901. Fleabytes

Comment #139776 by Diacanu on March 6, 2008 at 1:35 pm

Bonzai-

Well most of us hold a lot of opinions which are not evidence based on a variety of subjects we pontificate on,

Such as?

902. Fleas on the Horizon: In Defense of God

Comment #139730 by Diacanu on March 6, 2008 at 12:45 pm

Steve Zara-

RAWK!!

*Air guitar gestures*

;)

903. Fleabytes

Comment #139725 by Diacanu on March 6, 2008 at 12:41 pm

I took a break from the computer yesterday, did Clearthinker post anything useful in the proof-of-God department, or just more sneering passive-agressive drivel?

904. Fleabytes

Comment #138677 by Diacanu on March 4, 2008 at 5:14 pm

mikejswalker-

Diacanu,
But would you say it? Would ya bollocks.

Depends on what needed saying, and how bad it had to be said.

905. Fleabytes

Comment #138675 by Diacanu on March 4, 2008 at 5:10 pm

Richard Morgan-

Exactly.
You need God a lot less when you're healthy and wealthy than when you're watching your kids die of starvation.

Same could be said of the bottle, or the needle, or whatever one's poison were.

906. Fleabytes

Comment #138666 by Diacanu on March 4, 2008 at 5:06 pm

mikejswalker-

It just feels like it's loaded with cynicism.

Feels? It's dripping off the fucking screen!!

He keeps right off the bat priggishly dismissing everything as "irrelevant", at the begining of every one of his asinine mega-posts.

907. Fleabytes

Comment #138660 by Diacanu on March 4, 2008 at 5:02 pm

mikejswalker-

But would we say 'that hat is shitty looking grandma'?

Hey, my great-grandfather had the balls to say to my grandmother "what's up with your hair!? Go get it fixed, you look like an Irish washerwoman!!!".

We need more great-grandparents sticking around.

908. Fleabytes

Comment #138657 by Diacanu on March 4, 2008 at 4:57 pm

Clearthinker-

I am genuinely puzzled.

Truer words were never spoken.

909. Fleas on the Horizon: In Defense of God

Comment #138112 by Diacanu on March 4, 2008 at 12:36 am

Thank goodness for the internet.

Back in the old days, the newspapers would publish some drivel from an apologist, the atheist response couldn't even get a look in, and that'd be that.

People would swallow the apologetic hoo-hah, everything back to crappy normal, the end.

But look how much info we have at our fingertips.

Look how many of us are just normal shlubs, and in a short span, we've mastered atheist debate ju-jitsu as well as some pros.

The genie's out of the bottle.
One has to studiously go out of their way to be one of the duped masses at this point.

910. Fleas on the Horizon: In Defense of God

Comment #138025 by Diacanu on March 3, 2008 at 6:52 pm

Brian English-

That's it in a nutshell. It doesn't matter how it makes you feel. Is it true is what matters.

There's more evidence to believe in flying saucers than there is for God.

And yet, people who believe in flying saucers are snarkily called "buffs".

What moved christians from a small pitiful band of Jesus buffs, to having their crap indulged by society?

Sure as hell wasn't proof of their God.

Oh, that's right, it was Constantine, the council of Nicea, and the bullying of the catholic church for the next few centuries.

Nah, fuck it, christians, you're Jesus buffs.

Your conversion stories impress me as much as Bubbah's alleged anal probing.

911. Fleas on the Horizon: In Defense of God

Comment #138020 by Diacanu on March 3, 2008 at 6:41 pm

LorienRyan-

(Gym teacher from Simpsons)

Bombardment!! Bombardment!! Bombardment!!

912. Add another flea to the list...

Comment #138015 by Diacanu on March 3, 2008 at 6:38 pm

Ugh, they all keep pimping Lewis.
They really should stop, it does them no credit, the guy was a jackass as an apologist.

913. Fleas on the Horizon: In Defense of God

Comment #137977 by Diacanu on March 3, 2008 at 5:14 pm

Letter to a Secular Culture, described as "a well-reasoned case for the many benefits of faith."

I don't suppose believing in something that isn't a delusion will turn out to be one of those benefits.

Unless there's proof of God in there, I don't give a shit.

