Comments on: Deus ex Point/Counterpoint http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/10/23/572/new-atheism/ A weblog about stuff and junk by Jake Sutton Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:37:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jake http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/10/23/572/new-atheism/#comment-9059 Jake Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:00:46 +0000 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/10/23/572/new-atheism/#comment-9059 OK, now see... I know what all of those words mean individually, but when you put them together like that... ;) OK, now see… I know what all of those words mean individually, but when you put them together like that… ;)

]]> By: casey http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/10/23/572/new-atheism/#comment-9057 casey Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:32:58 +0000 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/10/23/572/new-atheism/#comment-9057 Heh, well, I'd like to think I am a reasonably sane anarchist. Heh, well, I’d like to think I am a reasonably sane anarchist.

]]> By: Jake http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/10/23/572/new-atheism/#comment-9055 Jake Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:10:07 +0000 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/10/23/572/new-atheism/#comment-9055 Meanwhile <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/trends?q=blog,%20jesus">blogs are bigger than Jesus</a> according to "<a rel="nofollow" href="http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/23/bush-says-he-uses-the-google/">the Google</a>". As for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_goldman">Emma</a>, well, <em>real </em>anarchists tend to come across a more than a little loony, IMHO... Meanwhile blogs are bigger than Jesus according to “the Google“.

As for Emma, well, real anarchists tend to come across a more than a little loony, IMHO…

]]> By: casey http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/10/23/572/new-atheism/#comment-9028 casey Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:40:54 +0000 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/10/23/572/new-atheism/#comment-9028 i want to write a real response to this post, but i had a long day. so i'll just toss an emma goldman quote i like a lot into the fray: "The abuses of Christianity, like the abuses of government, are conditioned in the thing itself, and are not to be charged to the representatives of the creed. Christ and his teachings are the embodiment of submission, of inertia, of the denial of life; hence responsible for the things done in their name." i've been through two cults and i guess i've seen all the best and worst that religion has to offer. i'll admit that i now consider myself to be pretty religiously intolerant. i want to write a real response to this post, but i had a long day. so i’ll just toss an emma goldman quote i like a lot into the fray:

“The abuses of Christianity, like the abuses of government, are conditioned in the thing itself, and are not to be charged to the representatives of the creed. Christ and his teachings are the embodiment of submission, of inertia, of the denial of life; hence responsible for the things done in their name.”

i’ve been through two cults and i guess i’ve seen all the best and worst that religion has to offer. i’ll admit that i now consider myself to be pretty religiously intolerant.

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