Is it possible to reform Atheism ?

[Mike Cl]

Bugs Bunny and God may both be fictions, but I don't consider them to be the same. Bugs Bunny is a fiction intended to make people laugh and have fun, but God is a fiction intended to control people and stifle free thought - to rob them of any true spirituality.

That's a pretty big difference, IMO.

In my opinion, as well.

[Hijiri Byakuren]

Title talks about atheism, OP talks about Islam. I'm confused.

[Baruch]

Title talks about atheism, OP talks about Islam. I'm confused.

Time to freeze this string as well.  It has gone astray, and so has Ibn.

[Unbeliever]

Doesn't "Ibn" mean "son of"? Like "bar" in Hebrew? Like "Bar Abbas" means "son of the Father."

[Baruch]

Doesn't "Ibn" mean "son of"? Like "bar" in Hebrew? Like "Bar Abbas" means "son of the Father."

Also as in "I been" making random posts.  Ben = Hebrew, Bar = Aramaic, Ibn = Arabic ... all Semitic languages.

[Unbeliever]

Oh well, I was close - but no cigar!

[Sorginak]

He thinks he can reform us atheists by non-stop posting about Islam.

[Baruch]

Oh well, I was close - but no cigar!

Adding ... my own middle name would work out to Ben Elijah in Hebrew.  But Ben isn't short for Benjamin.  That would have been the first name of my son, if I had one.  Had only a daughter.

[Cavebear]

Why must you be so arrogant, and talk to the people here as if they're children who need your guidance or instruction?

I suppose it helps you to feel more important, huh?


In other words:


fuck you, punk!

There are better ways to put that.  Like, "perhaps your brain is not connecting to your mind very well today". 

[Munch]

Why must you be so arrogant, and talk to the people here as if they're children who need your guidance or instruction?

I suppose it helps you to feel more important, huh?


In other words:


fuck you, punk!

Well he can't even be bothered to spell peoples names right, or figured out how to copy/paste them, so guessing his preacher taught him everything he knows (as in very little outside of the quran)

[Cavebear]

Don't worry, the other Zen master has cut the cat in two and retired for his long Winter nap.  And I have business to do.  The floor is yours.

Interestingly, while I can't translate this exchange, I can't help but think it involves open defecation and who cleans it up.  Am I on the right track?  Just mildly curious...

[Baruch]

Interestingly, while I can't translate this exchange, I can't help but think it involves open defecation and who cleans it up.  Am I on the right track?  Just mildly curious...

You leave bear turds periodically.  But I don't mind, because I don't clean them up ;-)  Digital turds don't smell.  BTW - I really enjoyed our exchange that day, the very best "happening" between up.  Don't knock it.

[SGOS]

Title talks about atheism, OP talks about Islam. I'm confused.

It's a classic bait and switch.  The title was an interesting subject, if only to discuss how and why atheism could  reform.  If the title was "Why Atheists should be Muslims," few people would have read the first post.  I know I wouldn't.

He can't settle for atheism just going away.  He wants to reform atheists.  Once that's out of the way, he can go reform Christians.  Apparently, it's not that big of a deal to his god, so he is a one man Jihad.

[Unbeliever]

There are better ways to put that.  Like, "perhaps your brain is not connecting to your mind very well today". 

Yeah, but he put me in a bad mood with his arrogant assumption that we need or want his bombastic drivel.

[Cavebear]

You leave bear turds periodically.  But I don't mind, because I don't clean them up ;-)  Digital turds don't smell.  BTW - I really enjoyed our exchange that day, the very best "happening" between up.  Don't knock it.

It's like beer.  "Its in the water, son, that's why it's yellow"!