Atheist billboards to go up in Dallas, Fort Worth

WHO WANT TO BELIEVE IN THAT...

alexander troup Verified

7 months, 4 weeks ago
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Yay! I'm not alone. So where would I find my fellow atheists?

Jesus Valadez Verified

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In a bathroom or a movie house or a garbage can or in locked car... they have this place where they are alone....they are silent about.....why is life so hard to me and there is no GOD.....To help me, now that is the kind of folks I have meet who I felt, had missed one meaning..

Then I met some of the other types and they were Zen like and good people, who did no throw away their life...and I could of gone off with them and lived that simple life without GOD....A/T, Pick you posion or choose your GOD,... In God we Trust..

alexander troup Verified

7 months, 4 weeks ago
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I get tickled at Atheist organizations. Here in the Bible belt they make perfect sense... because yes, they are the presumed outcasts.

Other places, however, they strike me about as logical as an Anarchist Union or a Nihilism Standards Committee.

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 4 weeks ago
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Oh, and for the record, Jesus.

You are alone.

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 4 weeks ago
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Lol, I tickle Jason.

My school(UTD) has an atheist group but they meet on Fridays. WTF, what makes them think I want to drive down there on Fridays? I have babes to abort.

Jesus Valadez Verified

7 months, 4 weeks ago
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:( meanie

Jesus Valadez Verified

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Jesus -- you feel alone because you obviously MISS the whole point of a "Friday Meeting"

Let's see (it's math, so stay with me)

College = 40% chance of beer Friday = 60% chance of beer Atheist = 50% chance of party with loose chicks

Um, Jesus. The only thing that would confuse NORMAL folk is the "Atheist", but in your case it may be the "Friday"... With a name THAT Catholic, you've GOT to be used to a Saturday night party (since Sunday goes Tabula Rasa with a coupla Hail Mary's) - so just shift your expectations 24 hours.

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 4 weeks ago
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I see, I see. I shall go next time they have one. I will report my findings next week.

I don't think the girlfriend will like the loose chicks though. She already thinks I'll leave her catholic self for an immoral atheist girl.

(posting from my iphone takes too long)

Jesus Valadez Verified

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LOL @ the athiest meetings...isn't that kind of like going to church?

Travis Bush Verified

7 months, 4 weeks ago
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@ travis

why the atheist group doesn't interest me. I don't want to talk about why we don't believe. Boooring.

Jesus Valadez Verified

7 months, 4 weeks ago
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Clay, stand down and be polite. Ive seen Atheist/Humanist more on fire about what they believe, not to mention less offensive, in both words and actions than most of the christians in this town. Eventhough I dont profess to their world view, I respect theirs and their right to it accordingly.

Chris Kidd Verified

7 months, 4 weeks ago
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chris..methinks he knows all about being a sniveling turd..

Travis Bush Verified

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Clay - dude you had totally spiked it with "fill the void" <LMAO score 10 + 2 for style>

Take the win and leave the squabbles...

fill the void... dang... lofl

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 4 weeks ago
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The one I'm waiting for.

Jason Rice Verified

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One more vote for Miko goin' 501(c)3

Our Lady of Perpetual Opinions

<font size="1">(on the other hand, do I want anything to do with anything that does ANY filling of cho?)</font>

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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I didn't realize I was whining, lol

Jesus Valadez Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Oh. My mistake.

Jesus Valadez Verified

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That's all you can expect for a true Atheist. "It's all about them" now isn't it?

Fortunately, the rest of us are more tolerant and engaged.
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Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Q: Why did the Rationalist cross the road? A:To be sure to see both sides.

Google has failed me.

Jesus Valadez Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Oh, great. Steve's god can beat up Clay's God.

I call dibs on the recliner!!!

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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*...who say they're not trying to convert anybody, but merely trying to let other people with similar beliefs know there is a group for them.*

I'm sure this is what old-school settlers tried telling the locals.

And Jesus, methinks rationalists would lean more towards agnostic than atheist. Flat-out denying the existence of any deity seems like an ill-reached conclusion - without information to speak of, tough to make an informed decision.

Scott Doyle Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Hey you, ya you Scott. I just did copa and pasta. :p

Jesus Valadez Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Sure ScoDo --- but I DARE you to find a real rallying cry for Agnosticism that will get people to pony up the pricetag for a billboard.

But the BEST part of Agnosticism is that you get invited to both the Presbyterian Potluck and the Atheist Kegger.

I'm thinkin' Jesus showed his cards too soon.

