The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Truth and BS.
August 7, 2016 in Religion | Tags: The DWR Sunday Religious Disserivce, Truth and BS | by The Arbourist
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11 comments
August 7, 2016 at 5:37 am
Miep
Dexter.
Sinister.
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August 7, 2016 at 6:31 am
Uu4077
Disappointing
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August 7, 2016 at 9:25 am
Steve Ruis
I laughed but it doesn’t get us anywhere. we are in a form of trench warfare in which both sides are entrenched and new tactics are need. Will be posting soon on this.
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August 7, 2016 at 9:34 am
The Arbourist
@Steve Ruis
Not really anywhere to get.
Rational people don’t do religion, those who need a sky-daddy will endorse all the mumbo-jumbo to quell the stark existential rumblings that we all must face (or not) in life.
One will accept the existential truth of life or vaudeville it up in with talking snakes and burning bushes.
Building a bridge of understanding to the deluded ranks close to ‘pissing up a rope’, but not quite as bad as ‘throwing good money after bad’.
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August 7, 2016 at 6:57 pm
uu4077
“Sky-daddy”? Haven’t really investigated Christianity very deeply have we. It’s not about the literalism – so 19th century. Look deeper – if you can.
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August 7, 2016 at 7:30 pm
The Arbourist
@uu4077
Deeply enough to understand the con-job that organized religion is. :)
Now ‘we’ have dealt with many iterations of christians peddling their magic here at DWR so now we have to suss out exactly what sort you are.
The condescending tone isn’t the best way to start a persuasive argument but let’s over look that for the moment.
Do expound on how a more in-depth look at the magic in question would be enlightening.
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August 7, 2016 at 11:43 pm
VR Kaine
“Do expound on how a more in-depth look at the magic in question would be enlightening.”
uu4077, don’t take this as support of your comment or beliefs, but I’ll give you some “enlightenment” here, if you like?
What the gutless liberals do here is go after Christians and Christianity every week, and they do so for one simple reason: because they’re cowards and they know that Christians never hit back. Ironic, since libbies always try and act like they’re the peaceful ones, but peace is one thing, being a coward is another, and they’re definitely more about being cowards than being peaceful. Ever seem them really rip on Muslims to the same degree? Nope – they’re too scared to. They’ll either get hacked, or hacked up.
And they’re hypocritical, too. On the one hand they’ll tell you they hate bullies, hate people who attack women, and absolutely despite bigotry, and yet on the other hand they’ll do or be each one of those things each and every day. Do they do it outright? No. They have to wait until there’s something or someone solid to stand behind before any of them will do it, or they have to wait until they’re in the middle of some mob somewhere before anyone ever gets any guts.
But they’re at least tough once they get in that mob, though, right? Nope. Their cowardice gets in the way of that, too. For instance, they’ll see an innocent priest get beheaded by Muslims, and deep down they’ll think “Christianity deserves it for all that they did” – or they’ll think cops deserve getting murdered “for all that they did”. They’ll believe this, and believe it deeply, but these “tough guys” will NEVER have the guts to say it out loud on their own. Either the mob has to surround them, or “Social Justice Warriors” like Arb (or whatever ridiculous, hero-sounding, fake title other people want to give themselves to sound tough) will remain silent. I don’t know which it is more of – cowardly or hypocritical – but that’s the “pathetic” that you’re dealing with either way. That’s one of the reasons they hate you – you actually have convictions.
And again, please don’t take this is as support for your comments or beliefs. I’m not too much a fan of scripture-quoting Christians, either, because you will give the same free pass to child-molesting priests that these liberals give here to rapists, pedophiles, and murderers all the time, but at least you Christians have some humility, faith in something, and the guts to stand up for what you believe in ON YOUR OWN when it’s not only unpopular, but dangerous to do so. That’s courage that these pussy-clowns will never, ever have, which is why most never amount to anything, and why their lives suck so bad almost every day of the week.
Don’t think for a second that these cowards and wussies have any sort of higher ground on you, either, because they don’t. They’re no more intelligent or moral than anyone else is, and they’re far, far less brave which means they will forever be LOSERS, and hating all those who have more hope, faith, humility, inner peace, and success than they do.
Think about it: In the end, at least you have some nice place to think about in your head (Heaven). All they’ve got is some boring, ever-declining shitswamp of mediocrity to contend with for the rest of their miserable lives – and one which is always in further decline, at that. I’ll take Hell over that any day.
