Here are the nominations for Atheist Quote of the Month for April 2005.
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3) Re: Strengthened Xian faith after 9/11:

It's a sign that they're being persecuted for being Christian (not
because some of the U.S. policies have actually struck a dischordant
note with the Arab muslim populace of certain regions of the world).
Ergo, since they have themselves deluded into believing that the world
only picks on people who are 100% correct, they have themselves deluded
by extension of this into believing that they are 100% correct even
_more_ so than they did before.

It's all very "meme"-oriented stuff. The Christian meme has
evolved_spectacular_ adaptive mechanisms over the millenia. Things
going good? It's because God likes you, and therefore your faith is
100% correct. Things going bad? It's because God is testing you, and
since he doesn't bother testing heathens your faith must therefore be
100% correct. People picking on you? It's because you're a Christian
and not simply because you are a tyrranical, pompous *****, and therefore
your faith must be 100% correct. Things going "so-so"? It's because
you've been faithful and haven't "rocked the boat", so to speak, and
therefore your faith must be 100% correct.

It's a virtually impregnable fortress. It's actually kind of awesome in
a sick, convoluted "train-wreck" sort of way.

By: Uncle Buck
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: jwk

------------

7) The key to living a guilt free life is not forgiveness. It is not
doing anything in the first place for which you would feel guilty.
Understanding this makes a person much more ethical than one who thinks
he has a supernatural ticket to ride.

By: Liz
Nominated: Mark K. Bilbo
Seconded: stoney

1) Who needs sanity when you've got Jesus?

By: Kevin Anthoney
Nominated: Jez
Seconded: Vic Sagerquist

2) And then I said to God: "Do you do anything besides helping spoiled
professional athletes catch touchdown passes?" to which he replied: "Who
would you hang out with, The Cowboys cheerleaders or "Dr" Jason Gasbag?"

By: Yang
Nominated: Secular Fundamentalist
Seconded: Harry F. Leopold

9) Well, remember, since we're such awful, terrible, horrible, vicious
people, if we fail to "attack" they have to keep kicking and punching
until we do...

By: Mark K. Bilbo
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: George Ricker

6) Yesterday we attended the Bar Mitzvah of a family friend. This was
a "Reconstructionist" congregation, a kind of "flower power" version of
Judaism.

Towards the end of the ceremony, my ten year old daughter, after
listening to the congregation chant monotonously back to the cantor for
two hours, leaned over and whispered "Dad, they sound like robots
praising their builder."

By: Enkidu
Nominated: MarkA
Seconded: Secular Fundamentalist

10 ) ...if atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby.

By: snex
Nominated: Meteorite Debris
Seconded: Jimmy B.

------------

6) Yesterday we attended the Bar Mitzvah of a family friend. This

a "Reconstructionist" congregation, a kind of "flower power" version

Judaism.

Towards the end of the ceremony, my ten year old daughter, after
listening to the congregation chant monotonously back to the cantor

two hours, leaned over and whispered "Dad, they sound like robots
praising their builder."

By: Enkidu
Nominated: MarkA
Seconded: Secular Fundamentalist

------------

Getting ready for summer, but I keep getting hit by frost. And pollen.
And a damn rooster living with a neighbor who won't f-ing shut UP at
4:30 AM. Yep, my vacation in a couple of weeks will be nice!

Here are the nominations for Atheist Quote of the Month for April 2005.

------------

6) Yesterday we attended the Bar Mitzvah of a family friend. This was
a "Reconstructionist" congregation, a kind of "flower power" version of
Judaism.

Towards the end of the ceremony, my ten year old daughter, after
listening to the congregation chant monotonously back to the cantor for
two hours, leaned over and whispered "Dad, they sound like robots
praising their builder."

By: Enkidu
Nominated: MarkA
Seconded: Secular Fundamentalist

Getting ready for summer, but I keep getting hit by frost. And pollen.
And a damn rooster living with a neighbor who won't f-ing shut UP at
4:30 AM. Yep, my vacation in a couple of weeks will be nice!

Here are the nominations for Atheist Quote of the Month for April 2005.
Vote for your favorite by responding to this thread. Votes will be
accepted until midnight, April 30. See rules below. Questions?
Comments?
Email me.

* * * * *
1) Who needs sanity when you've got Jesus?

By: Kevin Anthoney
Nominated: Jez
Seconded: Vic Sagerquist

------------

------------

7) The key to living a guilt free life is not forgiveness. It is not
doing anything in the first place for which you would feel guilty.
Understanding this makes a person much more ethical than one who thinks
he has a supernatural ticket to ride.

By: Liz
Nominated: Mark K. Bilbo
Seconded: stoney

------------

They beat him unmercifully, scourged him, jammed a crown of deadly

head, nailed him to a cross, and speared him in the side. When he

dark.

7) The key to living a guilt free life is not forgiveness. It is not
doing anything in the first place for which you would feel guilty.
Understanding this makes a person much more ethical than one who thinks
he has a supernatural ticket to ride.