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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We don't call it a cover charge.

It's an offering.

Jason Rice Verified

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(that way it's deductible)

Jason Rice Verified

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JV, you hinting that atheism is just as irrational as believing?

I sure as hell am. (pun obviously intended) =p

Scott Doyle Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Irrational? As in Hippasus?
That IS a helluva pun.

Jason Rice Verified

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::My favorite atheist quote

Wow, Clay - go get 'em. I'll hold 'im, you hit 'im.

Steve?? Did you read that before you put your name on it? It's -- well -- dumb -- and NO not in the Oscar Wilde "say something backwards and it's clever" sorta way.

    a-, an- Greek: a prefix meaning: no, absence of, without, lack of, not

Amoral doesn't mean "Having one less moral" in the same way acephalous means having no head or ruler and anarchy means having no system of government.

Like I say, an idea in a book is maybe philosophy. If it's knocking on my door in a white pressed shirt, it's a religion.

I think I'll extend that to billboards.

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Steve, I said deity - no specific beliefs mentioned.

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Scott Doyle Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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But you can bet includes killing chickens

Jason Rice Verified

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Fairly sure the only thing Doyle believes in is drink specials and no cover...

Travis Bush Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Ooo, do me. What do I believe in?

Jesus Valadez Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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I believe in Love, but you can't prove that exists either.

Lisa Lawrence Merritt Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Love is when I get a funny feeling in my pants.

Jesus Valadez Verified

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Again, something that has no proof.

Lisa Lawrence Merritt Verified

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Steve, rationale is connected to the reasoning bone. The reasoning bone is connected to the fact bone. You have no factual evidence against existence of a deity (from what I can tell)...meaning you don't have a leg to stand on. In 1909 do you think people had any reason to believe we'd be discussing this on computers via the internet a mere century later?

Dismissing something's potential simply because it has yet to be proven is simply closed-minded, imo. Obviously I'm not on the bandwagon to worship anything that has no rational explanation, but I'm not going to denounce the notion a deity could exist solely because there's no substantial documentation of it.

My only qualms arise when believers or absolute non-believers push their agenda. Billboards are designed to market, not just inform. Claiming you're not pushing your views on peeps while posting an advertisement clearly involves using something other than your intelligence-laden pinkie.

Yost, I firmly believe you should host an evening of discussion with $2 Stella and - of course - no cover.

Scott Doyle Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Not to mention, I particularly enjoy positions that allow me to bait both sides of an argument. &lt;3

Scott Doyle Verified

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$2. Stella? How about bread and wine?

Lisa Lawrence Merritt Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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More like bread &amp; whine, AMIRITE?

Scott Doyle Verified

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::Atheism means "without theistic beliefs"

Then use the word that way. Atheism is the philosophical position that deities do not exist, not cherry picking here and there a Deity to oppose. ALL. (Not MY definition - Mine runs a lot more cynical)

Your argument is nonsense. It's not logic. It's not valid debate. It's not even good sleight of hand.

Clay - I thought you were being harsh, but I think you're spot on. (And everyone knows how mortally difficult it is for me to agree with Clay) I'm sure this guy's buds sit around and are very impressed with their ability to quibble the definition of what the word "is" is.

Steve. I'm sure you're "the smartest guy in the room" because "people can't out-debate you." I didn't chat with the automatons at Chuck E. Cheese either after the first try in kindergarten. You got a bonus round, because I wanted Clay to be wrong. C'est la vie!

Ciao! (Dead to me)

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Oh, and Jesus - you believe in the Easter Bunny, Better Government through Transparency and that if you gun it through a yellow light and stay just over the speed limit you'll hit the next two or three green.

Quaint, old fashioned and endearing to your favorite Catholic girl.
(Generally, you're wrong, but it's worth keeping the girl)

Jason Rice Verified

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sigh<br> Go free speech?

Rachel Skinner Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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<a href="http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/First_amendment">1st amendment</a> only applies to dealings with the government, Rachel. I'm afraid these here internets are open season.

Regardless, if that's your game...would we not have every right to publicly criticize? =p

Scott Doyle Verified

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More jokes for clay (preview has the image like really big. hopefully it doesn't come out that way. : )

Jesus Valadez Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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oh damn, i messed up the page. Someone delete.

Face_doh

Jesus Valadez Verified

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GOD BLESS .........MCDONALDS HAMBURGERS...A/T..

alexander troup Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Wikipedia says, "Strong atheism" is the positive belief that a god does not exist. "That's me!" And I am extremely happy!

