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[–]Doctadrew 144 points145 points ago

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Athy, Athier, Athiest.

[–]cr41g0n 48 points49 points ago

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I am the athiest of all!

[–]Alaukik[S] 44 points45 points ago

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thou shalt not be athier than dawkins !

[–]cr41g0n 27 points28 points ago

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Hmm, Dawkins is pretty damn athy, now I think about it....

[–]HarryLillis 13 points14 points ago

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Whole damn state's going athy!

[–]mrconty 1 point2 points ago

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Hmm, maybe we should worship him like a super-athy.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

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In his owns words he is only six sevenths atheist.

[–]rhythmguy 1 point2 points ago

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You have an excellent grasp of irony, saying "thou shalt" and Dawkins in the same sentence.

[–]pahncrd 7 points8 points ago

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Wait, Your leaders are just athier than everyone else?

[–]cr41g0n 5 points6 points ago

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Wait, what?

[–]JesterD86 5 points6 points ago

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We don't have leaders. If anything, we have highly respected persons.

[–]yoda43 3 points4 points ago

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Or people, whom we agree are good advocates on the issue.

[–]Aemina 9 points10 points ago

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What element are those Pokemon?

[–]FourthTryForAName 6 points7 points ago

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Dark, Dark, Dark/Ghost

[–]sheywo 2 points3 points ago

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FYI Dark/Ghost has no weaknesses. Well Played.

[–]pianobadger 15 points16 points ago

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Don't worry, atheist is the superlative form of athy. As such, only one person in the world can truly be the atheist. It is extremely unlikely that your child among the billions of people in the world with be the atheist.

[–]wouldyounotlikesome 4 points5 points ago

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There can only be one.

[–]cdnchps 2 points3 points ago

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Ah, a heretical Ed, Edd and Eddy.

[–]toyotaviejo 57 points58 points ago

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Home schooling is a tried and true method.

[–][deleted] 41 points42 points ago

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As an ex-home schooler I can verify this. The science book in Jesus Camp was my textbook back in the day.

Thank everything good for university libraries.

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[–]absentbird 24 points25 points ago

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Meh, I don't see it as that bad. It is blasphemy to use God's name in vain so it is not really in line with religion.

Furthermore, it is an expression that holds a meaning entirely divorced from theology. It is just an exclamation now, it has no real weight.

[–]plesiosaur 15 points16 points ago

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Upvote for the oft-missed blasphemy angle.

[–]infinite_chaos 0 points1 point ago

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I'm not convinced that thanking "God" counts as blasphemy and not piety.

[–]greengeekgirl 2 points3 points ago

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If you want to make it more blasphemous, you can always add in swear words. "Thank fuckin' God" flows off the tongue nicely.

[–]CRLewis 11 points12 points ago

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I often say, "Thank the Goddess" in these circumstances. Not that I believe in any diety, but just because it pisses off the christians.

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[–]CRLewis 1 point2 points ago

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Help yourself! Many of my rational friends and colleagues do the same.

[–]insllvn 4 points5 points ago

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God isn't his name, it's Jehovah or Yahweh. God is his title, like Thor is god of thunder, except in Judeo-Christian mythology there is only one god.

[–]absentbird 1 point2 points ago

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True, except that in this case the phrase is used to refer to a deity who has been named god at least by the person speaking it. They are saying "[proper noun] damn it!" or "Thank [proper noun]". You can supplant the god being thanked however you want but the word as used in common phrases such as this are thanking something named god.

Example: "Long live the King." The king in this sense does not have to be the only king or even the same king as 20 years ago yet it is his title and according to the phrasing used by the speaker it should be capitalised as a proper noun since they are (most likely) referring to a specific king.

[–]infinite_chaos 1 point2 points ago

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It is definitely not considered blasphemy to thank "God". If anything, it's a sin not to thank "Him".

[–]absentbird 0 points1 point ago

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I suppose, I normally don't say "Thank God". I do use "Holy shit" "Jesus Christ" "God damn it" and many others and I think that is fine.

