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The following is my email response to a post I found on craigslist, which I will mirror here after the jump. I don't normally respond to every random christian hate post, but I had to this time, in defense of George Carlin.
Your post wasn't openly celebrating George's death, but you are trying to use it as a recruiting tool. Atheism isn't a weak stance that you can just convert people by saying that one of our beloved champions is burning in hell. Shame on you for stooping to the same level as those who were openly happy to see Falwell die. Do you picket funerals along with the Westboro Baptist Church? Do you realize that atheists are good people? Do you understand that they do good things for the world? They are your scientists, your doctors, your fast food workers, your mechanics, your neighbors, and possibly your friends. The main difference between us and you is belief in a fairy tale. We don't waste our time on our knees praying because it is the "safer bet." (see Atheist's Wager) And when someone is in trouble we either do something about it or we don't; we don't lull ourselves into a false sense of worth by doing nothing (praying) and then pretending like we did something. Other than being "blasphemous" what did George Carlin ever do to deserve an ETERNITY in hell? What kind of sadistic evil being do you worship that would damn someone to eternal hellfire just for not believing in something that is illogical to believe in? Any rational and compassionate deity would not do such stupid things. According to christians, you can rape and murder and then ask for forgiveness and you'll go to heaven. On the other hand if you are an atheist who lives an good life and never harmed anyone, that person is going to hell. I ask you, what kind of god is that? Is that a being worth worshiping? The answer of course is no. And if that god is benevolent enough to accept a good person regardless of their earth religion (or lack of), then what is the point in any religion at all? If you were born in India to a Hindu family, would god send you to hell for never converting to christianity even though you were never exposed to it? I encourage you to take a critical look at your beliefs. Question why christianity says the things it does. Research where the bible really came from, and who it was written and (more importantly) edited by. Question the world around you and question your own faith. Try to see the world as a whole, instead of just your limited local view. Come to conclusions on your own, because only then can you truly see the world as it really is. |
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I checked my bank statement today and saw the following line: 9/25/2007 CEL JESUS CHRIST $35.72 I'm not a Christian, so there is no way my money is going to something with JESUS CHRIST in the title. I found a really phony looking site at celjesuschrist.net (I'm not going to link it to increase its search engine relevance). Here is the WHOIS information: Domain Name: CELJESUSCHRIST.NET |
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Time for more Bible quotes to help you be a better Christian! John 15:6: "If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned." Genesis 38:8-10: Then Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother." Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his brother's wife, he wasted his seed on the ground in order not to give offspring to his brother. But what he did was displeasing in the sight of the LORD; so He took his life also. Ezekiel 4:15: Then He said to me, "See, I will give you cow's dung in place of human dung over which you will prepare your bread." Isaiah 36:12: "Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?" Jeremiah 16:4: "They will die of deadly diseases, they will not be lamented or buried; they will be as dung on the surface of the ground and come to an end by sword and famine, and their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth." Luke 14:26: "If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." Romans 13:1: Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.