I don't care if belief in Santa cures hemorrhoids, I fucking refuse to fucking believe in fucking Santa.

914. Fleas on the Horizon: In Defense of God

Comment #137975 by Diacanu on March 3, 2008 at 5:08 pm

Geez, these angry little bees really, really, really, really, REALLY don't want their little con racket messed with do they?

915. Fleabytes

Comment #137948 by Diacanu on March 3, 2008 at 4:05 pm

Y'know it's a good forum if it drew ME here.
*smirk*

916. US Treaty with Tripoli

Comment #137937 by Diacanu on March 3, 2008 at 3:45 pm

So, is this still a right/left gun-lover/gun-hater slap fight, or have things simmered down?

917. Fleabytes

Comment #137762 by Diacanu on March 3, 2008 at 12:51 pm

The easter bunny was decapitated for our sins!
That's why we bite the heads off the chocolate ones, to symbolically commemorate the event.

918. Fleabytes

Comment #137752 by Diacanu on March 3, 2008 at 12:41 pm

ROTFL!!

919. US Treaty with Tripoli

Comment #137739 by Diacanu on March 3, 2008 at 12:22 pm

Cartomancer-

Ugh! What is it with Americans and their guns?

I couldn't tell ya, I seem to be missing that chip.

But us folk who live on coastal states seem to be missing whatever bug the inland folk contract at birth.

Now, I don't think guns are icky, I'm not afraid of 'em, but I don't get a hardon for 'em or worship 'em either.
They're just an instrument.
May as well get obsessed with my set of kitchen knives, or the Philips had screwdriver I fix my computer with.

Had a B.B gun as a kid, shot paper targets and soda cans with it for a few weeks, and then it got really boring, and I gradually lost interest.

Not seeing how a gun with a bigger bang would make the excercise more interesting.

Not enough redneck DNA in me I guess.

I suppose the only place left to go after target shooting is hunting, or killing a guy.

Not into hunting.
Not because of any sort of "waa!! It's Bambi's mom!", bullshit, it just meh...it's cold, it's early, and if I did shoot something, bleh, I don't like gutting things, and I don't like venison that much, and you cut up a whole deer, you're stuck with lots of it.
Plus...I don't have a beef against the deer, and there's no real challenge there.

Fighting a tiger, that might mean something, y'know?

But even then, it's a critter with claws versus a guy with a gun.

So, eliminate hunting, that leaves war, or waiting for someone to break in for me to kill.

And...people who stroke off to the hopes of the latter are sociopaths.

And war, meh, no thanks.

So, by process of elimination, I don't get the hardon for guns thing.

I kinda almost do, but like theology, it's an alien mindset to me.

I could see it back in the frontier days, when a gun really was your lifeline, back then, you HAD to hunt, and to kill a motherfucker intruding on your property.

But, I can't see fantasizing being back in those days.

Smacks of the religious impulse for civilization to end y'know?

Yeah, couldn't tell ya, Cart.

*Shrug*

920. Fleabytes

Comment #137476 by Diacanu on March 3, 2008 at 1:08 am

Richard Dawkins-

Awsome! I can't wait to see it!

921. US Treaty with Tripoli

Comment #137285 by Diacanu on March 2, 2008 at 3:45 pm

mikejswalker-

Diacanu calling you a cunt was also wrong..

No, past history, he's earned it fair and square.

922. A God blog

Comment #137281 by Diacanu on March 2, 2008 at 3:43 pm

Richad Morgan-

Well, there's already those violent "Left Behind", games.

923. Fleabytes

Comment #137271 by Diacanu on March 2, 2008 at 3:30 pm

Scottishgeologist-

makes it look like your church is obsessed with Dawkins

The way it looks tonight does nothing to change that perception

TGD must have really killed Davey's buzz.
Hell, he admits in his video it filled him with anger and fear.
Poor thing.
B-)

924. Fleabytes

Comment #137255 by Diacanu on March 2, 2008 at 3:04 pm

And continuing the lying for Jesus thing, a lot has been said comparing religion to a drug addiction, and I think after seeing David's behavior, that hits the nail on the head.

Lying, stealing (writing rubber checks), manipulation, all to keep the buzz going.
All to chase the high.

