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9th April 2010

“I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.”

Stephen F. Roberts

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9 Responses to “9th April 2010”

  1. Steve Says:
    April 9th, 2010 at 2:04

    A succinct, classic, perfectly candid line. Cuts to the heart of the issue. Wonderful for door to door religious salespeople.

    I still think that Odin was the coolest… …but then I come from Nordic stock.

  2. Lurker Says:
    April 9th, 2010 at 2:34

    A classic line, often repeated, and for good reason.

  3. Atheist MC Says:
    April 9th, 2010 at 8:48

    I always attributed this (or something like it) to Dawkins. You live and learn.
    So succinct, so obviously apposite, what more to say?

  4. John Says:
    April 9th, 2010 at 14:53

    No more reasonable words ever spoken; so much more refreshing and enlightening than the old dogmas of the dead books of the past.

  5. NoReflection Says:
    April 9th, 2010 at 15:53

    WISDOM AT IT`S BEST, I FEEL A LITTLE WISER NOW .AND WITH THAT WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD, I WILL START WITH THE PRIEST ACROSS THE STREET. HE MAY LOOK AT ME WIERD AT TIME`S ON MY EVALUATION`S BUT I AM DEFINETLY MAKING HIM THINK AND THAT IS PROGRESS ,, AND GOOD OLD EVOLUTION.

  6. Holysmokes Says:
    April 9th, 2010 at 18:11

    Wait a minute! What about the doughnuts??? Surely that is real!?!?!?

  7. CaptainZero1969 Says:
    April 9th, 2010 at 18:50

    Doughnutism has an unfair advantage because the Holy Orbs of Divine Carbohydrate manifest themselves in the physical world. It’s odd, though, that the main priests that do the conjuring of the doughnuts (PBUT) are invariably Asian. They must be the chosen people!

  8. steve Says:
    April 9th, 2010 at 18:59

    Darn it Captain!

    First you disrespect the bagelites.

    As a child I was raised christian, and it was the Jewish people that got to be ‘chosen’.

    Now, you are telling me that Doughnutters have Asians as the chosen ones?

    I failed at Pirate school, so the Pastafarians won’t make me part of a chosen people.

    I am thinking of starting a new religion, a la Martin Luther. Maybe call it Donutters, and get rid of that ‘ugh’ part of religious thought. We could have better church lunches, with more ‘hot dishes’, jello salads, and…

    Oh. Never mind. I cannot be a Doughnutter or a Donutter. I am diabetic.

    Gee, I am beginning to understand why all these gods are dismissed.

  9. litchik Says:
    April 9th, 2010 at 20:57

    CaptainZero –

    Are you on the west coast? Where I live doughnuts (and donuts) are primarily the province of the Greeks. I know they are chosen, but by Hera. Perhaps Asian doughnut priests are chosen by another deity?