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Today I received a couple pictures of the first ever Digital Absolution fan art (that I am aware of). The artists did an excellent job, so I thought it was worth sharing. Click on the thumbnails below, or you can find them in the comic section. Big thanks Legato!   Have fan art you want to submit? Want to make a guest comic? Use the Contact tab to get in touch with me, or simply register and post it yourself! |
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I'm not the biggest Disturbed fan, but this video is definitely worth watching. The animation was done by Todd Macfarlane (creator of Spawn) and the message it conveys is very powerful and blunt. It makes you think about how our country looks from another perspective, and encourages you to not only think, but to take action against the corrupt powers that be. Enough is enough. Feel free to leave comments with your thoughts.  . |
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The WTC is an incident that nearly everyone in America who is over 8 years old remembers watching live, or on the news shortly after. It is one event that has been jammed down our throats by the media and government ever since. Now some assholes decided that it would be a good idea to profit off of the tragedy and simultaneously shove it in our faces again. Is this even legal? It really shouldn't be. I'm sure by now most people have seen a trailer or two for the World Trade Center Movie. If memory serves me, there have already been 2 movies about the "flight that fought back" and now they think we need to re-live something that happened only 5 years ago? I'm not against historical movies or even the idea of this movie. I'm just irritated that they didn't wait until there was at least one or two people who don't remember it like it was yesterday. They haven't even done anything with the crater yet for fuck's sake. The government has been (and still is) using the 9/11 tragedy to push forward their agendas, rob us of our freedoms in the name of fighting terrorism, and start a conflict in the middle east based off of false assumptions and lies. The media has used 9/11 as a tool for increasing ratings by keeping us in fear of repeat terrorist attacks. Now the movie industry wants a piece of the "fear of terror" pie. And why would we not buy into it? It would be unpatriotic not to, right? That is exactly the kind of bullshit they are preying on. I'm sure these bastards are starting to film a movie based on the Israel/Hezbollah conflict for next summer already. It will be a gripping tale of two bullheaded overly religious groups fighting over a worthless piece of land, and it will be spun into an epic tale from the viewpoint of our righteous allies who are no more right than their enemies. This way we don't have to remember, we can pay $20 to watch what happened last year in semi-fictional movie form. I strongly urge everyone to avoid the WTC movie, if for no other reason than they are profiting off of tragedy. People die, and they win by making millions selling a story that isn't their own. You are not unpatriotic if you don't see this movie! You were there, you do not need to remember it anymore than you already do. If you need another reason not to see it, Nicholas Cage is in it. That should be more than enough to keep anyone away. |
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Ahh 6/6/6, why did you not bring the rapture like they said you would?! Actually I'm relieved that nothing big did happen, I imagine there were a few crazies out there that were so convinced something cataclysmic would happen that they did some stupid pre-apocalyptic only a couple days to live thing. What a letdown for them. I woke to the sound of the doorbell. Thinking UPS had come bearing packages, I quickly ran for the door. One must be as fast as possible to catch the UPS delivery person as they give up very quickly these days if they try at all. So I ran and opened the door as fast as I could. Instead of the man or woman in brown, I'm greeted by two teenage boys in the traditional door to door Mormon garb. Somehow the first thing that went through my head was how I looked like I had just rolled out of bed and thrown on a pair of shorts, which made sense, as that is what happened. Even though they needed no introduction, I let them tell me how they were from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and how they wanted to share the book of Mormon with me, etc. I wasn't really in the mood to do anything too witty, so I simply told them I was Atheist and uninterested. That got a bit of a startled look in their eyes, but they said ok, and gave me some card with a Mormon website address on it. Oh how tempting it was to tell them that I ran this website and give them my own little card with an address on it. :-) Instead I told them to have a nice day and said goodbye. I know many of you (at least I know my friends) are thinking that I would lash out at people like this and spout out phrases like "soul soliciting pig-fuckers." But in reality I've learned that I'm not quite as evil as some think I am. Did that phrase cross my mind? Sure. Did I want to re-enact a scene or two from Orgazmo? Of course. But the reality of the situation is that these were just a couple 17-20 year old boys doing what they were told was right. I wasn't going to show too much ill will at a couple of kids who thought they were trying to save my soul. It's the thought that counts right? If they hadn't been only around 18-20 years old, I might have been a little more angry. |