The point I was trying to make is that the use of 'god' in common phrases has moved beyond any particular god, they are just saying to express an idea. It would be like not using the word 'lucky' because it implies superstition. It just seems trivial to me.

[–]markgraf 4 points5 points ago

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In the future, we will all be saying "thank Science!" when we're happy or "Science damn it!" when we're angry. When we're surprised, we'll exclaim "oh my Science!".

[–]Shadowlady 2 points3 points ago

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I think I prefer Fuck.

"Thank fuck" "For fucks sake" "What the fuck"

[–]humanoideric 6 points7 points ago

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Ahh, but what is 'good'?

[–]AnonymousJ 6 points7 points ago

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Whatever I want it to be.

[–]ivosaurus 4 points5 points ago

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Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more...

[–]yngwin 1 point2 points ago

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but it hurts so good...

[–]ChickenMcFail 2 points3 points ago

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In the future, instead of using the character " | " to quote stuff, use character " > ".

|What you're doing looks like this

This is what it should look like

Just trying to help out.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Cool, thanks ChickenMcFail.

[–]Tack122 1 point2 points ago

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Just thoughts, would "thank good" work? I too am subject to that old habit and wouldn't mind changing it.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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I guess if for whatever reason you feel the need to be the one to equate goodness with the christian conception of god.

[–]Tack122 1 point2 points ago

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Hadn't considered it in that manner, for me it was about cadence and where it is suitable to use.

[–]0RedRocket4 0 points1 point ago

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Err, how about "Thank goodness." Ive heard that one a few times -US southerner lolz.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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I've never thought about it. It's just a colloquialism my grandmother (a theist) uses. What's the matter with "thank god?"

[–]bspielburg 1 point2 points ago

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After playing Dragon Age, I sometimes catch myself saying "thank the maker."

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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I may have possibly said "thank the gods" once after watching BSG.

[–]jtang 7 points8 points ago

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My mom briefly homeschooled us and had our family join a Christian homeschooling group. We all got the hell out of there and back into public high school when we realized our peers were barely-literate sociopaths.

[–]Sam_Geist 6 points7 points ago

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I was home-schooled by my mother for many, but not all, of my years of schooling. I was taught critical thinking and logic when none of the schools I went to ever really did more than glance at the topics.

Just saying that home schooling depends on those doing the teacher and I'm always really sorry to hear about those whose experiences in home schooling have been negative.

[–]Sorrows_Neptune 3 points4 points ago

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Another homeschooler here. Homeschooling is definitely better than the current public school system, depending on the parents and environment the child is being raised in.

It's a real shame that most people willing to try it out happen to be conservative fundamentalists who would only make their child's schooling experience even worse than if they went to public school.

[–]toyotaviejo 2 points3 points ago

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I think it's great that you had such a good experience. The vast majority of home school parents in the US are evangelicals.

[–]jaroto 15 points16 points ago*

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To be fair, being lied to and having staunchly religious parents has pushed a decent number of individuals away from religion as well. About 1/3 - 2/5 do not maintain their parents religious beliefs (apparently that holds in the US and UK). I can't be positive what drives that 33% - 40% away from their parents religion, but anecdotally I know many who have gotten fed up with the BS and changed their beliefs.

[–]godlessaltruist 9 points10 points ago

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When you grow up in an environment like that, people tend to react in one of two ways - either they internalize all of it and conform perfectly and "become" it, or they rebel against it. It tends to really polarize people in one of two directions.

[–]jaroto 5 points6 points ago*

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true. i imagine it would create extreme, intense feelings in me if i were surrounded by that for 18 years. so... they either become (a) a staunch religious person who loathes/insults atheists or (b) a staunch atheist who loathes/insults religious people?

[–]rjcarr 0 points1 point ago

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Very true. It also happens with drug and alcohol abuse. Some people follow their parents and become abusers themselves. Some vow to never be like their parents and stay away from the stuff altogether.

This is why you hear the expression "alcoholism skips a generation".

