Too many atheists are hostile to the religious.

anglophone comments on May 24, 2020:

I disagree. As an atheist I am supportive the religious under some conditions. I am also hostile under other conditions. I make a sharp distinction between those who seek to understand and improve their own lives, and those who try to ram their own opinions down my throat. The latter group traumatised me, and I see no good reason why they should be allowed to traumatise other people.

What is the relationship between culture and religion?

anglophone comments on May 24, 2020:

The latter is a subset of the former.

Does anyone else get annoyed at lack of explanations that are hidden in the following phrases.

anglophone comments on May 24, 2020:

I see all the examples that you cite as being magnificent examples of cognitive failure.

Biased media, confirmation bias, conspiracy theories, the pandemic of misinformation - this stuff ...

anglophone comments on May 23, 2020:

My skepticism has been growing all my life. It helps me to spot misinformation from a mile away.

A very serious question here.

anglophone comments on May 23, 2020:

Leave him alone. He may be a cognitive disaster area, but he is nevertheless the master of his own destiny.

COVID-19 pandemic myths are spreading faster than the virus. But Why?

anglophone comments on May 22, 2020:

The mentally infirm will believe any sort of nonsense that is told to them.

Christian TV Host Rick Wiles: “We Are Going to Impose Christian Rule in this Country”

anglophone comments on May 22, 2020:

Welcome to the bigotry of the clinically insane.

Has Evangelical Christianity Become Sociopathic? [huffpost.com]

anglophone comments on May 22, 2020:

Evangelical Christianity was already sociopathic at the time of the Spanish Inquisitions. The United States of America has taken on the mantle of Isabella and Ferdinand 500 years afterwards.

Is it still a lie if you don't know it isn't true?

anglophone comments on May 18, 2020:

Different people can have different truths. From the point of view of a committed theist, if I was to tell him that his particular god cannot exist, then he is perfectly entitled to call me mistaken as to fact, but he is *not* entitled to call me a liar.

Young people attended a :coronavirus party in Kentucky, governor says.

anglophone comments on May 18, 2020:

Stupid is as stupid does.

Your grossly incompetent president called Obama's presidency "grossly incompetent"...

anglophone comments on May 17, 2020:

What else could you possibly expect from a grossly and culpably incompetent president?

We do not have the benefit of a time machine, or the ability to see into the distant past, but if ...

anglophone comments on May 17, 2020:

Thanks heaps! :)

Do you think that religion has played overall good or bad role for human during this Covid pandemic?

anglophone comments on May 16, 2020:

The simple answer to your question is "no in my opinion". A longer answer goes like this: "Religion is merely a system of belief. It is religious people that do good and bad things. Those who claim that Covid-19 is an Act of God are doing a bad thing. Believers can also do good things: the good of humanitarianism has nothing to do with the evils of theism.".

"I have a dream, where our president isn't a imbecile.

anglophone comments on May 16, 2020:

Martin Luther King was right. However, Trumpsters are blind to the content of Trumpty Dumpty's character.

Is that so important to choose your partner who has similar thoughts on religion? Why or why not?

anglophone comments on May 15, 2020:

I could not live with anybody who has sufficient intellectual dishonesty to claim that their own god exists while all other gods are false.

I am agnostic because I want to have an open mind! Really?

anglophone comments on May 15, 2020:

My own mind is always open to falsifiable evidence. However, my mind is always closed to the psychopaths, mental defectives, bullies, narcissists and charlatans who try to ram their particular god down my throat.

I got this letter after a death in the family. Not happy at all with the Jehovah's Witnesses

anglophone comments on May 14, 2020:

Having the added pressure of dealing with mental midgets at a time like this is something that you could well do without.

I attempt to be stoic about most things.

anglophone comments on May 14, 2020:

Trump's failure to recognise the critical importance of managing Covid-19 is plain for the whole world to see. He is blind to his own folly.

White Supremacists Built a Website to Doxx Interracial Couples — and It's Going to Be Hard to Take...

anglophone comments on May 14, 2020:

What would it take to get an army of Big Black Mommas to give each and every one of those white supremacists a beating that they will never forget and from which they will never recover?

What are your thoughts about the "God of Gaps"?

anglophone comments on May 13, 2020:

The God of the Gaps is a nonsense beloved of the cognitively deficient.

