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Topic: Religions > Atheism
User: "*nemo*"
Date: 26 Jun 2006 07:48:23 PM
Object: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006
Here are the nominations for Atheist Quote of the Month for June 2006.
Vote for your favorite by responding to this thread. Votes will be
accepted until midnight, June 30, 2006. See rules below. Questions?
Comments?
Email me.
* * * * *
1) In response to:

Humor me here. Besides
Atheists have 2 major advantages in this "battle":

Yes, both our left and our right brain hemispheres, whereas most of you
guys have neither.
By: quibbler
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: panamfloyd
------------
2) I'm a gardener. Roses, mainly. I don't require that other people
be gardeners of roses or any other kind of plant. I don't require that
other people understand my passion for roses (and weeding, mulching,
feeding, watering, deadheading, yadda). I don't require that other
people even acknowledge my gardening activities. Gardening isn't all of
whom I am. If they're not interested, I don't bore them talking about
roses.
Now - your case seems to be you're a "religious gardener" and you
require that everyone else in the world not only be a religious gardener
but also grow the same kind of plants you grow under exactly the same
conditions, using the same food, mulch, sprays, etc.
If you run across someone who is NOT a religious gardener, and a
religious gardener of your particular stripe (or plant), you require
that they explain their deficiency, as you see it; why they are NOT a
gardener, why they are NOT your kind of gardener. If their explanation
does not satisfy you, you keep ... ah ... bugging them. :)
Hence, the tendency of some atheists here in aa to spray you firmly with
a strong pesticide. It's a natural response and one I fully understand
even though I prefer to avoid any kind of sprays in my garden.
By: Gail Futoran
Nominated: Harry F. Leopold
Seconded: nemo
------------
3) re: Jesus:
He taught us to love our enemies while he himself damned his own to
hell. What perfect god would allow humans to see him as a hypocrite?
By: Uncle Vic
Nominated: towelie
Seconded: Jimmy B.
------------
4) One of the more curious aspects of the cult of Christianity is the
lack of skepticism about the contents of the bible.
By: Denis Loubet
Nominated: Pastor Kutchie
Seconded: Robibnikoff
------------
5) The fact alone that such a thing as "apologetics" exists in the jebus
cult is a nice testimony to their doctrine being full of *****. Why else
would they need it? By whatever name we call it, it's basically an
admission from their side that they fucking lost.
By: Thurisaz, Germanic barbarian
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: AZ Nomad
------------
6) In response to:

Well, now the Church is planning to avoid ordination of practicing
gays to the priesthood, so it's logical that the organist be likewise
viewed.
Don't you think?

Sure, discrimination and hatred are the bedrock of Christianity. Perhaps
rather than firing him, they should consider stoning him or burning him
at the stake.

Don't you think?
By: Scott Richter
Nominated: Tink
Seconded: Uncle Vic
------------
7) In response to:

What could conceivably be offensive about sending the staff of
the hospital pictures that show clearly and in detail procedures
that the hospital must certainly be proud to perform as part of its
mission? People agree that abortion is a fundamental human right,
so what's the problem with showing the vindication of a fundamental
human right?

So is having a ***** every day, it doesn't mean I want pictures of people
shitting posted through my letterbox
By: Martin
Nominated: Christopher A. Lee
Seconded: Enkidu
------------
8) In the old days, you had to actually *throw* Christians to the
lions. Now they go voluntarily. That's what I call progress!
By: Kevin Anthoney
Nominated: Tink
Seconded: Chris Johnson
------------
9) The actual "best bet" as far as religion is concerned was better
articulated in the movie "War Games".
"Strange game--the only winning move is not to play."
By: Liz
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: Hamish McNugget
------------
10) You know full-well that Christians are the unsinkable rubber ducks
of delusion. Nothing will cure them of their mind-virus once it has
infected them to that extent.
By: Michael Gray
Nominated: Mark K. Bilbo
Seconded: Uncle Vic
------------
11) Ever notice that when a believer gets debunked, the insults begin
to fly? It's kind of like the difference between science and faith.
When science is debunked, it's back to the drawing board. When religion
is debunked, someone burns at the stake.
By: Uncle Vic
Nominated: Neil Kelsey
Seconded: Pastor Kutchie
------------
12) Mankind strives to understand his origins, his environment and the
universal context in which both operate. Trillions of person years are
spent studying, observing, measuring, reappraising, peer reviewing and
building a body of secure, predictive and useful knowledge on which a
thriving civilisation is founded. Just so as some jerk who can't be
bothered with all that can come along and make the above statement, and,
for a fleeting few moments before somebody has the opportunity to reply,
feel that they have said somnething important.
Oh well, ephemera has its place in the scheme of things, too.
By: Pastor Kutchie
Nominated: panamfloyd
Seconded: Liz
------------
13) In response to:

