Quote# 96900

Prohibition didn't work. Drunkenness is always with us. Why? Because people such as atheists wallow in sensory enjoyments and are heedless of the harm they do to themselves.

Define injustice? It is just for atheists to be corralled in special workhouse to protect them from themselves, from their unbridled emotion and also so that the rest of the public is safer and not bothered by the noisy begging of atheists.

Superstition? Yes, atheistic belief in empiricism, scientific method, the primacy of the senses, and their own self-importance has gotten so out of control that it constitutes a superstition if not a religion. If a religion, then it should be allowed to continue in the open much like the snake handling religions of of Ozarks. But if a superstition, then yes eliminate it. But then that is what the work house and the sterilization program is for.

omprem, Atheism vs Christianity 28 Comments [10/6/2013 5:40:15 AM]
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Submitted By: David

Quote# 96899

He is here all the time. If only you had the equipment to know that and experience your own divinity.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste and atheists are the poster children of wasted minds.

omprem, Atheism vs Christianity 22 Comments [10/6/2013 5:40:00 AM]
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Submitted By: David

Quote# 96897

Whether it’s more calories, better (or worse) nutrition, or sexual selection favoring self-sufficient careerist shrikes, the path to divinely inspired and exquisitely vulnerable female beauty appears to have hit a thicket of brambles. And who are the biggest losers in this manjawed milieu? Beta provider males. What do they bring to the marketplace of ids that a go-getter bitch with her own pursestrings doesn’t already have? A cuckold victim promissory note?

CH, Chateau Heartiste 26 Comments [10/6/2013 5:39:16 AM]
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Quote# 96895

[Acts has been providing "updates" on how many people per day she hands Bibles out to.]

Seven!

One to each of my drivers (2).

Then, we ordered pizza. I put candy in with two Spanish New Testaments. Spanish folk like a hot, salty candy.

Acts5:41, Rapture Ready 24 Comments [10/6/2013 5:38:27 AM]
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Submitted By: documentingtehcrazy

Quote# 96894

[Another fundie has asked Acts for advice on how to hand out Bibles and tracts to people in a short amount of time.]

Generally, if I'm getting rung up, I chat about my purchases, then say "I'd love to give you something!" Or ask "Can I give you this?"

Make sure it isn't a Bible sold by the store, or they could get into trouble.

Sometimes I will say "I'd love to give you a Bible". Most everyone says "OK".

Yesterday, I tried to give a teller a Bible. She said "I don't want this" and handed it back. That's about as "bad" as it gets. Then I just put them on the prayer list. I do the same thing on a Big Bible handout. If they sneer at me or glare, I just smile and walk off, thinking "You're still on the prayer list!"

I have even had encounters where I held out a Bible to someone as they walked by, and they took it.

Listen to the Holy Spirit. You can't go wrong.

All that said, I have had a few times where I got a very clear NO BIBLE FOR HIM. When I disobeyed, the guy just freaked out. He had to have a demon. But, that happened because I disobeyed.

Acts5:41, Rapture Ready 33 Comments [10/6/2013 5:37:53 AM]
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Submitted By: documentingtehcrazy

Quote# 96892

All the really useful science and technology was invented/discovered by theists.
The wheel.
The inclined plane.
Writing.
Making fire.

What have we got since the 20th century?
Hiroshima? Chernobyl? Asbestos?. Thalidomide? Cane Toads? Global Warming? An Internet chock full of gambling, music piracy, child pornography, lol cat memes? Wikipedia?
Atheists rule the Internet? Yeah. They probably do.

Lion IRC, AtheistForums.org 54 Comments [10/5/2013 4:17:38 AM]
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Submitted By: Stimbo

Quote# 96890

[Paterson becomes the first openly gay leader of a major Christian denomination. At a news conference following his election, he rejoiced that his sexual orientation has been a non-issue.]

He rejoiced that it was a “non-issue”; that is, that no-one dared suggest that a public pervert was an inappropriate person to hold the position. I bet he did. What finer example of total surrender could there be? And since he raised the issue himself, clearly he is celebrating, not that it was a “non-issue” but victory.

How the establishment must be laughing to see these funny religious folk burn their incense to Caesar! After all, if the establishment demanded that they sell their children, evidently they would do that too.

Servility is always rewarded with contempt, and we need spend no time on any group of people so foolish.

Roger Pearse, Anglican Samizdat 24 Comments [10/5/2013 4:17:15 AM]
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Submitted By: David

Quote# 96886

The heretical Health and Wealth Prosperity Gospel is widespread. Millions of people are flocking to these churches, and they think that they're being taught Biblical truth. Their Jesus came to give them a Mercedes, not purchase every spiritual blessing for us. They're deceived.