I generally don't consider myself any type of 'ist' or 'ian', and I don't know why Atheists feel the need to assemble in groups.

Speaking of groups, did you know there are more than 10,000 distinct religions operating around the world right now. I'm guessing someone is wrong. Could it be...everyone of them?

I don't have a problem with the billboards- they might actually convert some folks! (Oh no, Yost is the devil!) But honestly, once I was old enough (still a very young adult) to realize the foolishness of religion, and the fact that I would never be able to change the world to my logical view, I decided to just live my life, sensibly, under the wire. I'll let the billboard people try to change the world. Good luck.

Rick Yost Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Youknow......the devil has Been hanging around since....gosh..35 BC,..the myth and history of such, While to beleive or not to beleive that is a good question, weather it is noble in ambition or the question is found as a solution in what we do to keep thy negihbor a good freind... Atheist do one great thing...they do conform, and to a non GOD in their faith there is no devil and no sorrow..While Stalin was an atheist..A/T, ..Life is heavy...

alexander troup Verified

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A/T, ..Life is heavy...

Life is of the weight you want to carry. I don't want to carry all the folklore, myths, traditional stupidity, war, cruelty, imagined guilt, and hypocrisy.

And as far as my neighbor- I'm never going to murder my neighbor because he 'believes'- however in certain neighborhoods on the planet, I would be put to death for not 'believing'.
Go figure. Religion corrupts- absolutley!

Peace.

Rick Yost Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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The bible belt doesn't take kindly to mexicans who don't believe. :(

I'm afraid to go to the NASCAR race in November.

Jesus Valadez Verified

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Rick.... ,you have found some Zen to what maybe an Atheist is,the good ones...we tend to misjudge,or even miss that trip the the far East.....are not they Atheist. It is true, we must one day throw away alot of old hidden worn out ways of life, Baggage and trash, even some outdated Christian ones, meanings that no longer carry life...A/T, this is a good Peg view...

alexander troup Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Burly- I agree!
We have the right to choose whether or not to watch Jerry Springer, or go to a Monster Truck rally. Similarly, we should have the choice of whether to wallow in blind communal-idiocy or not.

And unfortunately, the bible belt wraps all the way around the world.

Rick Yost Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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If the organized religions around the world wanted to seriously help the people they loom over, especially in the current economic environment- shouldn't they be helping the economy by PAYING TAXES?

I guess freedom of religion means freedom from taxation. That's convenient. Amen!

Rick Yost Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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"Freedom of religion", just like "freedom of the press" is something that the government can't take away from us. People can still legally glower at me for being a godless heathen, just like they can glower at me for cursing in public because their brats won't shut the hell up at the store.

Anyway, the one positive side of these billboards that I see is that kids growing up here surrounded by churches will see them and will understand that there are others that share their beliefs (or lack thereof, to beat the pedants to the punch) and that it's okay to stop going to a church whose god you don't believe in.

Pavel Lishin Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Pavel- well said. However, don't fool yourself- there's not a 'right' you have today that the U.S. Government won't take away from you if it suits their purpose. It's been done before.

Rick Yost Verified

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As if it would make a difference...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090331/o...

Rick Yost Verified

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Yost and Pavel!! At Last!!!

Thank God, finally the real atheists showed up to unsmirch the stupidity.

Careful about asking the churches to pay taxes. The ambiguity of tax exemption is the one thing used to bridle hellfire campaigns from the pulpit of fearmongering and ideocracy.... oh we just did that.

(But imagine knowing going in that the guy was gonna sell your daughter cause Bumpy the god of Stereo Imaging told him to).

They pay - they play.

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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All hail Bumpy! I like it! Makes as much sense to me as the rest.

Rick Yost Verified

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SteveM- I hate that too! No one ever listens to the individual- he's crazy! Now let two or more folks, with the same view, speak what they feel is true, and they are a group to be respected and at least listened to. We are a society(a group) that just loves groups. Individuals are crazy!

Rick Yost Verified

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Freedom of religion, just like freedom of speech, is in the 1st amendment...which keeps government from prosecuting - we can persecute all we want.

This is why it's especially fun not believing in, but also not denying, the potential existence of a deity. I can sit on my throne of indecision and laugh at all you bitches forming your little groups.

Again, I could not care less what you believe in, disbelieve in, etc - as long as you keep it to yourself. Billboard --&gt; marketing --&gt; attempt to convert. Let's see just how many power struggles we can create amongst ourselves...will only end in tears, imo.