I think if we had a good, objective defintion (algorithm) describing
how the burden of proof is determined, we could objectvely decide who
has the burden of proof in answering the question "Does God exist?"

How about you describe the process you went through to disprove all the
religions and gods you don't believe in. Did you consider yourself as
having a burden of proof to disprove them all, one by one?
By: Elroy Willis
Nominated: Andres64
Seconded: Hannele
------------
14) "I asked God to help me fill my head with proof of His Existence,
that I might share it with the poor lost souls who haven't taken
Pascal's Wager.

"By His Blessed Silence, I sit dumb, my head an empty vessel, and smile
like a houseplant."
By: DipthotDipthot
Nominated: Uncle Vic
Seconded: Frank Mayhar
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


Here are the rules for the Quote of the Month Contests.


RULES

1. Only atheists and agnostics may participate in the contests.

2. A quote is a valid entry for the contests if:

a. The quote is a brief piece of text

b. The quote has recently been written in alt.atheism (verifiable),
and is original (no quotes by famous authors, for instance)

c. Nomination of the quote is made by an atheist or agnostic
in alt.atheism

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atheist or agnostic in alt.atheism;

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but a person can vote for the quote he or she wrote.)

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and 'Theist Quote of the Month'. The category for which a
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.

User: "Mike Smith"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 30 Jun 2006 01:01:42 PM
# 11
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Mike Smith | aa #1164 | Founder of SMASH
__________________________________________
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"He that believeth not the Son shall not see life;
but the wrath of God abideth on him." - John 3:36
.

User: "Jimmy B."

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 27 Jun 2006 07:57:56 PM
#11
"*nemo*" <nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:nemo0037-A23357.20445726062006@news.west.earthlink.net...

11) Ever notice that when a believer gets debunked, the insults begin
to fly? It's kind of like the difference between science and faith.
When science is debunked, it's back to the drawing board. When religion
is debunked, someone burns at the stake.

By: Uncle Vic
Nominated: Neil Kelsey
Seconded: Pastor Kutchie

.

User: "Carl Kaufmann"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 27 Jun 2006 09:30:40 AM
#11
Carl
a.a. 1966
.

User: "Denis Loubet"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 26 Jun 2006 08:48:59 PM
"*nemo*" <nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:nemo0037-A23357.20445726062006@news.west.earthlink.net...
Ouch! I have to vote # 3

3) re: Jesus:
He taught us to love our enemies while he himself damned his own to
hell. What perfect god would allow humans to see him as a hypocrite?

By: Uncle Vic
Nominated: towelie
Seconded: Jimmy B.

What a concise evisceration.
--
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
.

User: "Woden"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 26 Jun 2006 08:33:26 PM
*nemo* <nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote in news:nemo0037-
A23357.20445726062006@news.west.earthlink.net:
#11.


11) Ever notice that when a believer gets debunked, the insults begin
to fly? It's kind of like the difference between science and faith.
When science is debunked, it's back to the drawing board. When religion
is debunked, someone burns at the stake.

By: Uncle Vic
Nominated: Neil Kelsey
Seconded: Pastor Kutchie

--
Woden
"religion is a socio-political system for controlling people's thoughts,
lives and actions based on ancient myths and superstitions, perpetrated
through generations of subtle yet pervasive brainwashing."
.

