"Even our solutions have problems!"

Lineage

Conundrum

And yet those of us soberly
seeing reality are expected to politely overlook,
even support, the zealous nature
of believers...
so fragile is their faith.

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Why?

The Process

Life is dark and insane and wretched,

with chaos reigning and hardships constant...

so some people have booze and drugs

to help them through the rough patches,

others become absorbed in their work,

some screw their brains out to medicate,

and others eat away their pain.

But some feel the need to impose a

fictional system over the barbs of fluctuation

and meaninglessness.

They subscribe to amazing tales and superstitious

applications of faulty reasoning to concoct a

method and pattern and 'plan' where none exists.

This gives them a sense of comfort, the idea

of making sense of the senseless, and then they

are sated...for a time.

But then others seek to address the reality

of random death and cruel fates and wanton

violence....and that seems to undermine the

pretense of calm that those dedicated to the

fabrication have constructed.

And thus the battle begins.

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Eternal Hypocrisy

Get Hooked on Reality!

give a man a fish

and feed him for a day

teach a man to fish

and feed him for a lifetime

teach a man religion

and he'll starve while

praying for fish

***

The Gospel According to Rednecks

"Sho'nuff I was made in Baby Jay-Zuss' image.
He ugly as sin, crazy, and stupid-as-hell, too!"

(Excerpts from the Redneck Bible translation)
"I can whore around and be a drunken slob,
and still be holier-than-thou about anyone else's
shortcomings. Don't you know a 'double standard'
is twice as good?" - Randy-Bob Bluballz

"I'd rather put on airs and put on a fancy dress
for church than put on a compassionate face. I
need my daily dose of gossip no matter how many
people it hurts or how many lives it destroys."
   - Fancy Nancy Sweets

"It's my job to destroy homosexuals and whores
and keep the nation pure from their deviancy. I just
need my computer sites blocked and the magazines
hidden under my bed to help me stay focused on my
godly work." - Clevus Dipshit

"God loves the world, and especially me and all my
friends and neighbors. But I'm lost as to why God
has saddled us with the burden of the Blacks, the
Mexicans, the Jews, and the Indians that are taking
over my precious town."  - Scary Larry Bred-In

"Whitey, please! Hey, y'all...he trying to drown my ass!"

"I'm worried about what everybody else in town
is doing wrong, and I sing for Jesus and the Lord every
week in church. I'm also the deacon. I know my daughter
didn't mind what we did together, but I sure don't want
anyone else to find out about it." - Buford Leroy Asslickre

"I talk about God and church and family and morals
and values and 'being a good Christian' all day and night.
But I cuss that bitch wife of mine out in a heartbeat
'cause she needs to get straightened out. Once in a while,
she needs a slap, too. I pray God gets her head right
eventually."  - Trolly Dikhedd

"I know the Lord is with me as I keep me and mine safe
from the evils of this world. I got enough ammunition,
weapons, and stores with me to last long enough to do
some real damage. Anybody looks at me wrong or has a
bad word for my family, I'll show them the wrath of the
Lord!" - Roscoe Fanatica

"PRAISE THE LAWRD...AND,
BLESS YOUR HEART!"

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Don't Twist It

It's not just a suggestion.

And obliterating the line isn't

a legitimate goal for fanatics, no

matter how devoted they are to it.

Help keep the world from

becoming as fucked up as the addle-brained

would like it to be;

OPPOSE RELIGIOUS INTRUSION IN
GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY!

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CBC News Documentary: Atheism

Keep it Simple

Reasoning

Those Overlooked Passages

Hey... awesome; we found

the one person who actually gets the

important part of the tome...the

one no one else reads or believes

or follows!

Run quick, buddy...

there are some fundies

who're hunting you just as

readily as they hunt me!

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Unlike Jesus, It Really Does Exist!

Funny how the partial interpretation of existing laws

and rights are used to support the religious in

their fervor to push their agenda, but the same

established laws are disregarded when it

comes time to protect the rights of opposition or

alternate beliefs!

Like any rights

(such as the freedom to practice religion,)

it can be taken away if it is abused.

Religious terrorism is not acceptable.

Religious indoctrination within society

is not acceptable.

Religion is a privilege, not an innate right.

Abuse it and lose it.

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"RELIGULOUS" by Bill Maher (Full Film)

Bill does such a great job pointing out the problems of religion, as it exists,
there isn't even a need for debunking! Here's the complete documentary.

Thanks to a friend for reminding me of this and inspiring me to share !

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What's in a Name?

Why must 'Christians' label themselves as such and proudly
boast? I thought the point was the action and the effect of
'goodness'--for its own sake? With these folks it's all ego and
PR campaign.


The idea that good deeds are limited to those who have a
self-believed 'higher calling' is mistaken. Nonetheless,
self-professed Xians have a preponderance of self-importance
and tend to dismiss the good deeds of non-religious folks.

As if by virtue of being separated from the church and the idea
of 'god' and 'believers,' good deeds are hollow and ineffective.
After all, how could there be any possible motivation to help
people and be an upstanding person without god?!?


There are--and can be--many motivations for doing good;

*Conscience
*Reason
*Compassion
*Kindness
*Humanity
*Sense of Community
*Empathy
*Paying Back (or Paying it forward)
*Choosing Civilized behavior over selfishness

It certainly isn't limited to attempting to mimic a higher being or
winning brownie points to make it into a cloud-kingdom post-death.


But the misconception, as always, is that labeling oneself 'covered
in god's name' provides a legitimacy that is not owned by others.
There is a question as to why someone who doesn't believe in god--
or at least voice it vociferously-- would be trying to get involved.


I'd wager a terribly minuscule amount of religious people actually
do good at all, and of those who do, fewer still do it when no
one is looking and there is no acclaim to be garnered.


Most that I have seen have actually use the name and concept
of god and their religion to do immeasurable harm to their fellow
man.

Let the good do good. When you attach the provision that one
who receives charity must also be subjected to proselytizing,
you eliminate any semblance of actual kindness.

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Sam Harris on "Free Will"

Po-TAY-to, Po-TAH-to

How can people who

believe in 'god'

say they hate

masturbation--

calling it a self-pleasuring

waste of time and energy?

Don't they pray all the time?

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