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Author Topic: Atheism Redux [READ THE FIRST POST]  (Read 187766 times)

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Re: Atheism Redux
« Reply #1935 on: January 11, 2011, 11:34:41 am »

Hmmm... It appears I read the rules wrong. I can write God but only God.


If so the world view of Christianity will definitely change a lot.
I really really believe this should happen. I see no reason why Christians should chain themselves to a thousands of years old mythological and historical document when they really only follow the parts of it they like. After all, Buddhism doesn't attach itself to Hinduism even though it's an outgrowth of that religion.
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If this did happen then the definition of who is Jewish would change. If this happened I'd be Jewish. Or more likely another religion will come of this.
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Re: Atheism Redux
« Reply #1936 on: January 11, 2011, 05:03:38 pm »

That would be mind-bogglingly stupid.
We're talking about a vicious sadist with a penchant for mass murder and animal sacrifice, here. Having cold iron as his weakness makes perfect sense.

Maybe if the Bible were a comic book. I hope someone, somewhere, has already done this.

If this did happen then the definition of who is Jewish would change. If this happened I'd be Jewish. Or more likely another religion will come of this.

Most likely it would be the Christians who disregard the Old Testament who would be considered a different religion. The current views on who's a Jew and who's a Christian wouldn't change.
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« Reply #1937 on: January 11, 2011, 09:36:17 pm »

Regardless, it's amazing that almost 4 billion people are following the word of some politically-minded priests of an ancient Hebrew war-god, who used historical revision in ways that Stalin would be impressed by.

It boggles the mind it does.
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Apparently having a redundant creature entry causes the game to say, "Oh, look, it's crazy world now. Nothing makes sense! Alligators live in houses!"

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« Reply #1938 on: January 11, 2011, 09:37:22 pm »

That kinda seems both anti Christian and Jewish...
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« Reply #1939 on: January 11, 2011, 09:39:00 pm »

If you define criticism as "anti-", then yes, that statement is Anti-Christian.
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Quote from: Thomas Paine
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
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Re: Atheism Redux
« Reply #1940 on: January 11, 2011, 09:39:20 pm »

That kinda seems both anti Christian and Jewish...
And Islam. You guys all worship the same god.

And yeah, it's pretty crazy when you think about it.
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« Reply #1941 on: January 11, 2011, 10:06:10 pm »

The greatest tragedy is that not only did that bizarrely benevolent New Testament God take over "I just made this thing, let's see how much damage this world can take" Yahweh, but it supplanted all the other interesting pantheons. Hellenic and Norse gods were in their own soap opera. "Oh, Zeus slept with my sister! My estranged son has returned! Loki is trying to trick Thor into accidentally revealing Freyja's dark secret!"

Just on entertainment value alone this has been a blow to the world.
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Re: Atheism Redux
« Reply #1942 on: January 11, 2011, 11:11:16 pm »

That would be mind-bogglingly stupid.
We're talking about a vicious sadist with a penchant for mass murder and animal sacrifice, here. Having cold iron as his weakness makes perfect sense.
Maybe if the Bible were a comic book. I hope someone, somewhere, has already done this.
You should check out The Salvation War (links on page).
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Re: Atheism Redux
« Reply #1943 on: January 12, 2011, 12:53:41 am »

That would be mind-bogglingly stupid.
We're talking about a vicious sadist with a penchant for mass murder and animal sacrifice, here. Having cold iron as his weakness makes perfect sense.
Maybe if the Bible were a comic book. I hope someone, somewhere, has already done this.
You should check out The Salvation War (links on page).
I just read that whole page, and have only one response: Want.
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In the days when Sussman was a novice, Minsky once came to him as he sat hacking at the PDP-6.
“What are you doing?”, asked Minsky. “I am training a randomly wired neural net to play Tic-Tac-Toe” Sussman replied. “Why is the net wired randomly?”, asked Minsky. “I do not want it to have any preconceptions of how to play”, Sussman said.
Minsky then shut his eyes. “Why do you close your eyes?”, Sussman asked his teacher.
“So that the room will be empty.”
At that moment, Sussman was enlightened.

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Re: Atheism Redux
« Reply #1944 on: January 12, 2011, 12:55:44 am »

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Re: Atheism Redux
« Reply #1945 on: January 12, 2011, 01:36:15 am »

Are there any plans to make a print version? I dunno if I could take reading an entire novel on a forum, especially not light text on dark.
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Re: Atheism Redux
« Reply #1946 on: January 12, 2011, 02:03:20 am »

Yeah, after Lords of War is written he'll be getting it published. After that, you won't be reading it for free any more.
Fun Fact: The author's name is Stuart Slade, and the first part takes place in Hell.
Stuart Slade. Hell.
Stuart Slade. Hell.
Slade. Hell.
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Re: Atheism Redux
« Reply #1947 on: January 12, 2011, 06:14:58 am »

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Damn, that's the most masturbatory piece of fiction that I've ever read.
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Re: Atheism Redux
« Reply #1948 on: January 12, 2011, 06:16:42 am »

Have you read Ulysses?
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« Reply #1949 on: January 12, 2011, 07:11:34 am »

Touche.
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