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We called them "yuppies" - would that term be demeaning enough?

But that word doesn't have "sex" in it, and it doesn't sound like the words "homosexual" or "transsexual." As we know, sex is dirty enough, but homosexuals and transsexuals are all disease-ridden, AIDS-infested, sex-crazed, godless, hedonistic, er..., I'm sure there are a few more words I could use along those lines but I haven't had my tea^H^H^Hcoffee yet (of course I'm a real man! tea is for girls!). At any rate, no, "yuppie" wasn't demeaning enough.

Besides, someone who's young and upper class might just be well-connected and a hard worker. Homosexuals, transsexuals, and their newest effiminate (nothing worse than being feminine, a fate worse than death) sexual deviant might be well-connected, but hard-working, even deserving? Pfft. </troll>

Cheers

"we've decided to fast track certain predominantly Godless groups to eternal damnation. You're now stuck at work."

But with Internet access... so how is that Hell again?

People are put in physically or emotionally distressing situations;

--I was told as a child that I would burn in Hell for all eternity if I was bad. It is obscene that parents would put such vile, crippling nonsense into their childrens' minds. This is psychological abuse, plain and simple.

Their problems are reduced to one simple explanation, which is repeatedly emphasized;

--I was told that the Bible is the perfect word of God and that everything I need to know is in there. This is clearly retarded, but the covered for this by saying that questioning this would constitute a sin. Referring back to my previous point, it is easy to see why I took so long to see this.

They receive unconditional love, acceptance, and attention from a charismatic leader;

--Yep

They get a new identity based on the group;

--Two words: "Born again"

They are subject to entrapment (isolation from friends, relatives, and the mainstream culture) and their access to information is severely controlled.

--I was repeatedly encouraged to hang out with Christians and to avoid the godless people around us. I was even told that not only should I avoid anti-Christian influence, I was even told to avoid secular music altogether! I was told that evolution is a lie. It was just bullshit piled on bullshit, supported by fear and enforced ignorance.

Again, I realize that you were most likely being ironic, but there are many people that this would be lost on, as they are too brainwashed in their own ideology to realize that their faith is just as stupid and every bit as odious as any cult out there.

Uh, yeah, about that. We're kind of swamped up here with all the new souls looking to get in, so we've decided to fast track certain predominantly Godless groups to eternal damnation. You're now stuck at work.

Forever.

Respectfully yours,
The Archon V2.0
Trainee mortal/immortal liason, New Media Department, Heaven.

"Communists are typically godless, but not secular."

Can you explain the difference?

because rich bankers who pay their children to start companies shouldn't own everything that everyone else does for free.
Oh, I am sure you will argue that the two wonderkin (and I say that with much disdain) deserved the billions in kiss underrighting when they went public from the bankers who were most likely related to them.

Oh, ya, google wrote all of those millions of books. Wait. No they did not.

Google is just another godless monopoly run by the spawn of rich banker-theives.

public interest? Hardly. No one should ever be able to copy a book and then claim ownership to it, which is all that these wonder-children have done. Oh, but they are so much better than me because they are related to bankers.

We need money to build an interstellar cruiser. Now, this space ship will be able to travel through a wormhole and deliver the message and guh-glory of Jesus Christ to those godless aliens.
S-send your money now. Amen.

Who would have guessed, Sarah Palin on Slashdot.

Nazis were neither secular nor godless. Communists are typically godless, but not secular. Also, I think you mean the 20th century. There weren't any communist states until the beginning of the 20th century, and the Nazi party didn't exist until around the end of the first world war.

the completely secular, and godless, communists, socialists and nazis all as supremely liberal groups, and they slaughtered people like ants.

You may just be trolling; but I wouldn't consider communists or nazi's as particularly liberal groups.P

and thus breaking Godwin's, but not God's, law...

You know a lot of critics of the church like to hold Brunu up as an example of Catholic badness, but, the guy was a dick. When he wrote what he wrote, he wasn't just doing it to be some sort of a scientist, he was playing politics and trying to dick with the Pope. You don't dick with the Pope, or you get burned, that's the deal.

