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AtheistCrusader

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71. It's laudable, but doesn't seem terribly effective.

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 11:35 AM

Aug 2015

I certainly support abolishing and eliminating all nuclear weapons worldwide.

Holding a gun to your neighbor's head as a matter of foreign policy doesn't make for good neighbors.

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The Idolatry of Nuclearism [View all] stone space Aug 2015 OP

Misuse of the word "idolatry" Android3.14 Aug 2015 #1

The "sloppy rhetoric" is not the author's. stone space Aug 2015 #4

"gods of metal", eh? mr blur Aug 2015 #2

I always thought 'Trinity' was the name... uriel1972 Aug 2015 #3

It was named for a poem by edhopper Aug 2015 #6

"The Trinity" is part of a much longer poem. rug Aug 2015 #9

especially from a secular Jew\Humanist edhopper Aug 2015 #11

According to wikipedia, Oppenheimer is not sure why he chose it. Jim__ Aug 2015 #14

He may have been retconning when he said that. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #18

Good to see the Christian Left isn't above hurling accusations of heresy and apostacy at opponents. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2015 #5

And blasphemy! Don't forget BLASPHEMY! trotsky Aug 2015 #8

The Liberal Christian Inquisition will sit them in the comfy chair... Act_of_Reparation Aug 2015 #10

! beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #23

I don't understand your references, especially since... stone space Aug 2015 #32

I understand that you don't understand. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2015 #45

So "Liberal Christian Inquisition" is a metaphor for trials put on by the State... stone space Aug 2015 #51

No. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2015 #59

What should happen to these militant Christians, I wonder? stone space Aug 2015 #33

It's an accusation of idolatry, not of heresy or apostasy struggle4progress Aug 2015 #21

Oh, shit. I didn't realize. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2015 #47

It's outrageous, isn't it? Not only do they have bizarre and disgusting religious ideas -- such as struggle4progress Aug 2015 #53

Aw, snap. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2015 #60

Outside of the second Heston Planet of the Apes movie edhopper Aug 2015 #7

Dr. Strangelove Warren Stupidity Aug 2015 #19

That was learning to Love the Bomb edhopper Aug 2015 #20

Dunno. One might make a case that Edward Teller, Curtis LeMay, and Henry Kissinger all worshipped struggle4progress Aug 2015 #22

In the way people worship Jesus and Allah edhopper Aug 2015 #24

It doesn't seem to me that I am conflating meanings struggle4progress Aug 2015 #25

Did they really edhopper Aug 2015 #26

We use too many words too differently to have a productive discussion struggle4progress Aug 2015 #27

fine edhopper Aug 2015 #28

Polytheistic pissing match. stone space Aug 2015 #34

Certainly, the theology of the Plowshares movement is in opposition to... stone space Aug 2015 #30

Another shotgun blast of ignorance. cleanhippie Aug 2015 #12

... trotsky Aug 2015 #13

More like the drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet. stone space Aug 2015 #31

More like the rat a tat tat of endless blather firing from your extended magazine. cleanhippie Aug 2015 #42

A much bigger problem skepticscott Aug 2015 #15

GWB edhopper Aug 2015 #16

nuclearism (noun) stone space Aug 2015 #35

You missed the target completely, dude skepticscott Aug 2015 #36

Any thoughts on the Plowshares movement? (nt) stone space Aug 2015 #37

It's OK if you didn't get it, dude skepticscott Aug 2015 #38

Just trying to keep the thread on topic. stone space Aug 2015 #39

You're a "militant atheist"? mr blur Aug 2015 #40

And a "mathematician", too! cleanhippie Aug 2015 #43

Also a 'logican' when he's not Yosemite Sam'ing it up on the forums. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #48

Oh sweet baby back jesus Lordquinton Aug 2015 #50

You seem to be confused. Militant Pacifism has a long and proud history. stone space Aug 2015 #54

So now your comparing yourself to MLK? Lordquinton Aug 2015 #57

This is a thread about militant nonviolence. stone space Aug 2015 #61

What is militant nonviolence"? Act_of_Reparation Aug 2015 #72

You're jumping all over the place and making no sense Lordquinton Aug 2015 #74

Firing blanks again, home skillet. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #17

Don't shoot the messenger. stone space Aug 2015 #29

Messenger or hitman? If at the end of the day you need to put the gun down, might not be a messenger AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #41

Sharon Erickson Nepstad is a hitman? stone space Aug 2015 #44

No, you. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #46

What did you learn in school about the Plowshares movement? stone space Aug 2015 #55

How old are you? That movement started several years before AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #56

I'm old as dirt, it seems. On September 9, 1980, I was 23. You? (nt) stone space Aug 2015 #62

Two years old. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #69

So this movement has been ongoing throughout most of your lifetime. stone space Aug 2015 #70

It's laudable, but doesn't seem terribly effective. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #71

What is it exactly with your obsession of guns and killing? cleanhippie Aug 2015 #49

Does it disturb you to hear about what religious folks are doing? stone space Aug 2015 #52

Holy non-sequiturs batman! Lordquinton Aug 2015 #58

Is this not the correct forum for discussing religion and theology? stone space Aug 2015 #63

Except, the author is really bad, with a feeble grasp of facts. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #73

Well, that's a good question coming from one of our more prolific Gungeon posters Starboard Tack Aug 2015 #64

At worst you just gave a compliment Lordquinton Aug 2015 #75

Aha! Starboard Tack Aug 2015 #77

Your wit is truly baffling Lordquinton Aug 2015 #78

"On Freedom of Religion and Contempory Idolatry." stone space Aug 2015 #65

So, turn the position you're against into a religion, trotsky Aug 2015 #66

The Plowshares movement does not use violence. stone space Aug 2015 #67

Oh, so a peaceful Holy War then? trotsky Aug 2015 #68

"... the US population has become psychologically and politically dependent on it's nuclear capacity Jim__ Aug 2015 #76