[–]Wot_u_said_simpler 17 points18 points ago

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"Sometimes, stupidity is the best lesson of all."

[–]everred 69 points70 points ago

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link so we can upvote the answer?

[–]orionsninjabelt 72 points73 points ago

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[–]octal9 16 points17 points ago

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2 years ago

upvote that answer away, but does it really make a difference at this point?

[–]UnwiseSudai 42 points43 points ago

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Yes

[–]trinklest 20 points21 points ago

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yes. yes, it does.

[–]BlankVerse 3 points4 points ago

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Wow! It's gone from 4 to 50 upvotes.

[–]Obliza 4 points5 points ago

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It got deleted wtf

[–]lolgazmatronz 174 points175 points ago

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Oh snap.

[–]Dillbert71 113 points114 points ago

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Do not educate them, or expose them to critical thinking, logic or science. I wonder what went through their mind as they read this?

[–]slowhand88 187 points188 points ago

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"That's a pretty good idea!"

[–]irrelevant_informant 87 points88 points ago

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[–]pastachef 35 points36 points ago

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You have failed sir, I see this as extremely relevant.

[–]darkmessiah 14 points15 points ago

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Still gets me every time.

[–]clairemont 2 points3 points ago

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Where is that from?

[–]purebacon 1 point2 points ago

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[–]orbat 7 points8 points ago

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Wat

[–]Dillbert71 9 points10 points ago

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Unfortunately probably true!

[–]aBIOgene515 14 points15 points ago

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I'd say that it's probably true. I was raise Presbyterian but taught evolution at the same time. The ideas don't mix and logic eventually stamped out the superstition.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points ago

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You only say probably because you've found yourself on the side which recognizes mathematics and percentages very near 100 but not quite.

[–]Laniius 4 points5 points ago

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"This is going to be the best troll response ever!"

[–]passing_out 3 points4 points ago

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"So I should frontpage r/atheism for him."

[–]NonPermissive 5 points6 points ago

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Probably, "well of course, science is wrong and evil, but why logic or critical thinking? Wouldn't logic lead one to conclude that it's impossible for there not to be a magic sky wizard way up in Heaven?"

[–]scragar 2 points3 points ago

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If their logic leads them to believe that then they likely won't be capable of teaching their kids sufficient logic skills to escape.

[–]Eoiny 2 points3 points ago

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I'd be willing to bet the person who posted the answer also posted the question.

[–]FuelUrMind 7 points8 points ago

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Porbably a setup question. The question was written at 12:05 on 2/08 and response was at 12:24 on 2/08. Although could have just been a fast response. Oh poe's law...

[–]dmallind 1 point2 points ago

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As the answerer, I can assure you not the case - Yahoo answers always works that quickly for replies to Qs or they disappear many pages deep. Forgotten that particular Q until someone linked to this on DU though. Brings back memories of when I enjoyed beating my head against walls!

[–]FuelUrMind 0 points1 point ago

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Oh okay, thanks for clarifying David. Nice hat by the way! :D

[–]OcotilloEgo 18 points19 points ago*

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Not the best answer. The best way is to murder your children while they're still young and innocent and guaranteed to get into heaven. Furthermore, god just may smile upon you, the parent, for committing such a selfless sacrifice. After all, how could you chance losing eternal bliss?

Credit goes to Matt Dillahunty for that one, btw.

[–]auniqueusername2 6 points7 points ago

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It's Dillahunty

[–]OcotilloEgo 8 points9 points ago

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It sure is, buddy. Typing out of an odd position here, thanks.

[–]The_Comma_Splicer 3 points4 points ago

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I will forever give uppies to anyone who graciously accepts corrections.

[–]OcotilloEgo 3 points4 points ago

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Well, I did spell it "Hillahunty" :)

[–]john2kxx 4 points5 points ago

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Careful, some of them are dumb enough to take you seriously.

[–]liskolainen 1 point2 points ago

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Good.

[–]TexDen 6 points7 points ago

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All children are born atheist, they have to be taught to be a baptist or muslim, etc.

