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Post of the day I couldn't agree more. It seems that, so often, evangelical sects prey on those in trouble who are most susceptible to grabbing any life preserver they can find.

On the subject of tolerance, I have three questions for Vertical Christian: 1) Do you consider the gay lifestyle immoral? If not, do you support equal rights regarding marriaged, etc, for gays? 2) I already asked this one but never got an answer: What's going to happen to this atheist, assuming he will remain such til the end, after he dies? Assume a life lived full of good works (hypothetical, of course). 3) Do you believe that religious practices, such as the teaching of creationism/intelligent design and prayer, should be allowed in public schools?

In 1975 it's American Women! How can fucking women be Man of Year? Stupid fuck magazine!

Surfing the beer volcano... ...for eternity.

Hey, I was drunk, OK?

If you're going to join a cult, why wouldn't you join one with beer volcanoes and stripper factories? To choose sexual abstinence and self righteous piety over this to me is just, well, offensive.

Also bullshit. You choose to be offended by these things. Remember, being offended is a choice. The FSM was (cleverly) created to challenge the unlawful imposition of Christianity, in violation of the Constitution, by a school board in Kansas that sought to force students into studying creationism, a purely religious teaching. The point of the FSM, and I can't believe this isn't already obvious by now, is why is the FSM any less legitimate a religion that Christianity? The point was successfully made that neither religion has any greater claim on legitimacy; all religions are a matter of faith, not science. As for Jesus, we know little about his life, other than the fact that he 1) drank wine 2) hung around with prostitutes and 3) liked to fish. He didn't smoke tobacco, which remained confined to the New World at the time, but he might have partaken in a number of intoxicating habits of the day. And this is offensive because....? As for using the Bible as TP (I've never heard this one...sounds like it's got urban myth written all over it), if it were true, you know what they say "The Lord helps those..." and "The Good Lord Provides" Would God not want us to wipe our bums and avoid a case of baboon ass by using the only thing readily available? I think God loves us more than a book, don't you?

why is this any different than the attempt to infuse non-christian values by interest groups - is the agenda of these groups less "narrow" Because there is no such attempt. That is bullshit. These are "attempts" to abide by the establishment clause of our Constitution, which means a separation of church and state, not attempts to eliminate religion from private life. There has been no attempt on the part of any group to remove religion from anything other than government and state supported activities, as the Constitution so clearly proscribes. In stark contrast, Christian lobby groups seek to impose their particular religion and its values on everyone in this country directly through government, whether its prayer in public schools, displaying the ten commandments in a courthouse, or outlawing abortion entirely, in flagrant violation of the Constitution. Groups such as the Christian Coalition openly believe that their religion constitutes the highest law. Well, some of us kind of prefer the laws that we lowly humans come up with and have a say in, rather than cowing to the laws of an eternal life cult we refuse to join.

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Not only is it rated for such, but I usually have two midgets such as yourself clinging to my ankles while I rip through my reps.

I find it laughable when Christians feel 'persecuted' in this, the most Bible thumping of nations. Save it, you whiny fuckers. It's also laughable when The Persecuted object to attempts to remove Christianity from the publicly funded arena. "They're trying to remove IN GOD WE TRUST from our coins!" How about if we change it to IN ALLAH WE TRUST, or IN THE FSM WE TRUST? Or, how about if we just take the Constitution seriously and change it to BLANK, so that anyone may worship as they please and not feel like they live in a nation that favors one religion so heavily? Look, if cults are your thing, fine. It's a free country. Just keep that shit out of the publically funded sphere, so it can be a free country for the rest of us. And, for Christ's sake, quit the fucking whining just because you don't always succeed in using government to impose your cult on the rest of us.

Bwaaaaa-haa-haa! No one is trying to force you back into the closet KKK, least of all the ACLU. We fully support your agenda.

Just in time for Christmas:

Hey, man, the left side of the bell curve needs a prezz'dent too.

Correction: The boy scouts will not admit gay boy scouts, either. Full disclosure: the Boy Scouts first got me out of the house and into the mountains. I owe that organization a life long debt of gratitude. Can I interest you in makeing a contribution to Boy Scouting and/or leading classes on climbing? Yes, I would be happy to help in leading some classes on climbing for your troop. Promise I won't preach Atheism. PM me. Careful tvash. You are on your way to a bible meeting with evangelical fundamentalists. "On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to GOD and country...." A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. OK, so I violate a few of those from time to time, and one all the time. And no, I didn't have to look that up. What could be better than teaching a kid how to climb?

Well, Ryland, this is an excellent question. Many atheists are too busy filing law suits against nativity scenes and strangling puppies to observe any holidays, and why bother? Most of us have no hope, no friends, no future. There are, however, a very few atheists who desperately cling to the notion that they actually care for other people, despite the fact that it's well known that all love comes from God, so this isn't possible. And besides, who wants to hang around with an eternal life killjoy? In a pathetic attempt to appear normal, these pre-Christian wannabes do attempt to celebrate Christmas, but they call it Saturnalia (the soltice celebration the Christians coopted for their Christmas, as Christ was probably born in the spring), or "Solstice", which gives the atheist a remote chance of getting laid with a wicka follower or other representative of the urban pagan crowd. This Christmas celebrating atheists, in deference to their counterculture image, do not generally fall for the "commercialization" of Christmas. Aside from saving them some cash, they're not going to get any gifts from anybody anyway. CCA's (Christmas Celebrating Atheists) usually spend Christmas eve drinking to oblivion in an attempt to escape, if only for one night, the bleakness of their terminal, meaningless existence. This sets them up for a skull crushing hangover the following morning, when they must finally face "The Family". Christmas morning is spent returning Mother's wan and pitying smile, surviving Father's resigned look of dissappointment, and briefly basking in the bright, innocent light of a niece or nephew before brother or sis wisks them away from the Unbelieving One. The rest of the holiday is usually spent contemplating suicide, but since this is all we've got, what would be the point of that? So, I hope this helps you to understand that atheists, even if they are damned to burn in an eternal lake of fire while having their skin ripped off and Crazy Glued back on over and over again by laughing demons armed with lemon juice filled squirt guns, are people, too. People with hopes, although not many, dreams, however shortlived and unattainable, and families, albeit ashamed ones.

We're on snifari, now.

Ya know, it never fails. Start off with christianity, end up with horse fucking.

It's amazing that I've roomed with so many of you people.

God watches you 24/7.

How dare you. Every horse in my custody has willingly consented to waive all video rights. Fuck a horse. Kill an old lady. What's the difference? For my kind, the consequences are the same.

dear, you need to get out to Enumclaw more often. Would you please stop beating that dead horse?

Who's propoganda is this, anyway? Christian Civilization looks like a Soviet style shithole.

Lions! Lions are noble!