Why I love Atheists!!

[applecorped]

1. I can say "goddam" & "christ almighty" as much as I want without insulting them.

2. They know lots of cool words (some in latin!)

3. They sound smart (even when they aren't!)

4. The Flying Spaghetti monster is kinda cool.

5. For the most part they aren't cultish.

6. They are mostly harmless, lovable, curious little creatures.

7. ??????



Please feel free to add on. ;)

[Sefarst]

7. We don't wake you up at 7:00 AM on a Sunday morning after a night of drinking to go sing songs and stare at a ceiling.

[Rasmus]

8. They are right.

[Cainkane1]

1. I can say "goddam" & "christ almighty" as much as I want without insulting them.

2. They know lots of cool words (some in latin!)

3. They sound smart (even when they aren't!)

4. The Flying Spaghetti monster is kinda cool.

5. For the most part they aren't cultish.

6. They are mostly harmless, lovable, curious little creatures.

7. ??????



Please feel free to add on. ;)
Not into profanity myself. I cuss less now than I did when I was a believer.

[Lanzy]

#4? :confused:

[Tanstaafl]

#4? :confused:


Not sure if you're confused by the FSM itself (if so: http://www.venganza.org/) or by the idea that an atheist could be a Pastafarian (thereby worshipping a noodly deity). For the latter, all I can say is, pasta works in mysterious ways.

And what would a religion be without contradictions anyway?

[blobru]

1. I can say "goddam" & "christ almighty" as much as I want without insulting them.

Hey, my cat's name: Goddam Christ Almighty! :c1:

2. They know lots of cool words (some in latin!)

:pedant Teo durus major malus habeo.

3. They sound smart (even when they aren't!)

Socrates is mortal
I am mortal
Therefore, I am Socrates

4. The Flying Spaghetti monster is kinda cool.

For a hillbilly she is. :stone017:

5. For the most part they aren't cultish.

:) I and all atheists agree when our four perfect leaders say that we are not cultish.

6. They are mostly harmless, lovable, curious little creatures.

Except for the time I bit that priest. :blush: (But that's what he was paying me for, so...)

7. ??????

Please feel free to add on. ;)

While we don't believe in God, we think His mom's alright, as milfs go:

http://www.excerptsofinri.com/images/ring-mary.jpg

...Is your mum a goer then, Jesus, eh? Does she "go"? -- Say no more, say no more, I bet she does, I bet she does! A stigmata's as good as an annunciation to a holy virgin, eh? wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

[KingMerv00]

9. Consensual crimes for everyone!

[grayman]

7. We don't wake you up at 7:00 AM on a Sunday morning after a night of drinking to go sing songs and stare at a ceiling.

...because at 7:00 AM on a Sunday morning we're still drinking from the night before, as we lay on our backs, on the floor, looking upwards shouting, "Freebird!"

[The Atheist]

10. You don't have to give 10% of your wages to Richard Dawkins.

[Mister Agenda]

11. We're good in bed.

[grayman]

11. We're good in bed.

12. And willing to present evidence.

[Skeptic Guy]

...because at 7:00 AM on a Sunday morning we're still drinking from the night before, as we lay on our backs, on the floor, looking upwards shouting, "Freebird!"

Don't forget, "while holding a lit lighter". You always forget the lighter.

[Ron_Tomkins]

1. I can say "goddam" & "christ almighty" as much as I want without insulting them.

2. They know lots of cool words (some in latin!)

3. They sound smart (even when they aren't!)

4. The Flying Spaghetti monster is kinda cool.

5. For the most part they aren't cultish.

6. They are mostly harmless, lovable, curious little creatures.

7. ??????



Please feel free to add on. ;)

Aaawww, what about Agnostics? We're cool too :(

[Ron_Tomkins]

11. We're good in bed.

Evidence? :D

[Beth]

I don't love atheists. I love individuals. Some of them are atheists. In fact, the people I love most in this world are athiests. They are kind, loving, intelligent, funny, helpful, good people.

[grayman]

11. We're good in bed.

Evidence? :D

I offered in post #12.





Now get over here ya little buckaroo... :stone028:

[arthwollipot]

What are we up to? 13?

#13: I can have sex with whoever I like.

[Ron_Tomkins]

I offered in post #12.





Now get over here ya little buckaroo... :stone028:

:eek:
:jaw-dropp

[applecorped]

:eek:
:jaw-dropp




:rolleyes:
;)

[Silentknight]

14. Atheists keep overpopulation in check by eating babies.

15. As well as by carrying out the occasional genocide, since as everyone with half a brain knows, Hitler and Stalin were atheists.

[Dunstan]

Aaawww, what about Agnostics? We're cool too :(

I'm not sure about that.

[learner]

What are we up to? 13?

#13: I can have sex with whoever I like.

#16 I can have sex with whatever I like.

[articulett]

Not sure if you're confused by the FSM itself (if so: http://www.venganza.org/) or by the idea that an atheist could be a Pastafarian (thereby worshipping a noodly deity). For the latter, all I can say is, pasta works in mysterious ways.

