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Phillip McCleod

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Reply to humblebum (Reply #55)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 09:48 PM

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Don’t Replace Religion; End It [View all] cleanhippie Jan 2013 OP

Penn Jillette at his clearest. djean111 Jan 2013 #1

"I just want its influence over things ended" That pretty much sums up most non-believers. cleanhippie Jan 2013 #3

Cool tama Jan 2013 #2

"We don’t need to replace tribalism with anything other than love for all humanity. " Jim__ Jan 2013 #8

Who said "Yes we can"? tama Jan 2013 #12

Penn Jillette. Jim__ Jan 2013 #13

And many others tama Jan 2013 #14

I don't have a problem with accepting things on faith. Jim__ Jan 2013 #30

Yes, the contradiction is easy to point to tama Jan 2013 #31

This OP is a simple but very good explaination why the human race would be better off without ladjf Jan 2013 #4

Agreed. cleanhippie Jan 2013 #6

Unfortunately, or fortunately as the case may be, history shows that explanation to be wrong. humblebum Jan 2013 #15

IMO, history has shown that religion has been bad for the human race more often than not. ladjf Jan 2013 #22

As long as there are declared atheists there will be religion. nt humblebum Jan 2013 #5

There will always be religion - but it has nothing to do with the existence of 'declared atheists' LeftishBrit Jan 2013 #63

So who said that it did? But you have validated my statement that humblebum Jan 2013 #64

Mr. Gillette apparently hasn't read the Bill of Rights. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #7

Mr. Jillette is an outspoken narrow-minded bigot. He has made the statement humblebum Jan 2013 #9

That's hilarious amuse bouche Jan 2013 #16

It is highly likely you are dealing with one right now. cleanhippie Jan 2013 #18

Perhaps try reading it again. He is not calling for a ban. cleanhippie Jan 2013 #10

Where did i say he was calling for a ban? I was critiquing the credibility and motivations of humblebum Jan 2013 #11

He IS calling for a ban on religion Fortinbras Armstrong Jan 2013 #20

No, he is not. cleanhippie Jan 2013 #36

He is calling for the ABOLITION of religion Fortinbras Armstrong Jan 2013 #43

Your attempts to insert words and meaning not there will not change his actual words and meaning. cleanhippie Jan 2013 #45

A strange postion for a self-described libertarian. rug Jan 2013 #17

Once more the atheist bigots get to trot out their bigotry Fortinbras Armstrong Jan 2013 #19

Maybe if Penn was openly bigoted in the article that would be true Promethean Jan 2013 #21

This particular article by him is not what solely identifies him as such. It's the humblebum Jan 2013 #23

Sorry, but saying that religion should be abolished for the greater good IS bigoted Fortinbras Armstrong Jan 2013 #25

He says lots of supid things. rug Jan 2013 #33

Wow! Sounds like him and Glenn Beck are marching to the same imaginary drummer. Jim__ Jan 2013 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author mr blur Jan 2013 #27

Get a new whine, this one's already getting old. Get over yourself. mr blur Jan 2013 #29

"Religion is often just tribalism" - has he bothered to investigate the history of humblebum Jan 2013 #24

if he has then like most atheists today he probably found it wanting Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #38

But, but, but, but......MILITANT ATHEISTS! MILITANT ATHEISTS!!! cleanhippie Jan 2013 #49

ah yes well lest we forget for one moment Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #50

I guess the same could be said for your anti-religious blatherings, which humblebum Jan 2013 #62

"today's atheist movement... humblebum Jan 2013 #55

pathetic. Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #56

But oh so true, and a little more so than you would admit. humblebum Jan 2013 #59

I agree religion should end and it will for the vast majority. Kalidurga Jan 2013 #26

Can someone point me to the Theist that says this? LARED Jan 2013 #28

i had a cop ask me more or less that exact question one time. Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #39

Good answer tama Jan 2013 #41

at the time i was arguing that we already do live 'in anarchy' Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #42

Natural state, yup. tama Jan 2013 #44

i see it as more value-neutral than that Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #46

My "value theory" tama Jan 2013 #47

i do agree that anarchic solutions to complex problems Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #48

Yes, tama Jan 2013 #51

so true that they (incl. we) are "excellent examples of anarchic organization" Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #57

Hierarchy of dependencies tama Jan 2013 #58

Believe only what I want you to believe. Speck Tater Jan 2013 #32

Well said! Jim__ Jan 2013 #34

The premise is strange to me because atheism and religion are compatable. ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #37

true and not just zen. Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #40

Philosophical Taoism as well deutsey Jan 2013 #60

Religion just Dpm12 Jan 2013 #52

Sorry can't resist tama Jan 2013 #53

Faulty comparisons. okasha Jan 2013 #54

That's just, like, uh, your opinion, man deutsey Jan 2013 #61