Change we can believe in?...guess the more things change the more they stay the same. This guy is as much a religious wacko as every other religious nutjob.
President Barack Obama made a clear declaration of his Christian faith on Thursday and seemed to express some frustration that his beliefs continue to be called into question.
“Let me tell you, these past two years, they have deepened my faith,” Obama told a ballroom full of applauding believers at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.
Our struggle is not against actual corrupt individuals, but against those in power in general, against their authority, against the global order and the ideological mystification which sustains it.
Yea, fuck that. A lot of atheists like to claim that Obama is a closet atheist, but he's not. Bill Maher went on about that prayer business last night. Did you see the show? Neil Degrasse Tyson was on and there were a few funny moments, he's definitely a very personable scientist.
Atheists have always argued that this world is all that we have, and that our duty is to one another to make the very most and best of it. ~Christopher Hitchens~
maiforpeace wrote:Yea, fuck that. A lot of atheists like to claim that Obama is a closet atheist, but he's not. Bill Maher went on that prayer business last night. Did you see the show? Neil Degrasse Tyson was on and there were a few funny moments, he's definitely a very personable scientist.
Yah, I think atheists would like to believe that obama isn't religious, at least "liberal" atheists. Not sure why, I guess because they don't want to believe that america is truly a christian run country, theocracy light...although after the recent "crusades" in the middle east perhaps "light" isn't the right term. No, haven't watched Maher yet, downloaded and will watch later on today...Saturday ritual...Maher and The Ricky Gervais show! Good viewing! Always hoping that Slavoj Žižek will appear on Maher some day, would be a great, interesting guest.
Our struggle is not against actual corrupt individuals, but against those in power in general, against their authority, against the global order and the ideological mystification which sustains it.
sandinista wrote:Change we can believe in?...guess the more things change the more they stay the same. This guy is as much a religious wacko as every other religious nutjob.
I wa saying this in 2008 and no one on the atheist sites would believe me.
At least you're from Canada so I guess you can say you didn't vote for him.
sandinista wrote:Change we can believe in?...guess the more things change the more they stay the same. This guy is as much a religious wacko as every other religious nutjob.
I wa saying this in 2008 and no one on the atheist sites would believe me.
At least you're from Canada so I guess you can say you didn't vote for him.
I never once questioned that he's religious, but he's clearly less likely than his opposition to enact stupid-to-dangerous policy based on that.
drl2 wrote:I never once questioned that he's religious, but he's clearly less likely than his opposition to enact stupid-to-dangerous policy based on that.
His health care plan will eventually ban most health insurance from covering abortions. Not sure McCain could have pulled that off.
I bet McCain wouldn't have been stupid enough to triple U.S. troops in Afghanistan, either.
Not that I think McCain would have done a good job, mind - he was about the worst of the serious Republican candidates.
maiforpeace wrote:Yea, fuck that. A lot of atheists like to claim that Obama is a closet atheist, but he's not. Bill Maher went on that prayer business last night. Did you see the show? Neil Degrasse Tyson was on and there were a few funny moments, he's definitely a very personable scientist.
Yah, I think atheists would like to believe that obama isn't religious, at least "liberal" atheists. Not sure why, I guess because they don't want to believe that america is truly a christian run country, theocracy light...although after the recent "crusades" in the middle east perhaps "light" isn't the right term. No, haven't watched Maher yet, downloaded and will watch later on today...Saturday ritual...Maher and The Ricky Gervais show! Good viewing! Always hoping that Slavoj Žižek will appear on Maher some day, would be a great, interesting guest.
Slavoj isn't that good a public speaker.
he might be a better talk show guest
He's so hyper and fidgety in public I swear he's on something.
I would like to see more of gervais
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. ~ Marx
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. ~ Oscar Wilde
maiforpeace wrote:Yea, fuck that. A lot of atheists like to claim that Obama is a closet atheist, but he's not. Bill Maher went on that prayer business last night. Did you see the show? Neil Degrasse Tyson was on and there were a few funny moments, he's definitely a very personable scientist.
Yah, I think atheists would like to believe that obama isn't religious, at least "liberal" atheists. Not sure why, I guess because they don't want to believe that america is truly a christian run country, theocracy light...although after the recent "crusades" in the middle east perhaps "light" isn't the right term. No, haven't watched Maher yet, downloaded and will watch later on today...Saturday ritual...Maher and The Ricky Gervais show! Good viewing! Always hoping that Slavoj Žižek will appear on Maher some day, would be a great, interesting guest.
Slavoj isn't that good a public speaker.
he might be a better talk show guest
He's so hyper and fidgety in public I swear he's on something.
I would like to see more of gervais
I love watching Slavoj speak, intense, he would scare the shit out of the other panel members!
Our struggle is not against actual corrupt individuals, but against those in power in general, against their authority, against the global order and the ideological mystification which sustains it.
I've attended his long talks, over two hours :bugeyes:
seriously, he didn't say anything a keen observer of society wouldn't have already seen
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. ~ Marx
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. ~ Oscar Wilde
.Morticia. wrote:I've attended his long talks, over two hours :bugeyes:
seriously, he didn't say anything a keen observer of society wouldn't have already seen
Thats ludicrous...maybe if keen observer equals one of the most brilliant philosophers of our time. You must be joking, I've been reading his books for the last year, all fascinating. That's one very keen observer Great video above BTW FBM.
Our struggle is not against actual corrupt individuals, but against those in power in general, against their authority, against the global order and the ideological mystification which sustains it.
Great video above BTW FBM.
