Westboro Baptist Church The Butt Of Hilarious Thanksgiving Prank

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34. I'm mystified by the fact

that people believe in imaginary beings.

To me, pointing to the good things people do in the name of such belief demonstrates a lack of respect for their human potential, as if to imply they weren't capable of the same good acts without it.

Feeding the hungry because they're hungry vs. feeding the hungry because a six-foot invisible rabbit wants one to accomplishes the same good, yes. But there's harm done as well in the latter case: it's the engendering of the notion that one is not in control of one's own life; that if one fucks up by not feeding the hungry, or otherwise offends the rabbit, (perhaps by filling a birth control prescription when the rabbit says not to, or failing to show up at the funeral with a "God Hates Fags" sign), well, into the pit one goes.

Btw, it is both reasoned and rational to reject belief in anything that one has absolutely no evidence for.

You seem to have misunderstood my WBC comment, incidentally. I probably don't need to ask whether that was deliberate, but henceforth I'll make sure to use beaucoup smilies when I suspect they'll be of help to you.