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User:	"Sound of Trumpet"
Date:	28 Dec 2007 12:10:13 AM
Object:	When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him

http://jewishphilosopher.blogspot.com/2007/12/truly-enjoy-yourself.html
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Truly Enjoy Yourself
We would all like to feel satisfied and have a sense of well being.
But how can we reach that goal?
Fortunately, a highly respected social psychologist, Dr. David G.
Myers, has reviewed thousands of recent scientific studies regarding
what makes people happy and he has published his findings in a book
called "The Pursuit of Happiness" , Avon Books 1992.
First of all being rich does not make people happy (page 31), so
scratch that. Having happy ancestors does have a big influence (page
122); however for most of us, it's too late to choose our parents. So
what can we actually do to become happier?
Well, in a nutshell, here it is:
- Develop a strong faith and trust in God. page 183
- Believe in an afterlife. page 200
- Focus on spiritual rather than material accomplishments. page 188
- Focus on the present moment more than on the past and the future.
page 51
- Focus on what you have, not on what you are lacking. page 56
- Focus on what others are lacking, not on what they have. page 56
- Focus on helping others, not helping yourself. page 194
- Develop good relationships with family and friends; try to be part
of a supportive community and family. pages 142 and 155
- Try to find employment which suits your talents. page 129
- Maintain a healthy diet. page 77
- Exercise. page 77
- In general, care for your health. page 76
- Get enough rest. Allow quiet time to relax. page 138
This is the true, common sense, scientifically proven path to achieve
greater happiness, not the endless pursuit of wealth, fame, sex,
drugs, fattening food and alcohol. All of those things bring a brief
thrill, but at a high cost and they cannot provide long term
satisfaction and well being. (For proof, read the biographies of the
rich and famous.) Many people, especially young adults, are distracted
by such things, sometimes wasting years and sometimes ruining or
terminating their lives in the process. Instead, simply the quiet,
sober, healthy, generous, religious life is what really works.
Difficult and boring, perhaps. But in the long run, much happier.
When we meet an atheist, we should pity him. Not only has lost the
next world, which he doesn't believe exists; however he has lost this
world as well. He finds pain difficult to cope with since he believes
that disasters happen without reason. He believes that his existence
will soon end. He believes that human accomplishments have no
permanent or cosmic significance. In light of this, he may try to
squeeze out whatever pleasure he can from his fleeting life, with
little concern for how this affects other people or even how it
affects his own long term future. He may very well become an addict -
obsessed with alcohol, drugs or some other substance or behavior,
which makes him feel good at first but not for long. Finally, as he
grows older and his hopes of pleasure dim, he may prefer suicide. He
has nothing to look forward to, so why bother any more?
Richard Dawkins attempts to put this in a positive light when he says,
"if you're an atheist, you know, you believe this is the only life
you're going to get. It's a precious life. It's a beautiful life. It's
something that we should live to the full, to the end of our days,
whereas, if you're religious, and you believe that there's another
life, somehow, that means you don't live this life to the full,
because you think you're going to get another one. That's an awfully
negative way to live a life. Being an atheist frees you up to live
this life properly, happily, and fully."
Whatever "religion" he is referring to, it doesn't seem to be Orthodox
Judaism. The life of a Jew is filled each day with immense gratitude
to God for all His blessings and with boundless joy for the
opportunity to serve Him. The Jew is not on an endless pleasure
treadmill, chasing rainbows that turn out to be illusions. He is
accomplishing great things each day by studying Torah, praying and
performing Jewish rituals. In addition to that, Jews believe in loving
each other, which alleviates so much of the isolation and loneliness
common in our self-centered world. Tragic stories such as people
committing suicide in a park so that they would not "die alone" are
unimaginable in the Orthodox community.
It's also noteworthy that Judaism can help a person develop a
tremendous amount of self-control. It's probably no accident that
virtually all addiction recovery programs consider belief in God to be
an essential component.
What a gift atheists are throwing away. Someone wishing to "live to
the full, to the end of his days" needs to accept God and His Torah.
.