And if you mess with the high, you get a negative response that's way more than what was called for.

Hell, he even called Jesus his "magnificent obsession", or somesuch.

I was flipping channels, and caught some of "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew", and it was the same shit.
Anger, anger, lies, lies, anger, lies, crocodile tears, martyrdom, anger, lies.

I said to myself "damn, these junkies are as exhausting to put up with as theists", and then the connection clicked.

925. Fleabytes

Comment #137243 by Diacanu on March 2, 2008 at 2:54 pm

Kaiserkriss-

Err.. Thanks for reiterating what I said in post 137147 jcw

*Looks at the post*

You said it differently enough it counts as a different post to me.
Plus, I was responding to Paula's post.

*shrug*

926. Fleabytes

Comment #137230 by Diacanu on March 2, 2008 at 2:38 pm

Paula Kirby-

I'm sure none of us would disagree about his point about lying to save hiding Jews from the Nazis - I just wish I didn't get the feeling he applies the same principle when writing to or about us.

Of course he sees it that way.

He's saving his flock from the wickedness of materialism.

He's lying for Jesus, and it's a heroic thing.

927. Christopher Hitchens on Real Time with Bill Maher

Comment #136947 by Diacanu on March 2, 2008 at 4:09 am

AtheistJohn-

If Atheism cannot live without being tied to leftism, then I don't want any part of it.

Enough so, that you'd run into the welcoming embrace of imaginary spooks?

If so, good thing it's not a binary choice like that.

928. Fleabytes

Comment #136941 by Diacanu on March 2, 2008 at 3:58 am

(Trumpet)
Wa-wa-waaaaa.

929. US Treaty with Tripoli

Comment #136934 by Diacanu on March 2, 2008 at 3:50 am

Ah, and you admit you're here to troll.
Let the healing begin.

930. Fleabytes

Comment #136923 by Diacanu on March 2, 2008 at 3:16 am

Theologians always seem to flat out dodge the "which God?", question.
Ever notice that?

I think I'm just going to start pounding that one at 'em from now on, instead of being bored by their rehearsed Jesus infomercial.

931. Fleabytes

Comment #136921 by Diacanu on March 2, 2008 at 3:12 am

Welcome, Wendy!!

Condolences on having running afoul of Clearthinker's BS.

But nice to see he's making converts to our side.
;)

932. Fleabytes

Comment #136918 by Diacanu on March 2, 2008 at 3:06 am

While we're on the "bad things happening to the faithful despite their holy sucking up", topic, why does the pope need to ride around behind bulletproof glass in his little pop-o-matic popemobile, eh?

933. US Treaty with Tripoli

Comment #136910 by Diacanu on March 2, 2008 at 2:49 am

scooternyc-

That's what co-dependents do, focus on others rather than their own personal self-interest and personal accountability/responsibility.

Ah, you've finally as much admitted your stunted philosophy is essentially crying out for the "freedom", to be a wolf amongst sheep.

Good for you.
Admission is the first step.

934. US Treaty with Tripoli

Comment #136909 by Diacanu on March 2, 2008 at 2:45 am

Dayum.
You know you're a cunt when you finally make Steve cuss.

935. Fleabytes

Comment #136846 by Diacanu on March 1, 2008 at 9:09 pm

*Wakes up from nap*

(Yawn)

Any proof of God yet?

936. Fleabytes

Comment #136744 by Diacanu on March 1, 2008 at 4:18 pm

Steve Zara-

I can begin to see Robertson's ploy. Get Dawkins involved in such a pointless discussion with those more practised at it, then if Dawkins fails to impress, this would be some kind of "victory" on home ground for the theists, sidelining the issue of the existence of that which is omnipotent in the first place.

And the evil Professor Dawkins will shrivel up into ash and blow away, and a rainbow will beam down, and it'll rain magic wheat thins, and David and his pals will have their precious job security, and the ignorant little villagers can go back to their dumb little lives in their dumb little hovels, and mediocrity will hold sway, and all will be right on God's flat square earth.

937. Fleabytes

Comment #136643 by Diacanu on March 1, 2008 at 2:07 pm

Paula kirby-

Have you seen the message you get if you click on GOD HIMSELF's user name? !!!!

