Godless grifters: How the New Atheists merged with the far right

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jefferson did not believe in a personal interactive god and wrote his own bible which had every supernatural event removed.

Deist is the closest common term that is accurate for him.

Regardless, he was not a Christian by most definitions.

Correct, expect he did not "write his own bible" he just took out the miracle stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible

Lol sorry please explain to me the difference. You’re splitting hairs at the best.

The point of the “Jefferson Bible” was to write down all of the words spoken by Jesus. So that he could read them all together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ yeah, I was surprised when that pp (the OP), said "religion is flourishing." Really? Everything I've read says the number of people who identify as religious is steadily declining.

OP seems to think that if you repeat something often enough, it becomes true. sort of like "Jesus is Lord"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jefferson did not believe in a personal interactive god and wrote his own bible which had every supernatural event removed.

Deist is the closest common term that is accurate for him.

Regardless, he was not a Christian by most definitions.

Correct, expect he did not "write his own bible" he just took out the miracle stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible

Lol sorry please explain to me the difference. You’re splitting hairs at the best.

The point of the “Jefferson Bible” was to write down all of the words spoken by Jesus. So that he could read them all together.

Again the point is missed, it was about the pedantry of the post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jefferson did not believe in a personal interactive god and wrote his own bible which had every supernatural event removed.

Deist is the closest common term that is accurate for him.

Regardless, he was not a Christian by most definitions.

Correct, expect he did not "write his own bible" he just took out the miracle stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible

Lol sorry please explain to me the difference. You’re splitting hairs at the best.

The point of the “Jefferson Bible” was to write down all of the words spoken by Jesus. So that he could read them all together.

Again the point is missed, it was about the pedantry of the post.

The opinion that the post was pedantic could have been said up front, instead of saying that Jefferson wrote his own Bible, which is not accurate. Seems more like an unnecessary cover for something so obvious just by reading the thread and knowing the facts about the Jefferson Bible, which are easily attainable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of those new atheists may be nasty people -- but they're not wrong

So you agree with conservatives then, politically? Because the new atheists do.

Oh no they don't, that is made up and you know it. At best there is no correlation. More likely conservatism and the religious right are a bloc.

What is made up in the article? What is untrue?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of those new atheists may be nasty people -- but they're not wrong

So you agree with conservatives then, politically? Because the new atheists do.

Oh no they don't, that is made up and you know it. At best there is no correlation. More likely conservatism and the religious right are a bloc.

What is made up in the article? What is untrue?

You know the old saying "If you gotta ask, you'll never know".

It attempts to make a correlation where there is none. Atheists come in all political persuasions, as do believers. To claim otherwise is to be a liar or an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of those new atheists may be nasty people -- but they're not wrong

So you agree with conservatives then, politically? Because the new atheists do.

Oh no they don't, that is made up and you know it. At best there is no correlation. More likely conservatism and the religious right are a bloc.

What is made up in the article? What is untrue?

You know the old saying "If you gotta ask, you'll never know".

It attempts to make a correlation where there is none. Atheists come in all political persuasions, as do believers. To claim otherwise is to be a liar or an idiot.

Or possibly a zealot

[Anonymous]

We may as well be arguing about the weather.

People indoctrinated by organized religion had this done to them as children when their synapses were most open to fairytales. It’s sad. Imagine having these imaginary stories hardwired into your brain at such an impressionable age.

So, the answer to this thread is to simply concede, stop arguing and let evolution take hold. All the pew studies show that religion is on the decline in western society. Yes, they’re won “the battle” for now. By this I mean they’ve skewed the Supreme Court to better enshrine religious protections for a while longer, but the writing is on the wall. Y’all are demographically fked. Young people don’t need the Bible. So we can only let time do its thing.

Enjoy. Yes, you are right. Totally. New atheists and all that and blah blah. Yep. We are all listening. You totally win this argument super religious people. Everything you say is logical. You win!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We may as well be arguing about the weather.

People indoctrinated by organized religion had this done to them as children when their synapses were most open to fairytales. It’s sad. Imagine having these imaginary stories hardwired into your brain at such an impressionable age.

So, the answer to this thread is to simply concede, stop arguing and let evolution take hold. All the pew studies show that religion is on the decline in western society. Yes, they’re won “the battle” for now. By this I mean they’ve skewed the Supreme Court to better enshrine religious protections for a while longer, but the writing is on the wall. Y’all are demographically fked. Young people don’t need the Bible. So we can only let time do its thing.

Enjoy. Yes, you are right. Totally. New atheists and all that and blah blah. Yep. We are all listening. You totally win this argument super religious people. Everything you say is logical. You win!

The zealot will probably think you're serious.