The Sinner's Prayer Gospel has convinced millions more that they're going to Heaven because they prayed a prayer one time in 6th grade. Their Jesus came to teach them an incantation, not to make us righteous by becoming sin on our behalf. They're deceived.

The Social Gospel has convinced millions that Jesus came to end poverty, not bear God's wrath toward sin and sinners. They're deceived.

The Gospel of Tolerance has convinced millions that Jesus came to help us all accept each other, and teach us that we shouldn't tell each other how to live. Their Jesus came to make us tolerant, not to show just how much God hates sin by becoming a curse for us. They're deceived.

The Gospel of Liberalism has convinced millions that Jesus wouldn't want us to bring our faith into the public square, and we have no right to tell someone else that their beliefs are wrong. Their Jesus is pluralistic; he doesn't teach that He is THE way, THE Truth (capital T) and THE Life. They're deceived.

The Gospel of Nationalism has convinced millions that Jesus came to make us God-fearing, gun-toting, flag-waving Americans. Their Jesus came to bring freedom and empire, not set up a Kingdom that is not of this world. They're deceived.
...
You say that you love your brothers and sisters. Do you love them enough to fight for them? Do you love them enough to risk being labeled "divisive" for them? Do you love them enough to hurt your reputation? Do you love them enough to tell them that their favorite "Bible teacher" is leading them straight into Hell? Oh, how I pray that God's people would "destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ!" We don't have time to cowardly refuse to confront lies under the guise of preserving unity.
People are being devoured. If you really care, you'll grab your sword.

Tim Dukeman, Deeper Than Sound-Bites 30 Comments [10/5/2013 4:13:51 AM]
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Quote# 96884

Organizations like Freedom to Marry, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and the Human Rights Campaign argue that same-sex marriage is a matter of justice: If two same-sex partners (1) love one another romantically and (2) volitionally choose to wed, there should be no legal impediments to their doing so. They assert that such impediments imply some combination of ignorance, religious bigotry, or sheer homophobia.

The claim of injustice is itself unjust. Because people want to do something that does not adversely affect those immediately around them (e.g., neighbors or co-workers) does not mean they should be allowed to do so. Society is organic and, thus, so is harm. Same-sex unions do not threaten any healthy natural marriage but, rather, they threaten the institution of marriage and, thereby, the well-being of countless families.

Similarly, we have laws against myriad "victimless" crimes (substance abuse, prostitution, etc.) not only because they harm individuals who engage in them but also because they degrade society. Consensual homosexual unions might cause no apparent distress to persons proximate to them, but they diminish an institution - marriage - without which, civilization will erode ever more quickly. And in case one hasn't noticed, natural marriage in the United States is in enough trouble as it is.

Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council 40 Comments [10/5/2013 4:02:05 AM]
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Submitted By: Aspergus

Quote# 96880

"I don't have a big deal about someone's religion, but if you claim that the earth is 10,000 years old, it's just wrong." This comment is merely Nye's OPINION... as it is certainly NOT based on PROVEN FACT... :) Furthermore... he thus has lied... because he has stated recently that parents who teach their kids Creationism are guilty of "child abuse"... even though they comprise over 85% of the population of America... :)

There is MORE information and evidence that supports a young Earth than there is that supports evolution.... !!!:) These last few decades of "science gone wild" have simply generated excitement among "scientists" who BELIEVE the Earth is Billions of years old... ;P Hence... THAT is a component of THEIR "Religion"... !!!:) Scientists with doctorates who believe in a Creator God... : http://creation.com/creation-scientists

Paul Junior, Huffingtonpost.com 32 Comments [10/5/2013 4:00:09 AM]
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Submitted By: The Mocking Bard

Quote# 96879

[quoted from his book "On Guard"]

A person who has been raised in a culture that is sympathetic to the Christian faith will be open to the gospel in a way that a person brought up in a secular culture will not. For a person who is thoroughly secularized, you may as well tell him to believe in fairies or leprechauns as in Jesus Christ! That’s how absurd the message of Christ will seem to him.

To see the influence of a culture on your own thinking, imagine what you would think if a Hindu devotee of the Hare Krishna movement, with his shaved head and saffron robe, approached you at the airport or shopping mall, offering you a flower and inviting you to become a follower of Krishna. Such an invitation would likely strike you as bizarre, freakish, maybe even a bit funny. But think how differently someone in Delhi, India, would react if he were approached by such a person! Having been raised in a Hindu culture, he might take such an invitation very seriously.

