Ambivalence: A-freaking-men.

Atheists may not THINK they're proslytizing, but some of them take the "smug superiority" thing way so far it's hard to tell. Sure they're not telling anyone they're going to hell for not believing, they're just telling people they're clinically insane and/or retarded for believing God exists.

How is that better? Both sides need to STFU and check their egos.

What's important is that you've informed us of your smug superiority to both groups.

Mithiwithi: I can't believe I'm the first one to post this.

[imgs.xkcd.com image 373x330]

Well the important thing is you've found a way to feel superior to everyone who didn't post it.

ununcle: It's not about faith being fragile and it's not about woman. It's about people letting people kill babys.



Well we can all agree babies are evil and need to be killed, the 24 week limit is simply there to make sure we don't lallygag around the place and get it done fast.

pecosdave: I see commitment to Atheism achieving religious levels of devotion and actions that mirror those of religious devotion, so I see Atheism as a religion.

Atheism is a religion the same way "OFF" is a cable channel.

rocketpants: It's hard not to be condescending, when you're dealing with morons who believe ridiculous shiat.

Everyone's beliefs deserve the same level of respect, whether they are christians, buddhists, mormons, pagans, wiccans, people who've been abducted by aliens, people who've seen bigfoot, leprechauns, people who think the full moon brings out the crazies, reincarnated napoleons, bronies, juggaloos, potheads, geeks, sportos, motorheads, dweebs, dorks, sluts, buttheads...they all deserve equal respect.

This really is what most of my atheist meetups turn into.

Atheist, Christian, who cares as long as we can all agree that the Belgians all smell bad.

omnibus_necanda_sunt: Unfortunately atheists insists on pushing their faith on everyone else through public education.

That's almost as bad as those women that keep forcing people to suck their dicks.

omnibus_necanda_sunt: Real equations are not language specific. Try that same thing with a Chinese Bible and see how far you get.

I did, and all it said was "Free crab rangoon for all delivery orders over $30".

Bevets: Osomatic:

If every person of faith just kept it to themselves, I sincerely doubt you'd find almost any atheists bothering to say anything about it.

Unfortunately atheists insists on pushing their faith on everyone else through public education.

My clever ruse has been uncovered! Well, you've got me there, sir. But I wonder why you stop at evolution? There are so very many faiths pushed by public schools at the insistence of atheists!

Chemistry
Physics
Geology (well, okay, as Terry Pratchett points out, geology is just physics slowed down and with trees on top, but still, it's obviously an atheist-promoted science since it comes to conclusions that the earth might be a wee smidge older than 6000 years)
Medicine
Astronomy
Metallurgy
Oceanography
Astrology (hah, just kidding! I thought I could slip that one past you, but you're too eagle-eyed for that.)
Atmospheric science
Astrophysics
Biology... (AHHHH, see, just kidding again. Obviously studying atheist biology leads you pretty inevitably to see that evolution occurred, so it must have all been planned by atheists.)

I could go on, but it's rather obvious that the Renaissance and the development of the scientific method was a massive atheist plot going back about 400 years or so.

And now you see the results: America is a vastly atheist nation, where the President ends every speech with "God is dead" and in which evolution is universally revered! Europe has been atheist for hundreds of years. Now, only you and your brethren in the Muslim countries stand as bulwarks against the advancing tide of atheism which I and my fellow atheists (or non-theistic agnostics, in my case) are attempting to advance through the teaching of science! I mean, the teaching of FAITH! SCIENCE-ISM FAITH!

Diogenes The Cynic: G-d is not a fictional character.

About that...

I'm gonna piss on you as the real Diogenes did when someone insulted him as he was so concerned about not offending others because of their beliefs. And when I'm done I'll go masturbate in public before falling asleep in my broken wine vat in the town square where I'll wait for Alexander the Great to show up so I can tell him where to stick it too.

Wouldn't a born again atheist be a monkey?

Prayer:

In other news. Everyone on the planet is farking annoying.

Gothnet: Well we can all agree babies are evil and need to be killed, the 24 week limit is simply there to make sure we don't lallygag around the place and get it done fast.

There are even helpful signs on where to do it.

Keizer_Ghidorah: AverageAmericanGuy: Keizer_Ghidorah: AverageAmericanGuy: Defeated: Evolution is Fact.

Evolution is a theory. It's just an explanation to explain reality and subject to revision and replacement.

A fact would be something immutable and provably true. Evolution meets neither criteria.

*looks at the various breeds of dog, the bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics, the finches of Galapagos, the different types of fancy goldfish, and the rest of the living world*

Hmm, looks real to me. What do you want, a Pokemon-like evolution process to happen in front of your eyes?

The sound of the ocean seems real, but it is just my brain's interpretation of the vibrations of the air. Most solid matter looks solid but is almost completely empty space.

What looks real to you does not make something the truth.