What would you have done differently had you been god?

anglophone comments on May 13, 2020:

God? Fuck God! Perhaps I would fuck myself into non-existence after having fucked my own mother before I existed so that I could come into existence. But who the fuck knows anyway?

Pardon me in advance, but WTF is up with all the santa claus for grown ups/ god posts on an agnostic...

anglophone comments on May 12, 2020:

Policemen talk about crime. Criminals talk about punishment. God Mobsters talk about atheists. Atheists talk about the mental deficiencies of theists. Please feel free to feel offended; you have every right so to do.

After a 30 year stint as a Christian, I am celebrating 3 year of deprogramming .

anglophone comments on May 12, 2020:

I can go with that. The vile shit that was the headmaster of my primary school 57 years ago has a lot to answer for. "May he rot in Hell!"

How would you react if your SO (man/woman) was "outed" (previously a porn 'star' ) ?

anglophone comments on May 12, 2020:

My reaction would be "So what?". My SO was him/herself before we met, and s/he still has the right to be an independent person. Anybody who tries to belittle their SO because of what they did in the past has major flaws in their own character.

You give a differing opinion on someones post, they hit the like on your comment and then block ...

anglophone comments on May 11, 2020:

Such people fail to use what little brains they have.

Believers advise me that if I require evidence for God, I must first trust in God by accepting his ...

anglophone comments on May 11, 2020:

Ah, the good old logical fallacy of circular reasoning! Such people are enamoured of logical fallacies.

Social media group supports men who shot and killed unarmed jogger

anglophone comments on May 9, 2020:

It seems the right-wing Christian nutjobs in the USA are now supporting "the right to murder".

Is it possible for a subjective concept of God (if everyone agrees with it) be a positive force for ...

anglophone comments on May 9, 2020:

No.

Religion its real good or bad ?

anglophone comments on May 9, 2020:

Religion is neither good nor bad. It is what people do with it that can be good or bad.

I just saw this as I checked my feeds and email for the first time today.

anglophone comments on May 9, 2020:

He is obvious hoping for a Darwin award.

Lying Christian Pastor: It’s “Scientifically Impossible to Be an Atheist” | Hemant Mehta | ...

anglophone comments on May 9, 2020:

I find his tragic ignorance of science to be quite hilarious! :) :) :)

Thoughts?

anglophone comments on May 8, 2020:

Sigh. That is yet another example of extremely sloppy thinking in the "Does God exist" debate.

During the CBS Evening News this evening one commercial was that of an evangelical giving a camp ...

anglophone comments on May 8, 2020:

The Delinquent Delilahs keep dishing out the dollars to divert others into delusion.

Brazil is letting the coronavirus run wild with little intervention, and the results are strikingly ...

anglophone comments on May 7, 2020:

It is God's will that the God Swill that is Jair Bolsonaro send the citizens of his country to their early deaths and thence to Heaven to sing everlasting praises to the genocidal maniac that is the Biblical God! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jair_Bolsonaro#Christianity_and_secularism

Safety versus freedom. Make of that what you will. Any thoughts?

anglophone comments on May 6, 2020:

Safety *and* freedom.

Can we declare 'war' on social media postings proclaiming that the only solution to the Corona virus...

anglophone comments on May 6, 2020:

Why declare war on those who flaunt their own cognitive failures and delight the rest of us with their magnificent absurdities?

Opening America now is ludicrous.

anglophone comments on May 5, 2020:

"A fool and his money are soon parted" applies to everybody who risks the lives of other people for their own financial gain.

My religious wife watches Christian movies and I hate it.

anglophone comments on May 5, 2020:

It does not happen to me. My wife is a sane person, and so rejects the God claim. You could ways suggest that she watches Jewish movies and Muslim movies.

"In a certain sense, postmodernism seems to be the last step of secularization.

anglophone comments on May 5, 2020:

Imho, God in this context is the God of the Bible. To assert that we have given him a series of new names such as Nature, Humanity, Reason etc is to make a nonsense of the English language.and to abandon rationality. I regard metaphysics, as opposed to the philosophy of science, as an absurdity. I regard theology as a time-wasting activity engaged in by the cognitively challenged. Do I sound like an ass-hole of a bitch? Yes, I do. I have no time for such sloppy thinking. See also my bio.