User: "Doc Smartass"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 26 Jun 2006 08:06:52 PM
*nemo* <nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote in news:nemo0037-
A23357.20445726062006@news.west.earthlink.net:

8) In the old days, you had to actually *throw* Christians to the
lions. Now they go voluntarily. That's what I call progress!

By: Kevin Anthoney
Nominated: Tink
Seconded: Chris Johnson

--
Doc Smartass
"I am George W. Fudd, Miwwionaire. I own a mansion, a yacht, and your phone
number."
.

User: "Enkidu"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 26 Jun 2006 08:16:35 PM
*nemo* <nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote in news:nemo0037-
A23357.20445726062006@news.west.earthlink.net:
Elroy has a way with words.

13) In response to:

I think if we had a good, objective defintion (algorithm) describing
how the burden of proof is determined, we could objectvely decide who
has the burden of proof in answering the question "Does God exist?"


How about you describe the process you went through to disprove all the
religions and gods you don't believe in. Did you consider yourself as
having a burden of proof to disprove them all, one by one?

By: Elroy Willis
Nominated: Andres64
Seconded: Hannele

--
Enkidu AA#2165
http://www.thoughts.leaddogs.org/
EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA
Now Playing:
"I pledge impertinence to the flag waving, of the unindicted co-
conspirators of America, and to the republicans for which I can't stand,
one abomination, underhanded fraud, indefensible, with Liberty and
Justice... Forget it."

.

User: "Pat Kiewicz"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 27 Jun 2006 07:06:11 AM
*nemo* said:
My vote:

11) Ever notice that when a believer gets debunked, the insults begin
to fly? It's kind of like the difference between science and faith.
When science is debunked, it's back to the drawing board. When religion
is debunked, someone burns at the stake.

By: Uncle Vic
Nominated: Neil Kelsey
Seconded: Pastor Kutchie

--
Pat K. aa#1154 ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)
.

User: "Olrik"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 27 Jun 2006 01:30:42 AM
*nemo* wrote:
<snip>


11) Ever notice that when a believer gets debunked, the insults begin
to fly? It's kind of like the difference between science and faith.
When science is debunked, it's back to the drawing board. When religion
is debunked, someone burns at the stake.

By: Uncle Vic
Nominated: Neil Kelsey
Seconded: Pastor Kutchie

That one. Thanks.
Olrik
.

User: "Tink"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 28 Jun 2006 10:50:50 AM
*nemo* wrote:


5) The fact alone that such a thing as "apologetics" exists in the jebus
cult is a nice testimony to their doctrine being full of *****. Why else
would they need it? By whatever name we call it, it's basically an
admission from their side that they fucking lost.

By: Thurisaz, Germanic barbarian
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: AZ Nomad

This one.
--
Skydivers don't knock on death's door; they ring the bell and run
away... It really pisses him off.
The World Famous Tink. (I never heard of you either!!)
AA #2069 ASA#33 POPS# 8808
EAC Chairman, Division of Skydiving and Sushi consumption.
.

User: ""

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 27 Jun 2006 06:08:51 AM
*nemo* wrote:

Comments?

You'll never become president unless you properly handle overseas
votes.
#2.
Roy
.
User: "*nemo*"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 30 Jun 2006 03:28:55 AM
In article <1151406531.902736.10310@b68g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"rthearle@hotmail.com" <rthearle@hotmail.com> wrote:


*nemo* wrote:

Comments?


You'll never become president unless you properly handle overseas
votes.

I think I do a pretty decent job...
--
Nemo - EAC Commissioner for Bible Belt Underwater Operations.
Atheist #1331 (the Palindrome of doom!)
BAAWA Knight! - One of those warm Southern Knights, y'all!
Charter member, SMASH!!
http://home.earthlink.net/~jehdjh/Relpg.html
Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus
Quotemeister since March 2002
.


User: "George Dance"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 28 Jun 2006 11:33:08 AM
*nemo* wrote:

Here are the nominations for Atheist Quote of the Month for June 2006.

snip
Thanks for continuing. Hmmm .... #14:

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

14) "I asked God to help me fill my head with proof of His Existence,
that I might share it with the poor lost souls who haven't taken
Pascal's Wager.

"By His Blessed Silence, I sit dumb, my head an empty vessel, and smile
like a houseplant."

