Skwim
Veteran Member
I tell ya, the world is going to hell in a hand basket when people can say whatever they want.
From the November issue of AWAKE magazine.
From the November issue of AWAKE magazine.
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Damn atheists! They just can't keep their ideas to themselves
- Thread starter Skwim
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Really? Freedom of speech is bad?
I say the world is already in hells handbasket if people can't say whatever they want.
croak
Trickster
I might be wrong, but judging by the title of the thread, what I take to be the tone of his writing, and the fact that I'm quite sure he's an atheist (but could be wrong about that), I think he was being sarcastic.
On the new atheists: the more the merrier!
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
I like how oftentimes the pot calls the kettle black.
The hypocrisy in this statement. Reading just this snippet of enlarged words, you would think the JW's are describing themselves to a tee. Oh vey!
The hypocrisy in this statement. Reading just this snippet of enlarged words, you would think the JW's are describing themselves to a tee. Oh vey!
sandandfoam
Veteran Member
The new atheists - lol. What was wrong with the old ones?
Just another religion.
Just another religion.
As they should, at least towards the most unethical and nonsensical religious concepts.
I kind of look at my religious discussions as having two different goals.
-When interacting with people from religions I find to be extremely problematic, unethical, nonsensical, and downright harmful, I try to shed light on their errors. Someone has to point out that the emperor is not wearing any clothes.
-When interacting with intelligent and compassionate people that happen to have benign or even beneficial religious worldviews that I currently disagree with, I approach it with the aim of having thoughtful discourse for intellectual stimulation.
Nothing, but they didn't have that "new atheist smell" any more.
Skwim
Veteran Member
sandandfoam
Veteran Member
Brilliant!
croak
Trickster
-salutes with a wing- Pardon my ignorance.Agnostic actually. And yes, it was sarcastic.
TheKnight
Guardian of Life
Um....isn't "Awake" that one crazy *** Jehovah's Witness magazine?
Of course it's going to be batsh-t dumb. It's JW propaganda. And it certainly isn't the view of any mainstream Christian groups.
Besides, this isn't new, JWs have been saying everyone (not just Atheists) are out to get them for a long time.
Of course it's going to be batsh-t dumb. It's JW propaganda. And it certainly isn't the view of any mainstream Christian groups.
Besides, this isn't new, JWs have been saying everyone (not just Atheists) are out to get them for a long time.
I know several JWs, & they've never said anything about us being out to get them.
Moreover, I find them generally at least as reasonable as your "mainstream Christian groups".
ellenjanuary
Well-Known Member
Awake... atheists on a crusade... oh, the irony.
Smoke
Done here.
Jehovah's Witnesses grousing about people refusing to keep their views to themselves is pretty damned funny. You don't see us knocking on their doors at 8:30 on Saturday morning.
Speak for yourself, bub! Just how do you think I met the JWs I know?
I even have my own pamphlet....The Clocktower.
Just what do you have against religious folk taking advantage of a senile old atheist? I don't see you complain when a lion attacks an elderly antelope. You've got a double standard going there!
Smoke
Done here.
Got some Hindu missionaries the other day. They said, "We just wanted to tell you, whatever your religion is, we're cool with that. Keep up the good work."