An evening without Richard Dawkins

[Schneibster]

Sorry, I'm not gonna believe there's a super magic sky daddy who gives you pie in the sky when you die. No matter how many fauxlosophers say so.

[Bella Fortuna]

I was told there would be pie.

[charlou]

If you don't hate religion you're part of the problem.

If you hate religion you're not being rational.

You could have rational reasons for hating religion. The two (rationality and emotion) don't necessarily preclude one another.

[Exi5tentialist]

You could have rational reasons for hating religion. The two (rationality and emotion) don't necessarily preclude one another.

At what point does the reasoning process end and the excuses for hatred begin?

[Seth]

Sorry, I'm not gonna believe there's a super magic sky daddy who gives you pie in the sky when you die. No matter how many fauxlosophers say so.

Nobody's asking you to. They are merely asking that you fuck off and let them believe what they believe without your interference or opprobrium. It's called "tolerance" and it falls in the "my religious beliefs are none of your fucking business, asshole" category.

[Schneibster]

You could have rational reasons for hating religion. The two (rationality and emotion) don't necessarily preclude one another.

At what point does the reasoning process end and the excuses for hatred begin?

When they pretend it's all better after they supposedly stopped burning people alive.

[Seth]

I was told there would be pie.

There may be pie. Therefore, since it costs you nothing to believe, you should believe, and hope for pie. If there is pie, whoopee! If there isn't, oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gained. That's what Pascal wagered anyway.

[Animavore]

Sorry, I'm not gonna believe there's a super magic sky daddy who gives you pie in the sky when you die. No matter how many fauxlosophers say so.

Nobody's asking you to. They are merely asking that you fuck off and let them believe what they believe without your interference or opprobrium. It's called "tolerance" and it falls in the "my religious beliefs are none of your fucking business, asshole" category.

Irony.

[Bella Fortuna]

I was told there would be pie.

There may be pie. Therefore, since it costs you nothing to believe, you should believe, and hope for pie. If there is pie, whoopee! If there isn't, oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gained. That's what Pascal wagered anyway.

I bet Pascal made shit pies.

I'd rather make my own pie.

[Seth]

You could have rational reasons for hating religion. The two (rationality and emotion) don't necessarily preclude one another.

At what point does the reasoning process end and the excuses for hatred begin?

When they pretend it's all better after they supposedly stopped burning people alive.

"Supposedly?" You have some evidence that people are being burned alive by religion? Which religion? Where? Who was involved? Evidence please.

And you evidently are so intolerant that you cannot accept that religion can change and you must resort to the Wayback Machine Fallacy and go back more than a thousand years to find a reason to hate religion. Not to worry, it's a typical psychological defect of Atheists, but largely incurable sadly.

[Seth]

I was told there would be pie.

There may be pie. Therefore, since it costs you nothing to believe, you should believe, and hope for pie. If there is pie, whoopee! If there isn't, oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gained. That's what Pascal wagered anyway.

I bet Pascal made shit pies.

Perhaps, but it wasn't his pies either he or I were referring to.

I'd rather make my own pie.

Fine by me, but God's pie is reputed to be infinitely better and available in infinite supply.

[Animavore]

You could have rational reasons for hating religion. The two (rationality and emotion) don't necessarily preclude one another.

At what point does the reasoning process end and the excuses for hatred begin?

When they pretend it's all better after they supposedly stopped burning people alive.

"Supposedly?" You have some evidence that people are being burned alive by religion? Which religion? Where? Who was involved? Evidence please.

And you evidently are so intolerant that you cannot accept that religion can change and you must resort to the Wayback Machine Fallacy and go back more than a thousand years to find a reason to hate religion. Not to worry, it's a typical psychological defect of Atheists, but largely incurable sadly.

Oh we don't have to go way back at all.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/de ... heobserver

[Ayaan]

You could have rational reasons for hating religion. The two (rationality and emotion) don't necessarily preclude one another.

At what point does the reasoning process end and the excuses for hatred begin?

When they pretend it's all better after they supposedly stopped burning people alive.

"Supposedly?" You have some evidence that people are being burned alive by religion? Which religion? Where? Who was involved? Evidence please.

And you evidently are so intolerant that you cannot accept that religion can change and you must resort to the Wayback Machine Fallacy and go back more than a thousand years to find a reason to hate religion. Not to worry, it's a typical psychological defect of Atheists, but largely incurable sadly.

Four words for you: Child Witches in Africa

[Animavore]

Snap.

[Seth]

You could have rational reasons for hating religion. The two (rationality and emotion) don't necessarily preclude one another.

At what point does the reasoning process end and the excuses for hatred begin?

When they pretend it's all better after they supposedly stopped burning people alive.

"Supposedly?" You have some evidence that people are being burned alive by religion? Which religion? Where? Who was involved? Evidence please.

And you evidently are so intolerant that you cannot accept that religion can change and you must resort to the Wayback Machine Fallacy and go back more than a thousand years to find a reason to hate religion. Not to worry, it's a typical psychological defect of Atheists, but largely incurable sadly.

Oh we don't have to go way back at all.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/de ... heobserver

So, the actions of a few ignorant barbaric savages in Nigeria are to be used to condemn each and every one of the three billion or more people on earth who hold some religious belief?

Talk about ignorant barbarity.