[–]NoveltyAccountFraud 40 points41 points ago*

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I love how the best answer was 'Chosen by Voters.' Ignorance is
usually common in Yahoo! Answers, but not this time. The best
answer to the parent's question is an exception, indeed. Way to
go, David M! His snappy response does makes sense: make your
children believe in God by brainwashing them early; kids become
homophobic, superstitious and racist, as a result. Devout Christians
will surely applaud your parenting skills.

[–]poopfartcrap 15 points16 points ago

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the jumbo jet in the whirlwind? what am I missing here?

[–]AbuMaia 29 points30 points ago

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a common argument for intelligent design. The argument is that a tornado, a purely natural force, can't go through a junkyard and assemble an airplane.

[–]pahncrd 13 points14 points ago

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That's one of the dumbest arguments I have ever heard. I think their problem is in thinking that we think everything is absolutely random. Hardly, chemical processes do what they do according to their own framework, and that process is effected by both their intrinsic properties and environment. Life exists because of a chemical tendency to increase in complexity in such an environment. This complexity started with the simplest combinations of chemicals and further chemical reactions tended to increase the likelihood of propagation.

They would do better to stick with the god of the gaps. :3

[–]Xarnon 7 points8 points ago

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That's one of the dumbest arguments I have ever heard.

How about "we've never found a living organism in a (just opened) pot of peanut butter, therefore evolution is false".

Or "Bananas fit into our human hand, therefor they must be made by an Intelligent Designer; namely God"

They're both paraphrased, but still.

[–]C_IsForCookie 9 points10 points ago

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So does arsenic. Fits right in your hand. You should try some.

[–]Xarnon 17 points18 points ago

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Or, as Matt Dillahunty said it beautifully:

"A banana also fits in your ass, does that prove the existence of a designer?"

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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This doesn't begin to explain the reason behind chemical processes at all though, of course there is one, it can be more difficult to argue for the totality of the sciences as a consistent explanation of the world than one might hope.

[–]Orichalcon 24 points25 points ago

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And yet, creationists believe that god went through nothing and created everything. But no, evolution is clearly the nonsense theory.

[–]santa4nt 12 points13 points ago

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Easy to swallow for them, nothing is impossible for god.

[–]Procrastinare 22 points23 points ago

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Except evolution.

[–]C_IsForCookie 7 points8 points ago

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No, the ones who believe it just say god set evolution up that way.

[–]WorkingMouse 6 points7 points ago

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Which is technically unfalsifiable; we can't disprove it, but it's of no use.

Remember, there are varying degrees of bullshit and varying degrees of crazy. I will take some who believes in theistic evolution over a young earhter any day - though if they insist that their belief is or is supported by science, I'll still have to correct them.

[–]JesterD86 2 points3 points ago*

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Statistically, this claim is more than unfalsifiable, its false. I've always heard it a cadillac in a box, but its the same principal. If you were to desgnate each individual part with a number and randomize the sequence, eventually the odds state that you could feasibly come up with a predetermined pattern concurrant to "assembly". All it takes is the right ingredients and a long enough trial period (billions of years enough?) and eventually it would fall in to place. All of this is moot, because the suggestion is outrageouse anyway. Our universe didn't just spontaneously form in the blink of a cosmic explosion. After the ingredients were collected together, our universe began to assimilate and grow. It wasn't a light switch, as Hoyles Fallacy suggests.

[–]WorkingMouse 1 point2 points ago

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You'll have to forgive me, because I'm not quite sure what point you're putting forth.

I'm not specifically attacking or defending theistic evolution, unless it's put forth as science, in which case it is dismissed by lack of evidence.

I'm merely pointing out that the idea "god set things up this way" is unfalsifiable; there's literally no data we could find in this universe that could prove it false. And because it's unfalsifiable, it can make no predictions and is quite a bit pointless.

If you are attacking the case some theistic evolution believers make - specifically, that "this couldn't have happened without god's intervention" - then yes, you are correct, but I was addressing the general premise instead of attempted defenses, and certainly not putting any forward.

