I’d like to quote-mine the christian apologist Francis Spufford for his thoughts on religion when he says that:
That we’re [the religious] too stupid to understand the irrationality of our creeds. That we build absurdly complex intellectual structures, full of meaningless distinctions, on the marshmallow foundations of a fantasy.
It’s so nice when they get something right. I mean statistically…monkeys typewriters and shakespearally-speaking – the deluded nailing it correctly is bound to happen sooner or later.
However, today[quotemined religious apologists aside] is not that day.
Today we revel in a cosmic truth filled to the brim with truthiness, that will make our deluded friend eat their hats. It is wondrous feature on a cosmic scale and it is epic victory for the forces of Atheism everywhere.
Behold!
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11 comments
November 3, 2013 at 8:57 am
tildeb
There’s cool, and then there’s really cool. The galactic signs are clear: atheism is by far the coolest.
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November 3, 2013 at 9:06 am
The Arbourist
@Tildeb
Absolutely. :) Its fun being part of the ‘cool’ crowd.
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November 3, 2013 at 9:49 am
john zande
Ahahaaa! The quote is brilliant, but the video is priceless :)
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November 3, 2013 at 9:56 am
The Arbourist
@JZ
If we atheists have to get in on the appropriating of natural phenomena to make our shit sound better meme, we might as well go whole-hog no?
Facetiousness aside, what a perfect example the Boomerang Nebula makes for further exposing theistic foolishness. :)
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November 26, 2013 at 9:30 am
john zande
Hey Arb… where is that Spufford quote from?
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November 26, 2013 at 9:42 am
The Arbourist
@JZ
The quote is from Pharyngula blog post entitled “Who needs reason & evidence when you’ve got hurt feelings.
Source of quote Spufford’s book: Unapologetic: Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Still Makes Surprising Emotional Sense.
A link to get a sense of who is saying what about it. :)
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November 26, 2013 at 4:09 pm
john zande
Thank you, Arb, you’re a true champion! I’ve included it in an essay… It works so well!
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November 26, 2013 at 4:12 pm
john zande
Ooooh, that blog is BRILLIANT!
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November 26, 2013 at 4:17 pm
The Arbourist
@JZ
If you only follow one blog, it should probably be that one; Pharyngula is awesome. :)
PZ Myers is a great voice in the atheist community and he can be counted on to slap down the religious inanity on a fairly regular basis. :) I highly recommend searching the archives as there is much to be learned there.
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November 26, 2013 at 4:17 pm
The Arbourist
@JZ
My pleasure JZ, I do what I can. :)
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November 26, 2013 at 4:19 pm
john zande
I’ve seen it before but never followed. I do believe i’m about to convert! Hallelujah :)
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