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Started by randomvim, September 11, 2016, 03:14:56 AM

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Baruch

Quote from: Minimalist on December 21, 2018, 12:39:23 AM

You are free to say whatever you like.  I may think you are an asshole for doing so but that is the risk you take.

You take risk also.  With the giant space laser run by Trump and Putin, pointing directly at your pointy head ;-)
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Baruch

Quote from: Cavebear on December 21, 2018, 03:23:20 AM
"I don't know, so it must be God" is the first resort of the uninformed.  And sadly, the last resort of too many people today.  Human ignorance is staggering sometimes.

It only seems staggering, because you are drunk ... and staggering yourself ;-)
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Unbeliever

Quote from: Cavebear on December 21, 2018, 03:14:11 AM
I didn't know that.  Well, I knew about the dungeon time, but not the tongue.  Forgive me, but do you have a reference for that?
Not right off hand, but I'll go see what I can find.
God Not Found
"There is a sucker born-again every minute." - C. Spellman

Unbeliever

Quote from: Cavebear on December 21, 2018, 03:14:11 AM
I didn't know that.  Well, I knew about the dungeon time, but not the tongue.  Forgive me, but do you have a reference for that?

Well, according to this:

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2000/02/brun-f16.html

QuoteTo the last, the Church authorities were fearful of the ideas of a man who was known throughout Europe as a bold and brilliant thinker. In a peculiar twist to the gruesome affair, the executioners were ordered to tie his tongue so that he would be unable to address those gathered.

But I recall reading in one of the books that I no longer have that his tongue was cut out earlier than his execution. I'll keep looking for a reference.
God Not Found
"There is a sucker born-again every minute." - C. Spellman

Unbeliever

This one from Wikipedia:

QuoteOn Ash Wednesday, 17 February 1600, in the Campo de' Fiori (a central Roman market square), with his "tongue imprisoned because of his wicked words". He was hung upside down naked before he was finally burned at the stake.

So, it looks like I was wrong about his tongue having been cut out. Sorry for the bad info.
God Not Found
"There is a sucker born-again every minute." - C. Spellman

Cavebear

Quote from: Unbeliever on December 21, 2018, 01:31:31 PM
This one from Wikipedia:

So, it looks like I was wrong about his tongue having been cut out. Sorry for the bad info.

Thank you for the research.  And quite frankly, very good work!  But not that anyone was listening to him. 
Atheist born, atheist bred.  And when I die, atheist dead!

Unbeliever

He was one of the people I'd use a time machine go back to save - if I had a time machine.
God Not Found
"There is a sucker born-again every minute." - C. Spellman

Cavebear

Quote from: Unbeliever on December 21, 2018, 02:01:49 PM
He was one of the people I'd use a time machine go back to save - if I had a time machine.

If I could go back in time, I would slaughter the first damn fool who imagined a deity of any sort.  And every damned idiot who thought of it afterwards. 
Atheist born, atheist bred.  And when I die, atheist dead!

Unbeliever

Well, that sounds good in principle, but in practice? It would be hard to find that first person who imagined God, I think.

;-)
God Not Found
"There is a sucker born-again every minute." - C. Spellman

Cavebear

Quote from: Unbeliever on December 21, 2018, 02:08:32 PM
Well, that sounds good in principle, but in practice? It would be hard to find that first person who imagined God, I think.

;-)

That's the beauty of a time machine.  You can just keep trying.  The real concern is the long term consequences.  You might return to the "present" and find every one else are raccoons.
Atheist born, atheist bred.  And when I die, atheist dead!

Unbeliever

Racoons are good. Better than people, I think.
God Not Found
"There is a sucker born-again every minute." - C. Spellman

Cavebear

Quote from: Unbeliever on December 21, 2018, 02:33:58 PM
Racoons are good. Better than people, I think.

I would prefer cats myself, but raccoons are very close and might indeed be better.  Let's test it on a couple of earthy planets...  5 quatloos on the raccoon!
Atheist born, atheist bred.  And when I die, atheist dead!

Baruch

Quote from: Unbeliever on December 21, 2018, 01:31:31 PM
This one from Wikipedia:

So, it looks like I was wrong about his tongue having been cut out. Sorry for the bad info.

He still had fun though!  What masochists won't stoop to!!
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Baruch

Quote from: Cavebear on December 21, 2018, 02:04:59 PM
If I could go back in time, I would slaughter the first damn fool who imagined a deity of any sort.  And every damned idiot who thought of it afterwards.

Ah, so you are Baby Hitler?
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

Baruch

Quote from: Unbeliever on December 21, 2018, 02:33:58 PM
Racoons are good. Better than people, I think.

Small hands, like Trump.
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.