By: Liz
Nominated: Mark K. Bilbo
Seconded: stoney

Getting ready for summer, but I keep getting hit by frost. And

And a damn rooster living with a neighbor who won't f-ing shut UP at
4:30 AM. Yep, my vacation in a couple of weeks will be nice!

Here are the nominations for Atheist Quote of the Month for April

Vote for your favorite by responding to this thread. Votes will be
accepted until midnight, April 30. See rules below. Questions?
Comments?
Email me.

* * * * *
1) Who needs sanity when you've got Jesus?

By: Kevin Anthoney
Nominated: Jez
Seconded: Vic Sagerquist

------------

2) And then I said to God: "Do you do anything besides helping

professional athletes catch touchdown passes?" to which he replied:

would you hang out with, The Cowboys cheerleaders or "Dr" Jason

By: Yang
Nominated: Secular Fundamentalist
Seconded: Harry F. Leopold

------------

3) Re: Strengthened Xian faith after 9/11:

It's a sign that they're being persecuted for being Christian (not
because some of the U.S. policies have actually struck a dischordant
note with the Arab muslim populace of certain regions of the world).
Ergo, since they have themselves deluded into believing that the

only picks on people who are 100% correct, they have themselves

by extension of this into believing that they are 100% correct even
_more_ so than they did before.

It's all very "meme"-oriented stuff. The Christian meme has
evolved_spectacular_ adaptive mechanisms over the millenia. Things
going good? It's because God likes you, and therefore your faith is
100% correct. Things going bad? It's because God is testing you,

since he doesn't bother testing heathens your faith must therefore be
100% correct. People picking on you? It's because you're a

and not simply because you are a tyrranical, pompous *****, and

your faith must be 100% correct. Things going "so-so"? It's because
you've been faithful and haven't "rocked the boat", so to speak, and
therefore your faith must be 100% correct.

It's a virtually impregnable fortress. It's actually kind of awesome

a sick, convoluted "train-wreck" sort of way.

By: Uncle Buck
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: jwk

------------

4) While I am an atheist and therefore not the praying type, I do

said beloved pontiff a full and speedy recovery. Just as McDonalds
needs its clown and Disneyland needs its mouse, the Catholic church
would be no fun at all without its High Wizard. And given his

(albeit waning) power to sway the minds of the great unwashed, I much
prefer the present doddering old codger to some fiery rabble rouser

still has all of his higher functions intact.

I say leave the feeding tube in.

By: Godfrey
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: jwk

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5) The real agenda here is to make us ashamed to be atheists and

to have our names proclaimed when you are the ones who aught to be
ashamed for violating our basic human rights to freedom of conscience
and freedom from religion. By constantly trying to force your

on us you stamp on our rights. It seem you are getting desperate with
this ludicrous stunt.

Once again all you do is demonstrate what a nasty spiteful religion
Christianity is and demonstrate once again why the world is

turning its back on you and your kind.

By: Les Hellawell
Nominated: Mark K. Bilbo
Seconded: Jez

------------

6) Yesterday we attended the Bar Mitzvah of a family friend. This

a "Reconstructionist" congregation, a kind of "flower power" version

Judaism.

Towards the end of the ceremony, my ten year old daughter, after
listening to the congregation chant monotonously back to the cantor

two hours, leaned over and whispered "Dad, they sound like robots
praising their builder."

By: Enkidu
Nominated: MarkA
Seconded: Secular Fundamentalist

------------

7) The key to living a guilt free life is not forgiveness. It is not
doing anything in the first place for which you would feel guilty.
Understanding this makes a person much more ethical than one who

he has a supernatural ticket to ride.

By: Liz
Nominated: Mark K. Bilbo
Seconded: stoney

------------

8) Back when I was a Christian (fundamentalist at that), I ran into

curious contradiction. That if you believe that nothing happens

according to "god's will" then what's the point of praying at all?

cannot achieve anything against the "will of god" by praying and

stop something happening that is the "will of god." The "will of god"
will happen (by definition).

So what's prayer?

"Dear god, do whatever you were going to do anyway whether I prayed

not..."

By: Mark K. Bilbo
Nominated: Michelle Malkin
Seconded: LisaKay

------------

9) Well, remember, since we're such awful, terrible, horrible,

people, if we fail to "attack" they have to keep kicking and punching
until we do...

By: Mark K. Bilbo
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: George Ricker

------------

10 ) ...if atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a

By: snex
Nominated: Meteorite Debris
Seconded: Jimmy B.

------------

11) You're yet another one that found this "god" in his mirror...

By: Mark K. Bilbo
Nominated:

who finds you tiresome and stupid should be polite and not point it

to you, and pointing out that you're acting in contradiction to your

religion's scripture is a waste of time. Does that accurately sum up
your position?

By: JessHC
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: Masked Avenger

------------

13) In response to:

They beat him unmercifully, scourged him, jammed a crown of deadly

thorns on his

head, nailed him to a cross, and speared him in the side. When he

died, the skies turned

dark.

And you thank your lucky stars they did that to him, or you'd have no
salvation.