[–]JesterD86 0 points1 point ago

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Sorry, I was actually speaking to the post about the jumbo jet in the whirlwind. I have no idea why I replied to your comment instead of that one.

[–]Xarnon 2 points3 points ago

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"Well, atheists believe in the scientific impossibility that nothing created everything!" - Ray "Banana Man" Comfort

Although it's a bit paraphrased. :p

[–]C_IsForCookie 5 points6 points ago

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See, where they're wrong is that nobody believes that NOTHING created everything. We just believe that what exists was created from something we don't yet understand (there are some theories in thermodynamics that suggest elements can be created by anomalies in a perfect vacuum). But we also understand that the idea of an all knowing and all powerful being is ridiculous without proof. Sure, the theories I've suggested haven't been proven, but there is evidence. There is NO evidence of god.

[–]Xarnon 4 points5 points ago

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Comfort would point you to people like Laurence Krauss, whom calculated that the total energy of the universe (matter + dark matter + energy - gravity [IIRC](http:// "if I recall correctly")) equals zero, whom say that the universe must have created itself from nothing because that's where the evidence is leading us to. "See? Atheists do believe the scientific impossibility that the universe came from nothing!"

What I just said might not be entirely correct and thus: 'A Universe From Nothing' by Lawrence Krauss

Yes, it's a long vid, but I think it's worth it!

[–]silverskull 2 points3 points ago

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Of course, if Lawrence Krauss is correct, it's not a scientific impossibility, hmm? :P

[–]Xarnon 1 point2 points ago

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Indeed. If LK is correct (or rather, his evidence/theory/WhatEverHe'sWorkingOn), it would show that it would not be a scientific impossibility :D

[–]silverskull 0 points1 point ago

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Unfortunately, I don't think that wouldn't stop the idiots from throwing around the words "scientific impossibility" anyway.

[–]Xarnon 1 point2 points ago

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Indeed, idiots gonna be idiotic... :/

[–]ghosthalcyon 2 points3 points ago

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But, if the junkyard had all of the necessary parts to build a jumbo jet, would the possibility of a tornado putting them together in the correct way just be very improbable, rather that impossible?

[–]AbuMaia 4 points5 points ago

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Yes, very very improbable, but IDers don't like the idea of "improbable yet possible" when it comes to evolution and abiogenesis.

[–]horseyhorseyhorsey 2 points3 points ago

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Wow. I've never heard that before. Oh..wait.. I can hear rustling... It's the sound of a million straw men slapping their dear little turnip faces...

[–]bootsmegamix 1 point2 points ago

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Wait, this is a real argument? I think I'm gonna have an aneurysm...

[–]AbuMaia 1 point2 points ago

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Yup, generally trotted out in an attempt to "prove" that something that appears to be "designed" could not have come about by random natural processes. Sometimes an explosion is used instead of a tornado.

[–]Schrodingers_Ferret 10 points11 points ago

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Theist argument comparing life/universe arising from natural causes to a whirlwind sweeping through a junkyard and assembling a jumbo jet.

[–]Comedian 1 point2 points ago

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[–]Dr_Gorgenflex 7 points8 points ago

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Im 99% sure the only reason I am an atheist now is because instead of my parents teaching me facts they had no idea about I would just watch the discovery channel all day instead. I now know way too much about dinosaurs. True story.

[–]Uplus2622 3 points4 points ago

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A few years ago my father asked me what he did wrong. I assured him he did a damn fine job and gave him a similar answer. Hasn't come up since.

[–]StuartGibson 2 points3 points ago

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"Choose a god who can be proven to exist."

[–]terriblehuman 3 points4 points ago

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That, or lobotomize them. Anything that eliminates their ability to think critically.

[–]DazBlintze 4 points5 points ago

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When did people this intelligent start posting on Yahoo Answers?

[–]sirbruce 13 points14 points ago

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Clearly she doesn't want her kids to become more athi lest they become the athiest of all.

[–]bezbol 6 points7 points ago

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and no internet.

