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Trade Your Bible For Porn

Posted by samzenpus on from the go-forth-and-multiply dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Atheist students at the University of Texas at San Antonio announced that any student over the age of 18 will receive pornographic materials if they trade in religious materials. From the article: 'Leaders of this atheist campaign allege that porn is no worse than what's written in religious texts. A university spokesman says that this controversial cause is completely legal, though he admits a majority of the students on campus do not agree with it.'"

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  1. It might just be me, but... by RulerOf · · Score: 0, Troll

    Does anyone else find it hysterical when atheists evangelize?

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    1. Re:It might just be me, but... by Bakkster · · Score: 0, Troll

      Absolutely. How can you rail against religion, while simultaneously belonging to what is essentially the Church of Richard Dawkins?

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    2. Re:It might just be me, but... by pudge · · Score: 1, Troll

      The comparison is apt.

      If you're an idiot.

  2. Well, it's because it's never positive. by Valdrax · · Score: 0, Troll

    Does anyone else find it hysterical when atheists evangelize?

    Yes. Largely because they're so bad at it. Oh, let's not say that religious evangelists can't be awful, hateful, short-sighted, and full of mockery and disdain for those they oppose. But they can also be uplifting, positive, and kind. Religious evangelists can include people who speak about the positive influences of religion in their lives without having to act judgmental towards those who have not yet had the experience.

    I've never seen an atheist evangelist who wasn't just mean, nasty, and often childish. It's rare that you see an atheist try to open up people with how much better their lives are with atheism without having to in some way degrade or insult theist thought. It's not like it's not possible! It's just that atheists who want to convert people always seem to want to do so out of a belief that people who aren't atheists are delusional, irrational, or just stupid. That's not really a good place to start from.

    All this stunt really does is provide opportunity for like-minded people to mock and insult people who aren't atheists. It's just as repulsive as the guy who stands on the street corner with a sandwich board and tells everyone how they're going to Hell if they don't accept Jesus -- no one is going to listen except people who already believe it, and everyone else will just be turned off.

    (Off-topic: Why does Idle have these horrible tiny comment forms when you don't have JavaScript enabled when it's not a problem for the rest of the site?)

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  3. Re:Stunts by pudge · · Score: 0, Troll

    Frankly it appears you have no idea or care about dictionaries

    False.

    you could care less if all the dictionary had a definition other then yours

    When it's wrong, sure. If YOU had an idea about dictionaries, you would understand the fact that they are not authoritative.

    Your definition is so much better then every dictionary

    Except, little pimple, it was not the definition that I disagreed with in this case, it was something else. The definition was not the issue at all. "Religious doctrine" was not the definition, it was an example (supposedly) given, and it was an incorrect example.

    I'm sure the bible says something in there somewhere about not thinking to highly of yourself.

    Your implication -- that disagreeing with dictionaries means you think highly of yourself -- makes no sense.