[killJOY]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'G')eorge W. Bush is the most powerful man alive. He is a class A imbecile. He is far less intelligent than the average Christian. But like most of the others, he believes Jesus died for his sins. That idea is so perverse and devoid of logic it should shock the conscience. Instead, it gets him elected, and earns him the reverence of a great percentage of America. America! The most advanced country in the world -- run by a bunch of villagers who still believe Santa Claus is going to save them.

There is no damn Easter Bunny. There is no Jesus waiting to return. Moses never even existed. These were all convenient lies from the men of those times to gain power. Their actions were rational -- they wanted to deceive their brethren so that they could amass power. I get their motivations. But I cannot, for the life of me, understand our motivations, thousands of years later, still following the conmen of yesteryear into our gory, bloody, violent end.

[Sys1]

I've found my prophet here

[NEOPO]

"and its right outside your door!!!"
"Now testify!!"

[DesertBear2]

Today it takes a lot of courage to take on the jesus mythology. But it's about time someone got busy and spoke the truth about all this old propagandistic religious buffoonery.

[MicroHydro]

New Zealand Parliment: 121 members

Labour Party, 50 members - Led by Helen Clark: Declared Agnostic
National Party, 48 members - Led by Don Brash: Declared Agnostic
Green Party, 6 members - nature lovers
Progressive Party, only 1 member, not religious

Only 1/7 New Zealand voters support parties that are strongly linked to the desert religion death cults.

[Pops]

So, KJ, getting tired of the planning forum?

Looks like a speck thread title.


Ahhh, post count envy…

I get it.

[NeoPeasant]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DesertBear2', 'T')oday it takes a lot of courage to take on the jesus mythology. But it's about time someone got busy and spoke the truth about all this old propagandistic religious buffoonery.

[stepka]

Um, I think they'd have a point here if Dubya and his cronies were actually followers of Jesus, but they do it in name only. Read the gospels--there is absolutely nothing in there to suggest that one should act in the way these people are behaving. And it had to be true, because no one with an ego (that is, all of us), would say the things that Jesus said. Gosh, just read the red letters. You will never see it printed that Jesus said to go make war on your neighbors.

That was an idiodic article. Most Christians, Muslims, or Jews are not anything like the man described. There are fanatics in all of these religions. So? There's a lot of idiot agnostics too. The sad thing is that there are many who are willing to use the name of God and their favorite prophet to run amok in the world, but they are not true believers. True believers have humility--a quality I'm not seeing much of in the White House these days. Oh, many Christians do believe in evolution. We're just not the loud mouthed ones.

[killJOY]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')o, KJ, getting tired of the planning forum?

[DesertBear2]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('stepka', '
')True believers have humility--a quality I'm not seeing much of in the White House these days. Oh, many Christians do believe in evolution. We're just not the loud mouthed ones.

[peaker_2005]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('killJOY', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')o, KJ, getting tired of the planning forum?

[Liamj]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('stepka', '.')..The sad thing is that there are many who are willing to use the name of God and their favorite prophet to run amok in the world, but they are not true believers. True believers have humility--a quality I'm not seeing much of in the White House these days. Oh, many Christians do believe in evolution. We're just not the loud mouthed ones.

[Aaron]

LB

[eric_b]

That was an excellent blog.

I agree 100% with his opinion.

As ug has said many times, people need to be saved from religion.
(his piece did remind me quite a bit of stuff ug rants about.)

Organized religions have probably been responsible for more madness and deaths than just
about anything. A good argument can be made that most our current (failing) systems of
government, laws and economics are the 'warty outgrowth' of early religions
(again, ug).

People just can't be faced with their own mortality and probably turn to religion for
some sort of security, and for answers to all those unanswerable questions in life.

There are no answers in this life.

[killJOY]

Aaron says "LB"

Let's not forget "America's Best Christian"

http://www.bettybowers.com/

[eric_b]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('stepka', '
')
...

That was an idiodic article. Most Christians, Muslims, or Jews are not anything like the man described. There are fanatics in all of these religions. So? There's a lot of idiot agnostics too. The sad thing is that there are many who are willing to use the name of God and their favorite prophet to run amok in the world, but they are not true believers. True believers have humility--a quality I'm not seeing much of in the White House these days. Oh, many Christians do believe in evolution. We're just not the loud mouthed ones.

[meekoil]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('killJOY', '
')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'R')ead the gospels--there is absolutely nothing in there to suggest that one should act in the way these people are behaving.

[NEOPO]

Ok I have accepted christ as my lord and savior - now wheres my new xbox 360!!!!!

Is this a religion thread?
HTF did I get in here!!!

[rogerhb]

Brian: I am not the Messiah!

Woman: Only the true Messiah would deny his divinity!

Brian: What? What kind of chance does that give me? Oh, alright, I am the Messiah.

Crowd: Brian! The Messiah! Brian! The messiah!

Mother: He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!

[woodman]

Who was it? Marx or Mao I think, "religion is the opiate of the people"
More like a crack cocaine or methamphetamine I'd say. Truly the worst poison to ever derange a society. A cancer; a plague. As the tree is bent so shall it grow. Lots of bent people out there.