Atheists oppressed rayback

Originally Posted by craigos49

I am of the opinion that the reason you all spend so much time arguing against God is that deep down in your heart you do think there is a God, but because of issues in your life you wish and hope there is not. So in order to convince yourself that you are ok you need to try and justify in your own mind the reasons against there being a God. Or it is all a nice way to line your wallets.

Wait a minute!

Let me get this straight: I could've been making money from my atheism all this time?! Why didn't anybody tell me?!

Aww... I've been missing out. If I had realized before that rejecting God would help me rake in the cash, I could've retired already.

It'd be nice if it were true, but I fear our friend has it a bit backwards. Religion, particularly Christianity, is the biggest money-making venture in the history of humanity, from the time of the Crusades, when a heretic's worldly belongings became the property of the church and accusations of heresy were routinely bandied about by clerics in order to get their hands on the land and belongings of wealthy aristocrats, to today's Benny Hinns, Pope Benedicts, and Oral Roberts, and their ilk. Disgusting.

Originally Posted by Louis

It'd be nice if it were true, but I fear our friend has it a bit backwards. Religion, particularly Christianity, is the biggest money-making venture in the history of humanity, from the time of the Crusades, when a heretic's worldly belongings became the property of the church and accusations of heresy were routinely bandied about by clerics in order to get their hands on the land and belongings of wealthy aristocrats, to today's Benny Hinns, Pope Benedicts, and Oral Roberts, and their ilk. Disgusting.

I just got an idea: non-faith healing!

We could stage a big meeting with lots of fancy lights, and then invite people with various ailments up to the stage. One at a time, they come up to me (I'm the MC/host, of course), emotionally tell the audience about what's wrong with them, and then with great purposefulness I put my hands on their head and shout...

"You're sick! Get to a doctor!"

Afterward, we pass the collection plate. However, instead of me keeping the money and buying a fancy watch from the guy Benny Hinn gets his from, it goes toward the medical care of all the people who came up on stage.

Originally Posted by choSenfroZen

so you and your silly posts are here in the shire, no one censors you at all.

Oh really?

Look at this:

Originally Posted by Louis

I don't consider this a cultural artefact when exercising my duties here, and rayback is temporarily banned because of it and the rest of his post.

What did I say which was so bad that it had to be removed? Go ask them.

Atheists are inherently oppressive. Just try it with them and see.

Just look at how Atheists have treated me. They dont have one valid rational reason to charge me with any crime.

My only mistake was that I simply expressed myself freely and frankly on this forum.

Take a look yourself. They have oppressed my basic rights.

Atheists are anti-liberty. They claim freedom of expression, but they themselves are the first to deny it.

And even then Atheist are first to moan about holy books not giving free speech to their followers.

Thats utter hypocracy.

People of the world have seen Atheists for what they really are.

No wonder Atheism is dying.

Good riddance.

Originally Posted by rayback

People of the world have seen Atheists for what they really are.

No wonder Atheism is dying.

Good riddance.

Ah... so you're the troll that's been spamming the forum with sock puppet accounts. Makes sense.

Originally Posted by rayback

No wonder Atheism is dying.

Good riddance.

It isn't, it is actually growing up, "thank god"

I post on another forum, whywontgodhealamputees.com - Index (hope it is OK to post this) which has a special place to put those who transgress to give them a chance to redeem themselves. I works quite well for some and we get theists and atheists in there for anything from preaching to plagiarism and failing to quote other properly. It is an odd fact, though, that nearly everyone confined there claims it is unjust - unfair - against their religious beliefs - almost anything to avoid saying 'sorry, I'll not do that again!" which would have them back on the forums in no time.

We have had quite a few Muslims posting pseudo-science stuff and they all claim the forum is unfair. It is a shame they cannot be reformed as we need theists to debate with if they would only read the rules and keep to them like the rest of us do.

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