Scott Doyle Verified

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As an atheist, I snickered (or is it still snicker...I don't get out much)at the black billboards that were supposedly from "God". It just seemed weak to me that someone paid money to post them. The best was the, "I'm still listening" one. Where are the sensory organs then? I only see black paper and some egotist's idea of an encouraging message....

Anyway, if I were a theist of any sort, I would think these billboards were amusing until they blended into the setting of my everyday life and I stopped noticing them.

Which is to say, I think it's also sad than an atheist bothered with the advertising too. What is this infatuation with the numbers? Can we just be independent thinkers? Why do we need a collection of ourselves?

Colleen Walsh Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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1st lol via clay in awhile - well played!

Scott Doyle Verified

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RICK, has made some good feed thoughts, that connect with some hot and cold feelings on this matter...

And what I have had to realize on this subject,I recall some decades back a Jewish Immigrant I meet and he was from Russia and told me he became an atheist,or did not beleive in God becuase of what happpend to his Family and himself, and he was quite old....kind of shocking for me at the time around age 22.. then again,this has become a very good topic...A/T, Oh Thank Heaven for 7/11.

alexander troup Verified

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tumbles said - "What exactly is so wrong about simply saying “I don’t know”? Particularly when you don’t."

I always wondered that too. I have had discussions about religion with some very intelligent folk who are also deeply religious, and after going through all the logic, they finally admit (to a man) - that they "choose" to believe. You know, just in case....

Tracy Yost Verified

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LOL @ pascal's wager.

Jesus Valadez Verified

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ScoDo's throne! But that doesn't account for him running from sideline to sideline trying goading both sides to fight.

::as long as you keep it to yourself. Billboard --&gt; marketing --&gt; attempt to convert.

Yeah, I have less trouble with a general philosophy push than a genuine branded faith, so to act like these are counterbalance to the "- signed God" series is lame. (Sure they're presumptuous, but they don't don't give an address to send money or join or whatever.)

Just because you agree with something doesn't make it more virtuous.

It's just a membership drive. Good on ya!

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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We love as a Nation, such wisdom of commercial Idolitry... and world global spiritual exchange...In God We Trust...., the Riceman earns a Global Peg.. Sheild..A/T,..The masses need a Jesus..

alexander troup Verified

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As an atheist I care less than very little what anyone else 'believes'.
Some chosen doctrines tell a believer what to eat, what to wear, how to talk, who to love, and who to hate. That's fine.
Some folks just need to be told how to live their lives. I guess figuring it out on their own is just too hard.
As long as your chosen doctrine doesn't dictate you blow my family or myself up, I'm cool with it.

Rick Yost Verified

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Spoken like a true man walking on earth and some forethought of a Darwinist in your blood Rick...it is the deep down honest soul's, that have control over his maker and makings...A/T, Do as thou will...

alexander troup Verified

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dallas_diner-
I'm an Atheist and an amputee. This is such a lame argument to me.
I don't think even the staunchest believer really thinks that god would re-grow my legs.
Nor do I think there is no god because I lost my legs. S#!t happens!
Of course I guess if some Atheists weren't so vocal with their argument against religion, it would really get out of hand. (whoops, too late)

Rick Yost Verified

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Rick, I learned a long time ago that arguing with people of faith about the existence of any god is futile, if not the biggest waste of time on the planet. People of faith are just that, not beings bound by logic. There is nothing that binds the two and trying to find the connection has always been the crux...

Ludwig Wittgenstein's 7th Proposition in his philosophical discourse entitled Tractatus does it for me..."Whereof One Cannot Speak, Thereof One Must Be Silent."

Travis Bush Verified

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Yeah, delusion took us into Iraq!

Rick Yost Verified

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I'm a Christian. Probably the worst "practicing" Christian you'll ever meet, but I believe in taking the humble walk anyway and I'm just so sad that there are so many of you who don't get the point.

It's not a matter of being told how to live but how to live better. Faith is about being uplifted, inspired, given hope and direction when the direction you were going didn't work.

Faith is not for the weak minded, stupid, ignorant, uneducated and "delusional" masses as some posters want to believe. I see many of you provide an expression of some enlightened intellectual superiority; over riding any need for religions belief. I am happy for you that you are so self-perfected.

I'd like to remind our Happy Little Band of Peggers that some of the greatest achievements by our human family were born from religious faith: art, music, literature, architecture, science, medicine, etc. Some of the best educated and most successful people declare personal faith and are anything but weak minded and non-thinking.