User: "Denis Loubet"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 02:28:12 PM

"Sound of Trumpet" <sound_of_trumpet@hotpop.com> wrote in message
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By inventing an all powerful being that will throw you into the eternal
flames of a hell to not following its every little rule and whim.
DUH!
--
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User: "Douglas Berry"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 06:01:32 PM

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:10:13 -0800 (PST) Sound of Trumpet
<sound_of_trumpet@hotpop.com> carved the following into the hard stone
of alt.atheism

We would all like to feel satisfied and have a sense of well being.
But how can we reach that goal?

Easily. Belive in yourself, and work to achieve your goals. During my
cancer treatments, I resolved that one thing missing from my life was
that I had never written a RPG book. I had had hundreds of ideas, but
never gotten around to actually doing it. After finishing chemo. I
started doing piece work for other authors, then did a (really, really
bad, in retrospect) short adventure for a magazine, and finally got
the contract to write this:
http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/traveller/groundforces/
Nothing can compare with holding the first copy of your book in your
hands.
I've done other things, and continue to do stuff that is both cool and
fulfiling, but if nothing else, I can say that I've written for
Traveller. Good enough for me.
--
Douglas Berry Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail
Atheist #2147, Atheist Vet #5
Jason Gastrich is praying for me on 8 January 2011
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the
source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a
stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as
good as dead: his eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein
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User: "JohnN"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 12:20:14 PM

On Dec 28, 1:10=A0am, Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trum...@hotpop.com>
wrote:

http://jewishphilosopher.blogspot.com/2007/12/truly-enjoy-yourself.html

Thursday, December 06, 2007

This is the true, common sense, scientifically proven path to achieve
greater happiness, not the endless pursuit of wealth, fame, sex,
drugs, fattening food and alcohol.

Drugs and Alcohol? I thought religion was the opiate of the masses.
JohnN
.

User: "Wexford"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 12:32:53 AM

On Dec 28, 1:10=A0am, Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trum...@hotpop.com>
wrote:

Crapola snipped

Whatever "religion" he is referring to, it doesn't seem to be Orthodox
Judaism.

I've known quitea few Orthodox Jews. NONE were ever happy about
anything. They whine and ***** and argue about everything. Reformed
Jews are one hell of a lot happier (at least they seem to be).

The life of a Jew is filled each day with immense gratitude
to God for all His blessings and with boundless joy for the
opportunity to serve Him. The Jew is not on an endless pleasure
treadmill, chasing rainbows that turn out to be illusions. He is
accomplishing great things each day by studying Torah, praying and
performing Jewish rituals.

He's (or she's) obsessed with ritual and "law." It's the most stupid,
time wasting, nonproductive thing a human being can do.

In addition to that, Jews believe in loving
each other, which alleviates so much of the isolation and loneliness
common in our self-centered world.

Oh, *****. They love their families just as everyone does, but
"love each other?" What have you been smoking?

Tragic stories such as people
committing suicide in a park so that they would not "die alone" are
unimaginable in the Orthodox community.

Not for the poor bastards that get expelled.

It's also noteworthy that Judaism can help a person develop a
tremendous amount of self-control. It's probably no accident that
virtually all addiction recovery programs consider belief in God to be
an essential component.

Hahahahaha! Most addicts cure themselves, moron. There is not proof,
NONE, that faith based methods are any better than cold turkey on the
sofa.

What a gift atheists are throwing away. Someone wishing to "live to
the full, to the end of his days" needs to accept God and His Torah.

Right. Funny, but the Moslem down the street says the same thing about
Mohammed and the Koran. The Buddhists want me to pray to Saddhivasta
Whatever. The Baptists want me to accept Jesus as my personal savior,
and the Mormons, jeeze! It makes me ill just to think about them. I
think I'll stick with logic and reason and you can play with ritual
and myths. The next time you get sick, by the way, you can bet that
antibiotic you've been given wasn't developed by an Orthodox anything.
You can bet your computer didn't just fly out of some holy book. And
you can bet that your entire standard of living is based on people who
didn't squander their time pondering the mysteries of religion.
.

