Comments on: National Blasphemy Day

By: Happy International Blasphemy Day (Well, maybe not so happy.) | joejohnston ? us

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:18:40 +0000

[...] Take this little blog quote from someone identified as Bock, the Robber regarding Blasphemy Day, Bock the Robber on Blasphemy Day “Now.Â Would (sic) you say enough adherents of nutcase religions feel outrage?Â (sic) Is [...]

By: George Carlin

George Carlin — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:26:52 +0000

"When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?"

-This title offends all three major religions. And vegetarians too.

By: Pat Walsh

Pat Walsh — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:24:09 +0000

Then there was the dyslexic agnostic. He wasn't sure if there was a Dog or not

By: ronwan

ronwan — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:33:26 +0000

So what if Jesus turned water into wine…I turned a whole student loan into Vodka once. Your move Jesus…

By: Bock

Bock — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:29:55 +0000

You have to go with the etymology. A-theos. Without god.

Some people take that to mean that they haven't adopted a belief in a god, but i have trouble accepting that position.

If you say definitively that there is no god, then you must be asserting a belief, because you have no evidence to support the assertion.

If you assert that there is a god, you also have no evidence.

Both positions are based on belief.

By: Sully

Sully — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:21:51 +0000

@ Bock I'm not really adding anything to the discussion, but "tru dat". I will say that on the continuum of theist to non-theist, you'd want to be a slobbering idiot to be be at either end, but I so close to the godless end that it'd be disingenuous to say otherwise. Perhaps I can justify the label by saying I'm atheistic with regards to every god I've encountered?

Gah – I need to stop this twaddle – it figures that it'd come up on the comment thread, I'm just sorry to be the guy promulgating it!

By: Bock

Bock — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:30:53 +0000

I have no reason to believe a god exists, but I have no reason to believe a god doesn't exist either. That makes me an agnostic.

If I state categorically that there's no god, then I'm an atheist, However, since I have no evidence to support the assertion, I must be basing it on belief. That makes me a believer in the absence of a god.

By: Sully

Sully — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:27:56 +0000

Bock, I describe myself as an atheist, but I don't "fervently believe" that there's no God – it's just the most accessible term to use instead of saying "I've yet to encounter a religion that is both internally and externally consistent, and from a casual observance of the universe, it seems apparent that any Western notions of a deity who intervenes for the good of humankind are unfounded. Also, agnostics are pussies, Richard Dawkins told me so."

I'm liking the new site, although at the same time I'll miss the old one for a while (there was something quite raw about it that I found compelling). I'm about to follow suit with my national blasphemy day post, but it'll be a crock of shit, since life got in the way of writing something daycent, as it tends to do.

By: WillKnott.ie » Blog Archive » If you build it, what will come

WillKnott.ie » Blog Archive » If you build it, what will come — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:15:46 +0000

[...] Maybe I should apply for a business idea grant. Is there a business to be made designing furniture like this? After all I can see an excellent horizontal Saint Andrew's Cross being made out of four Norden benches and an Oddvar stool. Or would something like that be considered blasphemy? [...]

By: paddyanglican

paddyanglican — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:08:25 +0000

Bock – Here's one for the day that's in it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9W9pCtCyzs