As it is, historically, it seems that the farther people get removed from the Catholic church, the more people get killed. Let's say, sure, that the Catholics killed a couple of dudes in the Inquisition. Cry me a river. But then, you get Protestants slaughtering people left and right in all the holy wars that followed, that they started, then, come the 19th century, you start to see the completely secular, and godless, communists, socialists and nazis all as supremely liberal groups, and they slaughtered people like ants.

We need money to build an interstellar cruiser. Now, this space ship will be able to travel through a wormhole and deliver the message and guh-glory of Jesus Christ to those godless aliens.
S-send your money now. Amen.

Unfortunately it should have been nullified, but the bible nutjobs keep using it regardless. Mostly because Jesus was more a Hippie than a Fascist and thus isn't such a good source for quotes that could support radical views.

They would have been amongst the first to nail that godless Hippie to the cross.

what is the terrorist afraid of? he wants to die for his cause, otherwise he wouldn't be using an airline bomb, and failure isn't much of a problem since a bomb going off in a crowded security checkpoint is less spectacular than in the air but it kills plenty of godless infidels(TM).

this will be co-opted as another weapon in the war on personal freedom in no time flat, since the 16 year old with a baggie of dope is going to be scared when a cop shows up.

Scientology is a godless religion. It's evil.

As opposed to the other totally not evil religions

Some would argue that the "godless" part makes less evil than other religions.

Fanatical atheists, who react to the word "god" like a vampire to Sun, are just as pathetic as fanatical theists, especially since they claim that their convulsions are caused by logic and reason.

The evil of scientology comes from it's abuse of it's members and it's fifth rate sci-fi "doctrine".

No, the evil of scientology comes entirely from its abuse of its members and others. It's fifth rate sci-fi doctrine merely makes it ridiculous, not evil.

I've had cousins almost killed for leaving their church (minister hit on my cousin; 17yr old guy). He ended up with a broken jaw and a few hospital trips before he moved from ontario to BC. Oh and the more indoctrinated aunt ended up kidnapping the youngest kid took him to a different province and changed his name to save him from the godless home (he was 8). I'm sure I could actually write a few pages on this family.

I know a transgender person who got told to leave his church. He decided to go anyways because he was ok with who he was. There was quite a bit of talking and he felt pretty uncomfortable so he decided not to return again. Unfortunately in the parking lot he was actually called an abomination and was spat on.

And lastly my girlfriend who left her church was ignored and told it was a phase and that she should grow up. She was made to stay in her room during christmas ... until her little sister also left the church. Then she was treated as scum, she was the anti-christ. They gave up on her completely and many of her cousins and grandparents actually disowned her. Her folks are from PA and TX.

I know plenty of people that get thrown out of churches for divorces and such.

Just because it isn't common right where you are doesn't mean it doesn't happen at all. Once you leave the city or go to the bible belt people are fucking insane.

Some would argue that the "godless" part makes less evil than other religions. The evil of scientology comes from it's abuse of it's members and it's fifth rate sci-fi "doctrine".

Scientology is a godless religion. It's evil. I would make a comment about it being a pyramid scheme religion, but that does apply to too many religions for it have any punch.

Please elaborate. Which religions, in your opinion, are "pyramid schemes"?

As I understand it, a pyramid scheme involves money going from many (at the bottom) to the few (at the top) with everyone along the way getting their cut. I am not aware of any other religion having such a characteristic. There are many religions organizations that seek donations (whether it at a Shinto shrine or a church). However, (faults aside) the priests and monks who would be "at the top" are not exactly enjoying riches like Madoff was.

(not responding to so much as adding to your point)

Scientology is a godless religion. It's evil. I would make a comment about it being a pyramid scheme religion, but that does apply to too many religions for it have any punch.

Please elaborate. Which religions, in your opinion, are "pyramid schemes"?

Scientology is a godless religion. It's evil.

I would make a comment about it being a pyramid scheme religion, but that does apply to too many religions for it have any punch.