October 2010 Screwballs

[Manwë Súlimo]

Screwball to Dave Mabus (I can't link to what he posted do to the sheer vulgarity), AKA theliberato. This guy needs heeeeeelp.

[One Bad Pig]

his website isn't bad at all http://beyondtradition.webs.com/home.htm

Thanks, that is much better than what I generally see from him here.

[DoomRater]

An Anti-screwball for XKCD possibly? Meh, its not like he really catches just how similar they really are, but... http://xkcd.com/774/

[MWM958]

An Anti-screwball for XKCD possibly? Meh, its not like he really catches just how similar they really are, but... http://xkcd.com/774/

how bout this http://www.atheistcartoons.com/wordp...urchildren.jpg

[Manwë Súlimo]

how bout this http://www.atheistcartoons.com/wordp...urchildren.jpg

What is it with retards who think they must be extra-specific like that? Jimbo likes to talk about "atrocities" by the so-called Christian God, and this talks about murders of the Biblical God. We get the point, you know. If your audience is Western, we probably automatically assume it's Yahweh.

[Jnthn]

how bout this http://www.atheistcartoons.com/wordp...urchildren.jpg

The problem with stupid arguments like in the cartoon is one of equivocation; God has and does kill, but it is never murder. Murder is a crime committed by man against man. Furthermore it does not acknowledge that it sometimes lawful for someone to take the life of another person. I have yet to hear one credible argument that establishes man's authority to legislate God's behaviour or to show an extant law that successfully shows God is in its scope.

So in short this kind of flaccid rhetoric is little more than a straw man.

J

[fm93]

Bit off topic, but this deserves a "Duh...who knew?" award.

[fm93]

how bout this http://www.atheistcartoons.com/wordp...urchildren.jpg

Are there any theist cartoon sites that make fun of atheism?

[Manwë Súlimo]

Are there any theist cartoon sites that make fun of atheism?

There's one that I don't remember the name to.......


.....glad to help

[fm93]

You're my new hero.

[wildrow12]

Anti-Screwball to users on TGWTG for this response to a troll on one of Linkara's videos:

The troll said:

"They worshipped a great and powerful god, and they loved their god more than their daughter" - sounds like most Christian fundamentalists.

One user responded:

Sounds like fundamentalist or militant ANYTHING (be it Christian or Buddhist or Muslim or Jewish or Atheist). When the ideology or message becomes more important than concern for others, that sort of thing'll happen in any venue.

Troll:

Atheists don't worship any gods and neither do many sects of Buddhism

User (krodd):

Nope. But they certainly do have an all consuming ideology which serves the same purpose (thus my point). In the end said ideology, can do (and has done) the same thing.

In the end, all militants and fundamentalists are the same be they secular or religious.

Troll angrily retorts:

Nice Golden Mean fallacy. When the last time you've heard of Buddhists starting a religious war?

To which another user (an Agnostic) says the following:

Actually....

In the 17th century, the fifth Dalai Lama supported a Holy War against his rivals in the order.


In the present day, political extremists using Buddhism (or rather a militant variant thereof) as their rallying belief engage in guerrilla warfare in Tibet in order to restore the former religious rule under the Dalai Lama.

..and that's just for starters. I suggest you give "Buddhist Warfare" By Michael Jerryson and Mark Juergensmeyer, a read.

See? Just like any other militant or fundamentalist or extremist, militant Buddhists focus so much on the ideology that they forget what matters...even when what they forget is the most important thing to the faith they claim to profess.

This is one of the reasons why I'm an Agnostic: in the end all ideologies can end up doing the same thing, it doesn't matter if they're religious or secular.

[Manwë Súlimo]

This is one of the reasons why I'm an Agnostic: in the end all ideologies can end up doing the same thing, it doesn't matter if they're religious or secular.

What a retarded reason to be an agnostic.

[wildrow12]

What a retarded reason to be an agnostic.

Well to be fair, the user did say "One of the reasons..."

One hopes that the rest are better than that.

[Manwë Súlimo]

Well to be fair, the user did say "One of the reasons..."

One hopes that the rest are better than that.

Do you really believe the other reasons would be better if the above is counted among them?

[Manwë Súlimo]

Screwball to little_monkey in this thread for saying that Hitler was a devout Catholic and pulled a quote from Mein Kampf. I said:

You realize Mein Kampf was published to be widely read among the people of Germany? Do you think Hitler would go against hundreds of years of Christian heritage for all of Germany to read? Do you really believe politicians mean what they say when they speak to the public?

LM responds:

It is more likely that he put up with the religion for expedient reasons. Nonetheless the church did very little to oppose him, and in certain circumstances, enabled him to get to power.

That's exactly the point I'm trying to make, doofus.