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It's been a long time since I did one of these
Fell free to express your thoughts on "praying".
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excellent 
I'm just happy that in times like this (with all the economical crisis,disasters,uprisings, etc) there are people who actually have working brains
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working brains are definitely helpful
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Drama, it's bound to happen.
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Drama is the fuel that powers the internet.
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made me looooooooooooooooooool like crazy xD
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Religion is such a bag of bullshit, even if you know nothing about science, a little logic, psychology and deductive reasoning will tell you that ghosts, forest spirits, gods, etc. are nothing more than primitive man looking up at the stars and trying to figure out the world he knows nothing about, so humans invented these supernatural entities to fill in the gaps in their knowledge and understanding. Simple. People fear what they don't understand and the human mind is so fragile that people invent these bullshit stories and tell themselves that everything is strawberries and rainbows and everything will be ok when you die. It's just bullshit, fake comfort. Pseeesh, you people are denser than a dying star.
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Some people would prefer to be chained to their beliefs than walk free and actually think for themselves. It is so much easier to give up control to someone/something else and pretend that you are not in control. Personally, I think a lot of it is that religious higher-ups have really gotten their fear mongering perfected.
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Yup and we all just get reincartnated, or we end right then and there, and we have no meaning, or we just auto go to heaven, oh wait you probably dont believe in that-- or hell? what do you believe? were monkeys? you want to believe youre a butt scratching crap flinging fur wearing animal? or even a plate of slime?
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Humans and today's primates descended from the same animal, look it up. I know that evidence and fact can be a scary thing to people like you, but give it a shot. I know that anthropology's and genetics' complexities elude you, but it won't hurt you if you read a bit about it.
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I've read about it, done a report on it, I have books on it, I don't find it scary, if it were true I'd find it fun, but I still don't believe it.
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You see, evolution is like math. 2+2=4, not 5 or 6 or yellow. If your denial is that strong in the face of that much evidence then I'm sorry to say, but reason and logic have ceased to exist for you.
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I should say the same to you because can.
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Hum. I didn't realize I was so ignorant... clearly I must stop watching TV all day!
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I know there are far too many Christians who are rude, aggressive and narrow-minded, but if someone is being ridiculed for their beliefs, race, sexual preference, or what have you, isn't it natural for them to feel hurt? I know a lot of Christians, as I've been raised one, and most of them can take a joke on themselves (like this pic). But from some of the comments I've been reading, I can see a lack of respect for other people's views. Actually, a lot of my christian friends have more respect for my opinions than many of you have vice versa. I've seen people being rude and horrible to them while they have tried to reason and keep their cool...it's a bit unfair to generalize
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I don't understand why religious people see this as a try to ridicule them. It's a joke, funny or not it is what it is. People are over-complicating such a simple thing and it ends up being a war of words between believers and atheists
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I know. I'm tired of it too
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Then again, maybe they should pray for one! I mean, its shown to be as effective as a placebo or random chance, so they might get one! Maybe they should change deities, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Bob Dobbs, or Joe Pesci might be more effective.
I think this to be humorous, and I agree with it. LOL.
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May not have much of a sense of humor but I do attempt it.
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" ...in an inappropriate way 
I actually have a huge neon sign above my pc that blinks " SOMEBODY GOT IT ", every time a person actually gets my jokes
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cant say i believe in god, honestly i think church is just for people who feel lost and alone without someone to look up to.
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i love how all the comments here are pretty much saying that they are aiming for drama! Some of the bands I listen to are christian and If there is a comment on youtube that just simply says "im so glad this is a christian band" its followed by a bunch of atheist comments all in caps flipping s**t XD I actually see way more atheists getting all defensive and have been preached by them FAR moar than religious XD
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Feel free to cite any example(s) of atheists getting defensive and "preaching"(whatever that means, it's not like we have any religious ideologies) more than the religious (Cite whatever religious beings you refer to). I look forward to seeing examples, if any.
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lets see here one time I was on a website the had NOTHING to do with beliefs and there was an ad for an atheist forum said "believe in god? we can fix that!". I had an atheist in my class just repeatedly saying "there is no god" because and I knew he just wanted to turn some heads and I don't believe it was working, oh and I'm pretty sure I already mentioned the example about people coming into christian metalcore videos commenting "AH THERE IS NO GOD!!" funny because most metal is anti-religious but I never see people walking in there saying "f*** yall! there IS a god" nope only atheists that I see go ape s***, I have nothing against them really I'm just saying I can't help but notice XD
OH YEAH! and there is that famous bus that said "there is no god" funded by a bunch of atheists, money well spent. I guess. then again the church counter attacked them they should have just left it and people could just laugh at stupidity
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You can't claim that things never happen. I attended religious discussions (atheists were invited as well) where the only people who were not being respectful were the Christians. One of them did in fact stand up and start screaming at the atheist that he was 'going to hell and was a disciple of the devil' when he was asked to back up his opinion rather than continuing with a debate.
