinking, anyone?): most people that enlist in the army do so for money. Most of these people thus come from poor neighborhoods, and these neighborhoods are usually full of crazy religion nuts (aka the bad part of religion). Therefore it's not surprising that the army has a bunch of these guys in it.
But that's the thing: all you're seeing here is the bad, crazy part. That doesn't mean that the rest is evil... frankly, I believe that even if everybody were to become Atheist like you and me, it wouldn't change a thing, we'd just find other things to argue over. Take Atheists, for example: I'm sure you could easily find crazy atheist nuts. It's just how people (and statistics) work: there are always bad apples. - TsuruchiBrian, on 10/14/2007, -1/+17I am an Atheist and if I am ever in a foxhole, I am just going to try REALLY hard not to die.
- dlomax, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17I'm going to treat your questions as though they were sincere. Atheists often meet up for the same reasons that religious people do. Sometimes, they wish merely to join in fellowship with like-minded people. They want to create community. Sometimes they wish to do good. Humanist associations throughout the world are involved in charitable programs and education. Sometimes they wish to promulgate their views and beliefs. Many atheists believe, for example, that religion is dangerous, an outmoded set of beliefs causing much conflict at a very dangerous time. Of course, not all atheists believe such things. The ones who don't probably don't have gatherings. Just a thought.
- 0ceanic, on 10/14/2007, -0/+15iraq is the last place america needs to allow those americans who are religiously intolerant.
does anyone believe his attitude against atheists (cause they aren't christian) wouldnt extend to muslim iraqis?
everytime he disrespects a muslim, he is working for the terrorists. - tehpwnrate, on 10/14/2007, -2/+17I'd like to see some more info than an isolated incident of a douchebag Major. You could very well find bosses in private industry who would berate atheists under them, which is unfortunately worsened by the military structure where the "boss" (Major) is less likely to get in trouble and more free to do what he wants to them. I was under the impression that in general people in the military were actually fairly accepting of other religions, because they're all in the same boat and depend on each other in a deeper way. But that was my impression, obviously could be wrong. I'd like to see some input from Diggers who were open atheists. Either way, I hate when the radicals are intolerant. It makes real, average, normal Christians look bad.
- cusoman, on 10/10/2007, -3/+18So you honestly believe that religion is the root of all wars? Not oil, not resources in general not politics, not MONEY, but just religion?
- victoitor, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15Yeah... so they wouldn't be doing good deeds if it wasn't for their religion? They only do it because of fear of being punished, is that it?
Or maybe they are just good people and would be doing the same thing if they were not associated with a religion. - Junkyarddawg, on 10/14/2007, -1/+15That was actually implied in the very first reports after Tillmans death (which also implied he'd been murdered - this was before the cover up). There was mention that there had been tensions in his squad due to him being a very outspoken atheist. To the best of my knowledge this has never been confirmed, though.
- endersadvocate, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16The same logic applies to every story in the bible.
You assume all of the events happened. - pushmouse, on 10/14/2007, -1/+14If Jesus had been at that meeting they probably all would have mistaken him for an Iraqi.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14Bloody idiot. He was bloody Jewish became a pantheist in the end.
- pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13the klan is a protestant organization.
- breadbin, on 10/14/2007, -1/+14People often bring up "the good that comes out of religion" but that's really the last resort argument of people who know they can't justify religion on any other basis. For every person who does good work and says their religion encouraged them to do it there are at least as many, if not many more, who use the bad parts of religion to justify terrible acts, promotion of some very dubious morals and generally keeping people down-trodden and making them feel thankful for it! People are cowed into surrendering their individuality and promised the worst punishments imaginable if they question their religion. Religious people know this all to be true but they keep telling themselves the lie that what they really believe in is the good stuff. If you wake up and accept that virtually none of what religion claims is even remotely possible then all the dressing falls away and you can see it for what it is, which is a system of control with just enough sugar to keep you coming back for more.
- Bamborzled, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13JamesSpaza:
"The Bible is reinforced by secular Roman and Jewish historical works."
Just because a part of the Bible is true doesn't mean the whole Bible is true. The Bible is historical fiction, just like the Da Vinci Code. - pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15no he wasn't. he was born jewish and became agnostic.
- guyinthechair, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15***** you, when was the last time an atheist came knocking on your door at 7 AM? That's right, never. So you and your god leave me the hell alone, and I won't shatter your delusions about this cosmic accident we call existence.
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