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Old 06-20-2007, 01:00 PM   #41 (permalink)
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Humans have an inherent need to belong to groups.
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Old 06-20-2007, 01:25 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Humans have an inherent need to belong to groups.
True. We, as humans, do have an inherent need to belong to groups. So...we make groups up.

But that's not what atheism is. Atheism is more about not belonging to a specific group, or sub-group, and not so much about "belonging" to a different group.
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Old 06-20-2007, 02:13 PM   #43 (permalink)
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I've always thought that "Atheism" was a gnarly clubhouse where you and your friends can hang out and drink Kool-Aid and talk about fresh greenbacks, toe-curling orgasms, and Ye Old Box That Casts A Blue Light like maybe they are the holy trinity of the "real" universe.

...

Oh, look... I'm one of those of people.

I think the TV should be the symbol of American Atheism simply because other religions already have cool pointy symbols.
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Old 06-20-2007, 02:25 PM   #44 (permalink)
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I think the TV should be the symbol of American Atheism simply because other religions already have cool pointy symbols.
The TV... I like that.
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Old 06-20-2007, 04:26 PM   #45 (permalink)
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BRIAN:
Look. You've got it all wrong.

You don't need to follow me. You don't need to follow anybody! You've got to think for yourselves. You're all individuals!
FOLLOWERS:
Yes, we're all individuals!
BRIAN:
You're all different!
FOLLOWERS:
Yes, we are all different!
DENNIS:
I'm not.
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Old 06-20-2007, 07:25 PM   #46 (permalink)
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(references the late '70s Misfits song entitled "TV Casualty")

It is a religion to most of America.

The only thing they actually commune with and worship regularly.
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Old 06-21-2007, 08:58 AM   #47 (permalink)
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Old 06-21-2007, 09:01 AM   #48 (permalink)
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4 years ago, I would have said a Cylon. Apparently, they're monotheists. It came as quite a shock.
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Old 06-21-2007, 07:50 PM   #49 (permalink)
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4 years ago, I would have said a Cylon. Apparently, they're monotheists. It came as quite a shock.
All hail the motherboard. May she bless us with her benevolence and her bounty.

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Old 06-22-2007, 06:49 AM   #50 (permalink)
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How about this one?
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Old 06-22-2007, 11:14 AM   #51 (permalink)
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Calvin and Hobbes could come up with a great one.
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Old 06-22-2007, 11:21 AM   #52 (permalink)
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How about this one?

I have never liked the Darwin fish. First, Darwin or more appropriately, a recognition of biological evolution, might often co-occur with an atheist position, but it is not equal to the atheist position. Second, the Darwin fish seems negative to me. It pokes fun at the Jesus fish. Is it necessary to make fun of a Christian symbol to assert an atheist position? Why a Christian symbol? Why not something positive?

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Old 06-22-2007, 02:56 PM   #53 (permalink)
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I have never liked the Darwin fish. First, Darwin or more appropriately, a recognition of biological evolution, might often co-occur with an atheist position, but it is not equal to the atheist position. Second, the Darwin fish seems negative to me. It pokes fun at the Jesus fish. Is it necessary to make fun of a Christian symbol to assert an atheist position? Why a Christian symbol? Why not something positive?
What's more, Darwin was agnostic, not atheist.
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Old 06-22-2007, 07:01 PM   #54 (permalink)
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True. We, as humans, do have an inherent need to belong to groups. So...we make groups up.

But that's not what atheism is. Atheism is more about not belonging to a specific group, or sub-group, and not so much about "belonging" to a different group.
Ah... but by not belonging, that puts us in the group of non-belongers. (is that a word?)

By the way, Bill O'Rights... you look mahvelous.
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