Ok so I'm not sure how many parts of the country are getting it but the My Pillow guy is hawking ...

anglophone comments on May 5, 2020:

Anybody who claims to be able to prove anything in science, including the existence claim of any god, is merely flaunting their own ignorance.

Rant on sexism.

anglophone comments on May 5, 2020:

Sex sells, and it's not just women's bodies used in that. The Chippendales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippendales were once used to sell a certain brand of beer. I would suggest that the advertising industry has just as much of a part to play in the objectification of women's bodies as the wolf whistles from those with builders' cleavage. Those of us who treat women as people first tend not to make a noise about it. As with any person, I am of course aware of their apparent gender (they could be trans for all I know or care), their apparent age, their apparent health, and such parts of their personality (in the widest possible meaning of that word) as they care to make known to me. Your edit has set me off in another direction. Nobody has any business making remarks about somebody's body or apparel (or lack thereof) unless it is made clear from context that said person is happy to receive such remarks.

Are you in favor of "Right to Repair" ?

anglophone comments on May 5, 2020:

I support the right to repair. I avoid Apple products whenever possible.

My mom doesn't like that I don't believe in god.

anglophone comments on May 4, 2020:

She needs her god. "Let it be."

Male odors. The difficulty of describing "essence of man.”

anglophone comments on May 4, 2020:

I cannot bring myself to kiss anybody who smokes.

Nearly half of Americans believe the Bible should influence US laws - The Christian Post

anglophone comments on May 4, 2020:

Translation: nearly half of Americans are ignorant of the Constitution.

I just came across a dating profile that reads: “A 6’3” warrior for Christ.

anglophone comments on May 4, 2020:

So, being a warrior for Christ, his commanding officer is a 2,000 year old Jewish zombie? Well, well, well!

The intransigence of the EU will likely trigger a WTO (no deal) Brexit. [globalvisionuk.com]

anglophone comments on May 4, 2020:

I see the whole Brexit thing as a slow motion train wreck that will be run for a decade.

Understanding why people believe differently and whether it's even possible to make a change in ...

anglophone comments on May 3, 2020:

I have concluded that my prefrontal cortex has some influence over my amygdala. The backfire effect is a nice explanation of why God Mobsters redouble their absurdities when confronted with evidence that their god is a fiction (at best) or non-existent (at worst). Having a strong prefrontal cortex is not necessarily a good thing. Mine is currently destroying my understanding of both myself and the world.

Were you 'infected' with the Love Bug virus ?

anglophone comments on May 3, 2020:

Thanks for the link. I was not infected, luckily.

Atheistic Chaplain-is their denial an example of religious discrimination? [navytimes.com]

anglophone comments on May 3, 2020:

It is not religious discrimination. It is discrimination. It is a way of sidelining naval personnel who do not subscribe to religious bullshit. It is a form of apartheid, social apartheid. To "honour" such discrimination with the word "religious" is to mask the efforts of the God Mob to impose their vile views on everybody else.

Think back to when you were religious.

anglophone comments on May 3, 2020:

I became an unbeliever before social media came into existence. The peddlers of bullshit will use every means at their disposal to keep peddling.

Has anyone else noticed a change in your dream pattern since the start of the pandemic?

anglophone comments on May 3, 2020:

The pattern of my dreams has not changed to any noticeable degree. My moderate levels of clinical stress have been ongoing for much longer than the current Covid-19 pandemic.

Revisiting a little theoretical physics: what does the double slit experiment tell us?

anglophone comments on May 3, 2020:

What the double-slit experiment and Schrödinger's cat tell me is that "intuitive" models of the natural world built around particles and waves are really *really* poor models, and we need better models.

What are the most effective ways adults are recruited to religion and how do we stop them?

anglophone comments on May 3, 2020:

Adults are recruited into religion by means of indoctrination from babyhood. It would take an extremely brave legislature to forbid parents from indoctrinating their own children into the religion and sect chosen by said parents.