And what would a religion be without contradictions anyway?

Indeed-- praise the IPU!

Hey I know 2 more things that are great about being an atheist-- "blasphemy is a blast-to-me" and you can say things like, "If there's a god may he strike me dead now!" to send fundies fleeing in fear. There's power in having people think you are in league with the devil.

[grayman]

A personal favorite:

19. Using the church you own for motorcycle parking (and riding on icy days) while listening to Black Sabbath really bothers the hell out of fundies. :stone028:

[Sefarst]

20. No atheist ever heard of a Kosher law he liked, a pig he wouldn't eat, or a cow he thought was too sacred to make into a hamburger.

[articulett]

21. Atheist men like most men, always think they are right-- but they don't claim divine authority for their positions. BONUS!

[Ron_Tomkins]

I'm not sure about that.

Ooohh but I am

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[Ron_Tomkins]

:rolleyes:
;)

Whoa, whoaaaa. This party's getting too crowded all of a sudden.

[arthwollipot]

:D
:eek:

[RandFan]

22. Atheists don't accuse others of things that don't exist.

[arthwollipot]

23. Atheists don't go around trying to convince other people of the truth of their particular brand of atheism.

[The Atheist]

22. Atheists don't accuse others of things that don't exist.

Not always the case.

You have to remember that even some psychics class themselves as atheists. And disgustung though the truth is, atheists can be anti-vaxers, crystalologists, tarot readers and astrologers.

Atheism is no safeguard against stupidity.

(but don't mention that in a thread on the good points of atheism)

23. Atheists don't go around trying to convince other people of the truth of their particular brand of atheism.

Bad news is, you'll need to cross this one off as well.

I'm amazed you'd even suggest it in the R&P section here! If you take the hardline atheists, the miltants, the anti-theists, agnostics, coproagnostics, apatheists, rationalists and olive-branchers, I thought it was considered to be of the herding cats difficulty getting atheists to agree on anything.

[arthwollipot]

My post was largely a reaction to the return of Kurious Kathy to some threads. :)

Anyway, when was the last time someone knocked on your door to tell you about atheism? When was the last time you saw an atheist preacher berating a crowd? Do atheists send missionaries around the world?

[articulett]

Atheists recruit from all religions--

Faith has failed you? We'll dry your tears. All atheists disbelieve in the same gods. Plus the hours are good and the company brilliant.

[arthwollipot]

Are you stalking me?

[articulett]

Yes. Atheists can stalk people without guilt.

But we won't proselytize or sprinkle you with holy water.

[RandFan]

Not always the case.

You have to remember that even some psychics class themselves as atheists. And disgustung though the truth is, atheists can be anti-vaxers, crystalologists, tarot readers and astrologers.

Atheism is no safeguard against stupidity.

(but don't mention that in a thread on the good points of atheism)

Bad news is, you'll need to cross this one off as well.

I'm amazed you'd even suggest it in the R&P section here! If you take the hardline atheists, the miltants, the anti-theists, agnostics, coproagnostics, apatheists, rationalists and olive-branchers, I thought it was considered to be of the herding cats difficulty getting atheists to agree on anything. Fair enough. :)

[Autolite]

10. You don't have to give 10% of your wages to Richard Dawkins.

Well that's just great! Why are you people just telling me about this NOW???:mad:

[The Atheist]

My post was largely a reaction to the return of Kurious Kathy to some threads. :)

Kurious Kathy's cool; a caricature christian convert.

Anyway, when was the last time someone knocked on your door to tell you about atheism? When was the last time you saw an atheist preacher berating a crowd? Do atheists send missionaries around the world?

#1, I'll grant you, but #s 2 & 3 are a bit dodgy. Take Dawkins' series of lectures, books and website, add in the other three horsemen and their public profiles and commentaries, then multiply it by the atheist bus campaign and they're not too far away, are they?

Well that's just great! Why are you people just telling me about this NOW???:mad:

You didn't get the memo?

As of September this year, all tithing of 10% shall be paid unto The Atheist via Paypal.

I'll have one of my representatives contact you so you can start paying next week.

Don't forget to PM your address for the symbolic membership brooch.

[linusrichard]

What are we up to? 13?

#13: I can have sex with whoever I like.
Lucky you! Not true for this atheist...

20. No atheist ever heard of a Kosher law he liked, a pig he wouldn't eat, or a cow he thought was too sacred to make into a hamburger.

This atheist doesn't eat pigs...

[Whiplash]

7. We don't wake you up at 7:00 AM on a Sunday morning after a night of drinking to go sing songs and stare at a ceiling.

Pffft.. You are just out living a degnerate life of sin and debauchery, when you should be in church and worshiping the Lord. I'm sorry to inform you, you're soul is hellbound.

[CriticalSock]

#13: I can have sex with whoever I like.
Your sister?

#16 I can have sex with whatever I like.
Your sisters pet goat?

I like atheists because most of them have a coherent morality that's not based on any carrot\stick influence from any source outside of their own head.