User: "Mark K. Bilbo"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 06:54:32 AM

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:32:53 -0800, Wexford wrote:

On Dec 28, 1:10 am, Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trum...@hotpop.com>
wrote:

Crapola snipped

But then there would be nothing left!
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
------------------------------------------------------------
"Just because it's inexplicted doesn't mean it's inexplicable."
- Dr. House
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User: "Sanitys Little Helper"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 04:15:09 AM

Wexford <wryan77@gmail.com> wrote in
news:01dec20a-2bea-4702-9e63-6e8d17025e08@i3g2000hsf.googlegroups.com to
alt.atheism on 28 Dec 2007:

Subject: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him
From: Wexford <wryan77@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.atheism, alt.anarchism, alt.messianic,
alt.society.liberalism, , soc.culture.jewish

On Dec 28, 1:10�am, Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trum...@hotpop.com>
wrote:

Crapola snipped

Whatever "religion" he is referring to, it doesn't seem to be
Orthodox Judaism.

I've known quitea few Orthodox Jews. NONE were ever happy about
anything. They whine and ***** and argue about everything. Reformed
Jews are one hell of a lot happier (at least they seem to be).

Secular Jews are the happiest. Unburdened by superstition, they can get
on with having arguments about things that actually exist, so it's
actually possible to settle tham.
"I know, I know. We are your chosen people. But, once in a while, can't
you choose someone else?" - Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof.
--
David Silverman D.B.E.
aa #2208
Lord Mayor of Dis
And now, today's sponsor message:
For the P.T. Barnum of non-verified medicine, it's got to be:
Earthquack.

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User: "Stan-O"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 11:04:24 PM

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:10:13 -0800 (PST), Sound of Trumpet
<sound_of_trumpet@hotpop.com> wrote:

Truly Enjoy Yourself

.....and what did you say the name of that porn site was?
.

User: "Mark T moi@home000whatever152"
Title: When we meet guardian Snow we should pity him	28 Dec 2007 11:41:19 PM

#################################################
PRAYER FOR GUARDIAN SNOW
O Lord, guardian Snow's posts are so dull that I think I must be dead. But
if it be, Lord, by your grace and favour, that I am not in fact dead -
merely stunned into mind-numbing oblivion by the overall tedium and general
inconsequentiality of the proceeedings - grant your servant this: grant that
guardian Snow becomes 'called up yonder' to that 'place which you have
prepared for him' right away ... if that be not too forward a request, of
course.
Amen.
####################################################
.

User: "Binjamin Cramer"
Title: Re: When we meet guardian Snow we should pity him	29 Dec 2007 12:14:28 AM

"Mark T" <moi@home000whatever152> wrote in message
news:4775ddff$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...

#################################################

PRAYER FOR GUARDIAN SNOW

O Lord, guardian Snow's posts are so dull that I think I must be dead.
But
if it be, Lord, by your grace and favour, that I am not in fact dead -
merely stunned into mind-numbing oblivion by the overall tedium and
general
inconsequentiality of the proceeedings - grant your servant this: grant
that
guardian Snow becomes 'called up yonder' to that 'place which you have
prepared for him' right away ... if that be not too forward a request, of
course.

Amen.

####################################################

You sound like you're a religious fellow.
You'll appreciate the poster here.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee203/bencramer7/20610056a531775954b250511292l.jpg

User: "Mark T moi@home000whatever152"
Title: Re: When we meet guardian Snow we should pity him	29 Dec 2007 01:16:05 AM

"B'injamin Cr'amer" <yidsrbollocks@mosttimes.yes> wrote:

#################################################

PRAYER FOR GUARDIAN SNOW

O Lord, guardian Snow's posts are so dull that I think I must be dead.
But
if it be, Lord, by your grace and favour, that I am not in fact dead -
merely stunned into mind-numbing oblivion by the overall tedium and
general
inconsequentiality of the proceeedings - grant your servant this: grant
that
guardian Snow becomes 'called up yonder' to that 'place which you have
prepared for him' right away ... if that be not too forward a request, of
course.

