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[–]plaze2 35 points36 points ago

Was that really on futurama?

[–]Cmrade_Dorian 64 points65 points ago

no

[–]Heart_of_Darkness[S] 27 points28 points ago

I don't think so.

[–]neofire 8 points9 points ago

Don't see why you guys downvote OP for being honest.

[–]Careless_Con 3 points4 points ago

Because Reddit loves downvoting almost as much as cats.

[–]Heart_of_Darkness[S] 1 point2 points ago

Because they cant handle the truth and because this points out a major flaw of theists.

[–]fox112 0 points1 point ago

I had a chuckle anyway. I'm not mad.

[–]N8CCRG 44 points45 points ago

Is this the new thing? Take resubmits and post them on Futurama for karma?

[–]chipfox 23 points24 points ago

poor effort. 2/10

[–]AGuyCalledMe 9 points10 points ago

you are too generous!

[–]amnSoldier 1 point2 points ago

They should have sex and their child should be named Science!

[–]BardofDale 4 points5 points ago

False. Philosophy is a love of thought or wisdom.

[–]downtown_vancouver 0 points1 point ago

(philo == lover of) + (sophos == knowledge)

[–]fljared 1 point2 points ago

This is because philosophy was originally the study of existence itself, with what we today call "science" only a part of it, called "Natural Philosophy".

[–]RichieMcQ 2 points3 points ago

I find this assertion questionable.

[–]RageComicer113 2 points3 points ago

best title ive everseen

[–]SaintLonginus 2 points3 points ago

Apples and oranges. You can't compare trying to prove something empirically with proving something non-empirical.

[–]marcidk -1 points0 points ago

"I has a baseball" - really reddit??

[–]pr0m4n -1 points0 points ago

This post gave me rheumatoid arthritis

[–]HubertJayFarnsworth 0 points1 point ago

Good news nobodies!

[–]Fried2 1 point2 points ago

Even though this may not have been on Futurama...should be... It is SOOO true...which is one of the reasons that I was always labeled as a rebel and why I no longer go there

[–]conundrum4u2 0 points1 point ago

it needs two more words...Philosophy is ASKING questions that may never be answered. Religion is TELLING answers that may never be questioned. (imo)

[–]cumfarts -1 points0 points ago

NEVER EVER IN ALL MY YEARS HEARD THAT BEFORE THANKS

[–]daveime 2 points3 points ago

The sarcasm is strong in this one.

[–]lawesipan -1 points0 points ago

I think that's a bit unfair to philosophy.

[–]pbousfie -5 points-4 points ago

this is the BEST post on r/atheism ever.

[–]thinkingperson 0 points1 point ago

I guess this is especially true for Christianity. When Jobs questions God, he get a rebuttal of "Where were you when I was ###" instead of any straight answer.

[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points ago

Teapot.

[–]ihopeirememberthisun 0 points1 point ago

short, stout

[–]ericarlen -5 points-4 points ago

You cannot prove to me that your comment exists.

[–]karlbarl -4 points-3 points ago

That goes both ways

[–]postguy2 5 points6 points ago

That's true, so I don't make any affirmative claims without being able to provide evidence of the claim being true. Atheism is not an affirmative claim, so I don't need to provide evidence.

[–]volcomma5ter 0 points1 point ago

SERIOUSLY? All you did was add Futurama. BULLSHIT.

edit: Also, mine is OC. My current mood.

[–]darkangelx 0 points1 point ago

This one looks cooler.

[–]Heart_of_Darkness[S] 0 points1 point ago

If there is little difference than why did yours fail?

[–]volcomma5ter 0 points1 point ago

Who knows. Timing probably. Also, the added Futurama helped I'm sure. Also the title differences? There are many possibilities.

[–]Heart_of_Darkness[S] 0 points1 point ago

I am not the one who said that there is little difference, that was you.

[–]InfiniteDeath -2 points-1 points ago

All these anti-religion posts sure are getting old.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

It is /r/atheism.... its not like we can chat about how great God is or anything....