There are extremists within every group. You can not generalize the whole by the actions of one.
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I don't, and I never said christians never do. the point im trying to make is people here are pretty much saying they are asking for reactions and drama for some reason and in my personal experience atheists give more of the drama they are looking for.
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"OH YEAH! and there is that famous bus that said "there is no god" funded by a bunch of atheists, money well spent. I guess. then again the church counter attacked them they should have just left it and people could just laugh at stupidity"
That was merely a way to spread a message in Great Britain that atheists do exist and they were not afraid to voice their say in the matter of theism and religion. Interesting how you twisted what the bus really said. In reality the ad read : "There is probably no god, so stop worrying and live your life." It never read "There is no god," it merely stated that there is PROBABLY NO god. Like Dawkins said, we can't be 100% certain of things not existing, but if they have a very small chance of existing, then we live our lives as if they did not exist. Not a Dawkins fanboy btw...
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"lets see here one time I was on a website the had NOTHING to do with beliefs and there was an ad for an atheist forum said "believe in god? we can fix that!"
If you'd care to do your research about the RRS then you'd know that most of us (Not all, it's not like atheists are an organized group/religion) disagree with their tactics. Quite frankly I get the feeling they just want publicity and money.
"I had an atheist in my class just repeatedly saying "there is no god" because and I knew he just wanted to turn some heads and I don't believe it was working, oh and I'm pretty sure I already mentioned the example about people coming into christian metalcore videos commenting "AH THERE IS NO GOD!!" funny because most metal is anti-religious but I never see people walking in there saying "f*** ya"
So one little "incident" speaks for all atheists? So if a bearded man goes out and starts shouting profanities at people, then all bearded men are profane and disrespectful? Atheism is a state, not an active belief (Unless one is explicitly atheistic). Merely the absence of belief in a god or gods, whatever they are defined as.
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Could we not flat out deny that there are just as many Atheist idiots and fundies as there are Christian idiots and fundies? You asked for an example, he gave you a few, and you're telling him that he's generalising.
I dropped the whole militant atheist thing a while ago when I realised that it doesn't serve its purpose. The religious tend to get irritated when they see us be so defensive over every aspect of everything. And from your replies I can sort of see why.
Let them know who we are, that we exist, and where to find us. Everything else will come together nicely in a few hundred years.
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Well done. You dropped the whole "militant" atheism, whatever that is. Once I figured out this person might just be a young mind I stopped replying, did you not see? I will not waste my time with children. I'm not out to de-convert anyone. I too have figured out that it is impossible to change a mind once it has reached a certain age. I just wanted to see if this person could back up his/her claims rather than make trivial statements without any substance.
And did I really sound militant when I merely pointed out things in a person's statements I did not find compelling? What, now we have to tone down our voice to a child's level? I am not insinuating we offend or insult the religious, but we can't be so spineless either.
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I find it funny how you claim not to know what militant atheism is, and then reference it in your next paragraph. And I never said you were trying to de-convert anyone; I'm just saying that religious stupidity will gradually fade away in the coming centuries.
And I agree that the initial (as well as the most recent) statements were lacking, but at least credit him for backing his original one up.
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You know what, everyone should just turn to Buddhism: no god, no force and no taxing. Just a set of rules based on common sense that eliminate the suffering of dissatisfaction.
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Indeed. I see it more as a way of life than a religion, though. It's the one set of "religious beliefs" I'm not opposed to whatsoever.
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"I find it funny how you claim not to know what militant atheism is, and then reference it in your next paragraph."
I really don't see how that is funny. I should have added quotes to "militant." Don't take everything at face value.
"And I never said you were trying to de-convert anyone;"
Well, I interpreted your statement as such: "The religious tend to get irritated when they see us be so defensive over every aspect of everything. And from your replies I can sort of see why."
From personal experience getting defensive is usually perceived by the religious as an attack or, if we provide arguments as to why we choose to reject religious ideas or decry unjust religious deeds, as an attempt to de-convert them. I guess that is why I thought you inferred I was trying to de-convert others.
"but at least credit him for backing his original one up."
Which one, the one about the RRS? So what? I gave a plausible reason why he should not base his perceptions of atheists on those people.
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yup and you can go through anytime a religious person is annoying and defend em the same way but it's a different story with atheists apparently. or maybe you don't find christian preaching to be speaking out for the community as whole neither?
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And here, I bring you an X-Files quote: "You know, they say when you talk to god, it's prayer, but when god talks to you, it's schizophrenia." -Fox Mulder.
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Praying = a one sided conversation?
Well, amen to that
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As an atheist, I find that this has a good point to it. ^_^
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One sided conversation? Nope. I am 101% certain I am God though. Because everytime I talk to him, I find I am just talking to myself!
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I wish I could favorite your comment.
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ahahahah damn man, that's the comment of the month
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