Amen.

####################################################

....

You'll appreciate the poster here.

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee203/bencramer7/20610056a531775954b250511292l.jpg
Indeed!
Why are so many fundamentalists like that?
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http://fundamentalistfunhouse.blogspot.com/
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fundamentalism.
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http://www.soundclick.com/marktindall
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User: "raven1"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 08:33:05 AM

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:10:13 -0800 (PST), Sound of Trumpet
<sound_of_trumpet@hotpop.com> wrote:

When we meet an atheist, we should pity him. Not only has lost the
next world, which he doesn't believe exists; however he has lost this
world as well.

Actually, the opposite is true. Atheists know that this is the only
life we have, so we concentrate on making it worthwhile, rather than
wasting time and effort looking forward to an imaginary afterlife at
the expense of this one.
---
"Faith may not move mountains, but you should see what it does to skyscrapers..."
.

User: "les_on_usenet"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 04:34:29 AM

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:10:13 -0800 (PST), Sound of Trumpet
<sound_of_trumpet@hotpop.com> wrote:

Sorry to hear you have not reached it yet. I guess there will
always be some who are never satisfied.

Fortunately, a highly respected social psychologist, Dr. David G.
Myers, has reviewed thousands of recent scientific studies regarding
what makes people happy and he has published his findings in a book
called "The Pursuit of Happiness" , Avon Books 1992.

First of all being rich does not make people happy (page 31), so
scratch that.

That must count as one of the greatest myths of all time.

Having happy ancestors does have a big influence (page
122); however for most of us, it's too late to choose our parents. So
what can we actually do to become happier?

Why this futile search for ever more and more happiness.
Why not be contented with what you have got? The grass
will always seem greener in the next field.

Well, in a nutshell, here it is:

This is the true, common sense, scientifically proven path to achieve
greater happiness, not the endless pursuit of wealth, fame, sex,
drugs, fattening food and alcohol. All of those things bring a brief
thrill, but at a high cost and they cannot provide long term
satisfaction and well being.

If greater happiness i constantly sought it can never be found.
Learn to live with what you have got instead of wishfully dreaming
up more and more and more.

(For proof, read the biographies of the
rich and famous.) Many people, especially young adults, are distracted
by such things, sometimes wasting years and sometimes ruining or
terminating their lives in the process. Instead, simply the quiet,
sober, healthy, generous, religious life is what really works.
Difficult and boring, perhaps. But in the long run, much happier.

Christians are well known for seeing only what they want to
see as the above shows.

When we meet an atheist, we should pity him. Not only has lost the
next world, which he doesn't believe exists; however he has lost this
world as well. He finds pain difficult to cope with since he believes
that disasters happen without reason. He believes that his existence
will soon end. He believes that human accomplishments have no
permanent or cosmic significance. In light of this, he may try to
squeeze out whatever pleasure he can from his fleeting life, with
little concern for how this affects other people or even how it
affects his own long term future. He may very well become an addict -
obsessed with alcohol, drugs or some other substance or behavior,
which makes him feel good at first but not for long. Finally, as he
grows older and his hopes of pleasure dim, he may prefer suicide. He
has nothing to look forward to, so why bother any more?

Again only seeing what he wants to see. If denegrating and
belittling others helps him in his hopeless quest for ever more
happiness then I am more than happy to leave him to his
delusions. You cannot help fools anyway especially when their
lies have been blighted by religion.