And while I’m at it, all the “devils” like me are going to keep squeezing and taking things from these cowardly clowns little by little, until in the end they’ll have next to nothing. Did I already say cowardly and weak? Let’s add “insignificant” and “cast-aside” as well!
So uu4077, perhaps your guys can figure out this Heaven part above all of us (what are the prices of the rooms?) and my guys can figure out the whole Hell thing below (awesome for BBQ’s, btw, and no shoveling walks), and we can leave all these cowards the scraps in-between? Aren’t they supposed to inherit the earth (or what’s left of it), anyways? Or was that just the meek? ;)
Either way, let me close with my evening prayer and bring blessings upon everyone:
Kahlua Snackbar, Kahlua Snackbar, Peace in Common Tutankhamun, Kibbles & Bits and Kettles of Fish, Turkey Jerky Jihad, Ramen.
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August 8, 2016 at 1:50 am
Carmen
Well, if it isn’t Vern, here reminding us how humble he is. . You know, while he’s busy ‘squeezing and taking things from cowardly clowns’. What he really wants you to know is that he’s a WINNER, not a LOSER! (In his mind, anyway.)
Can’t you tell? :)
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August 8, 2016 at 9:04 am
The Arbourist
@Vern
I really do wonder about your mental state sometimes Vern. It’s like some days it looks like you’ve been whipped into a frothing conservative frenzy and then desperate for release, you slatheringly expunge your the anti-liberal sentiments you’ve pent up here.
Funny, I do recall taking you to task on several occasions while you were espousing the magnificence of the mountain of conservative bullshit you inhabit. Also, as always, *liberal* is an American conservative punditry label that isn’t particularly accurate. Most of the writers here at DWR are much further left on the political spectrum and really did you want to be slandering socialists with the liberal label?
I envision your rocking-chair going full tilt when you say stuff like this Vern. Haphazard worded generalizations flecked with spittle and vitriol – I’d like to think you’re above this sort of thing, but you keep proving me wrong.
Is any crypto-conservative rant really complete without Islamophobia? It is the gravy to the hearty potatoes of xenophobia which is a good slice of current conservative ‘thought’ these days.
Evidence required on these assertions here Vern – specifically that we bully people, attack women, and are bigoted – *every day* here on DWR. It would seem that you’re going all grandpa Simpson on us here – are there any particular clouds that need a firm talking to?
You do realize that this is a blog, right? Not an entire political movement, although I am touched that you see DWR as some sort hyper-liberal activist political association.
*looks at blog* *looks at Vern* – Ya know, it would be nice to be able to respond to accusations that don’t singularly exist inside your head. Just sayin’
Damn, arguing against positions you make up in your head must be satisfying on some sort of visceral level – the fact that they don’t concur with reality doesn’t seem to bother you much.
Where you scheming to one-up Clint Eastwood and his empty-chair? Because we are certainly in lecturing empty chair territory.
You seem to be straying closer to reality almost touching it, but the retreating back. Like the shy maiden and the unicorn, so tentative, so bashful. SJW are far from my wheelhouse and the nihilistic identity politics that they embrace – it is mostly radical class based analysis here – but again appreciating nuance has never been much of a thing with you.
Regarding our ‘hate’ of christians – believing in magical shite and fairy tales has no place in the 21st century. Convictions and opinions that do not have a evidential leg to stand on, can and should be criticized. There is nothing noble about holding bad convictions.
I certainly glad you’re not my life-coach – trying to inspire people with misogyny and hatred is a tough sell. Actually I hope you’re no one’s life coach, a couple of empty chair lectures would tail-spin most people :)
You really are arguing to an empty chair. Nice.
The only clownish figure in the room seems to be you and the conservative clown car you rolled up in. Have they figured out a way to inject Fox News and Breitbart directly into the cranium, because the vast liberal conspiracy against you and the homeland just doesn’t exist here, despite your convictions…
Like really Vern, wtf? You come here all gunned up full of baseless hyperbole and insulting word-salad against ‘the evil liberals’ (another friendly reminder Canadian Socialist type blog here, we try to at least be mildly civil and *argue* about issues) to what endpoint? Have you gained anything, or is manic-typing and word walls just how you roll?
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August 8, 2016 at 9:06 am
The Arbourist
I realized, after diligently responding to each point of the rant, I could have responded simply with this:
Oh well, live and learn I suppose. :)
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August 8, 2016 at 11:50 am
bleatmop
Good on you for actually reading his comment Arb. After I got to the gutless liberal part I immediately scrolled down as it became patently obvious nothing of worth would be read after that line in the comment.
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