After some thought, it has occurred to me that I may have made some errors in my assessment and poor judgement towards others on this site.
Soon after joining such an elite group of brilliant and master-mind thinkers, I found myself offering retorts to certain commentaries which pertained to religion, and/or the absence of a loving and merciful God/Creator.
I enjoyed discounting Atheism, just as much as the top Atheists in the group appear to enjoy discounting the idea of god and/or religion.
Having been on both sides for long durations I felt qualified to make certain conclusions, that I must now renounce.
You see, I grew up without religion, but as a small child I always felt their was a presence watching over me, often interacting with my conscience and sub-conscience dreams.
As my intellect began to excel, I found myself and others challenging what I believed to me my natural instincts and inner traits, and soon I was just too smart for all of that fairy tale business the media had been selling me and others about God and religion.
As a result of my intellect, I spent a good many years discounting the notion of God and religion, before God once again revealed him/her/itself to me.
Andst while God is absolute to me, I've never belonged to any particular religion other than my own.
In a recent God/no god discussion I had in here with Stu, I made the mistake of assigning the field of Science as his "religion".
http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index...d-for-dancing-to-promote-islam.284135/page-36
While I may be correct in the notion that Science for many is indeed their religion, It was not for me to decide that Science was Stu's religion, as I now believe that determination could only be Stu's to make.
And while their is indeed a new form of religious persecution taking place, far more effective than the old ways of burning people at the stake, beheading, etc., I again made the very distinct mistake of assigning the role of religious persecutor to Stu, as again, I now believe only Stu can make that determination for himself.
Perhaps I have made those same mistakes with Pie, FreeThinker, F.C, Mr. Bill, and others in here, and if that's the case, my sincere apologies are in order.
There is an old tradition that we still talk about today, and although many are clueless to the origins of its meaning, we still refer to this tradition when we say, "I'd like to bury the hatchet."
For those of you who are uneducated, the term comes from a time when hatchets were highly valued and regarded as symbols of class and status.
The higher the level of craftsmanship and adornments the hatchet exhibited, the higher the social status the owners would have among their peers and subjects.
The most ornate of hatchets were reserved for chiefs, kings, medicine men. magi and the like.
To make such a hatchet was time consuming and took greatly skilled effort.
To offer such a gift for immediate burial, was to say "I am sorry for my actions, and to show you just how sorry I am, I would like to present to you this valuable item which I have worked painstaking hours, days, and weeks to make, and if you were to just bury this offering in the ground, we would both realize the sacrifices we have made in order for you to accept my apology."
So, in the traditions of the old, I would like to offer a hatchet, so to speak, to Stu, Pie, F.C, Freethinker and all the others.
But this gift need not be buried, unless desired, as it may actually be of help to you in your continued quest to discount the beliefs of others.
During my recent discussion with Stu, I lightly researched what I believe to be the new weapons of religious mass destruction- the dreaded Meme.
Memes have been daggers in the hearts and dreams of many, and at times have been able to sum up thousands of years of ignorance and evolution in a single sentence or paragraph.
And since the Atheists have no bible or other single source/guide for their philosophical beliefs that I am aware of, perhaps they can benefit from this thread as a place to build up their arsenal of religious rebukes.
Some of the memes I have gathered, I may add an explain of the problems they contain, as many are contrived from gross misinterpretations, and I do feel it is important to be informed when using such a powerful and effective weapons.
Others I thought were just too humorous to pass up.
Either way, feel free to add/borrow your own memes and thoughts, and know that my apologies have truly been painstaking.
So now without any further ado, I present to you the Atheist Hand-guide to Religion.
Soon after joining such an elite group of brilliant and master-mind thinkers, I found myself offering retorts to certain commentaries which pertained to religion, and/or the absence of a loving and merciful God/Creator.
I enjoyed discounting Atheism, just as much as the top Atheists in the group appear to enjoy discounting the idea of god and/or religion.
Having been on both sides for long durations I felt qualified to make certain conclusions, that I must now renounce.
You see, I grew up without religion, but as a small child I always felt their was a presence watching over me, often interacting with my conscience and sub-conscience dreams.
As my intellect began to excel, I found myself and others challenging what I believed to me my natural instincts and inner traits, and soon I was just too smart for all of that fairy tale business the media had been selling me and others about God and religion.
As a result of my intellect, I spent a good many years discounting the notion of God and religion, before God once again revealed him/her/itself to me.
Andst while God is absolute to me, I've never belonged to any particular religion other than my own.
In a recent God/no god discussion I had in here with Stu, I made the mistake of assigning the field of Science as his "religion".
http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index...d-for-dancing-to-promote-islam.284135/page-36
While I may be correct in the notion that Science for many is indeed their religion, It was not for me to decide that Science was Stu's religion, as I now believe that determination could only be Stu's to make.
And while their is indeed a new form of religious persecution taking place, far more effective than the old ways of burning people at the stake, beheading, etc., I again made the very distinct mistake of assigning the role of religious persecutor to Stu, as again, I now believe only Stu can make that determination for himself.
Perhaps I have made those same mistakes with Pie, FreeThinker, F.C, Mr. Bill, and others in here, and if that's the case, my sincere apologies are in order.
There is an old tradition that we still talk about today, and although many are clueless to the origins of its meaning, we still refer to this tradition when we say, "I'd like to bury the hatchet."
For those of you who are uneducated, the term comes from a time when hatchets were highly valued and regarded as symbols of class and status.
The higher the level of craftsmanship and adornments the hatchet exhibited, the higher the social status the owners would have among their peers and subjects.
The most ornate of hatchets were reserved for chiefs, kings, medicine men. magi and the like.
To make such a hatchet was time consuming and took greatly skilled effort.
To offer such a gift for immediate burial, was to say "I am sorry for my actions, and to show you just how sorry I am, I would like to present to you this valuable item which I have worked painstaking hours, days, and weeks to make, and if you were to just bury this offering in the ground, we would both realize the sacrifices we have made in order for you to accept my apology."
So, in the traditions of the old, I would like to offer a hatchet, so to speak, to Stu, Pie, F.C, Freethinker and all the others.
But this gift need not be buried, unless desired, as it may actually be of help to you in your continued quest to discount the beliefs of others.
During my recent discussion with Stu, I lightly researched what I believe to be the new weapons of religious mass destruction- the dreaded Meme.
Memes have been daggers in the hearts and dreams of many, and at times have been able to sum up thousands of years of ignorance and evolution in a single sentence or paragraph.
And since the Atheists have no bible or other single source/guide for their philosophical beliefs that I am aware of, perhaps they can benefit from this thread as a place to build up their arsenal of religious rebukes.
Some of the memes I have gathered, I may add an explain of the problems they contain, as many are contrived from gross misinterpretations, and I do feel it is important to be informed when using such a powerful and effective weapons.
Others I thought were just too humorous to pass up.
Either way, feel free to add/borrow your own memes and thoughts, and know that my apologies have truly been painstaking.
So now without any further ado, I present to you the Atheist Hand-guide to Religion.
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