For those of you who believed in life after death before: do you struggle more now when people die?

anglophone comments on May 2, 2020:

As a child, I was worried and frightened by death, and I believed what I was told about the Christian afterlife. As an atheist of mature years, I now mourn my loss of those who have died ("Send not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee."), but I now also accept the finality of death. It seems that some people need the crutch of the promise of an afterlife, but other people do not. To answer your final question, my answer is "no".

Is this all there is?

anglophone comments on May 2, 2020:

Please define "the first question". I thank you in advance.

A few years back I was working at a factory.

anglophone comments on May 2, 2020:

It is a mark of the mentally unfit that they are ignorant of their own Holy Book. "Father, forgive them, for they know not their own ignorance." (Sorry, I just could not resist putting out that piece of snark.)

The apologist worst cop out.

anglophone comments on May 2, 2020:

"Please demonstrate that *you* understand the bible." I laugh when God Mobsters act superior and claim to know and understand things that atheists do not.

For the grammarians: The atheist might say, “If there WERE a God there would be no unjustified ...

anglophone comments on May 1, 2020:

Okay, I cannot resists a challenge like that, so here goes (and puts on a tin helmet to avoid all the bricks that will be thrown at my head) ... The capitalisation of a word indicates uniqueness. Examples include the *I*ndian Ocean and the *A*ndes (mountain range). The usage "a God" has an indefinite article at its start, indicating one of a number of gods, not a unique god, so the capitalisation is inappropriate. However (please excuse my continued pedantry), if you are referring to the biblical God, then any immediately preceding article in this context becomes redundant. But (yes, there is more), a preceding article is necessary when differentiating two specific and allegedly unique gods, as in for example the God of the Bible and the God of the Torah. Will anybody get as far as reading this final line? ;)

How do you rationalize the paranormal?

anglophone comments on May 1, 2020:

I do not accept the existence of "the paranormal". Every one of us lives in the natural world, and to claim that there are things are outside the natural world is absurd: if such things exist then they are be definition part of the natural world. To proclaim the existence of the paranormal is a guarantee of the existence of the corresponding mental midget.

Anyone ever just get mentally fatigued and emotionally drained?

anglophone comments on May 1, 2020:

I have never been where you now are, so please treat anything I say with all due circumspection. It sounds as if physical proximity (e.g. your own neighbourhood) to somebody who is important to you might count more for you than social media proximity to somebody else who would otherwise have the same worth to you. From my own perspective, I have had fantastic emotional relationships with people who I have never been within 5,000 miles of. Perhaps I have an unusual approach. Have you ever thought of moving to elsewhere within the USA, or perhaps to another country? Would such an idea even appeal to you? Would it even be possible for you given your present circumstances (of which I am wholly ignorant)? As a very dear friend who is also physically close sometimes says to her own intimates "Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.".

Review - Tom Holland "Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind" - History for Atheists

anglophone comments on May 1, 2020:

"The Internet is your friend". More seriously though, it seems William Wilberforce, having earlier become an evangelical Christian, was a driving force for the abolition of slavery. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wilberforce_william.shtml for more details.

The test of a false god; Why I am an atheist.

anglophone comments on Apr 30, 2020:

Like many sane people, you are allergic to logical fallacies, in this case the logical fallacy of special pleading (for one particular god).

“If God isn’t real, what's the point of living at all when one day you’re just going to ...

anglophone comments on Apr 30, 2020:

"Good God! And exactly to which God do you refer?" (Slaps the imbecile about the face with a wet fish.)

Religious people have claimed that covid is due to the following but not limited to: -Gays ...

anglophone comments on Apr 30, 2020:

Yes. God sent covid19 to this planet and it seems to be doing a good job of infecting all those who believe in Him, thereby reducing the chances of the Orange Peril being re-elected to the Oval Office.

I just picked this up. Old stuff. Had to reread it lol [bbc.com]

anglophone comments on Apr 29, 2020:

The Muslim Terror is no different to the Christian Terror. (See also Ferdinand and Isabella: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Spanish-Inquisition )

How would you feel if someone gave you unsolicited advice about your appearance?

anglophone comments on Apr 29, 2020:

Good grief! Your body is exclusively your own property, and it would never occur to me to volunteer an opinion about it. If I am asked by anybody about their own body, I will provide an opinion. It can also come up as an incidental in conversation. One particularly large breasted women and I were talking about body size and health related issues, when I asked "How do you avoid backache?". Her response was "By having a good posture.". In terms of her own body image, it was essentially a non-event.