By: DipthotDipthot
Nominated: Uncle Vic
Seconded: Frank Mayhar

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

.

User: ""

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 27 Jun 2006 03:19:05 AM
*nemo* wrote:

Here are the nominations for Atheist Quote of the Month for June 2006.
Vote for your favorite by responding to this thread. Votes will be
accepted until midnight, June 30, 2006. See rules below. Questions?
Comments?
Email me.

I still like this one. Number 8 *almost got me, though.

12) Mankind strives to understand his origins, his environment and the
universal context in which both operate. Trillions of person years are
spent studying, observing, measuring, reappraising, peer reviewing and
building a body of secure, predictive and useful knowledge on which a
thriving civilisation is founded. Just so as some jerk who can't be
bothered with all that can come along and make the above statement, and,
for a fleeting few moments before somebody has the opportunity to reply,
feel that they have said somnething important.

Oh well, ephemera has its place in the scheme of things, too.

By: Pastor Kutchie
Nominated: panamfloyd
Seconded: Liz

-Panama Floyd, Atl.
aa#2015, Member Knights of BAAWA!
EAC Martian Commander
"..the prayer cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next."
-Mark Twain
Religious societies are *less* moral than secular ones:
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
.

User: "Chris Johnson"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 26 Jun 2006 08:10:56 PM
*nemo* wrote:
Still like this one:

8) In the old days, you had to actually *throw* Christians to the
lions. Now they go voluntarily. That's what I call progress!

By: Kevin Anthoney
Nominated: Tink
Seconded: Chris Johnson

.

User: "Kevin Anthoney"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 27 Jun 2006 01:14:42 PM
*nemo* wrote:
This one for me:


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

10) You know full-well that Christians are the unsinkable rubber ducks
of delusion. Nothing will cure them of their mind-virus once it has
infected them to that extent.

By: Michael Gray
Nominated: Mark K. Bilbo
Seconded: Uncle Vic

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

--
Kevin Anthoney
kanthoney[a]dsl.pipex.com
.

User: "Rev. Karl E. Taylor"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 26 Jun 2006 08:49:16 PM


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

9) The actual "best bet" as far as religion is concerned was better
articulated in the movie "War Games".

"Strange game--the only winning move is not to play."

By: Liz
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: Hamish McNugget

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

This one. Liz always knows the right thing to say.
--
There are none more ignorant and useless,
than they that seek answers on their knees,
with their eyes closed.
____________________________________________________________________
Rev. Karl E. Taylor

A.A #1143 a=45, m=23, f=20
Apostle of Dr. Lao EAC: Virgin Conversion Unit Director
____________________________________________________________________
.

User: "Michelle Malkin"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 26 Jun 2006 08:52:03 PM


11) Ever notice that when a believer gets debunked, the insults begin
to fly? It's kind of like the difference between science and faith.
When science is debunked, it's back to the drawing board. When religion
is debunked, someone burns at the stake.

By: Uncle Vic
Nominated: Neil Kelsey
Seconded: Pastor Kutchie

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

This one. It's what we all say in alt.atheism, but
Uncle Vic said it very well.
--
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
Michelle Malkin (Mickey) aa list#1
BAAWA Knight & Bible Thumper Thumper
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
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User: "Uncle Clover"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 26 Jun 2006 11:13:26 PM
I *really* wish I could've voted for two of 'em - #14 is what classics are made
of. But I have to go with this one, it's just too useful and insightful to pass
up.

2) I'm a gardener. Roses, mainly. I don't require that other people
be gardeners of roses or any other kind of plant. I don't require that
other people understand my passion for roses (and weeding, mulching,
feeding, watering, deadheading, yadda). I don't require that other
people even acknowledge my gardening activities. Gardening isn't all of
whom I am. If they're not interested, I don't bore them talking about
roses.

Now - your case seems to be you're a "religious gardener" and you
require that everyone else in the world not only be a religious gardener
but also grow the same kind of plants you grow under exactly the same
conditions, using the same food, mulch, sprays, etc.

