The Pope, atheists and Islam: The year in religion

[rug]

Updated 6:32 PM ET, Mon December 21, 2015

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/21/world/2015-year-end-religion/index.html

A nice little summary at the link.

I just posted the headline because it sums up this Group.

[Yorktown]

1. Odd man out: atheism. Both the Pope and Islam have bad consequences.

While atheism is political result neutral.

The Pope: anti vaccination drives and anti gay laws in Africa, pedophilia cover-ups, etc
Islam: ISIS, Boko Haram, Al Shabab, Ansar Dine, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, etc

god is not great.

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2. There we go!

And there are still 10 days left in the year.

[Yorktown]

3. If only the Pope and Islam would go away

Atrocities have been inspired by Roman Catholicism and Islam for more than 500,000 days.

(More than half a million days of nonsense and harm caused by superstitions)

What is making the next 10 days so special?

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4. What ever would you talk about?

[Yorktown]

5. I would be REALLY pleased if I lost this subject of conversation

What a great advance for humanity when all this divisive nonsense will finally be shed.

(added bonus: I wouldn't have to puke knowing Francis makes the awful Theresa a 'saint')


Lennon was right: dump religion and nationalism, and the world will be a far better place.

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6. You don't know what you're missing.

[Yorktown]

7. I am demonstrably missing nothing

Not one single study to demonstrate the mass positive effect of religion on anything.

But 'sacred' texts galore full of scientific errors and impossible stories?

Yahweh? God? Allah?

I'd be better off believing in 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'.

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8. You can't hear me.

[Yorktown]

9. There are more touching things than religion

The beauty of faraway places, of time past, of hopes for the future..

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12. Some have gone, and some remain.

[AtheistCrusader]

10. Is there a song titled 'your religion is stupid and so are you'?

'cause I'd totally post that here. I tried to find one, so let's just pretend.

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11. You never show your feelings.

[Promethean]

13. Not The Beatles but its what you ask for

[Yorktown]

14. Would 'Father McKensie's religion did nothing for Eleanor Rigby' do?

Or it's back to George Carlin

[onager]

21. Dead Kennedys "Religious Vomit" is pretty close

All religions make me want to throw up
All religions make me sick
All religions make me want to throw up
All religions suck
They all claim that they have the truth
That'll set you free
Just give 'em all your money and they'll set you free
Free for a fee

They all claim that they have 'the Answer'
When they don't even know the question
They're just a bunch of liars
They just want your money
They just want your consciousness

All religions suck
All religions make me want to throw up
All religions suck
All religions make me want to bleah

They really make me sick
They really make me ill

Songwriters: Boucher, Eric Reed / Pepperelle, Raymond John / Lyall, Geoffrey / Henley, Darren / Cadona, Carlos

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[Yorktown]

15. 69% of your posts are in the 'Religion' forum, to my 46% :P

Dunno I missed that in my first answer.

[truebrit71]

16. QED

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17. You misused that.

[truebrit71]

18. As do you. All the time.

That was my point...

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19. And you missed mine.

[truebrit71]

20. QED