Richard Dawkins attempts to put this in a positive light when he says,
"if you're an atheist, you know, you believe this is the only life
you're going to get. It's a precious life. It's a beautiful life. It's
something that we should live to the full, to the end of our days,
whereas, if you're religious, and you believe that there's another
life, somehow, that means you don't live this life to the full,
because you think you're going to get another one. That's an awfully
negative way to live a life. Being an atheist frees you up to live
this life properly, happily, and fully."

Indeed, wise words. This is real happiness and fulfillment not
the chimera of religion.

Whatever "religion" he is referring to, it doesn't seem to be Orthodox
Judaism. The life of a Jew is filled each day with immense gratitude
to God for all His blessings and with boundless joy for the
opportunity to serve Him.

The self-delusion of religion...

The Jew is not on an endless pleasure
treadmill, chasing rainbows that turn out to be illusions. He is
accomplishing great things each day by studying Torah, praying and
performing Jewish rituals. In addition to that, Jews believe in loving
each other, which alleviates so much of the isolation and loneliness
common in our self-centered world. Tragic stories such as people
committing suicide in a park so that they would not "die alone" are
unimaginable in the Orthodox community.

... the awful waste of religion..

.... the way religion preys on the weak and vulnerable..

What a gift atheists are throwing away. Someone wishing to "live to
the full, to the end of his days" needs to accept God and His Torah.

... and the hopelessness of religion and its escape from reality into
a detached fantasy world a path that can only lead to madness.
Far more religiously inclined people suffer depression and end
up killing themselves than atheists
I know a lady who was a member for many years of the Salvation
Army. Her home is a mess, her family disfunctional with a
brocken marriage and criminal son. She went a religious retreat
on an island in Scotland a few years ago and is even more
depressed and scatter brained than ever.
Sad, very sad.
Les Hellawell
Greetings from
YORKSHIRE - The White Rose County
.

User: "skyeyes"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 05:13:59 PM

On Dec 28, 3:34=A0am, les_on_usenet <delete-unr...@leswell.freeuk.com>
wrote:

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:10:13 -0800 (PST), Sound of Trumpet

<sound_of_trum...@hotpop.com> wrote:

http://jewishphilosopher.blogspot.com/2007/12/truly-enjoy-yourself.html

Thursday, December 06, 2007

Truly Enjoy Yourself

We would all like to feel satisfied and have a sense of well being.
But how can we reach that goal?

Sorry to hear you have not reached it yet. I guess there will
always be some who are never satisfied.

First of all being rich does not make people happy (page 31), so
scratch that.

That must count as one of the greatest myths of all time.

Or, as Somebody Famous once said, "Money can't buy happiness, but it
sure as hell can rent a big chunk of it."

Having happy ancestors does have a big influence (page
122); however for most of us, it's too late to choose our parents. So
what can we actually do to become happier?

Why this futile search for ever more and more happiness.

Why not be contented with what you have got? The grass
will always seem greener in the next field.

Or, as Somebody Else Famous once said, "Happiness isn't getting what
you want. Happiness is wanting what you *have*."
Works fine for me.
Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34
EAC Professor of Feline Thermometrics and Cat-Herding
skyeyes at dakotacom dot net
.

User: "Mark K. Bilbo"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 09:14:42 AM

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:34:29 +0000, les_on_usenet wrote:

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:10:13 -0800 (PST), Sound of Trumpet
<sound_of_trumpet@hotpop.com> wrote:

Sorry to hear you have not reached it yet. I guess there will always be
some who are never satisfied.

Fortunately, a highly respected social psychologist, Dr. David G. Myers,
has reviewed thousands of recent scientific studies regarding what makes
people happy and he has published his findings in a book called "The
Pursuit of Happiness" , Avon Books 1992.

First of all being rich does not make people happy (page 31), so scratch
that.

That must count as one of the greatest myths of all time.

Well, it keeps the peasants quiet while they're being pillaged and
looted...
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
------------------------------------------------------------
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace
alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing
it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
- H. L. Mencken
.