If you run across someone who is NOT a religious gardener, and a
religious gardener of your particular stripe (or plant), you require
that they explain their deficiency, as you see it; why they are NOT a
gardener, why they are NOT your kind of gardener. If their explanation
does not satisfy you, you keep ... ah ... bugging them. :)

Hence, the tendency of some atheists here in aa to spray you firmly with
a strong pesticide. It's a natural response and one I fully understand
even though I prefer to avoid any kind of sprays in my garden.

By: Gail Futoran
Nominated: Harry F. Leopold
Seconded: nemo

--
L8r,
Uncle Clover
************************************************
The true mark of a civilized society is when its
citizens know how to hate each other peacefully.
************************************************
"A disappearance is when someone has vanished.
A tragedy is when they were photogenic."
- a.t-c's Bo Raxo, paraphrased.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"If you look at the whole life of the planet,
man has only been around for a few blinks of an
eye. So if the infection wipes us all out,
that _is_ a return to normality..."
- Sergeant Farrell, "28 Days Later"
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
.

User: "Siobhan Burke"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 29 Jun 2006 12:32:11 PM
In article <nemo0037-A23357.20445726062006
@news.west.earthlink.net>,

says...

Here are the nominations for Atheist Quote of the Month for June 2006.
Vote for your favorite by responding to this thread. Votes will be
accepted until midnight, June 30, 2006. See rules below. Questions?
Comments?
Email me.

This one.

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

11) Ever notice that when a believer gets debunked, the insults begin
to fly? It's kind of like the difference between science and faith.
When science is debunked, it's back to the drawing board. When religion
is debunked, someone burns at the stake.

By: Uncle Vic
Nominated: Neil Kelsey
Seconded: Pastor Kutchie

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

--
Siobhan - a.a. list #2201
hellflower.alMayne@earthlink.net (Now a real address, if you ice
the alMayne.)
Just keep walking, preacher-man. --River Tam
.

User: "Cary Kittrell"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 27 Jun 2006 01:54:45 PM
In article <nemo0037-A23357.20445726062006@news.west.earthlink.net> *nemo* <nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> writes:
For me, this one:


2) I'm a gardener. Roses, mainly. I don't require that other people
be gardeners of roses or any other kind of plant. I don't require that
other people understand my passion for roses (and weeding, mulching,
feeding, watering, deadheading, yadda). I don't require that other
people even acknowledge my gardening activities. Gardening isn't all of
whom I am. If they're not interested, I don't bore them talking about
roses.

Now - your case seems to be you're a "religious gardener" and you
require that everyone else in the world not only be a religious gardener
but also grow the same kind of plants you grow under exactly the same
conditions, using the same food, mulch, sprays, etc.

If you run across someone who is NOT a religious gardener, and a
religious gardener of your particular stripe (or plant), you require
that they explain their deficiency, as you see it; why they are NOT a
gardener, why they are NOT your kind of gardener. If their explanation
does not satisfy you, you keep ... ah ... bugging them. :)

Hence, the tendency of some atheists here in aa to spray you firmly with
a strong pesticide. It's a natural response and one I fully understand
even though I prefer to avoid any kind of sprays in my garden.

By: Gail Futoran
Nominated: Harry F. Leopold
Seconded: nemo

.

User: "johac"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 27 Jun 2006 01:09:21 AM
In article <nemo0037-A23357.20445726062006@news.west.earthlink.net>,
*nemo* <nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote:

Here are the nominations for Atheist Quote of the Month for June 2006.
Vote for your favorite by responding to this thread. Votes will be
accepted until midnight, June 30, 2006. See rules below. Questions?
Comments?
Email me.

* * * * *
1) In response to:

Humor me here. Besides
Atheists have 2 major advantages in this "battle":


Yes, both our left and our right brain hemispheres, whereas most of you
guys have neither.

By: quibbler
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: panamfloyd

Lots of good ones, but I'll go with No. 1.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
.

User: "George Ricker"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 27 Jun 2006 07:44:30 AM
In article <nemo0037-A23357.20445726062006@news.west.earthlink.net>,
*nemo* <nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote:

Here are the nominations for Atheist Quote of the Month for June 2006.
Vote for your favorite by responding to this thread. Votes will be
accepted until midnight, June 30, 2006. See rules below. Questions?
Comments?
Email me.

