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I am religious and believe in free will

71 (27.7%)

I am religious and do not believe in free will

10 (3.9%)

I am not religious and believe in free will

114 (44.5%)

I am not religious and do not believe in free will

61 (23.8%)

Total Members Voted: 251

[Silthuri]

This made me facepalm afterwards.

That's just messed up.

[Orange Wizard]

Vandalism in the name of God. Seems to be a bit of doublethink going on.

[UXLZ]

They're also speaking for God, which one would think to be like, the ultimate sacrilege or something.

[Arcvasti]

Yep. Deities as sockpuppets is all too common. And hypocritical.

[penguinofhonor]

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[UXLZ]

Did they have 'Leveticus 18:13-25' or something after it (wherever that passage may be, or commandment, or whatever)?

Even if it's something that God supposedly said, I wouldn't consider it a quote unless they actually quoted it.

[Arx]

That's one of the ten commandments, and one of the better-known verses in the Bible. Most Christians would (I hope) immediately recognise it. They don't really need to include chapter and verse.

[Orange Wizard]

"I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me."

I'd be very surprised if a Christian didn't recognise the first commandment. (Barring children, or very recent converts, or people with memory problems, or whatever.)

[Bohandas]

I read the God Delusion. Dawkins is a huge ass. An intelligent one, with some compelling arguments, but still an ass.

Religion, whilst flawed, contradictory and in a lot of cases out-right disproven, does provide some form of help. It stops existential crises, helps people deal with death, gives them a meaning they believe they need. I mean, I understand the desire to reach out and find something else, something better. It's not surprising that religion is so powerful in all its varied forms. It is a crutch. One that "explains" (sorry, I had to put the quotation marks in ) the universe and holds people together.

Respite from existential crises can be obtained much more easily and more safely for everyone around via TV, videogames, and pornography. If necessary liquor can be added; it's not gonna be worse for your reasoning and critical thinking ability than religion.

That said, I still agree that Dawkins is a pretentious and ironically sanctimonious ass.

[Baffler]

Wait, where are people getting that the statue was stolen for religious reasons? Maybe someone wanted to have it for themselves. A few years ago a (mold of) a dinosaur skeleton about that size was stolen from a doctor's office around where I live, and they found it a few weeks ago just chilling out in some guy's fenced-in backyard.

[Orange Wizard]

According to the article, the thieves left a crucifix in place of the statue with a message reading "You shall have no other gods before me".

[Descan]

According to the article, the thieves left a crucifix in place of the statue with a message reading "You shall have no other gods before me".

Nah, that was just them exchanging. They saw this wicked-ass statue, thought "Well, out with the old!" and left their crucifix there and took the new guy home!

[UXLZ]

That's one of the ten commandments, and one of the better-known verses in the Bible. Most Christians would (I hope) immediately recognise it. They don't really need to include chapter and verse.

That's It speaking specifically to the Israelites (or whatever they were, I don't know bible-lore very well.)

[Orange Wizard]

That's one of the ten commandments, and one of the better-known verses in the Bible. Most Christians would (I hope) immediately recognise it. They don't really need to include chapter and verse.

That's Him speaking specifically to the Israelites (or whatever they were, I don't know bible-lore very well.)

Yes, but they still apply to Christians. (and everyone else, but that's another matter)

[UXLZ]

You shouldn't change people's quotes OW, it's not very nice. T_T

What I'm curious about is to whether the people who took the statue were doing it because they didn't like the statue personally, or actually liked the statue there but believed it was something that 'had to be done.'

The first point is moot because it's just once again a bunch of people using religion to justify themselves.

The second one is actually quite scary, if religion can cause people to do things that are against their own moral inhibitions.