The Romans slaughtered Jesus so you wouldn't have to.

By: Denis Loubet
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: Tink

------------

14) Religion is, of course about a flight from reality - the way

are - to a make believe word where things are what they want them to

It is a human weakness. We would all like to win the lottery and

dream of life aboard our luxury yacht but then we wake up and return

the daily grind.

By: Les Hellawell
Nominated: Robibnikoff
Seconded: Jez

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6) Yesterday we attended the Bar Mitzvah of a family friend. This was
a "Reconstructionist" congregation, a kind of "flower power" version of
Judaism.

Towards the end of the ceremony, my ten year old daughter, after
listening to the congregation chant monotonously back to the cantor for
two hours, leaned over and whispered "Dad, they sound like robots
praising their builder."

By: Enkidu
Nominated: MarkA
Seconded: Secular Fundamentalist

9) Well, remember, since we're such awful, terrible, horrible, vicious
people, if we fail to "attack" they have to keep kicking and punching
until we do...

By: Mark K. Bilbo
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: George Ricker

------------

2) And then I said to God: "Do you do anything besides helping

professional athletes catch touchdown passes?" to which he replied:

would you hang out with, The Cowboys cheerleaders or "Dr" Jason

By: Yang
Nominated: Secular Fundamentalist
Seconded: Harry F. Leopold

10 ) ...if atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby.

By: snex
Nominated: Meteorite Debris
Seconded: Jimmy B.

1) Who needs sanity when you've got Jesus?

By: Kevin Anthoney
Nominated: Jez
Seconded: Vic Sagerquist

*nemo* Apr 26, 3:47 pm show options
3) Re: Strengthened Xian faith after 9/11:
It's a sign that they're being persecuted for being Christian....
It's a virtually impregnable fortress. It's actually kind of awesome
in a sick, convoluted "train-wreck" sort of way.
By: Uncle Buck
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: jwk

Getting ready for summer, but I keep getting hit by frost. And pollen.
And a damn rooster living with a neighbor who won't f-ing shut UP at
4:30 AM. Yep, my vacation in a couple of weeks will be nice!

Here are the nominations for Atheist Quote of the Month for April 2005.
Vote for your favorite by responding to this thread. Votes will be
accepted until midnight, April 30. See rules below. Questions?
Comments?
Email me.

* * * * *

------------

9) Well, remember, since we're such awful, terrible, horrible, vicious
people, if we fail to "attack" they have to keep kicking and punching
until we do...

By: Mark K. Bilbo
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: George Ricker

------------

6) Yesterday we attended the Bar Mitzvah of a family friend. This was
a "Reconstructionist" congregation, a kind of "flower power" version of
Judaism.

Towards the end of the ceremony, my ten year old daughter, after
listening to the congregation chant monotonously back to the cantor for
two hours, leaned over and whispered "Dad, they sound like robots
praising their builder."

By: Enkidu
Nominated: MarkA
Seconded: Secular Fundamentalist

------------

10 ) ...if atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby.

By: snex
Nominated: Meteorite Debris
Seconded: Jimmy B.

6) Yesterday we attended the Bar Mitzvah of a family friend. This was
a "Reconstructionist" congregation, a kind of "flower power" version of
Judaism.
Towards the end of the ceremony, my ten year old daughter, after
listening to the congregation chant monotonously back to the cantor for
two hours, leaned over and whispered "Dad, they sound like robots
praising their builder."

By: Enkidu
Nominated: MarkA
Seconded: Secular Fundamentalist

8) Back when I was a Christian (fundamentalist at that), I ran into a
curious contradiction. That if you believe that nothing happens except
according to "god's will" then what's the point of praying at all? You
cannot achieve anything against the "will of god" by praying and cannot
stop something happening that is the "will of god." The "will of god"
will happen (by definition).

So what's prayer?

"Dear god, do whatever you were going to do anyway whether I prayed or
not..."

By: Mark K. Bilbo
Nominated: Michelle Malkin
Seconded: LisaKay

13) In response to:

They beat him unmercifully, scourged him, jammed a crown of deadly thorns
on his
head, nailed him to a cross, and speared him in the side. When he died,
the skies turned
dark.

And you thank your lucky stars they did that to him, or you'd have no
salvation.

The Romans slaughtered Jesus so you wouldn't have to.

By: Denis Loubet

------------

13) In response to:

They beat him unmercifully, scourged him, jammed a crown of deadly

thorns on his

head, nailed him to a cross, and speared him in the side. When he

died, the skies turned

dark.

And you thank your lucky stars they did that to him, or you'd have no
salvation.

The Romans slaughtered Jesus so you wouldn't have to.

By: Denis Loubet
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: Tink

------------

10 ) ...if atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby.

By: snex
Nominated: Meteorite Debris
Seconded: Jimmy B.

9) Well, remember, since we're such awful, terrible, horrible, vicious
people, if we fail to "attack" they have to keep kicking and punching
until we do...

By: Mark K. Bilbo
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: George Ricker