But something many people see, many people study, and many people analyze makes it more truthful than an ancient book that's the only source of something. We have countless evidence of adaptation and evolution, nothing of God's supposed miracles. If God created everything, he did a piss-poor job of it.

You sound like an angry, backslidden ex-Christian.

I'll pray for you to come back to the Lord.

Mock26: You are not yet ready for the meetings. That is where the super secret directives are written. Soon, though, Kar98. Soon you will be high enough level to be invited. And CapnBlues, sorry, but you still have a long way to go. Keep strong, because you are on the right path!

damn. who do i send my money to in order to hasten my progress into the inner sanctum?

Indubitably: School is out, man.

;)

the winking and your general beat-poet style of response? it's really condescending and makes me want to disagree with you, regardless of what you're actually saying. which, to be honest, i can't figure out. maybe i'm just not smart like you.

you prick.

Kar98: Atheists are having meetings, distribute literature, knock on peoples doors and pester them? farking news to me, I guess I didn't get the memo.

yeah, i've been an out-of-closet atheist for about half my life now, and i've never even heard of a meeting. though one time, i was really tempted to stand next to this hateful preacher on campus and read winnie the pooh out loud in a matching preacher voice.

Gyrfalcon: Aarontology: Born again atheists are douchebags on the internet

Born again religious people codify their bigotry and hatreds into state law.

BOTH SIDES ARE BAD

So vote worship Witch-King of Angmar.

Oh sure, worship the dark lord, she says. But does she say that the Witch-king is actually the chief of the Nazgûl? Nooooo!

So, what else are you hiding from us, Gyrfalcon? Hmmm?

Remember, kids, "atheist" is the default setting for all humans.

For those of you playing the home game:

Please stop trying to force religion down the throats of others = Atheist proselytizing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YLzlIsrU4o

Starting at about 1:45. It's what I think.

Kar98: Atheism is a religion the same way "OFF" is a cable channel.

Hint: "Religious" has dual meanings, one being actual belief and service of some form of higher power, and the other meaning doing something scrupulously and regularly. As in "I watch Stargate religiously".

It gets interesting in that you can draw lots of interesting comparisons between large religious groups and large atheist groups, namely, regular meetings, distributing literature, proselytizing, scorn of non-members, etc.

I understand this makes organized atheists feel icky. It should.

gameshowhost: "Born again" atheism doesn't make any sense, as "born again" refers to a spiritual awakening, not to a not-a-spiritual-awakening.

Born again atheist = someone who used to be an intolerant, fundamentalist, Christian prick and is now an intolerant, atheist prick.

CapnBlues: A friend of mine put it this way:

You know that feeling you got when you were a little kid and realized that santa claus was bullpoo, but your friend hadn't put the pieces together yet? Where you try gently at first to tell your friend that it's all a lie? And then gradually you tried harder until you got a little mean? And even then your friend wouldn't accept it and just got really mad at you?

That's the feeling atheists have when they talk to believers about God.

I think this sort of scratches the surface, but keep in mind, it's more like everywhere you turn, you're surrounded by idiots that still insist santa is real because they read the night before christmas and the entire country, including politicians are making year round plans for santa to show up at any minute with the presents they were promised from said book.

I really don't know how not to be militant about it. I absolutely don't want a "both sides are the same, leave me a lone and I'll leave you alone" kind of thing. The santa believers are freaking insane and it's hard to just sit on your hands while you watch people you love and the world you live in, go on, day after day, pants on their head retarded.

A friend of mine put it this way:

You know that feeling you got when you were a little kid and realized that santa claus was bullpoo, but your friend hadn't put the pieces together yet? Where you try gently at first to tell your friend that it's all a lie? And then gradually you tried harder until you got a little mean? And even then your friend wouldn't accept it and just got really mad at you?

That's the feeling atheists have when they talk to believers about God.

Jesus

It's hard not to be condescending, when you're dealing with morons who believe ridiculous shiat.

The only time I tell religious people their religion is stupid and creepy is when they tell me something religious. Keep it to yourself and I won't say you are a moran for believing in what you do.

Go to any Fark science thread and see how atheists crap unrelated "hurr Jesus rode a dinosaur durrr" all over the place.

Yes, we get you think their is no invisible sky wizard, but can we please discuss the science of the article?

It's nice to see the 'both sides are bad' bit get some use outside of the standard Republican derping. Well, not really, but it's slightly different than usual.

Does the Obvious tag have the night off?

I consider born again Atheists worse just because they are exactly what they claim to hate about the theists/

fark you in your christian privileged butt hurt subby.

I think it's important to realize that most people are assholes and suck to be around.

Whether you're religious or not, don't be that guy.

[newsflash] Overly vocal zealots are annoying.

Speaking up only to tell you to shut up is not being overly vocal.

You lose.

so vote republican.