[–]God_of_gaps 8 points9 points ago

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I would just say to force them to read the entire bible on their own, outside of church. It sounds like a good idea to make your kid religious, but if anyone ACTUALLY reads the bible, they usually end up realizing it's all bullshit. The only way to believe it is to sit in church and let the pastor pick and choose which sentences to read, and have everyone skip around like it's some kind of bible remix.

[–]AzureDrag0n1 5 points6 points ago

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This is what started me on my path to atheism. Reading most of the bible.

[–]God_of_gaps 6 points7 points ago

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It's amazing to sit at church and watch how much they skip around isn't it?

[–]RobotBuddha 2 points3 points ago

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I think it can help. But keep in mind that almost every single christian on reddit could read the bible and come away untouched. Because in a way they're using a faith that's evolved by natural selection to adapt to our new atheist heavy environment.

It's a more mutable kind of faith, where they just start off with the concept that god is a big super nice guy and that anything in the bible which doesn't agree with that is just a corruption of the material by humanity. Totally illogical since it starts with a conclusion. But it's something which makes argument by pointing out contradictions and absurdities in the bible fairly ineffective. It's one of the ironic after effects of us fighting religion. It's creating a new strain of it that's very resistent.

[–]rebo 4 points5 points ago*

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Ignorance is God's greatest weapon.

[–]infinity404 3 points4 points ago

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It's a poe, but I like it!

[–]nightzirk 14 points15 points ago

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Beautiful.

[–]aryat1989 3 points4 points ago

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I'd argue that all that crap is for religion. You can be a theist but not follow any of that religious garbage.

[–]Anzat 2 points3 points ago

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Better answer: lobotomy.

[–]Khiraji 2 points3 points ago

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Hallowed are the Ori.

[–]VirginianSkeet 16 points17 points ago

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The best part of this is that some people will not catch on to the satire.

[–]RedditUser1186 33 points34 points ago

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You are kidding yourself. Nearly everyone would get the satire.

It describes "divine eternal truth" as originating from a "raving lunatic in a desert"

And instructs people to teach their children: "semi literate bronze age folk tales"

Almost all religoius people would realize those are insults.

[–]Moeri 48 points49 points ago

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some people will not catch on to the satire.

Nearly everyone would get the satire.

You just agreed with him. :)

[–]HarryLillis 7 points8 points ago

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I don't know, have you ever read Descartes's Meditations? One big fat religious satire written directly to the Sorbonne and I don't think they caught on to it. When he speaks of how he defines insanity he speaks of a man who believes his head is made of clay(Adama - clay - Adam), a poor man who believes himself to be King, and so forth. It's riddled with fairly obvious criticisms of religious thinking and yet today there are still people who don't pick up on it.

[–]RedditUser1186 2 points3 points ago

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None of which even come close to the level of: "Your divine eternal truth was written by a raving lunatic wandering around in a scientifically vapid desert."

Seriously, at that point in the post... you are pushing it to even call it satire. The beginning is hilarious satire. Sure. But the end is merely hilarious.

[–]HarryLillis 2 points3 points ago

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It's certainly an excellent piece of writing. I wish I knew if this fellow had a reddit account so I could track his progress.

[–]dmallind 0 points1 point ago

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Aww shucks you're making me feel embarrassed. Your wish is my command though - somebody just posted this on DU so I followed the link here. Never heard of reddit before.

[–]landb4timethemovie 4 points5 points ago*

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Don't question the circlejerk.

Edit: Yea I said it.

[–]PoshyX 0 points1 point ago

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Good.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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"Make him read r/atheism"

[–]bottleofoj 1 point2 points ago

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Or just be catholic

[–]haakon 1 point2 points ago

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Stop giving these people ideas.

[–]tequiila 1 point2 points ago

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OMG I never laughed so hard in my life! I love that guy!!!

[–]Stylesclash 1 point2 points ago

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"Move to Florida, north Florida."

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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MOAR - HYPHENS!

[–]dmallind 1 point2 points ago

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Yeah yeah, I know. Run on sentences are my thing. ;)

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Upvote for honesty and legitimate use of excessive hyphenation

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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I wish I could never stop upvoting this.