William Lane Craig, Patheos 41 Comments [10/4/2013 2:27:22 PM]
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Submitted By: Nemo

Quote# 96873

And you chose to abandon that
supernatural crutch. Its everyones choice.
You realize atheists do rely on current
circumstances for support but once
removed, their hope is gone. We're
speaking to self-professed atheists who
do not have significant employment, rely
on social services for medical, food, and
perhaps even their housing. The so-called "freedom thinker" and free from Gd
is actually a burden on society.

masihi, Christian Forums 42 Comments [10/4/2013 3:56:39 AM]
Fundie Index: 33

Quote# 96871

We often speak of the elite, inequality and instability, and what’s in store for the West in the future. Given low Western birth rates and recent mass immigration, I think we can predict with some certainty that we will face serious challenges, and possibly even insurrections within our own borders, just like the former Soviet Union.

This is a problem that was created by the people who are in power today. The post-Cold War political leaders who came into their own in the 1990s foisted their insane dream of a rainbow world, with everyone living in one big hippie commune headed, naturally, by a progressive white elite, on the rest of us.

Feminism is just one part of this political act of hubris, but it was enacted fairly early. Just as feminism and its effects have really started to make themselves felt over the last decade with skyrocketing illegitimacy, the failure of marriage as a social institution and the slow withdrawal of working-class men from productive enterprise, the next shoe to drop will be the spectacular failure of multiculturalism and integration.

W. F. Price, The Spearhead 29 Comments [10/4/2013 3:23:47 AM]
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Quote# 96869

[He’s right champ. bible says to kill people that don’t observe the sabbath. god also shows by his example - razing cities, genocide, etc. i guess that kind of thing doesn’t bother you and engenders love.]

I can’t hear you over the screams from your coreligionists sticking bamboo shoots up fingernails. I suppose the sort of atheist who loves mass murder has to repeat those sort of stories to himself to keep his conscience quiet.

All the best,

Roger Pearse

roger_pearse, Sam Harris.org 28 Comments [10/4/2013 3:10:08 AM]
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Submitted By: David

Quote# 96868

[A]ccording to Ken Blackwell, who is the Senior Fellow for Family Empowerment at the conservative Christian lobbying group, Family Research Council, programs like food stamps prevented people from being truly empowered.

"I think through empowering others and creating self-sufficiency…there within lies the path to sense of worthiness," Blackwell told CP. "When I was growing up, there was fundamental belief, that there were times in people's life when they needed a hand up…there were temporariness to hose programs, where they were structured so that they didn't breed so that they didn't breed dependency."

Blackwell also suggested that there was "nothing more Christian" than "not locking people into a permanent dependency on government handouts, but making sure they are participants in their own upliftment and empowerment so that they in fact through the dignity of work and can break from the plantation of big government."

Ken Blackwell, Christian Post 32 Comments [10/4/2013 3:09:26 AM]
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Submitted By: Zagen30

Quote# 96867

[In the comments section about two Australian atheist websites being taken down by distributed denial of service attacks.]

Depressing to see all the atheist knees jerking

While we all know that atheists aren't very logical -- if there is no god, just get over it, OK? and yes, atheism is a religious position just like all the rest, if a somewhat sad and demented one -- it would be very interesting to know just why they were targetted.

Roger Pearse, The Register 18 Comments [10/4/2013 3:08:32 AM]
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Submitted By: David

Quote# 96864

[An article in The Guardian accused the "manosphere" of being part of the right-wing establishment]

But that said, the disconnect with reality Ms. Moore’s article displays is truly bizarre. She must be living in an alternate reality, and her misplaced hysteria is odd to say the least. Perhaps she’s going through some hormonal changes, such as menopause. Or maybe she’s reflexively reverting to the old, traditional feminism of her long-lost youth.

W. F. Price, The Spearhead 29 Comments [10/3/2013 3:30:53 AM]
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Quote# 96863

[Thread about Nairobi mall attacks]

all I can see is:

The perps all belong to the same religion
The perps allowed people of the same religion to leave
The perps then started killing people who were NOT their religion.

Possibly.....people should be concerned about members of that religion.

Chiteng, Civilization Fanatics Forums 29 Comments [10/3/2013 3:30:40 AM]
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Submitted By: SouthernKing

Quote# 96862

I got a tan this summer, then when i stopped going out into the sun as much, it went away. I evolved then de-evolved apparently.

Angel4Truth, TheologyOnline 47 Comments [10/3/2013 3:30:23 AM]
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Submitted By: Persephone 66

Quote# 96859

[CEO Howard Schultz requests that customers no longer bring weapons into Starbucks stores.]