On the downside, when they're being sick out of a hotel window and you shout from under the duvet: "The power of christ compels you, the power of christ compels you!" they just mutter "No it doesn't" and carry on.

[applecorped]

#24 - Atheists have cool websites that many people actually visit!

[learner]

#13: I can have sex with whoever I like.
Your sister?

#16 I can have sex with whatever I like.
Your sisters pet goat?

I like atheists because most of them have a coherent morality that's not based on any carrot\stick influence from any source outside of their own head.

On the downside, when they're being sick out of a hotel window and you shout from under the duvet: "The power of christ compels you, the power of christ compels you!" they just mutter "No it doesn't" and carry on.

Re #16; You're right, it is my sisters Goat, but its a working goat. And working well I have to say..:D

[Sefarst]

#24 - Atheists have cool websites that many people actually visit!

Psh, I bet you can't even name one.

[arthwollipot]

#13: I can have sex with whoever I like.
Your sister?:D Ya got me. My statement was badly worded. My intention was to say that I have no religious prohibitions on having sex. I can have sex with a man or a woman, married or unmarried, so long as they also want to have sex with me. There's no such thing as "adultery" to an atheist. There is "breach of trust" though - don't get me wrong about that. But the consequences are far more immediate than some vague threat of punishment in the afterlife.

But what I said was shorter and I was feeling lazy.

[linusrichard]

:D Ya got me. My statement was badly worded. My intention was to say that I have no religious prohibitions on having sex. I can have sex with a man or a woman, married or unmarried, so long as they also want to have sex with me.
Fine, fine.
There's no such thing as "adultery" to an atheist. There is "breach of trust" though - don't get me wrong about that.
Here's where you lose me. What is the distinction between "adultery" and "breach of trust" as it relates to an exclusive sexual relationship within marriage? I am an atheist. If my wife cheated on me, I would consider it a breach of trust, to be sure, but I would also consider it to be adultery. I wouldn't consider it to be a sin, I wouldn't pray for her soul, I wouldn't expect her to be punished by God, but there definitely is such a thing as "adultery" to this atheist.
But the consequences are far more immediate than some vague threat of punishment in the afterlife.
Threats of punishment in the afterlife need not be vague. But they are imaginary!

[Egg]

#13: I can have sex with whoever I like.
Wow! Now there's the line to go with if you want to spread atheism!
My statement was badly worded. My intention was to say that I have no religious prohibitions on having sex. I can have sex with a man or a woman, married or unmarried, so long as they also want to have sex with me.
Ya boo! Only if they want to have sex with you? How's that any different from theism then (other than the guilt then repentance required in some varieties)?

I guess one should always read the small print!

[Egg]

8. They are right.

About what?

[arthwollipot]

Here's where you lose me. What is the distinction between "adultery" and "breach of trust" as it relates to an exclusive sexual relationship within marriage?Okay. We're getting into definitions territory here, and if you don't know this about me already, I'm pretty weird.

As it relates to an exclusive sexual relationship within marriage, there is not much functional difference between "adultery" and "breach of trust". But in alternative arrangements there certainly can be.

I pretty much define adultery as the sin that is prohibited by the Bible. No belief in the bible, no belief in sin, no adultery. However, when one has entered into an arrangement of trust with one's partner, breaching that trust has consequences - whether that is an arrangement of exclusive monogamy or otherwise.

Is this a little clearer? I am fully aware that the attitude I and my partners have to sex and relationships is quite unusual, so it's no problem to me to answer questions or provide (a reasonable amount of) detail. Have I clarified my statement at all?

[arthwollipot]

Ya boo! Only if they want to have sex with you? How's that any different from theism then (other than the guilt then repentance required in some varieties)?Well, there's no conceptual barrier to me having sex with a married woman, for example.

[articulett]

About what?

there being no evidence for any invisible divine entities...

[SusanB-M1]

JREF atheists are lovely people to meet at Xmas Parties.

[Rasmus]

there being no evidence for any invisible divine entities...

I would go as far as saying about there being no gods, but that would derail the discussion.

But I love the fact that there is people who agree with me, who make me feel like I am not the only sane person in an insane world. (I concede that this would hold true even if we were wrong.)

[linusrichard]

Have I clarified my statement at all?

I think so. Our main difference is really just semantic.

[applecorped]

#25 - They know how to spell realistic.

[Roadtoad]

26.) They tend to miss out on all the really cool threads...

(Oh, wait...)

[Geri_Berri]

Evidence? :D

LOL good call

[KingMerv00]

Wow! Now there's the line to go with if you want to spread atheism!

Ya boo! Only if they want to have sex with you? How's that any different from theism then (other than the guilt then repentance required in some varieties)?

Some people believe homosexuality will get you sent to hell. That's a bit more than simple "guilt and repentance". That's terror.

[Egg]

Some people believe homosexuality will get you sent to hell. That's a bit more than simple "guilt and repentance". That's terror.

True enough, although that's not a required belief for theism.