Here's my favorite this month.

11) Ever notice that when a believer gets debunked, the insults begin
to fly? It's kind of like the difference between science and faith.
When science is debunked, it's back to the drawing board. When religion
is debunked, someone burns at the stake.

By: Uncle Vic
Nominated: Neil Kelsey
Seconded: Pastor Kutchie

--
George Ricker
"Godless in America" by George Ricker is now available at
online book sellers, like amazon.com, and most book retailers.
Go to http://www.godlessinamerica.com for more information.
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User: "chibiabos"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 27 Jun 2006 07:17:52 PM
In article <nemo0037-A23357.20445726062006@news.west.earthlink.net>,
*nemo* <nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote:

5) The fact alone that such a thing as "apologetics" exists in the jebus
cult is a nice testimony to their doctrine being full of *****. Why else
would they need it? By whatever name we call it, it's basically an
admission from their side that they fucking lost.

By: Thurisaz, Germanic barbarian
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: AZ Nomad

-chib
--
Member of SMASH
Sarcastic Middla Aged Atheists with a Sense of Humor
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User: "Harry F. Leopold"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 26 Jun 2006 08:54:30 PM
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:48:23 -0500, nemo* wrote
(in article <nemo0037-A23357.20445726062006@news.west.earthlink.net>):
I have to vote for the one I nominated, but damn, there are some good ones
this month.
2) I'm a gardener. Roses, mainly. I don't require that other people
be gardeners of roses or any other kind of plant. I don't require that
other people understand my passion for roses (and weeding, mulching,
feeding, watering, deadheading, yadda). I don't require that other
people even acknowledge my gardening activities. Gardening isn't all of
whom I am. If they're not interested, I don't bore them talking about
roses.
Now - your case seems to be you're a "religious gardener" and you
require that everyone else in the world not only be a religious gardener
but also grow the same kind of plants you grow under exactly the same
conditions, using the same food, mulch, sprays, etc.
If you run across someone who is NOT a religious gardener, and a
religious gardener of your particular stripe (or plant), you require
that they explain their deficiency, as you see it; why they are NOT a
gardener, why they are NOT your kind of gardener. If their explanation
does not satisfy you, you keep ... ah ... bugging them. :)
Hence, the tendency of some atheists here in aa to spray you firmly with
a strong pesticide. It's a natural response and one I fully understand
even though I prefer to avoid any kind of sprays in my garden.
By: Gail Futoran
Nominated: Harry F. Leopold
Seconded: nemo
Special mention to these two below.
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12) Mankind strives to understand his origins, his environment and the
universal context in which both operate. Trillions of person years are
spent studying, observing, measuring, reappraising, peer reviewing and
building a body of secure, predictive and useful knowledge on which a
thriving civilisation is founded. Just so as some jerk who can't be
bothered with all that can come along and make the above statement, and,
for a fleeting few moments before somebody has the opportunity to reply,
feel that they have said somnething important.
Oh well, ephemera has its place in the scheme of things, too.
By: Pastor Kutchie
Nominated: panamfloyd
Seconded: Liz
Kutchie did great with this one, beautiful.
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14) "I asked God to help me fill my head with proof of His Existence,
that I might share it with the poor lost souls who haven't taken
Pascal's Wager.

"By His Blessed Silence, I sit dumb, my head an empty vessel, and smile
like a houseplant."
By: DipthotDipthot
Nominated: Uncle Vic
Seconded: Frank Mayhar

I especially liked this last one. Glenn had Earl down pat.
--
Harry F. Leopold
aa #2076
AA/Vet #4
The Prints of Darkness
(remove gene to email)
"No gods were harmed during the making of this post" - Ernest Fairchild
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User: "Liz"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 26 Jun 2006 08:02:25 PM
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:48:23 GMT, *nemo*
<nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> in news message
<nemo0037-A23357.20445726062006@news.west.earthlink.net> wrote:
I vote for 11.

