OK, so you're an atheist. What next?

bumper234 · 29-01-2014 04:00PM

pauldla wrote: »

Yeah, some kind of food, definitely. A sandwich, maybe. And then perhaps a bit of a nap. Always goes down well after a morning atheisming.

Can't beat putting down the pitchfork, slipping of the horns (from my head dirty bastards) and putting the old cloven hooves up with a nice cuppa tae.

PopePalpatine · 29-01-2014 04:05PM

pauldla wrote: »

Yeah, some kind of food, definitely. A sandwich, maybe. And then perhaps a bit of a nap. Always goes down well after a morning atheisming.

I can't believe no-one's mentioned biscuits.

bumper234 · 29-01-2014 04:06PM

PopePalpatine wrote: »

I can't believe no-one's mentioned biscuits.

Devil food!

pauldla · 29-01-2014 04:46PM

PopePalpatine wrote: »

I can't believe no-one's mentioned biscuits.

There were complaints about the biscuits, if you don't mind. It's not as if we were fobbing people off with custard creams, either, like other forums I could mention. In this day and age, Joe.

PopePalpatine · 29-01-2014 05:10PM

When I first heard of the term "fobbing off", I thought it was a euphemism for ****. :pac:

lazygal · 29-01-2014 05:28PM

pauldla wrote: »

Yeah, some kind of food, definitely. A sandwich, maybe. And then perhaps a bit of a nap. Always goes down well after a morning atheisming.

And a Hawaiian pizza.

joseph brand · 29-01-2014 06:11PM

OK, so you're an atheist. What next?

1. No more mass. Hate mass.
2. No more confession.
3. My son definitely will not ever be an altar boy (safe).
4. Charlatans won't get a cent off me for:

magic healing stones (reiki)
fortunes told ('magic' crystal balls)
psychic readings ('talking' to my dead relatives)
homoeopathy (extremely diluted medicine)

5. Not afraid of ghosts, demons, or Beelzebub. (parents believe in these

)
6. Treat women, LGBT's and other nationalities as equals.
7. Not afraid of Marilyn Manson.
8. The dull Bong of the Angelus pi**es me off.

Have I missed anything?

Only recently my mother was telling me that people have been possessed by actual demons, and exorcisms are real and save lives. When I hear this religious talk all I can think of is:

Knasher · 29-01-2014 08:49PM

J C wrote: »

Why does the state need to have an irreligious school system?

In a country that has seen so much sectarian violence, I'm not sure segregating the schools on a sectarian basis is a good idea. Nor do I think it is a good idea in a county that is becoming increasingly pluralistic. I grew up in a town with a Protestant school and the Catholic school which I attended, and there was always a hell of a lot of anti-Protestant rhetoric in that school. Not that I think a single kid there could have told you the difference between the two, nor was my area a place of a lot of sectarian violence to give root to this attitude. Maybe the kids simply knew that they were separated and invented reasons why, or maybe they hear something at home and were simply repeating it in a mono cultured echo chamber. Either way it makes sense that if we are to build a cohesive society, separating children along religious lines isn't a good place to start.

obplayer · 29-01-2014 10:20PM

Knasher wrote: »

In a country that has seen so much sectarian violence, I'm not sure segregating the schools on a sectarian basis is a good idea. Nor do I think it is a good idea in a county that is becoming increasingly pluralistic. I grew up in a town with a Protestant school and the Catholic school which I attended, and there was always a hell of a lot of anti-Protestant rhetoric in that school. Not that I think a single kid there could have told you the difference between the two, nor was my area a place of a lot of sectarian violence to give root to this attitude. Maybe the kids simply knew that they were separated and invented reasons why, or maybe they hear something at home and were simply repeating it in a mono cultured echo chamber. Either way it makes sense that if we are to build a cohesive society, separating children along religious lines isn't a good place to start.

When I was growing up we had a pre-teen club called The Smarties for kids, games and stuff in a local church hall. In our Catholic school the headmistress solemnly told us not to go because it was in a Protestant church hall...My mother told me to ignore her. On the other hand I had Protestant relatives who would not have green soap in the house...
Being atheist protects me from this kind of lunacy thankfully.

Hotblack Desiato · 29-01-2014 10:45PM

lazygal wrote: »

And a Hawaiian pizza.

Not really surprising, but :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_pizza wrote:

Hawaiian pizza does not actually originate from Hawaii.

lazygal · 29-01-2014 10:48PM

ninja900 wrote: »

Not really surprising, but :

That's blasphemous. Expect an Iona cease and desist and give me money demand.

bumper234 · 30-01-2014 07:56AM

ninja900 wrote: »

Not really surprising, but :

Pohhhh bahhhhh next you will be telling us that Turkeys don't come from Turkey! Pish and piffle i tells ya :mad:

Brian Shanahan · 30-01-2014 02:28PM

J C wrote: »

Why does the state need to have an irreligious school system?

Because in a religious system the stupid kids believe the ****e they are told about the world being 6,000 years old.

The purpose of any school system is educating children in what is needful for their valid and valuable participation in society. And apart from giving a general non prejudicial (i.e. that religion isn't being taught from the point of view of any single religion) overview of religion, and by appropriately mentioning it in other more useful subjects (like mentioning how scientific enquiry was stifled in ancient Greece by the religious mindset of even the most forward thinking, e.g. the Pythagoreans knew a lot more than they ever published but because it went against religious teaching they censored it) religious education does nothing to further this goal.

And one final point, would it not be better to leave religious education to the ordained at an appropriate time (i.e. not between maths and english), those who are supposed to be trained up to best know and understand the religion. Of course we all know why the rcc are against this, the last few "adherents" would quickly desert the church once no longer force fed the lies.

bumper234 · 30-01-2014 02:35PM

Brian Shanahan wrote: »

Because in a religious system the stupid kids believe the ****e they are told about the world being 6,000 years old.

Can't really blame the kids for this tbh, If you tell a kid from birth that the grass is blue and he/she only ever hears from family and friends that the grass is blue then they will grow up believing it. Brainwashing kids to believe in things like creationism is (in my own personal opinion) akin to child abuse.

Brian Shanahan · 30-01-2014 03:49PM

bumper234 wrote: »

Can't really blame the kids for this tbh, If you tell a kid from birth that the grass is blue and he/she only ever hears from family and friends that the grass is blue then they will grow up believing it. Brainwashing kids to believe in things like creationism is (in my own personal opinion) akin to child abuse.

JC wanted a reason why a secular education was needed, and I gave him one tailored to his particular circumstances.

bumper234 · 30-01-2014 03:57PM

Brian Shanahan wrote: »

JC wanted a reason why a secular education was needed, and I gave him one tailored to his particular circumstances.

Oh I know and the problem is that (most of) these kids grow up to be parents themselves and pass on the same bull**** to the next generation of kids and so the cycle continues.

OK, so you're an atheist. What next?

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