jakelafort

Autumn my neologism is cranktankerous.

Parting thought…if you crank tankers would stop taking contentions and assertions literally you would see how facile and glib you can be by mischaracterizing their conclusions & positions. It is not like they mean what they write. If it seems patronizing and dishonest that is not literally what i am doing..

I am fortunate to have learned that religion must be taken on its terms-not any modern humanistic ethical terms. We should be more understanding of the myriad intolerable impositions. Similarly the ideology and mythology of slavery that kept innocents in chains ought to be so understood. No matter how fucked over individuals are and civilization…[Read more]

Istvan, you are utilizing dishonest debating techniques or so it appears to me.

In my fantasy scholars produce an encyclopedia of the harms caused by religion. One of the underappreciated is the early access to unformed impressionable minds. In my estimation the early indoctrination of children is a crime and not a petty one. I won’t expand cuz…[Read more]

That was a good rant, Davis.

I held back. Ya know i get it when theists rationalize about the impact of religion. They’re ignorant or they buy the propaganda. But for an educated atheist it is weird.

Istvan i was responding to your conclusion: But our reluctance to meet religion on its own terms isn’t religion’s problem. For plenty of people it works just fine.

It is a distortion to give religion a pass because it works out for plenty of people. Why would one meet an institution that has retarded civilization in every meaningful way ima…[Read more]

Yeah Istvan it is working out well for the pedophiles who find sanctuary for their peculiar practices. And not only is civilization advancing as children find out what the world is really about but politicians, dictators et. al. have ready made citizens to spoon feed and utilize for their nefarious ends. And one can only imagine how many Muslims…[Read more]

Istvan i can make out a few interpretations of what you have indited here: ironically, this is the same blind spot that many atheists have toward what we call reality. To my way of thinking, if someone can’t deal with metaphor or ambiguity, they’re mistaking the finger for what it’s pointing to.

Care to elucidate without ambiguity?

Istvan if you told any powerful religious institution that their claims were not literal you would be executed or excommunicated. If it is not literal then it is not true. It isn’t real. Adherents would be living lives in accordance with tiresome rituals and strictures and having expectations that were unachievable. It is the very heart of…[Read more]

Istvan, care to elaborate?

From my vantage religion is making literal claims. Whether it is or is not is not germane to antitheism. I judge of religion from the perspective-what is it, what is its nature, what does it do? Am curious where you are coming from…

I think in the matter of Rittenhouse both Fox & CNN, MSNBC made hay as the facts were spun to fit their respective narratives.

Yes Unseen Machiavelli explains as much then as now.

My point is that the masses are fed platitudes…democracy, liberty, freedom, human rights. On the other hand our actions betray our real interests. Us! And only some of us and whatever our perceived self interest is. The US has fucked over democratically elected governments and repeatedly…[Read more]

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1113972

Maybe you were aware of this…i just learned this morning. It is exactly what i was pointing out-how disingenuous and hypocritical and selective and driven by media is our collective bleeding heart for humanitarian nightmares. Everything is bullshit, hypocritical nonsense. But the shit will be…[Read more]

Enco,

I am rushed and i know there were other mistakes you made but one of em is your definition of insanity. Most of the American definitions are based on a 19th century precedent-the M’Naughton or is it Mcaughton rule. Essentially if the defendant at the time of the commission of the act that represents the crime the defendant because of a…[Read more]

Enco, all people have a right to their own facts unless and until the government acts. Were that not so there would be no religion. All religionists utilize mythology. They’re not simply opinions about the nature of reality. They posit a world in which mythology is real. Journalism and news is replete with utter BS-not just opinion but spin and…[Read more]

Enco i am surprised you affirmed and doubled down on that stance.

In the past you advocated blanket wholesale balls to the wall unabridged don’t tread on my ass FREE MUTHA FUCKIN SPEECH, BITCH!

You’ve carved a loony toons exception for fake hate crimes. You say not because it is offensive to me but no one has a right to their own facts. Does…[Read more]

This is the intermediate portrayal of our present/future and worth a look.