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Desmond in Stripes
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Happy Autumn!
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The Internet Bubble
Let me tell you a little story. I belong to a crop of people, mostly older Millennial, mostly male, who came of age during the mid 2000's, just as the so-called "New Atheism" was taking off. My fellows and I cast down our faith, began devouring science and philosophy, and posted about it all over the internet. Comment sections, discussion forums, blogs, the then-fledgling Youtube and social media; the whole internet was our battleground. And over a period of 5-10 years, we won. Atheism defeated theism on the internet. Religious people became a laughing stock. "Religion" or "religious" became bywords for irrationality, even among religious people themselves. The most carefully constructed arguments by sober gray-haired PhD theologians could be effortlessly debunked by any college freshman armed with little more than Occam's Razor and a basic understanding of logical fallacies. It really was that easy (and remains so).
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Happiness, Truth, Beauty and Wisdom.
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Accountability is important.
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Numbers 31
God: Ok Moses, you're one of my faves, alright? I have mads respect for you.
Moses: I see. What is my task, Lord?
God: You see that town over there?
Moses: You mean Midian?
God: Yep, I'm gonna need you and the Israelites to ravage it.
Moses: But why?
God: Just do it.
Moses: Alright, you're the boss.
*later*
*an army of 12000 men marches toward Midian*
Army Leader: At my signal, unleash damnation.
*meanwhile*
*a Midianite civilian is walking around and spots the Israelites, then runs back into the town*
Civilian: WE'RE BEING INVADED!
*the rest of the citizens begin fleeing as the Israelites begin sieging the city, and once the siege is over, the Israelites begin kidnapping the Midianite women and children, then bring them back home*
Moses: What is this?
Army Leader: Prisoners of war, sir.
Moses: You have failed to fully obey God's command.
Army Leader: What are we suppose to do then?
Moses: Ok, new order, you are to slay every boy and non-virgin girl, and you are to keep every virgin gi
Moses: I see. What is my task, Lord?
God: You see that town over there?
Moses: You mean Midian?
God: Yep, I'm gonna need you and the Israelites to ravage it.
Moses: But why?
God: Just do it.
Moses: Alright, you're the boss.
*later*
*an army of 12000 men marches toward Midian*
Army Leader: At my signal, unleash damnation.
*meanwhile*
*a Midianite civilian is walking around and spots the Israelites, then runs back into the town*
Civilian: WE'RE BEING INVADED!
*the rest of the citizens begin fleeing as the Israelites begin sieging the city, and once the siege is over, the Israelites begin kidnapping the Midianite women and children, then bring them back home*
Moses: What is this?
Army Leader: Prisoners of war, sir.
Moses: You have failed to fully obey God's command.
Army Leader: What are we suppose to do then?
Moses: Ok, new order, you are to slay every boy and non-virgin girl, and you are to keep every virgin gi
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Job
*an angel enters God's throne room*
Angel: My Lord, you have a visitor.
*Satan walks in*
God: Satan, my man, it's been ages! How the hell ya been, man?
Satan: Oh, I've just been travellin'. Ya know how it is.
God: So, did you by any chance notice my homeboy, Job? He's one of my alltime favorites. The dude fears me and shuns you.
Satan: Yeah, sure he's fine with you, but that's just because you gave him all that stuff and that good life of his.
God: What are you saying?
Satan: I'm saying that if you were to fuck him over, he'd reject you.
God: Care to make a little bet on that?
Satan: What? I didn't mean to actually do it!
God: You can do anything you want with his stuff, just don't hurt him.
Satan: But I didn't wanna do this.
God: UGH! Fine! I'll do it!
*meanwhile, on Earth*
*a fireball strikes a flock of 7000 sheep, killing them all*
*meanwhile*
*men armed with swords attack a herd of 500 yoke of oxen and all of Job's servants*
*meanwhile*
*an earthquake strikes a farm of 500 donkeys
Angel: My Lord, you have a visitor.
*Satan walks in*
God: Satan, my man, it's been ages! How the hell ya been, man?
Satan: Oh, I've just been travellin'. Ya know how it is.
God: So, did you by any chance notice my homeboy, Job? He's one of my alltime favorites. The dude fears me and shuns you.
Satan: Yeah, sure he's fine with you, but that's just because you gave him all that stuff and that good life of his.
God: What are you saying?
Satan: I'm saying that if you were to fuck him over, he'd reject you.
God: Care to make a little bet on that?
Satan: What? I didn't mean to actually do it!
God: You can do anything you want with his stuff, just don't hurt him.
Satan: But I didn't wanna do this.
God: UGH! Fine! I'll do it!
*meanwhile, on Earth*
*a fireball strikes a flock of 7000 sheep, killing them all*
*meanwhile*
*men armed with swords attack a herd of 500 yoke of oxen and all of Job's servants*
*meanwhile*
*an earthquake strikes a farm of 500 donkeys
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Are atheists and scientists really closeminded?
One of the common retort of believers of various unsupported claims is that science or atheists are close minded and should open their mind. I would like to demonstrate that it’s actually the opposite.
“You need to open your mind to other things”, “Science just blinds you to all the other possibilities” or “You need to have open mind in order to accept god” are some of the things you can hear from many people who are proponents of various religious or supernatural ideas when countered with questioning or rejection of their claims.
They attempt to stick “close-minded” label on people who don't believe in what they do without sufficient evidence and claim that rationality and science close people’s eyes to all the other stuff that’s out there.
But is it really the case? Does science make you blind? Is being rational, logical and seeking for evidence really closing your mind? I say no and I would like to exp
“You need to open your mind to other things”, “Science just blinds you to all the other possibilities” or “You need to have open mind in order to accept god” are some of the things you can hear from many people who are proponents of various religious or supernatural ideas when countered with questioning or rejection of their claims.
They attempt to stick “close-minded” label on people who don't believe in what they do without sufficient evidence and claim that rationality and science close people’s eyes to all the other stuff that’s out there.
But is it really the case? Does science make you blind? Is being rational, logical and seeking for evidence really closing your mind? I say no and I would like to exp
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The Atheist's Bible
And the Lord said, "Well, to be quite honest, I think you're all rather delusional."
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In case anyone has missed this site, "What's the harm" is a site that lists harm done by everything from woo to christian science. It is not in any way complete, it can't be used as reliable statistics, but it still gives you an idea what misinformation can result in. In the most disturbing ways. Show this to anyone who maintain their pet pseudo-science theories with the argument "What's the harm?".
whatstheharm.net/
Some cases from the site:
"Township of Dover, Pennsylvania, December 20, 2005
$1 million court costs
When the Dover school board attempted to include intelligent design in the science curriculum, they were sued and lost. The judge ruled it unconstitutional, and the school district had to pay court costs."
"Paul Howie
Age: 49
South Mayo, Ireland
Died (untreated cancer)
April 22, 2003
A natural health therapist & homeopath told Paul and his wife that he would die if he used conventional medicine. The treatable tumor in his neck grew to the point where he died of suffocation."
whatstheharm.net/
Some cases from the site:
"Township of Dover, Pennsylvania, December 20, 2005
$1 million court costs
When the Dover school board attempted to include intelligent design in the science curriculum, they were sued and lost. The judge ruled it unconstitutional, and the school district had to pay court costs."
"Paul Howie
Age: 49
South Mayo, Ireland
Died (untreated cancer)
April 22, 2003
A natural health therapist & homeopath told Paul and his wife that he would die if he used conventional medicine. The treatable tumor in his neck grew to the point where he died of suffocation."
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