User: "skyeyes"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 05:16:42 PM

On Dec 28, 8:14=A0am, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gm...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:34:29 +0000, les_on_usenet wrote:

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:10:13 -0800 (PST), Sound of Trumpet
<sound_of_trum...@hotpop.com> wrote:

http://jewishphilosopher.blogspot.com/2007/12/truly-enjoy-yourself.html

Thursday, December 06, 2007

Truly Enjoy Yourself

We would all like to feel satisfied and have a sense of well being. But
how can we reach that goal?

Sorry to hear you have not reached it yet. I guess there will always be
some who are never satisfied.

Fortunately, a highly respected social psychologist, Dr. David G. Myers,=
has reviewed thousands of recent scientific studies regarding what makes=
people happy and he has published his findings in a book called "The
Pursuit of Happiness" , Avon Books 1992.

First of all being rich does not make people happy (page 31), so scratch=
that.

That must count as one of the greatest myths of all time.

Well, it keeps the peasants quiet while they're being pillaged and
looted...

"No, no, no! It's rape and pillage first, *then* burn!"
Brenda "Having a Viking Moment" Nelson, A.A.#34
EAC Professor of Feline Thermometrics and Cat-Herding
skyeyes at dakotacom dot net
.

User: "Mark K. Bilbo"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	29 Dec 2007 07:17:32 AM

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:16:42 -0800, skyeyes wrote:

On Dec 28, 8:14 am, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gm...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:34:29 +0000, les_on_usenet wrote:

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:10:13 -0800 (PST), Sound of Trumpet
<sound_of_trum...@hotpop.com> wrote:

http://jewishphilosopher.blogspot.com/2007/12/truly-enjoy-

yourself.html

Thursday, December 06, 2007

Truly Enjoy Yourself

We would all like to feel satisfied and have a sense of well being.
But how can we reach that goal?

Sorry to hear you have not reached it yet. I guess there will always
be some who are never satisfied.

First of all being rich does not make people happy (page 31), so
scratch that.

That must count as one of the greatest myths of all time.

Well, it keeps the peasants quiet while they're being pillaged and
looted...

"No, no, no! It's rape and pillage first, *then* burn!"

Brenda "Having a Viking Moment" Nelson, A.A.#34 EAC Professor of Feline
Thermometrics and Cat-Herding skyeyes at dakotacom dot net

Heh, reminds me of this cartoon about the Visigoths...
"We craved art, literature, culture... sorry if we broke things."
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
------------------------------------------------------------
“The cynics are right nine times out of ten.”
- H. L. Mencken
.

User: "Sanitys Little Helper"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 05:37:27 AM

les_on_usenet <delete-unread@leswell.freeuk.com> wrote in
news:95j9n319ekksa5moshtgj0q8sm53pknmqj@4ax.com to alt.atheism on 28 Dec
2007:

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:10:13 -0800 (PST), Sound of Trumpet
<sound_of_trumpet@hotpop.com> wrote:

Sorry to hear you have not reached it yet. I guess there will
always be some who are never satisfied.

That must count as one of the greatest myths of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsWd5QC7K5E

Les Hellawell
Greetings from
YORKSHIRE - The White Rose County

--
David Silverman D.B.E.
aa #2208
Lord Mayor of Dis
And now, today's sponsor message:
For the P.T. Barnum of non-verified medicine, it's got to be:
Earthquack.

.

User: "Mark K. Bilbo"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 06:53:49 AM

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:10:13 -0800, Sound of Trumpet wrote:

This is the true, common sense, scientifically proven path to achieve
greater happiness, not the endless pursuit of wealth, fame, sex, drugs,
fattening food and alcohol.

Well, since you folks insist we're a Christian nation, that means all
these things are being done by, you know, Christians...
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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Focus on Your Own Damn Family
.

User: "Syd M."
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 02:54:21 PM

On Dec 28, 7:53 am, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gm...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:10:13 -0800, Sound of Trumpet wrote:

This is the true, common sense, scientifically proven path to achieve
greater happiness, not the endless pursuit of wealth, fame, sex, drugs,
fattening food and alcohol.