Which brings me to the issue of lost limbs argument: many, many fine folks have gone into the medical field because they were "called by God" and inspired by faith to treat the injured and ill. Perhaps, just perhaps, the emergency room professional who treated the amputee was a person of faith and the medical devices and surgical techniques were developed by someone inspired by God or religious teachings. No, a limb didn’t grow back but a life was saved.

Pax out, L

Lisa Lawrence Merritt Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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sorry but contrary to their belief, "churchy folk" do not have the monopoly on good behavior. They just have a reason for it that comes from somewhere besides their own heart and mind. I will never forget the guy who said to me once, "if there is no god and no heaven, then why shouldn't I go around killing and raping?".....

Tracy Yost Verified

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sigh

Scott Doyle Verified

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hey I didn't start this :-)

Tracy Yost Verified

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Yay for our side.
(We were the Butter-Side-Uppers, right?)

I'm constantly amazed when I find cynical Christians and proselytizing Atheists. Do people just not read the directions?

See, I'd love a debate with Yost on darned near anything philosophical. I think it'd go something like:

Hey.   
Hey.
You?
Nah. Not so much. You?
Yeah. Probably.

Whatcha drinkin'?

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 3 weeks ago
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I'm drinking haterade.

Jesus Valadez Verified

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What IS that smell?

Rick Yost Verified

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cho, obviously god gave us intelligence to see how well we could ignore its wicked temptation. I mean, if we were meant to use our brains, why would he leave us a user manual?

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7 months, 3 weeks ago
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::believe in a god does require delusion.

Man, I hear that every day. The same guys then try to convince me the matter around me could fit in the head of a pin. Mind you, they themselves can't prove it, but their high priests explained it in a way that made perfect sense.

With these tiny brains, I think you have to assume at least one bit of axiomatic nonsense to just get through the day.

I'll choose "Yost/Pavel 2012" as my nonsense of the day today.

Jason Rice Verified

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I'll agree to run with Yost on the condition that the White House be a non-smoking area.

Pavel Lishin Verified

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Well, she has a point. Some of the greatest achievements in human history were due to religion, but that's not a controversial thesis to make. There weren't all that many atheists prior to the 19th century, and various churches always had plenty of money - and that counts for a lot in a society of patronage. (Jeremy mentioned the Sistine Chapel as one of the examples before I got a chance to.) Then there's the Egyptian pyramids, etc., etc.

Pavel Lishin Verified

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So, your point of contention lies in the former comment simply being an example...only to later confirm Jeremy hit the nail on the head?

Christ.

<small><i>just laughed at my own joke, btw</i></small>

Scott Doyle Verified

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::tangent to the discussion of atheism and faith.

I thought it was about several hundred square feet of advertising.

::scientific progress IS the highest form of success humanity has achieved.

This oughta be good. So go on now about how those pesky Catholics caused the current scramble of/about/for/against Global Warming.

-- waiting patiently in Plano.

Oh and it's just NOT a long contentious thread without.... Cesar Chavez!

Jason Rice Verified

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$2 Stella if Yost would listen to me for a change. Understood, he's got his business, I obviously would fail at same, etc.

My actual point was, someone else already talked about it, but I'll deflect from it regardless, meanwhile we should take note that some guys did some things worthwhile over the years, Jesus appropriated holier than thou mentality somewhere along the line, and I'm a mothaf*ckin saint for living as long as I have.

Bitch please, I am simply a product of his intelligent design and it's not my fault I'm this infallible. psssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh

Scott Doyle Verified

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Is ScoDo bucking for the coveted "AT Oracular Beat-Poet at Large" seat?

Jason Rice Verified

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I was listening...I am listening...I'm waiting for you to say something intelligible and possibly, well you know.

Rick Yost Verified

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Keep talking. Souless lame excuses.

Lisa Lawrence Merritt Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Sorry, figured it's a better use of my time to randomly blurt out things about things and praise my awesomeness in the process.

And since we're sharing pertinent clips:

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Scott Doyle Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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::Non Sequitur...

Nope. Mass production, procedural conversion of raw resources to wealth.... that's how we've used science, my dear boy.

Stand up and take yer licks.

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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"And since we're sharing pertinent clips:"

Why is it 'pertinent clips' need to be used on Peg to begin with? Can we really not put forth some intelligent thought without resorting to using funny video clips to make our point- or worse, to use when we obviously have no point. I'm all for humor, just type it! This thread loads up like the front page to Myspace- slow.
Too much media and not enough thought turned into dialog.

