Atheists & Agnostics

onager

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14. You probably know the old American joke about that...

Fri Sep 19, 2014, 07:05 PM

Sep 2014

"The British Empire sent its religious fanatics to America and its criminals to Australia.

How did Australia manage to get first choice?"

Equal Time old joke, obviously not applicable to us atheists...

"Heaven is a place where the cooks are French, the police are British, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and it's run by the Swiss.

Hell is a place where the cooks are British, the police are German, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss and it's run by the Italians."

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Michael Nugent: Atheism Is Global [View all] onager Sep 2014 OP

The first outspoken atheist I knew was a Palestinian Arab Warpy Sep 2014 #1

Question for you all - mr blur Sep 2014 #2

Europe, China, and Japan are noticeably non-religious Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #4

First question: no LiberalAndProud Sep 2014 #6

I do think that most Christians in general (even mild go-to-church-for-Xmas types) Arugula Latte Sep 2014 #7

I'll give these a try... onager Sep 2014 #8

a "mission trip" to London? mr blur Sep 2014 #9

Google Mission to London LiberalAndProud Sep 2014 #10

Wow. Just wow! mr blur Sep 2014 #11

Just for kicks I googled Mission to Paris, LiberalAndProud Sep 2014 #13

You probably know the old American joke about that... onager Sep 2014 #14

You're right! What an...interesting search... onager Sep 2014 #12

Never been to a soccer match, huh? awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #15

Actually, you're right. Unusually, perhaps for an Englishman, mr blur Sep 2014 #16

I recall trashing a thread in the other room Lordquinton Sep 2014 #3

And here I was thinking it was imported from GB. LiberalAndProud Sep 2014 #5