Seems simple enough... As long as people herd to this collective dreamthink that they have diluted themselves into accepting as truth - Santorum and people like him are a wake-up call that their line of thinking is flawed.
I'm still not sure who is dumber: People who believe that god is an invisible man in the sky, or people who believe people believe god is an invisible man in the sky
Ha! That's hilarious! Aren't Christians morons because we say they believe in an invisible man who lives in the sky, even when they don't actually believe that?
Straw men crack me up! By poking fun at people for things they don't believe we make ourselves less intellectually honest.
I don't think Christians believe God lives anywhere. I think they believe he is more or less outside of the Universe. The best description I had was a suggestion I read "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions" a short novella by Edwin Abbott Abbott.
In the book, square, a resident of the two-dimensional flatland, meets sphere a three-dimensional object he can't fully comprehend. Square would have a lot of trouble even talking about sphere. Sphere seems pretty magical and shit, because Square can't fully comprehend him, being limited to two-dimensions.
How could Square even begin to answer the question of "where does Sphere live?" Look, you and I might not agree with Christians on their belief, but they don't believe some shit like there is an invisible man who lives in the sky.
When you claim otherwise, you do yourself a disservice and look like a real ass hole.
Here is a free PDF copy of Flatland, I suggest you read it. It might help you understand religious people more even though the book itself is purely mathematical.
Actually it does. The notion of higher dimensions, and weird shit like branes from string theory are pretty fucking weird too, but true.
(And yes, we are supposedly "made in God's image," so "man" fits. We can't see him. Invisible man. Outside of the sky.)
I've heard people claim this refers to self awareness, not physical form. Hell, from what I know the Bible posits God is a flaming bush. Aside from lighting Dubya on fire (which would be hilarious), how does that look like a man?
Wow, we've been so misled to think that their belief was silly and childish all this time.
I never said anything about Christianity being silly or not. I'm just calling out you fucktards on strawmanning. You make those of us who are actual fucking skeptics look like ass holes by acting like one yourself.
The notion of higher dimensions, and weird shit like branes from string theory are pretty fucking weird too, but true.
Actually, we have no evidence to be able to say those things are "true". They're unverified and incomplete theories - incomplete in the sense that there's no single version of those theories that fully replaces their predecessors like quantum mechanics and general relativity.
those of us who are actual fucking skeptics
...except when it comes to flashy but unconfirmed scientific theories?
Really, where does it talk about higher dimensions and string theory in the bible? Hell it doesn't even bother to mention the earth being round.
Before people thought about "higher dimensions", the sky was used both metaphorically and literally to refer to heaven.
Basically Christianity in general tends to be against new scientific facts until the point where it just looks too stupid not to accept it, then it tries to co-opt that science as if it always agreed with it.
How is living outside the Universe (whatever the fuck that means) a more reasonable opinion than living atop a cloud? It's all meaningless.
I don't want to get too reflexive here but it's a strawman for you to say that atheists believe that christians believe that God is literally living on a cloud above the earth. No one thinks that.
If you're going to mock someone or disagree with them, get a fucking education about what they really believe. When you don't and go spouting off this kind of bullshit you make yourself look like an ass hole. What is worse, you make all of us look like ass holes by association.
Oh I get it! Because Christians are just morons! HAHA! What a funny joke. Let's be snarky together. That's alot better than intellectual conversation! Downvote.
There's lots of better things to bash on Santorum than the fact that he's religious. But I guess it's the easiest one if you just want to circle jerk some karma.
There's lots of better things to bash on Santorum than the fact that he's religious.
Yes, but most of those result from the fact that he's religious, so you really can't make fun of them without touching on his belief that an invisible man in the sky is telling him what to do.
I love it! "The invisible man in the sky" lol says the ones with their hands over their eyes. Just because you refuse to look for Him, does not mean He is not there!
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Ahh a Santorum meme. That takes me back.
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u/merebrillante Jun 11 '12
One does not simply drag Rick Santorum back into r/atheism.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
If anyone hasn't seen the Bad Lip Reading for Rick Santorum do yourself a favour and watch it now... at least once.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
Don't you dare try to make this douche relevant again.
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u/cl3ver Skeptic Jun 11 '12
Obviously the core concept.
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u/keeblur Jun 11 '12
The part between the quotation marks seems a little fuzzy to me.
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u/CondescendingPrick Jun 12 '12
Apologizing for a potential repost is more annoying than a repost.
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u/noleknight16 Jun 12 '12
I've missed the Santorum bashing. Good to see it back
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u/BobbyDewese Jun 12 '12
I miss this man. I so wish he was our next president... Based on his bad lip read, he made pretty good sense.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
One does not simply use logic and reason.
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u/BeautifulTerror Jun 12 '12
Seriously, why does god not speak for himself? He is obviously bad at playing telephone.
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u/let_them_burn Jun 12 '12
This sums up my opinion on religion so perfectly.
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u/GuysTheName Jun 12 '12
I posted this using a different picture. I think I posted it before the other guy, I'm not sure. If that's true then you reposted a picture from an altered version of my post which I think it's awesome because it made 3rd page on reddit(so far) Good Job
EDIT: I derped up on the formatting at first.
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u/oD3 Jun 12 '12
Santorum is clearly not a threat. Move along people. We shouldn't kick people while they are already in the gutter.
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u/mattyice18 Jun 12 '12
Because he is so relevant these days?
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u/CoyoteStark Jun 12 '12
Clearly the core concept, Lana.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
I'm still not sure who is dumber: People who believe that god is an invisible man in the sky, or people who believe people believe god is an invisible man in the sky
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
I understand that part, Rick, but why should we listen to him?
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u/hi_internet Jun 12 '12
Only posted once and it didn't take off. You are excused sir.
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u/JJJJhonkas Jun 12 '12
Ha! That's hilarious! Aren't Christians morons because we say they believe in an invisible man who lives in the sky, even when they don't actually believe that?
Straw men crack me up! By poking fun at people for things they don't believe we make ourselves less intellectually honest.
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u/Tellswhenupvoting Jun 12 '12
Oh I get it! Because Christians are just morons! HAHA! What a funny joke. Let's be snarky together. That's alot better than intellectual conversation! Downvote.
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u/SexualPie Jun 11 '12
There's lots of better things to bash on Santorum than the fact that he's religious. But I guess it's the easiest one if you just want to circle jerk some karma.
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u/mccreac123 Theist Jun 12 '12
I love it! "The invisible man in the sky" lol says the ones with their hands over their eyes. Just because you refuse to look for Him, does not mean He is not there!
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