[–]HipstersObviously 1 point2 points ago

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I guess my parents fucked up... they let me read books by Carl Sagan because it was "that moon space thing astronamey or something that feller writes 'bout".

[–]jimmy_mc 0 points1 point ago

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The stellar space stuffs.

[–]thedukky 1 point2 points ago

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This is really quite beautifully written.

[–]Bilboalthor 1 point2 points ago

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impressive!

[–]avult78 1 point2 points ago

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I love it.. best response ever.

[–]harlomcspears 1 point2 points ago

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Alternatively, you could sacrifice your kid to your god. That would sure prevent them from falling away from the faith!

[–]Evil_Embrace 1 point2 points ago

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i got a case of "sad but true" coming on

[–]basec0m 1 point2 points ago

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Any way I can upvote this more?

[–]bzeurunkl 1 point2 points ago

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Given that children are born athiests from the beginning, I'd say the question is moot.

Now, if the question is how to prevent them from becoming Christians, I'd say there is nothing you can do in that regard. It is not up to you, or them.

[–]dirtydave71 5 points6 points ago

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I think I might have answered something like this: Teach them about science and evolution so they can see how evil and silly it is. Make sure they have plenty of exposure to good grammar and spelling, so people don't think they're idiots. Show them how crazy those free-thinkers are. That should do it.

[–]ivosaurus 2 points3 points ago*

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They wouldn't get taught science and evolution; they would get both subjects completely misrepresented to them, giving them even less of a chance of learn a truly useful way of interpreting the world.

"Science is about how we prove God exists; see that tree there? It's so beautiful, it's impossible to imagine how it could have come about, except through God! Isn't science awesome?

In science, we come up with theories, and then test them and test them until we can disprove them, leaving God as the only answer to the way the world works. Evolution has tried to show that dna and mutation could create animals, but Intelligent Design has successfully refuted it to show that only God could have designed an eye, flagellum or wings. God is truly great!"

[–]dirtydave71 0 points1 point ago

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Well crap.

[–]ZmbKllr 2 points3 points ago

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I started searching for more related topics in yahoo answers.. And this made me cringe in so many ways.

[–]Hop_Hound 6 points7 points ago

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Yea, pretty sure that wasnt a real question. Trolls FTW!

[–]ZmbKllr 5 points6 points ago

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Sadly.. Knowing how insane people can be when clinging to religion... It really wouldn't surprise me if it was real.

[–]Xarnon 5 points6 points ago

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The power of Poe :/

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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Actually I would not care if my child became and athiest. I would love him or her all the same.

[–]RobotBuddha 4 points5 points ago

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Assuming you're christian, you'd love your child if they were openly rebelling against your god? And by doing so dooming themselves to eternal torment, while unintentionally furthering the cause of evil on earth while they're alive?

[–]pedopopeonarope 1 point2 points ago

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Proof why Christians want to keep their children down, stupid and uneducated, so they will not learn the truth and continue to be sheep like them. They are doing the same thing their parents did to them, oppressing them and making them conform to a lie just so they will go along with the "program" and be "accepted" by other dumb and stupid Christians who are also make into unthinking robots to be controlled by the church and their parents do follow their way of thinking, even if it is insane, they must follow blindly and with out question. They are slaves to a 2,000 year old religion that does not work except for the fact they are made to think it does if they go along with the lies and agree to being a slave to lies and oppression. That is why they need to oppress (keep down) others and keep uneducated and ignorant like them, so they can keep them down so they will go along with them. If they knew the truth they would come alive and start living a real life for them selves.

[–]wjmacguffin 1 point2 points ago

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I am raising my son Catholic because I believe Christ to be Son of God. Of course, I may be wrong and I will teach that to my child as well. I also intend to teach him to be wary of all authority figures, to use reason and logic, to embrace fact and science, and to focus on the Church's positive affects in the local community. However, it will be his decision and I will stand by it regardless.

