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In reply to the discussion: Atheists’ misguided fight over the 9/11 memorial [View all]Major Nikon
(36,925 posts)173. Except 'Gone With The Wind' was an original story
Almost all biblical mythology was plagiarized from earlier mythology.
Even Jesus himself and even the New Testament were largely the product of common era historical revisionism. None of the gospels were written by those in which they are attributed, and the only evidence for the holy trinity was inserted into the biblical texts centuries after they were written. There's a few nuggets of historical fact contained in the bible, but the vast majority of it is smoke and mirrors hocus pocus.
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Yes, it's quite a leap from "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"
Nye Bevan
Mar 2014
#3
What is more historical about that piece of scrap metal than any other scrap from the site? n/t
Gore1FL
Mar 2014
#202
Like I said, it took a couple of days before I really noticed that no one had mentioned me
Fumesucker
Mar 2014
#17
Nor were Pagans mentioned, as if we are something to be swept under the carpet.
Hestia
Mar 2014
#254
Exactly. Worse, most Xians assume that the Bible is historically accurate. It isn't.
stopbush
Mar 2014
#169
I believe the more accurate term would be "acculturation" rather than"plagiarized".
LanternWaste
Mar 2014
#307
How is Gabriel any different from Zeus, Apollo, Hermes, et al? They too were considered divine and
Hestia
Mar 2014
#255
I didn't make up the deity rape story ... it's in that book that Xtians like to quote.
Arugula Latte
Mar 2014
#257
I am familiar with many cultures/countries/etc. and have friends of many beliefs
Arugula Latte
Mar 2014
#260
It's the remains of a steel beam cross-bar. If others wish to make more of it, so what?
hlthe2b
Mar 2014
#127
I don't have one, but if I did, it would be something more inclusive, to include everyone who died.
RC
Mar 2014
#252
Only jackass Christian zealots are allowed to have a voice in this country. Got it.
Arugula Latte
Mar 2014
#228
"If Christ had lived in the modern age Christians would all be wearing little electric chairs"
Fumesucker
Mar 2014
#4
Then there are a lot of atheists just as intolerant and unfeeling as they
Pretzel_Warrior
Mar 2014
#13
Feeling alienated when you see a religious icon that excludes you is not itself petty or intolerant.
Bonobo
Mar 2014
#15
I have a certain revulsion at the idea of making an icon from an instrument of torture.[n/t]
Maedhros
Mar 2014
#90
Those were dark days for me personally and it gave me a sense of hope that we would get
hrmjustin
Mar 2014
#78
For approximately the same reason that imaginary red and blue lines on a map give comfort to people
LanternWaste
Mar 2014
#308
And where was their asshole of a god on 9-11? What, "he" had something better to do than prevent
Arugula Latte
Mar 2014
#229
We can argue what others think of the cross all day long but the metal itself is debris and...
hrmjustin
Mar 2014
#31
It is no more part of the history than any other scrap hauled away from the site. n/t
Gore1FL
Mar 2014
#203
Yes. But I also have my own memories which do not match the twist in the article.
Ms. Toad
Mar 2014
#162
Putting a cross in a museum is nit the same as prop 8 but I understand your point.
hrmjustin
Mar 2014
#126
No one is being oppressed by these beams being put in a museum. Offended yes but not oppressed.
hrmjustin
Mar 2014
#129
Well I think it won't cost much to deal with this thing. They can designate privste funds for it.
hrmjustin
Mar 2014
#144
Again I understand how you feel but in this case I think these beams belong in the museum.
hrmjustin
Mar 2014
#151
Because it became part of the story and that is what museums are about. Telling the story.
hrmjustin
Mar 2014
#265
I'm for leaving the cross at the WTC as a reminder that the buildings were brought down
stopbush
Mar 2014
#174
Indeed. Likewise, it's also religious fanatics who are insisting that the WTC cross
stopbush
Mar 2014
#191
What was so special about this piece of "debris" that made it different than all the rest?
Fumesucker
Mar 2014
#36
I was aware of the offer. I live here in NY and I find your first remark insulting.
hrmjustin
Mar 2014
#64
Then you should have no objection to this piece being replaced with a less offensive piece, right?
Demo_Chris
Mar 2014
#55
Every piece is part of the story. This is just a particularly offensive piece. nt
Demo_Chris
Mar 2014
#66
The Arizona is debris. There have been quite a few religious services on this government property.
rug
Mar 2014
#197
That maybe true but it is debris. It is also a part of the story here in NY and should be a part
hrmjustin
Mar 2014
#37
Look you don't have to like it but the courts appear to be on the side of allowing it.
hrmjustin
Mar 2014
#72
Did you know Silverman and AA opposed a prominent Star of David at a Holocaust museum?
rug
Mar 2014
#200
I don't think you'll win the argument that atheists as a group suffered equally in rhe Holocaust.
rug
Mar 2014
#247
So if someone had turned 9/11 debris into a giant dildo, you'd still be saying...
Silent3
Mar 2014
#216
So. All 3000 who died were Christians? No. Just who are we honoring here? Only the Christians who
Luminous Animal
Mar 2014
#41
Thank you Mother Mary Magellan who taught me that lesson oh so many decades ago.
Luminous Animal
Mar 2014
#56
I think it is really sad how some Christians are incapable of seeing the world through anything
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2014
#53
If someone were to suggest a Star of David be put up to commemorate the 9/11 victims...
Bonobo
Mar 2014
#59
More that christians and atheists were killed that day.. jews, buddhists, hindis, muslims, agnostics
Luminous Animal
Mar 2014
#62
I support cutting it up, selling the scrap, and using the money for a true memorial. nt
Demo_Chris
Mar 2014
#63
lol, right...how absurd to have a symbol of the tragedy at a museum commemorating it.
tritsofme
Mar 2014
#190
I started replying to the person who proposed sending it to the scrapper, literally erasing it.
tritsofme
Mar 2014
#201
It is a symbol of hate -- the same type of bronze age delusional that inspired the hijackers....
Demo_Chris
Mar 2014
#244
So some world trade worker comes up with his version of Jesus-burnt-toast or water-stain-Jesus....
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2014
#99
Agreed. The discovered girder crosspiece was snipped to the proportions of the Xtian cross.
John1956PA
Mar 2014
#152
Mary Elizabeth Williams is one of Salon's stable of anti-atheism/pro-Catholicism writers
MNBrewer
Mar 2014
#115
Does it stand to signify the Crusade Bush undertook in response to this attack
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2014
#116
The "cross" is not "part of what happened". It was manufactured. After the fact.
NYC Liberal
Mar 2014
#122
I would certainly support other religions/non-religions honoring their dead. However,
dballance
Mar 2014
#163
I have never in my life heard a Christian claim that "Christians are so great".
Nye Bevan
Mar 2014
#171
When Congress makes a law respecting an establishment of religion, we'll talk (nt)
Nye Bevan
Mar 2014
#179
It helps make the irrational beliefs behind religion seem ok when they're really not.
phil89
Mar 2014
#284
If the cross was of significant meaning for Christian rescuers at the site....
Beartracks
Mar 2014
#208
Simply including the cross at a public museum wouldn't be promoting a religion...
Beartracks
Mar 2014
#275
Considering the location, a dollar sign-shaped steel beam would be more appropriate
Tom Ripley
Mar 2014
#234
The same people out there who are up in arms about the opposition to this religious symbol
edhopper
Mar 2014
#312