♦ nivek ♦ Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Interesting Op-Ed thought appropriate for this section: Welcome to the new Dark Ages Classically Liberal by CLS "When the Catholics of the Dark Ages faced bad crops, or disease, they routinely blamed Jews and 'witches' for the situation. But they were illiterate and uneducated, living in a world where the fundamentals of science had yet to be discovered. Mr. Heath has no such excuse. His ignorance is self-induced. It may well be that he is not a particularly bright man, after all the dumb of the world flock to fundamentalism pretty much the way flies flock to shit. But, neither is there a shortage of people who use religion to close down their critical thinking faculties. To repeat: when there is no rational explanation for what people think or do, there is probably an irrational one." (08/12/09) http://freestudents.blogspot.com/2009/08/welcome-to-new-dark-ages.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vixentrox Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Good article there Nivek. Yes, the absurdity of Christians is astounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagnarus Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 This reminds me of when I heard the reason for Hurricane Katrina. It was of course because New Orleans allowed some gay pride march (I can't remember what exactly, all I know is that the Gays did it). I remember it sounded crazy then. If only I'd abandoned ship then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpheliaGinger Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Yep, the gays were blamed for Katrina--apparently, there were too many gays in "Nawlense". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyone Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Interesting Op-Ed thought appropriate for this section: Voltaire wrote, “Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.” Starting with flawed assumptions was what lead to the original Dark Ages in the first place. If heaven is considered vastly more important than life, one tends to devalue life itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpheliaGinger Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 But we atheists hold life with no regard--so the fundies say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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