201. Come Out!

Comment #59612 by dlitt on July 29, 2007 at 11:43 pm

Comment #59518 by heathen2 on July 29, 2007 at 10:20 am
I saw a guy wearing a t-shirt yesterday that said something like "Can you get a better deal than this?" then Jesus in big letters below it. It was annoying to see this broadcasted and I felt myself wishing I had an atheist t-shirt to proclaim my own views at the time.

I've already had 2 t-shirts made to protest an evangelical summer camp for kids that recently took place in my town here in Canada. This camp was hosted by Americans who crossed the border to brainwash our kids.
Anyway, the 2 shirts:

"Why be Born Again, when you can just Grow Up!"

The second one I was a bit reluctant to wear 'cause it was a bit too nasty - although I did test it once in the local market. To my surprise everyone thought it was hilarious and wanted to know where they could get one. Only in Canada, eh?

"If Jesus returns, Kill Him Again!"

202. God Hates the World

Comment #51984 by dlitt on June 25, 2007 at 7:32 pm

Westboro Baptist Church

Are we sure this isn't a production of the Landover Baptist Church?

203. Supreme Court nixes suit over faith-based plan

Comment #51983 by dlitt on June 25, 2007 at 7:25 pm

With the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, President Bush says he wants to level the playing field. Religious charities and secular charities should compete for government money on an equal footing.

I guess the Freedom From Religion Foundation should apply for some of that federal pie.

204. God Hates the World

Comment #51962 by dlitt on June 25, 2007 at 5:08 pm

This kind of extremism results from fundies feeling threatened by all those people that don't heed their message. Like a hyena being backed into a corner - it won't laugh.
It's these nut-bars that want their 'end of the world' prophesy to come true.

205. 'Purity' ring case in High Court

Comment #51404 by dlitt on June 22, 2007 at 4:54 pm

Here in Canada, boys can wear daggers to school as long as they call it a Kirpan.

206. Brazil's Indians Offended by Pope Comments

Comment #42853 by dlitt on May 20, 2007 at 1:59 am

Tecumseh (1768-1813)

"How can we have confidence in the white people? When Jesus Christ came upon the earth, you killed him, the son of your own god, you nailed him up! You thought he was dead, but you were mistaken. And only after you thought you killed him did you worship him, and start killing those who would not worship him. What kind of people is this for us to trust?"

From: The Quotable Atheist - by Jack Huberman

207. The Paradoxical Hatred of Christopher Hitchens

Comment #42850 by dlitt on May 20, 2007 at 1:33 am

...they believe the Bible teaches we are all doomed unless we have saving faith in Jesus Christ, who died for our sins.

Joachim Kahl (German author of "The Misery of Christianity: A Plea for Humanity without God." -

"What after all is the cross of Jesus Christ? It is nothing but the sum total of the sadomasochistic glorification of pain. Christianity has not failed the ideals of it's founder: Christ has failed. Corrupt in its very essence, the gospel of Christ alone has persecuted Jews, defamed the female and supressed sexuality."

From: The Quotable Atheist - by Jack Huberman

208. Hubble Finds Ring of Dark Matter

Comment #42831 by dlitt on May 20, 2007 at 12:16 am

From this perspective, the dark-matter structure looks like a ring.

Could it be God's sphincter? [sorry... couldn't help myself :-)]

209. Freethinking Ruins All Things

Comment #42829 by dlitt on May 19, 2007 at 11:49 pm

The atheists and freethinkers say they want openmindedness, but their minds are plainly shut off to the fountains of wisdom of thousands of years...[ramble ramble...]

He can have his thousands of years of wisdom - I'll source my wisdom from billions of years.

210. Jerry Falwell's Hit Parade

Comment #42411 by dlitt on May 18, 2007 at 7:05 am

Woops... got that blockquote thingy wrong.

211. Jerry Falwell's Hit Parade

Comment #42409 by dlitt on May 18, 2007 at 7:03 am

Aurelius corrected me...

blockquote<...but I think dlitt's 90% for atheism is a misrepresentation of at least those figures from Wikipedia.>/blockquote

I should have said 80%

http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html

212. Jerry Falwell's Hit Parade

Comment #42160 by dlitt on May 17, 2007 at 6:11 pm

In response to Bizarro:
Atheism isn't a religion - look it up.
Atheists wouldn't (maybe metaphorically) wish he burn somewhere that doesn't exist.
We are glad he's dead. He can no longer spout hate.
He can no longer be another gear[box] in the workings of American irrational God nonsense.

I see you wrote "... intellectually fulfilled Christian" under your interests. Oxymoron?

If your so worried about an atheistic America - take a look at Sweden, or Finland, or Denmark - where Atheism aproaches 90%. Violent countries? Hardly. Look inward at the U.S. Violent? You bet! Compare statistics of teenage pregnancies, STDs, abortions - everything you profess to abhore. You think maybe a nation full of superstitious, deluded, rapture seeking lunatics might be a bad thing? Maybe you should read the bible - it's the most potent force for atheism ever written.

213. Television evangelist Falwell dies at 73

Comment #41338 by dlitt on May 16, 2007 at 12:20 am

I've noticed that contributors to this site have a high rate of articulate, well written posts (although I did like the "Good Riddance, Asshole" comment... most appropriate). In contrast - when visiting religious sites and reading posts from their contributors - I'm constantly running into serious spelling errors, bad grammer and the diatribe of morons. Hmmm?

214. Television evangelist Falwell dies at 73

Comment #41248 by dlitt on May 15, 2007 at 5:16 pm

...and spoke out on stem cell research, saying he sympathized with people with medical problems, but that any medical research must pass a three-part test: "Is it ethically correct? Is it biblically correct? Is it morally correct?"

Biblically correct? Okay... Maybe we could use the dead children from literalist fundamentalists invoking their biblical right to terminate their disrespecful child.

Dark Ages in mirror are closer than they appear. -Scientific American

215. Richard Dawkins on Canada AM

Comment #38375 by dlitt on May 7, 2007 at 11:11 pm

Works fine on a 7 year old Mac :-)

216. Just 120 Trillion Miles From Home

Comment #36269 by dlitt on April 30, 2007 at 5:39 pm

Sounds a bit difficult, but at the current rate of the 'impossible' becoming achievable - as the last few hundred years can attest - it may very well happen. Only one drawback. The fundaMENTALists will decree that only God can attain such speed and all funding will cease.

217. Hey Mom, I'm an Atheist

Comment #31281 by dlitt on April 11, 2007 at 9:51 pm

"That's what Christmas is about - Jesus Christ!" Almost like she said his name in vain. Replace "Jesus Christ" with "F%&@" and it would sound similar.
This is really funny - in a tragic way.

218. Blasphemy Challenge on FOX

Comment #24311 by dlitt on March 5, 2007 at 9:34 pm

I went to johnkasich.com and sent him this note:

"I saw your rant against Brian Flemming and his "Blasphemy Challenge." These teenagers you speak of are all capable of thinking critically about their beliefs and taking the Blasphemy Challenge. They know that God doesn't exist, so they're just having some fun. Yes, it has shock value - but only to the masses of deluded believers. Steven Weinberg, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin, said recently, "The world needs to wake up from its long nightmare of religious belief." These kids are just waking up, and someday will immunize their own children against the 'mind virus' of religious faith. In order to move humanity into the distant future, we need to shake the nonsense that has plagued us for thousands of years."