To your suggestion that parents like me are trying to keep our children "down, stupid and uneducated", bite me.

[–]toastee 2 points3 points ago

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Fun fact, 15% of church attendee's in Sweden are atheists.

So... from this I'd guess he best way to keep your kids in the church is probably this:

Explain that even if everyone knows the stories are BS, the people they will meet in your church(the community aspect) and the cultural traditions are still of great value.

Thanks for being the kind of person that won't lock their kids in a basement to keep them from learning about our amazing universe.

[–]oedipusanonymous 1 point2 points ago

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just made this the main page at religionisfraud.com

[–]whoawut 1 point2 points ago

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I really hate those yahoo avatars.

[–]lungfish59 0 points1 point ago

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You are not alone. They give me the creeps.

[–]WatersLethe 1 point2 points ago

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I cannot upvote enough

[–]aaarrrggh 1 point2 points ago

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Nailed it.

[–]TomSmithy23 1 point2 points ago

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I just logged into Y!A for the first time in a few months to upvote this.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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mmm i could go for a big plate of mumbo jumbo gumbo right about now

[–]reddmau5 1 point2 points ago

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I can dig it.

[–]THeGaME41 3 points4 points ago

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I can actually see them using this advice lol

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago*

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Well Judaism technically required someone to become literate. Not exactly too many religions that make it a moral imperative to become educated, but Judaism did just that. There is a reason that first century Jewish rabbis were educated in Greek poetry, philosophy and all the science the world had to offer at the time. They were not just drones who only knew about their own religion, to suggest this is to prove ignorance on the issue. Jews have always been a group of people that put education very high on their priority list. (Maybe that is why they produce so many Nobel Prize winners, and the most relative to the size of their group?)

This ignores Jewish history in its entirety, but I would not expect anyone to exactly know much about Jewish culture or history beyond the time they spent reading a few verses from Leviticus and Deuteronomy. Everyone here will say that ignorance is bad, but why do so many persist in speaking with confidence on subjects they obviously have no knowledge of? How many here have spent over a hundred hours studying Jewish history beyond what is written in the Bible? I would wager only a handful.

[–]Gliblord 2 points3 points ago

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Learned, but still ignorant. Just like we all are. It's just that the creators of the Bible were particularly ignorant compared to our knowledge now.

[–]RobotBuddha 1 point2 points ago

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Well Judaism technically required someone to become literate. Not exactly too many religions that make it a moral imperative to become educated, but Judaism did just that.

Christian missionaries have been known to actually create written languages for cultures that didn't have them already, and then translate the bible into that language for them.

Jews have always been a group of people that put education very high on their priority list. (Maybe that is why they produce so many Nobel Prize winners, and the most relative to the size of their group?)

Also possibly why I have never personally known a single person of jewish decent of my age group, once I became an adult, who wasn't an atheist.

[–]gxslim 1 point2 points ago

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So does Islam. While Europe was mired in the dark ages, torturing and murdering anyone who dared learn anything new, there were scientific and artistic revolutions going on all over the Muslim world. You'd be surprised exactly how much of modern life depends entirely on their inventions.

[–]cbs5090 0 points1 point ago

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JT is a troll.

[–]Hold423 0 points1 point ago

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This is how I raise my kids already...

[–]SJ_Zero 0 points1 point ago

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God isn't the big problem, religion is.

Remember kids, the guy who is employed by the church is special somehow.

[–]ramprakash 0 points1 point ago

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How about Illuminati???

[–]Bachmed 0 points1 point ago

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Basically become evil

[–]tephy 0 points1 point ago

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So.. making your child an idiot prevents atheism...doesn't that mean atheists are geniuses?!

[–]Tschis 0 points1 point ago

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Could anyone explain me the fifth paragraph? The one about raving lunatic

[–]ernesthelp 0 points1 point ago

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When I first read the "raving lunatic in the desert" line I was thinking Jesus. Then I read the next line and was like "ohh every other insane fertile crescent insane preacher".

[–]pxlmusic 0 points1 point ago

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Brilliant.