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Superheroes vs. the Westboro Baptist Church
sv_libertarian writes "They've faced down humans time and time again, but Fred Phelps and his minions from the Westboro Baptist Church were not ready for the cosplay action that awaited them at Comic-Con. After all, who can win against a counter-protest that includes robots, magical anime girls, Trekkies, Jedi, and... kittens?"
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>>Religion needs put down, hard.
Religion has, historically speaking, been the greatest force for good our planet has ever seen.
Hitchens is a frothing moron who doesn't know the first thing about what he's talking about - his sole tactic is to sound British and snotty when talking about religion. I've watched several dozens of his debates online, especially with Dinesh D'Souza (who doesn't do an especially good job defending Christianity), and I've yet to see him put together a single cogent argument. Other than, I suppose, the fact that he'll sneer at you if you believe.
>>>>Religion has, historically speaking, been the greatest force for good our planet has ever seen.
>>[citation needed]
Yay, the ignorant are coming out of the woodwork.
If you haven't ever studied history, and just listened to your fellow atheists bitch about how religion hates sciences and is holding the world back, then you have an excuse for that. Otherwise, sorry. You're an ignoramus.
Pretty much our entire system of natural rights is based on being endowed by their creator (sound familiar), so not even a government can take them away. Contrast this with countries that did not develop with a Christian heritage, and see how far your civil rights go there.
The notion of Universal Charity was really Jesus' revolutionary message, and it really did transform the world, causing more good as a result of it than any other single idea.
Hitchens, by contrast, think that it is the worst thing that has ever happened to the world. This is (in part) why I said he's a frothing moron. He speaks and writes books that are at complete odds with history.
American Gladiator? I guess you mean some stupid reality show. I've never seen it, don't want to see it. I can't imagine that there is a "reality" show worth watching, from the little I've seen and heard.
Real violence? Yeah, I guess I can cope with it. It's the idiocy AFTERWARDS that's hard to deal with. As disgusting as the Westboro people are, even the ACLU would come out in their defense after they were shot down. The NAACP and every gay rights group in America would be condemning the guy who put Phelps down. Talk about your media circus.
As casually as you dismiss a stranger's "intestinal fortitude" - I figure you must be a decorated marine or something. I'll keep that in mind as I read your future posts, Drinky dude.
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>>Hammurabi would beg the differ. Christians didn't invent morals and moralistic laws
Didn't claim they did. It would be a very silly claim to make.
I was specifically talking about the notion of Universal Charity. Pretty much all human societies have a concept of Charity, which (besides being one of Glen Beck's three favorite words) basically means being nice to people, taking care of the needy, and so forth. Jesus said you should do all that, sure, but do it to *everyone*. This is the key and radical difference between Jesus' message and everything else. On one hand, we live in a Judeo-Christian society, so we don't even think about the fact we give free health care to prisoners on death row, or any of the thousand other ways the Christian ethic has permeated our society. Fish and the ocean and all that.
It's a lot more noticeable when you're in countries with out the same tradition.
>>You really like insulting, don't you?
Yep. =)
As casually as you dismiss a stranger's "intestinal fortitude" - I figure you must be a decorated marine or something. I'll keep that in mind as I read your future posts, Drinky dude.
My dad was the marine, he was in ATC. He's an asshole, and I don't talk to him. I'm smart enough not to enlist to spread American imperialism for a country which doesn't appreciate it, in a world which would likely be better off without it. I'm talking about the idiocy of advocating violence when you're not willing to engage in it yourself. Only a coward does this.
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The WBC effectively represent unvarnished, raw religion without the usual marketing hype, as do the Taliban.
They have helped promote everything they oppose! Good stuff. They begat the Patriot Guard to block their picketing at G.I. funerals, and motivated creative counter-protests in many places. I am grateful to such perfect superstitionists for their work.
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The WBC and Taliban are the essence of the "Middle East", which can only be improved by local nuclear war, drought, and the destruction of its worthless superstitionist inhabitants. I wish they had but one throat, and my hands were on it.
Religious Man has nothing left to offer the world except slavery. Religious Man is a beast who exists to inflict religion on others. His superstition deserves no respect by Modern Man, and anything that works against religion is good.
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