I will not die of stupid [tampabay.com]

anglophone comments on Apr 28, 2020:

"Mental mediocrity" - I *love* that phrase.

Need help reconciling my sons suicide and my ex wife's beliefs.

anglophone comments on Apr 28, 2020:

She could at least have some respect for you and your view of reality. If she feels the need for self-comfort by maintaining her delusion, I would suggest that is her prerogative. As painful as it may be, perhaps the time has come to have "that conversation" with your other kids, that conversation being about the nature of life, the nature of death, and the nature of religion in a rational and informed population.

Christian ‘historian’: People who don’t believe in God are scared of coronavirus because they ...

anglophone comments on Apr 28, 2020:

The man is delusional.

WOW! So much irrational hate toward Trump fans by some on here! Some much worse than those who ...

anglophone comments on Apr 28, 2020:

How can hatred of the attitude of those who support the dangerous brainless wonder of the Oval Office be irrational? (Please excuse me while I ROFL.)

Is the concept of a personal God needed in some individuals?

anglophone comments on Apr 28, 2020:

The evidence is clear: some people feel the need for a personal god. Other members have posted below their ideas for the reasons why. Speaking for myself, I find the concept of the God of the Bible to be absurd, and the idea that said god could be my personal god to be quite ludicrous.

I get so fed up with the bullshit.

anglophone comments on Apr 28, 2020:

Their observations (accusations?) that I refuse to buy into their absurd make believe is just like water off a duck's back to me. I have a habit of trouncing all the fallacious arguments that they present.

Read a comment that said being "atheist" was claiming there is no god.

anglophone comments on Apr 28, 2020:

It's a tired old and very absurd trope used by the God Mob. They misquote the burden of proof argument, which is correctly quoted as "The burden of proof rests with the one making the *existence* claim.". They also conveniently forget the fact that it is trivial to show that the God of the Bible cannot exist. The same goes for the God of the Torah.

Hey.

anglophone comments on Apr 28, 2020:

Do what works for you. You will be your own best guide when it comes to doing that. I bowl the following two questions at you, and I invite to ignore them or respond to them at a time and in a manner that pleases you: 1. How useful to you are the models of the natural world that are given to you by religion? 2. How useful to you are the models of the natural world that are given to you by the Scientific Method? (Hint: we would not have the Internet if the Scientific Method did not exist.)

Hi, I am new here and writing this post to say hello to the community.

anglophone comments on Apr 27, 2020:

Welcome to this community. I commend to you all nine comments below. For me, your wager is wasted. Moreover, it begs the question of "Which religion?", with the follow up question of "Which god or gods?". Something for you to ponder: nobody has ever demonstrated the existence of any god or gods in the last 5,000 years. As such, all such gods must be regarded as fictional, and all claims based on their (non-)existence must be regarded as absurd.

Let's let the Satanic Temple and Project Blitz fight against each other! That should be fun! 😁 ...

anglophone comments on Apr 27, 2020:

The God Mob will merely redouble its efforts to impose its stupidity on everybody else.

Husband with blind wife plants thousands of flowers for her to smell

anglophone comments on Apr 27, 2020:

That is simply gorgeous!

[vice.

anglophone comments on Apr 27, 2020:

So some people were not being honest with their (allegedly) Significant Other? Well, ain't that just too bad.

I don't know what to think about this.

anglophone comments on Apr 27, 2020:

I think there may be much more to this than is reported in the article.

I think the definition of religion should be expanded.

anglophone comments on Apr 26, 2020:

I see it as a mistake to conflate the meanings of various lexical items that you mention. I disagree with your assertion that we all have certain basic spiritual needs. Religion does not satisfy any of my needs. I find it to be absurd. Racism does not in any way give me a sense of being valued because I am a member of a superior race. Moreover, I find the concept of a "superior race" to be utterly repellent.

Mat Staver: Church Lockdowns Are “Targeting” Christians Like Nazis Targeted Jews | Beth ...

anglophone comments on Apr 25, 2020:

He is telling outrageous lies to his followers who themselves lack the brains to realise that they are being lied to.