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If you thought the U.S. Government goes too far criminalizing its citizens now, just wait until this bomb drops. I highly recommend reading that article as it could effect every person in the United State's lives if this bill gets enacted. I'll try to break down the important parts to you here. The Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2006 will criminalize copyright infringement in a way that will make the sentence for selling pot to school children look like a slap on the wrist. (And need I remind you that selling pot gets you a longer jail sentence than many different types of violent crimes including involuntary manslaughter.) The act will create a special FBI unit dedicated to investigating copyright infringement crimes. They will be able to wiretap your phones, monitor your computer use, and based on this information, will be able to throw you in jail and seize anything they deem as having been used in the infringement. You might be thinking at this point "No big deal, I don't download music." We're not just talking about music here. This will cover EVERY kind of copyright infringement. If you copy part of an article without proper permission, share a copyrighted picture on the internet (e-mail forwards anyone?), download most kinds of digital media, burn a CD for a friend, copy a song from a CD you purchased to your iPod, or any number of other things these jackasses come up with that you do that they think hurts their bottom line. Here is the real kicker... you don't even have to have successfully copied anything. Just attempting to copy or share something will qualify you for up to 10 years in jail! Another part of this law would criminalize owning or selling any devices or software that can be used to circumvent copy protection. Still don't think this concerns you? Do you own a TiVo, VCR, tape recorder, computer, ink and paper, camera, scanner, copy machine, typewriter, CD/DVD burner, mini-disk recorder, one of millions of different software titles, or any other device that has the capability to copy media or convert it from one form to another? Well soon you will be a criminal for it thanks to this bill (if passed). Since the current government likes to use scare tactics to get us to agree to things, there has already been a correlation between copyright infringement and terrorism. Quoted from the news.com article:
That's right kids, you're downloading terrorism! What kind of idiots do they think we are?! I thought the whole copyright issue was getting out of hand without any legal changes. The RIAA has been suing people that don't even have computers, dead people, children, and college students already. To my knowledge there hasn't been anyone actually through the court system with this either. They have just been scaring the crap out of people and getting them to settle out of court beforehand. Why not just show up at people's houses with a few large guys and a baseball bat and start breaking knees already? Now I've never been one of those huge anti-corporate hippy types that gets angry at Starbucks for trying to make money, but this is the most infuriating thing I have ever heard of. How much money in bribes did it take for various organizations like the MPAA and RIAA to get a congressman to even look at this garbage? There is no way you can convince me that they are thinking about protecting the people of their country while taking this bill into consideration. This law will make criminals out of most people in this country. How are they going to find enough jail cells for all of us? In all seriousness this is the kind of thing that is worth a 10,000,000 person march on Washington. This is the kind of thing that is more riot-worthy than any sporting event or religious outrage. They are trying to take away EVERY FREEDOM WE HAVE! I'm going to do a little research on who to write to, e-mail, fax, and call repeatedly about this and post it here later because this is definitely worth some action. |
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Thinking back to my elementary school days, I remember how cruel children are to each other. Constant name calling and bickering which sometimes resulted in mild hazing, were commonplace. The instigators were usually referred to as "bullies."? These bullies had two basic kinds of assault, verbal, and physical. How were the victimized children taught to respond you ask? Physical assaults were commonly dealt with by the adults in one form or another. The verbal assaults were usually shrugged off and the children were told "Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you."? I remember this was usually the generic comeback to any insult, and was so widely used that it was extremely annoying. There is however a message within that tired old saying that we have either forgotten, or failed to perpetuate to the rest of the world's population. That message is simple, ideas cannot hurt you. The vehicle of these ideas whether they be verbal, written, picture, or video are intangible and cannot hurt you unless you let them. Now let me pose the question to the world. What the fuck happened? Instead of telling children to toughen up, parents will now sue the instigating party. There are cases of parents suing schools over 7 year old kids "sexually harassing"? each other. Something is definitely wrong here. If we keep treating kids like this they are going to be a hundred times worse than the current generation of parents with their kids. While on the subject of parents over-sheltering their kids this article is a prime example of how overly sensitive douchebags are going to censor and/or sue the rest of us to death if given the chance. Muslims are another (more extreme) example of how out of touch people are with the concept of hurt feelings vs. ACTUALLY being hurt. All it takes to get them riled up to a riot-frenzy these days is a poorly sketched drawing of Mohamed. If this image hurt them, Allah save us all if they ever find goatse pictures (look it up on your own time, but take my word that its probably the grossest thing you can possibly see aside from mutilated corpses). (Note: Don't think I'm just ripping on Muslims here, Catholics get their undergarments ruffled whenever someone badmouths their precious Mary, and Christians in general get upset over almost everything.) Pictures of naked people, depictions of sexual acts, rude language, simulated violence, or any groupings of words or pictures for that matter can do you no harm. If you choose not to be exposed to these things, good for you. Turn on your V-chip, home school your children, use the parental controls available for ANYTHING electronic these days, live in a sensory deprivation chamber for all I care, and leave those of us who choose to be exposed to whatever we want alone. Basically what I'm getting at is that ideas don't cause pain, you cause yourself pain by being offended. You also choose what you are and are not offended by, and last time I checked you can choose what you expose yourself to for the most part. You can live in your censored, filtered, watered down, padded world, and we can still have our controversial, spicy world to indulge our need for the unfiltered flow of ideas. |
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