11) Ever notice that when a believer gets debunked, the insults begin
to fly? It's kind of like the difference between science and faith.
When science is debunked, it's back to the drawing board. When religion
is debunked, someone burns at the stake.

By: Uncle Vic
Nominated: Neil Kelsey
Seconded: Pastor Kutchie

Überwench #658 Now a *real* atheist!
Dame Liz the Undaunted Ath.D BAAWA
Charter Member of SMASH
and Queen of the known universe
.

User: "Yang, AthD h.c, Kicking AWOLs Cocaine Snorting Ass"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 27 Jun 2006 12:35:01 AM
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:48:23 GMT, *nemo*
<nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote:

9) The actual "best bet" as far as religion is concerned was better
articulated in the movie "War Games".

"Strange game--the only winning move is not to play."

By: Liz
Nominated: stoney
Seconded: Hamish McNugget

Anyone who quotes War Games gets my vote
-----
Yang
a.a. #28
AthD (h.c.) conferred by the regents of the LCL
a.a. pastor #-273.15, the most frigid church of Celcius nee Kelvin
EAC Econometric Forecast and Sorcery Division
The Bush 'balanced' budget: 2 trillion and worsening
The Bush 'economic' policy: 12.5 million FEWER jobs than Clinton and counting
The Bush Iraq lie: -2521 GIs, one friend's co-worker's son and mounting
Having Bush ***** up my country: Worthless
-----
"Ahhhhhh, yessssssss, ummmmmmm - Alito, Alito, Alito"
-duke (duckgumbo@cox.net), aka PedophilEarl J Weber, 59
year old mateless, heirless biological failure
of Afton Oaks Apartment, Baton Rouge,who pussied
out of the Vietnam draft, showing his gay side
despite his avowed anti-gay bigotry
Contact duke's priest and ask
him why duke is such a racist:
http://www.stpatrickbr.org/
Father Gerard "Jerry" Martin
stpatrickbr<AT>bellsouth<DOT>net
Saint Patrick Catholic Church
12424 Brogdon Lane
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70816
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User: "satyr"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 26 Jun 2006 11:47:52 PM
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:48:23 GMT, *nemo*
<nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote:


8) In the old days, you had to actually *throw* Christians to the
lions. Now they go voluntarily. That's what I call progress!

By: Kevin Anthoney
Nominated: Tink
Seconded: Chris Johnson

I like this one. It should be clarified that this was in response to
the man who announced that God would save him just before feeding
himself to the lions.
--
satyr #1953
Chairman, EAC Church Taxation Subcommittee
Director, Gideon Bible Alternative Fuel Project
Supervisor, EAC Fossil Casting Lab
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User: "Christopher A. Lee"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 26 Jun 2006 08:26:26 PM
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:48:23 GMT, *nemo*
<nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote:
This one:


7) In response to:

What could conceivably be offensive about sending the staff of
the hospital pictures that show clearly and in detail procedures
that the hospital must certainly be proud to perform as part of its
mission? People agree that abortion is a fundamental human right,
so what's the problem with showing the vindication of a fundamental
human right?


So is having a ***** every day, it doesn't mean I want pictures of people
shitting posted through my letterbox

By: Martin
Nominated: Christopher A. Lee
Seconded: Enkidu

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User: "Sanitys little helper"

Title: Re: aa - the Polls are open! AQOTM for June 2006 27 Jun 2006 05:39:37 AM
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:48:23 GMT, *nemo* dropped their drawers in
alt.atheism and wrote:

Here are the nominations for Atheist Quote of the Month for June 2006.

Ouch! This gets more difficulkt every month. Some real corkers here.
OK, after much agonisation, this one:
10) You know full-well that Christians are the unsinkable rubber ducks
of delusion. Nothing will cure them of their mind-virus once it has
infected them to that extent.
By: Michael Gray
Nominated: Mark K. Bilbo
Seconded: Uncle Vic
I give full notice, here and now, to Michael Gray, that I am going to steal
that metaphor. I will attribute it, though.
--
Living your life by reading the Bible is a bit like cleaning your house by
reading the Sorcerer's Apprentice.
D Silverman FLAHN, SMLAHN
AA #2208, HB #6
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