Well, since you folks insist we're a Christian nation, that means all
these things are being done by, you know, Christians...

Well, you know they claim this 'Christian Nation' has been taken over
by 'securalist' and 'Darwinist' who are quietly undermining their
'Moral superiority' with their 'secular humanist'..
Really. That's how they think. Check out Robertson's show sometime, if
your stomach is strong enough..
PDW
.

User: "Mark K. Bilbo"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 05:04:22 PM

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:54:21 -0800, Syd M. wrote:

On Dec 28, 7:53 am, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gm...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:10:13 -0800, Sound of Trumpet wrote:

This is the true, common sense, scientifically proven path to achieve
greater happiness, not the endless pursuit of wealth, fame, sex,
drugs, fattening food and alcohol.

Well, since you folks insist we're a Christian nation, that means all
these things are being done by, you know, Christians...

Well, you know they claim this 'Christian Nation' has been taken over by
'securalist' and 'Darwinist' who are quietly undermining their 'Moral
superiority' with their 'secular humanist'.. Really. That's how they
think. Check out Robertson's show sometime, if your stomach is strong
enough..

Funny thing. If we, the tiny minority in this nation, are that powerful,
shouldn't they be kissing our asses lest they feel our wrath?
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
------------------------------------------------------------
“Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his
country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.”
- H. L. Mencken
.

User: "Syd M."
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 11:33:51 PM

On Dec 28, 6:04 pm, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gm...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:54:21 -0800, Syd M. wrote:

On Dec 28, 7:53 am, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gm...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:10:13 -0800, Sound of Trumpet wrote:

This is the true, common sense, scientifically proven path to achieve
greater happiness, not the endless pursuit of wealth, fame, sex,
drugs, fattening food and alcohol.

Well, since you folks insist we're a Christian nation, that means all
these things are being done by, you know, Christians...

Well, you know they claim this 'Christian Nation' has been taken over by
'securalist' and 'Darwinist' who are quietly undermining their 'Moral
superiority' with their 'secular humanist'.. Really. That's how they
think. Check out Robertson's show sometime, if your stomach is strong
enough..

Funny thing. If we, the tiny minority in this nation, are that powerful,
shouldn't they be kissing our asses lest they feel our wrath?

Well, no one ever claimed they were logical..
PDW
.

User: "Uncle Vic"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 12:17:04 AM

One fine day in alt.atheism, Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trumpet@hotpop.com>
bloodied us up with this:

We would all like to feel satisfied and have a sense of well being.
But how can we reach that goal?

Find a scapegoat! Someone to blame your troubles on. Someone to send to
"hell" in your place. I'VE GOT IT! Let's antagonize atheists!
And you call yourselves the pinnacle of morality. Pheh!
--
Uncle Vic
aa Atheist #2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department.
Convicted by Earthquack.
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User: "Josef Balluch"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 02:25:51 PM

Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trumpet@hotpop.com> wrote in news:b300ec7e-a108-
44cd-829e-4a39c0607cd9@e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
....

This is the true, common sense, scientifically proven path to achieve
greater happiness,

....

Difficult and boring, perhaps. But in the long run, much happier.

< chuckle! >
Or perhaps they are just too embarrassed to admit that they wasted a
lifetime on difficult, boring pursuits.
Regards,
Josef
Happiness isn't getting what you want, its wanting what you've
got.
-- Garth Brooks
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User: "Josef Balluch"
Title: Re: When We Meet An Atheist, We Should Pity Him	28 Dec 2007 02:44:53 PM

Sound of Trumpet <sound_of_trumpet@hotpop.com> wrote in news:b300ec7e-a108-
44cd-829e-4a39c0607cd9@e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com:

Truly Enjoy Yourself

We would all like to feel satisfied and have a sense of well being.
But how can we reach that goal?

Well, if you are WoT/SoT then you spam Usenet with twaddle written by other
people.
.

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