Howard Schultz is not the victim here. Schultz takes the profits from Starbucks and donates to Marxist democrats like obama and supports them any way he can which just makes him one of obamas 'Marxist community organizers' (destroyers). What others have said is true of those that patronize Starbucks: they are Marxists, Communists, Anarchists, America Haters, the Clueless Invincibly ignorant, Useful Idiots and 'rebels', with a cause (destroy America), who go there just to be with their "Own Kind" and plot against our Freedoms! The best reason for 'Open Carry' is to just Pi$$ off Progressives!

JMcCarthy, Eagle Rising 42 Comments [10/3/2013 3:26:10 AM]
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Quote# 96857

Well it depends on whether or not you are rooting for the apocalypse or not. Because these events are enough for God to decide that He has had enough..

Truthfully, I'd be honored to be apart of that last Generation. To see it all come to an end, and to do an 'i told you so dance.' (kinda like the whole Danny Mc Bride/James Franco scene in 'This is the End.') I'll be like "F-you Minnie Mcbride!"

Drich, Atheist Forums 28 Comments [10/3/2013 3:25:32 AM]
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Submitted By: Doubting Thomas

Quote# 96856

Do you know where the real fun begins?

We will all get to see together. fore it seems all of the key players are being moved on to the board. The next big chess piece will be the one who ties or bridges the gap between government and this new 'not Christ' version of christianity the pope is creating. This guy will be able to unite all major forms of religion under one 'church.'

Then someone or some group holding(maybe even muslim as they too will be affected) on to the old system will lash out possiably at him (seemingly mortal head wound) or this new world order thus allowing him to outlaw all non- one world religion, expressions of faith. insisting that all believers take his mark..

This pope will indeed continue to deball Christianity to the point where it simply becomes a form of spiritualism that will fit any other lukewarm version of any other faith. Leaving those masses who follow that faith open to new leadership.

Drich, Atheist Forums 25 Comments [10/3/2013 3:25:24 AM]
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Submitted By: Doubting Thomas

Quote# 96853



First, let us note that in Israel in Jesus' day the Rabbis at the local synagogue taught the children. So, Jesus was not taught as a boy by women, nor did He submit to them, other than his mother in biblical respect. Hillary's village did NOT raise the kids-- the godly men did.

Second, we must ask when a boy becomes a man. If that is at about age 13, then a boy over 13 should not be taught formally by a woman other than his mother who is under the headship of her husband, the boy's Dad. I see no problem with a young child being taught by a godly woman. Of course, there are none in the Public Schools of the United States, for if they were godly, they would stay at home. So, if you have a godly lady who tutors your young child, and if you, sir, are in charge of the whole format and content, I see no problem.

Third, where a boy is under a woman teacher in a public school, that boy must be warned not to allow that woman to teach him ANYTHING other than cold facts of Math and History etc. The father of the boy must go to the school and demand that the Principal not allow the woman teacher to teach ANY moral or spiritual principles to his son. This applies to the alleged "Christian School" also.

Fourth, if this cannot be obeyed and accomplished through the public OR church school, then the father must bring his son home to be taught at home. Whatever he learns at home, the son will not be confounded in his zeal to be a man before God.

Steve Van Nattan , Blessed Quietness Journal 25 Comments [10/3/2013 3:23:47 AM]
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Quote# 96849

[Mark, You can dress it up in nice, fancy clothes, but the underlying idea of hell is an implicit threat. God is saying, "Do my bidding or be tortured for eternity." This makes him no better than the worst tyrant that humanity has ever produced.]

What bidding does Jesus ask for eternal life? What great task must you do to be saved? Repent and turn from your wicked ways.Simply accept Him as the Lord of your life. But you don't want to because you enjoy your sin. Your offended because your told it's wrong to do these wicked things. You are using man's standard of what is good to judge yourself. Yes you may be good by man's standard. But God will not judge you by man's standard.



Mark Morrison, Superstition Free 24 Comments [10/3/2013 3:23:11 AM]
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Quote# 96847

In the late 1980s, TV commercials in the U.S. asked, "What goes through the mind of a driver who is not wearing a seat belt in a head- n collision?" Then they showed a crash dummy having its head crushed by a steering wheel in a collision, and said, "The steering wheel!" Those were scare tactics, but no one complained because they were legitimate scare tactics. That’s what happens in a head-on collision if you are foolish enough to not put on a seat belt. To warn of hell is fearful, but it is absolutely legitimate, because the Bible says that it is a fearful thing for a sinner to fall into the hands of the living God.

Is Hell offensive? Yes it is, and it should be.

Mark Morrison, Superstition Free 33 Comments [10/3/2013 3:22:49 AM]
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