New Group!! Vintage Electronics from the Past.

anglophone comments on Apr 25, 2020:

Another one from the dark ages: apl\360 anybody?

New Group!! Vintage Electronics from the Past.

anglophone comments on Apr 25, 2020:

Who can identify the following language: "IF" ... "THEN" "BEGIN" ... "END"

LOL!!! Trump Suggests Injecting Disinfectant Into The Body To Treat Coronavirus [youtube.com]

anglophone comments on Apr 25, 2020:

The Chief Fuckwit of the USA then went on to claim that he was being sarcastic when he made that claim: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172x2ymy846816 . Not only is the man a lunatic, he is an extremely *dangerous* lunatic.

Gnostic Atheist, Agnostic Atheist, Agnostic Theist, or Gnostic Theist?

anglophone comments on Apr 24, 2020:

I am a gnostic atheist about both the God of the Bible and the god of the Torah. I am an agnostic atheist about all other gods.

What sayings would one have to stop using if they wanted to fully De God their life?

anglophone comments on Apr 24, 2020:

"By Jove!" "Jupiter Pluvius is at it again." Thursday. Wednesday. Friday. Saturnalia.

Dating religious people

anglophone comments on Apr 24, 2020:

I am picky. The reason that I am picky is that I do not wish to waste my time with delusionals as dates. I establish the other person's views on "the God question" before I would even contemplate going on a date with them. It does not matter to me how sexy they look, religion always gives me brewer's droop.

What can one do with a person who is too ignorant even to realise that he is ignorant?

anglophone comments on Apr 24, 2020:

To answer your question, there is nothing that can be done. Donald Trump is an extreme example of the Dunning-Kruger effect who also happens to be ineducable.

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies- delicious!

anglophone comments on Apr 23, 2020:

Yum!

Doing my first shift testing people for covid tomorrow wish me luck .

anglophone comments on Apr 23, 2020:

Stay safe. You know the routine.

How many of you feel religion negatively impacted your formative years?

anglophone comments on Apr 22, 2020:

I *know* that religion impacted negatively on me during my formative years. That is exactly why I am the raging anti-theist that I am.

CALLING ALL MODERATORS We only got 8 members as we are 2 days old, and now's a good time to get ...

anglophone comments on Apr 22, 2020:

That sounds like a request for moderators. If I am correct, and if you are so inclined, I am willing to be roped in as a moderator.

I was listening to this week's show of The Atheist Experience and Matt asked the co-host to define a...

anglophone comments on Apr 21, 2020:

Head: God is that non-existent entity that created the universe. Heart: God is a judgmental bastard who will throw me into hell for even questioning His existence. Outcome: It is far too late to punch in the face the vile bastard that put the fear of his god into me. He has probably been dead for 40 years.

Wow, six planets in almost perfect resonance! What a rare find! "Six planets: a super-Earth and five...

anglophone comments on Apr 21, 2020:

Interesting!

This morning I went to Browse for the first time and clicked on Members.

anglophone comments on Apr 20, 2020:

Greetings. Your post (not a fence post) is wonderful. "Something". Bisexual people have twice as many opportunities when compared with heterosexual people. "The content of your character is far more important to me than the age of your body or your racial inheritance." /pace/ Martin Luther King. Go well.

Pascal's Wager = a straw man argument?

anglophone comments on Apr 20, 2020:

But there are still femtocephalics in the world who regard Pascal's Wager as a good reason to believe in the Christian God. (And I feel very sorry for His Noodliness, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, PBUH.)

Pastor Flouting Stay-At-Home Order Remains Defiant After Parishioner's Death

anglophone comments on Apr 20, 2020:

Such pastors are far too arrogant to feel any guilt. He is answerable to only his Dog, you see.

This is one of the good ones I post where I know Christians are reading .

anglophone comments on Apr 20, 2020:

Such people either suspend their critical thinking or they are wholly incapable of critical thinking. I have no time for such mental midgets.

L.A. Affairs: I was the world's pickiest dater. And no guy could ever stack up

anglophone comments on Apr 20, 2020:

Sigh. She specified the *physical* appearances of what she wanted. It wasn't until she was given a bloody great shove that she realised that she should have been looking for personality.