I'm just sayin'.

I guess I'm outta here.

Rick Yost Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Now, Rick.... I even skipped 'shopping your mug onto Clay's goat to keep things civil.
(That and the perspective is a waaaay off)

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Now Jason...you know I don't don the goat-head (actual goat's head made into religious head gear complete with gold leaf horns and mood-ring eyes) until Sunday night-Special Atheist's Recruitment Show from 12am to 1am, cover: your soul. Don't miss it folks.
I didn't even know Clay had a goat! Blasphemous! I hope he gives it nothing but holy water to drink? You have to be careful you know.

Rick Yost Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Yost, not sure how many serious discussions you've had with people where you question something they'll probably die to defend...but it generally doesn't end in a civil manner.

Not to mention, keep in mind this is a thread about billboards...that happen to be used temporarily to market atheism. All on a site which generates ad revenue strictly via these fancy internets. Don't need no physical sign 'round these parts! (in fact, <a href="http://www.pegasusnews.com/events/2009/apr/03/135413/#c49310">they lost</a> the one they had)

Either way, I spent far more serious words than usual on the ordeal. Not gonna change any minds, especially since I personally chose not to make up my own - and I'm OK with that. Believe what you will; respect me doing same pls.

Scott Doyle Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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The Doyle- "I personally chose not to make up my own - and I'm OK with that. Believe what you will; respect me doing same pls."

Amen brother.

Rick Yost Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Storming the strongholds of things held strongly.

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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So, hey! did anyone catch these momentous unveilings?

I thought I felt the earth shake a little but it turned out to be a jet flyover for the first day of the Rangers' season.

Oh, wait!! This just in!

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Monkey see and monkey do in The planet of The Apes.....as they worxship their Ape God....A/T, ..Life is full of worships..and relics...and bread winners..

alexander troup Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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&lt;sigh&gt;

Ok, in Texas I thought at least she'd be recognizable.. Alas! Fame is fleeting.

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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I Have Obamma on my toast today, great discovery...who is on yout toast..Monkey bean...the Mayor of Dallas...A/T, Burnt offerings

alexander troup Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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::content to chase our tails

Ironically, his glee is that chasing our tails IS content.

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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MADALYN MURRY OHAIR, is an intresting story, really...

While one fact was she did not sleep in a bed she owned or her folks gave her, or had a places to sleep for some 30 years......she grew up sleeping on boxes or other kinds of quiting or other peoples homes, on a couch, so...she felt..telling here story I recall,... GOD..Did not love her or had nonthing do do for here, thus the birth of one very intresting movement....

When she died, it as all about gold coins some 500,000 worth and the final end is quite....an athestic ending...gone....where....

alexander troup Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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And lest the CC crowd feel under represented (as if THAT could ever happen)

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Not even the missing $400K could cover the surgery to pretty her up to Yosti's leash-keeper's level. I can see Tracy in heels.... MMO - not so much.

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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::this is a thread about billboards...

anybody else appreciate the irony that no less than two specific churches are cycling Easter ads on our beloved Peg?

Man, I love this planet!

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Woohooo! And there they BOTH pop up when I post the query.

Man, them electrons have a heluva sense of humor.

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Maybe Lou is gonna try and segregate PN commenter groups so we can struggle for power amongst ourselves?

Aside from that, thanks for amazing us with your superior wit &amp; intelligence...that may or may not have come from one of hopefully many phalanges.

Scott Doyle Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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I've already bookmarked the comment under "Tutorials"

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 2 weeks ago
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They are leaving their cards all over town, found some over here at Urban Market, freind's of Laura and George I would suspect.....speaking of Preston Hollow radar..God dosent even exist over there now...A/T,..Catholic Buddast

alexander troup Verified

7 months, 1 week ago
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I'm prolly gonna get smacked for this, but.... it's so right....

<img src="http://www.pearlatcommerce.com/gallery/rick-altar.jpg">

Tracy Yost Verified

7 months, 1 week ago
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Feature Request: "Beyond Favorite Users" status for Tracy.

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 1 week ago
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No comment...well, you know what I mean.

Rick Yost Verified

7 months, 1 week ago
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You mean "Dammit.... but I have to fall asleep sometime so the next word may be my last"

Ah, married bliss.

Jason Rice Verified

7 months, 1 week ago
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I like how she foresees the domestic abuse, but takes one for the team.

Thanks for your sacrifice, Tracy!

Scott Doyle Verified

7 months, 1 week ago
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