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QuoteIn the video embedded below, U.K. Christian and founder of the group Discuss Jesus Taiwo Adewuyi said that humanist weddings are “demonic†rituals, that secularism is “the Devil’s PR†and nonreligious life is a “first-class ticket to the sea of wantonness and debauchery.â€
Adewuyi was appearing on The Big Questions, a British show dedicated to discussions of philosophy, religion and secular society.
He was responding to a U.K. government ruling from December which declined to include humanist weddings among the legal forms of matrimony in the country. Scotland made humanist weddings legal in 2005 and the ceremonies have proven to be immensely popular, currently outnumber Catholic weddings each year.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/angry-christian-rails-against-godless-society-this-atheists-polite-response-is-perfect/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j8jQkSydeo
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Notice how the religiobot kept interrupting.
I can't express how it warmed my heart to hear people spontaneously laugh at this nut voicing his opinion.
Great response, though I dunno if I'd try to compare bodycounts so much as compare the motivations behind the violence. Atheists have no divine edicts to commit violence. Christians (and others) do.
This guy is a comedy goldmine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ul0jqYpON70
And a creationist to boot. What a shock.
El oh el
"If we are evolving, what are we evolving to?" Answer: "Whatever it is we eventually evolve into." Evolution is not directed.
Christerbots.... not the sharpest tools in the shed. But tools all the same.
Further proving the insanity levels of christians, he spoke the usual bullshit about how anyone who doesn't follow his exact beliefs are the devil, even people that don't lend themselves to any religion because that would be going against gods plan so = the devils work.. but then he can't even shut the fuck up for a minute when someone else is countering his debate, the typical rude cunt preacher who can't handle the real world.
Maybe its just mean, and this isn't me aiming the race card here, but part of me whenever I see a black christian preacher, I feel like saying to him or her 'you do know your own ancestors were made slaves by Christians, who forced their beliefs onto them right?'. Dunno, think I'd like to see the reaction he'd have.
I notice one side respected the call for "freedom of speech" while the other kept trying to walk on other people's statements.
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on February 05, 2015, 07:17:32 AM
I notice one side respected the call for "freedom of speech" while the other kept trying to walk on other people's statements.
I think cause he's channeling gawd, and god is big and scary so has to always win the argument.
I wonder if he knows what the word humanists stands for? It is based on the teachings of Christ if he existed, or not, that is centered on human interests or values, unlike the buybull.. Solitary
Quote from: Munch on February 05, 2015, 08:03:21 AM
I think cause he's channeling gawd, and god is big and scary so has to always win the argument.
Typical religious ignorance, attemts to prove his point by quoting a book of fairy tales, then continually interrupts someone else who disagrees with him or has a different opinion.
One word for him, Arsehole !!
The Christian's behavior during this segment is typical of their 'holier than thou' attitude toward others, especially non-believers.
We have many Christians in the US that don't believe the Constitution should apply to anyone who is not a Christian. They are
truly that sick and despicable. And of course he is going to interrupt others, he thinks he is all that matters. Childish beliefs will
lead to childish behavior.
Well, yeah. He's convinced of the "truth" of his belefs and to him, being able to hold on to them in spite of the evidence rather than because of evidence is a virtue.
I will say that the best weddings I've been to have been non-Christian ones. There were a couple lovely handfastings, and a friend's completely non-religious service where the happy couple processed out to the reception to the strains of the Imperial March from Star Wars.
Quote from: trdsf on February 06, 2015, 03:02:43 AM
I will say that the best weddings I've been to have been non-Christian ones. There were a couple lovely handfastings, and a friend's completely non-religious service where the happy couple processed out to the reception to the strains of the Imperial March from Star Wars.
We held our wedding in Lone Elk Park, near St. Louis. It was an internet event, 2,500+ people watching. Absolutely beautiful location, and God sent his regrets that he couldn't be there.
The best weddings in my family have been at civic offices, my aunt and my cousin, also the last funerals in my family have been humanist funerals. I went to a friends funeral years ago in a church (this was years before I became an atheist) the church felt cold and nothing befitting the person I knew. Where as the humanist funerals, that was set at some really nice center in garden grounds, felt warm, even when dealing with the loss it felt more comfortable then the church. Both funerals also reflected on the lives of my grandmother and dad, instead of some god bullshit, which always feels like a detraction from the person who died.
Kind of ashamed that this is a British show, tbh, considering how rare it is to come into contact with people who actually believe in a god, let alone who are fundamental about it.
Quote from: Fidel_Castronaut on February 06, 2015, 11:41:14 AM
Kind of ashamed that this is a British show, tbh, considering how rare it is to come into contact with people who actually believe in a god, let alone who are fundamental about it.
Hell, don't be ashamed, be thankful. Here in the US fundamentalists are like people from Ohio, there fucking everywhere! ( btw APA I was born in Cincy, so cool your jets my brother )
Quote from: Desdinova on February 06, 2015, 04:22:44 PM
Hell, don't be ashamed, be thankful. Here in the US fundamentalists are like people from Ohio, there fucking everywhere! ( btw APA I was born in Cincy, so cool your jets my brother )
On the plus side, Ohio nutters aren't as looney, as, say, Texas nutters. Even our extremists are moderate about it, in that plodding Midwestern way... :)
(Toledo-born Columbusite here...)
Quote from: Fidel_Castronaut on February 06, 2015, 11:41:14 AM
Kind of ashamed that this is a British show, tbh, considering how rare it is to come into contact with people who actually believe in a god, let alone who are fundamental about it.
its few and far between, we honestly deal more with fundie muslims more these days then christians, but even that is so much less then the horror stories you here coming out of america. I'm quite proud of our little country, not because I'd call it overly progressive, more that most here just don't give a shit.
Man this guy won't shut the hell up when other people are talking. To be fair though, other people don't interrupt him because it's pure comedy when he talks, but still.
Quote from: atheist_in_a_foxhole on February 09, 2015, 10:09:05 AM
Man this guy won't shut the hell up when other people are talking. To be fair though, other people don't interrupt him because it's pure comedy when he talks, but still.
He cant shut up cos ''Gawd is pullin his strings......
Quote from: Fidel_Castronaut on February 06, 2015, 11:41:14 AM
Kind of ashamed that this is a British show, tbh, considering how rare it is to come into contact with people who actually believe in a god, let alone who are fundamental about it.
In the US, the nutter would be "normal" and the humanist countering him would be in the minority.