ROTFLMAO!!!

It's a miracle!!!

938. Fleabytes

Comment #136631 by Diacanu on March 1, 2008 at 2:01 pm

GOD HIMSELF-

I APOLOGISE FOR THE ASININE IDIOCY OF MY FAN CLUB

Even David Robertson, and hello?

939. Fleabytes

Comment #136622 by Diacanu on March 1, 2008 at 1:54 pm

hello-

Proper use of gravity is good for us and helps us, improper use is bad for and harms us.....bit like religion really.

What would constitute proper use of religion?

Intravenous, or smoked in a pipe?

940. Fleabytes

Comment #136617 by Diacanu on March 1, 2008 at 1:51 pm

Y'know what'd be nifty?

If God posted, and apologized for the asinine idiocy of his fanclub.

I mean, I'd need lots of other verification to prove it was him, but it'd be a start.

941. Fleabytes

Comment #136561 by Diacanu on March 1, 2008 at 12:14 pm

D'arcy-

Ah, but he was merely upholding Deuteronomy 13:6-10.

942. Fleabytes

Comment #136544 by Diacanu on March 1, 2008 at 11:39 am

...*sigh* okay, I'm sorry I called David a douche.

It's an insult to douche.

A douche is an instrument of purification.

943. Fleabytes

Comment #136543 by Diacanu on March 1, 2008 at 11:35 am

Stuff like the fig tree story, and the tantrum in the temple point to me that Jesus, if he existed, was just another in a long line of petty little messianic crackpots.

Plop him into modern America, he'd be David Koresh, or Joseph Smith or L. Ron Hubbard.

944. Fleabytes

Comment #136539 by Diacanu on March 1, 2008 at 11:30 am

Nobody but Paula bother to tell or ask the fucker anything, he admitted he won't answer our questions anymore.

And then played the martyr some more on top.

Douche.

945. Fleabytes

Comment #136530 by Diacanu on March 1, 2008 at 11:10 am

Oh, holy crap, Robertson is bringing fucking money prayers into the mix?

I wonder if he ate his magic wheat thins....

946. Fleabytes

Comment #136517 by Diacanu on March 1, 2008 at 10:56 am

Clearthinker-

but after a couple of pages I kind of lost the will to live.

Good gravy, are you a shrieking little sissababy.

*Head shake*

947. Fleabytes

Comment #136358 by Diacanu on March 1, 2008 at 1:24 am

Alright!! Fleabytes has hit number 2 on the top 20!!

Three cheers for Paula!!!

Hip-hip!! Hoorah!!!

Hip-hip!! Hoorah!!

Hip-hip!! Hoorah!!

948. Fleabytes

Comment #136341 by Diacanu on February 29, 2008 at 11:02 pm

Myself-

If it's pulling mankind out of the deep fat he's after,

Hmm, DUH, myself, the christians WANT it all to fall into the rumbling boil.

Then they'll get to see Jesus, and give us all the finger.

As Hitch would say "for them, this life is but a veil of tears, and they want it all to go away".

949. Fleabytes

Comment #136337 by Diacanu on February 29, 2008 at 10:54 pm

MPhil-

"Atheism isn't inherently nihilistic for the following reasons..."

-"YES IT IS!!!"

That reminds me of something that's been bugging me at the back of my mind for awhile now.

Theists accuse atheists of being cold blooded materialists who don't see humans any differently than cabbages...

...but the ones I observe in the real world treating people like cabbages...are fucking conservatives.

Specifically the full blown money-chasing types like ScooterNYC who judge people's value and right to exist by their bank accounts.

And these are exactly the weasels the christians snuggle up to politically.

In America anyway, dunno how it is in Europe...

But yeah, 98% of the atheists here are some kind of progressive, if David is scared of bloodless soulless monsters, they're already assraping the planet with the christian stamp of approval.

If it's pulling mankind out of the deep fat he's after, it's us he should be siding with.

950. Fleabytes

Comment #136333 by Diacanu on February 29, 2008 at 10:36 pm

MPhil-

which was somehow disturbing...

Diacanuland can be a disturbing place.

But still more fun than Robertsonland.

Robertsonland is disturbing in a scarring cry yourself to sleep sort of way.