A little of religion, with a dash of logic. (629 hits)
Category: Quotes & StoriesRating: -0.25 on 6 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by <Jaineix.at.yahoo.com> (View user info) at 2003-11-24 19:36:24 EST
First, to give you a little background. I work in the security field while I go to school, nice because there usually isn't anything to do. And I also work with quite a few people that are "Older and Wiser" than I am.
For some reason today I was in kinda a crappy mood at work and that's not a good thing since I work in close quarters with 5 coworkers that are all older than I am( 24 I am). A coworker and I were talking about hockey and the conversation came around to who was going to win the Cup and I suggested Philly, if God wills it. At that point, the oldest atheist I've ever met(Seems they don't have a long life span around my area) chimes in that there is no God. As I was arguing with myself if I should even answer this obviously rude interruption on a conversation that had nothing to do with religion, my asshole side took complete control of all my coomunicating abilities and replied "Prove it". Now to prove his argument he told me that anyone that believed in anything that can't be proven is an idiot, which I really can't say I do know but I came back with the next best thing I had, logic. I asked him if he ever heard of Louise Pastuer( which he didn't and I explained that to him, he was the first to discover bacteria or something of the sort) after I explained that to him I asked him if everyone before that discovery was an idiot for not knowing that. I asked him that just because no one knew how to make a plane before the Wright brothers did, did that make them an idiot?
This coworker of mine said of course it did! That obviously thier was something wrong with people that didn't know about planes and bacteria and such( Yes he really did say this) and that everything dealing with religion is bullshit. At that point I asked him did he know anything about religion besides what he was taught, and he said of course not, he didn't like religion so why learn about it.
Friends, at that point I decided to be a better person and just walk away to headbutt the trunk of my car until the memory of this conversation faded to a little damaged corner of my mind.
Thank you for letting me waste a bit of your time, and I hope that just because I mentioned "Atheist" and "Religion" that no one will lump me with Trevor. Goodnight Ubersite!
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Submitted by GrizzlyHunter62 (user info) at 2003-11-24 23:38:45 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
-1 for a religion-based post.
-1 because you walked away. You should have slammed HIS head into the trunk of your car.
+1 because that guy was pretty fucking retarded. That's funny.
+1 because Trevor is cocksucker.
Submitted by Tom (user info) at 2003-11-24 21:15:03 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
ATTN IDEA WHORE!
http://www.ubersite.com/cgi-bin/message_get.cgi?message=106969813659778407
Submitted by EvilZurr (user info) at 2003-11-24 20:57:27 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
seriously, why is there such tension between religious people and athiests? i am an athiest, and i dont care if someone says 'god bless you' when i sneeze, or something of the sort. anyone who does get all uppity about it isnt an _athiest_, theyre just a grumpy piece of shit.
next time just say "this isnt about if god exists or not", dont get into a religion debate. truthfully, i dont think this event even happened because ive never seen/heard a non-pious person get offended at the word 'god' unless its in a commanding context (ie "BELIEVE IN GOD!", that just pisses everyone off because no one likes being told what to do)
from now on, i am avoiding all religion posts, because all they tend to do is go in circles
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2003-11-24 20:17:21 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Yeah, this is one of those asshole arrogant atheists who get all uppity when someone says god bless you after someone sneezes. They go around and exert their opinions on everyone. I'm a laid back atheist. I don't give half a shit what you believe, unless you start imposing it or acting pompous. This kind of stuff is a function of the person, not their beliefs.
Oh, and fuck you, Trevor, wherever you are.
Submitted by Jaineix (user info) at 2003-11-24 20:00:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I was thinking more along the lines of maybe trying to find out a little on his own, you know, read a little about diverse religions or maybe talking to others of different beliefs.
Submitted by Yes at 2003-11-24 19:41:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
"did he know anything about religion besides what he was taught" umm... what else would he have known? what he learned through osmosis?