Atheist unite!!

[bellbird]

They legit see it as punishment for all our sins and all us non-believers.

Islam Leader Who Said Coronavirus is Allah's Punishment Gets Coronavirus ?

 

[bellbird]

Prayer: it sure is effective :tup:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1246521377542172672

I particularly love that someone replied to the tweet "Think how much worse it would have been without the prayer." :hilarious:

 

[somerandomguy]

Oh my (lack of) God, this pandemic is making people go totally, certifiably nuts.

 

[Truthful_Whispers]

Boy, are you non-believers in for a shock. lol..

 

[somerandomguy]

I assume you mean I'll be in for a shock when Jesus will consign me to the flames of a fiery hell. Because nothing says "loving god" like torturing living souls for eternity, right?

Ok then. I'd honestly rather spend an eternity with my friends here being tortured than one minute in a so-called paradise with sanctimonious assholes like, oh, let's say Cardinal Pell. Because he'll certainly be in Heaven with you, won't he?

And one more thing. You were obviously totally, certifiably nuts even before the pandemic. So what I said doesn't even apply to you.

And one more thing. You were obviously totally, certifiably nuts even before the pandemic. So what I said doesn't even apply to you.

Ok, that was below the belt, and I apologize to you, @Truthful_Whispers. This pandemic is making all of us riled up. Still, you don't belong in this thread, so please don't post here again.

 

[joeylittle]

@Truthful_Whispers - I think you're looking for this thread, or possibly this one.

Deliberately stirring up shit won't be tolerated.

 

[bellbird]

I'd honestly rather spend an eternity with my friends here being tortured than one minute in a so-called paradise with sanctimonious assholes like, oh, let's say Cardinal Pell.

Stirrers aside, this is such a great point.
I think about it often, and am totally with you on that viewpoint. Completely content with it, too.

My dad and I always joke that everyone in heaven gets a front row seat to the preachings of Jesus, so imagine how big the circumference of that front row has to be to fit everyone in it... I feel like they'd be so far away from him they could barely hear the waffle.

I also remember my first-year chemistry professor telling us that based on what it says in the bible (which is the whole truth and nothing but the truth), heaven would be hotter than hell (they used thermodynamics calculations on bible phrasing: heaven burns with the brightness of a thousand suns, yada yada).
So really, it would be unpleasant on many levels.

If there is an afterlife (assuming it is then as per the Christian model),
I'll be reunited with the people that I love most in hell.
I won't be surrounded by all the cowards who did horrible things and then repented at the very last moment to earn their ticket to heaven.
And I'll get to meet Christopher Hitchens.

To think, if the places exist... hell has Hitch, and heaven has Mother Theresa.

Yeah, it's a no-brainer for me.

 

[bellbird]

"Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived." - Oscar Wilde.

 

[somerandomguy]

My wife, raised Jewish, listened to an Easter service today, for fun I guess. "Christianity is weird," she said afterwards.

"It's a death cult, so ... yeah," I replied.

Anyway, happy fertility festival, aka easter!

 

[bellbird]

Today would have been Christopher Hitchens' 71st birthday.

Thank you, Hitch, for all you did while you were alive and for the legacy you have left behind.
You are so missed.

Rest in peace (or, if we were all wrong and you're currently in burning hell... I'll meet you there)

I've watched this particular compilation many times over the years now, but what he says at 8 min 28 still gets me best:

“Not scorning the three delightful children who result, who are everything to me and who are my only chance of even a glimpse of a second life let alone an immortal one, I’ll tell you something. If I was told to sacrifice something to prove my devotion to God, if I was told to do what all monotheists are told to do and admire the man who said ‘Yes I’ll gut my kid to show my love of God’ I’d say ‘No. f*ck you.’”

 

[Chiqui]

Hi!! Hope you all are safe. My husband keeps saying, where are now the antivaccines, where?? And the faith healers, where?? Eh?? ??
Interesting times when most of us are looking at Science with hope and respect.

 

[bellbird]

Hi, @Chiqui !! Hope you are safe and well, too :hug:

My husband keeps saying, where are now the antivaccines, where?? And the faith healers, where?? Eh?? ??

Some biting the dust, apparently! I just hope they didn't use up any medical resources on their way out.
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At the time, the bishop was quoted by local media outlets as saying that “I firmly believe that God is larger than this dreaded virus.”

Yeah, nah.