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[Travis Retriever]

http://imgur.com/r/atheism/Ao208C5  Wraith sent me this.  Very nice indeed.

From MY state? *jawdrop and faints*

[Travis Retriever]

"Personally, I think the way to end revenge porn is for people to stop caring about it, which I think will be fixed in the next generation. Get those prudish, hypocritical baby-boomers all died off and all sorts of things will get better!"--Shane from this post:  https://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=315.5520#msg24064

They can bitch all about "these terrible kids unable to get jobs today!" but really whose fault is that when they fucked up the economy in the first place and raised those 'lazy kids' to begin with?

[MrBogosity]

"[T]he original problem with religion is that it is our first, and our worst, attempt at explanation. It is how we came up with answers before we had any evidence. It belongs to the terrified childhood of our species, before we knew about germs or could account for earthquakes. It belongs to our childhood, too, in the less charming sense of demanding a tyrannical authority: a protective parent who demands compulsory love even as he exacts a tithe of fear. This unalterable and eternal despot is the origin of totalitarianism, and represents the first cringing human attempt to refer all difficult questions to the smoking and forbidding altar of a Big Brother. This of course is why one desires that science and humanism would make faith obsolete, even as one sadly realizes that as long as we remain insecure primates we shall remain very fearful of breaking the chain." —Christopher Hitchens

[Travis Retriever]

"[T]he original problem with religion is that it is our first, and our worst, attempt at explanation. It is how we came up with answers before we had any evidence. It belongs to the terrified childhood of our species, before we knew about germs or could account for earthquakes. It belongs to our childhood, too, in the less charming sense of demanding a tyrannical authority: a protective parent who demands compulsory love even as he exacts a tithe of fear. This unalterable and eternal despot is the origin of totalitarianism, and represents the first cringing human attempt to refer all difficult questions to the smoking and forbidding altar of a Big Brother. This of course is why one desires that science and humanism would make faith obsolete, even as one sadly realizes that as long as we remain insecure primates we shall remain very fearful of breaking the chain." —Christopher Hitchens

Well said.   There's a reason why the church and the state were the same institution for so much of history.  Many forget that religion and government being separated is actually a very new thing.

[Skm1091]

Well said.   There's a reason why the church and the state were the same institution for so much of history.  Many forget that religion and government being separated is actually a very new thing.

This is exactly why I say to statist who say that there have never been a libertarian or stateless society. I would ask them if would rather live in theocracies, because seperation of church and state is relatively new.

[Travis Retriever]

"Some people say, 'Well, in Europe, they have socialized medicine! In Europe they have gun control!' Yeah, you know what? In Europe, they have state religions and monarchs! Do we want those, too?" — Tim Slagle

[Travis Retriever]

[BlameThe1st]

I'm sure most of you will appreciate this new episode of MLP. It deals with quackery and the importance of remaining skeptical. After all, what is homeopathy, acupuncture, and other forms of alternative "medicine" but modern versions of the traveling doctor peddling magical elixirs and tonics?

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[MrBogosity]

I'm sure most of you will appreciate this new episode of MLP. It deals with quackery and the importance of remaining skeptical. After all, what is homeopathy, acupuncture, and other forms of alternative "medicine" but modern versions of the traveling doctor peddling magical elixirs and tonics?

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I can't find the video online, but Book 1 Chapter 14 of Avatar: The Last Airbender, "The Fortuneteller," has some pretty good skepticism in it. The fortuneteller herself is even named "Aunt Wu!"

[ArtemisVale]

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Im back guys! if your wondering what happened at the operation aftermath 3, well long story short the legion rules and religion ruins everything xD

[nilecroc]

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[Travis Retriever]

http://www.alanaragonblog.com/2009/11/22/wisdom-wisecracks/
Especially the second to last quote:
"The better someone’s genetics are [at letting him build muscle], the more of a dumbf#ck he is."

Another good one, especially relating to that "DRINKING MILK IS PRIVILEGE!" bullshit from the SJW:
"Folks who carry the torch against milk consumption typically will have some degree of allergy or digestive intolerance to it, and they take the liberty to project their personal problems onto the world around them.  Go frolick in an organic wheatgrass field and spare us your self-righteous noise."
Yeah, as someone who is (somewhat) lactose intolerant, I approve that quote. :3

The comments Alan Aragon posted are also win.  Case in point:

"Thomas – Waste baskets are those receptacles where spam belongs.

Arthur – I’m somewhat conservative in my stance about tests beyond the more conventional clinical panels, that is, if you have enough cause for concern in the first place. There’s a fine line between assessment-seeking and hypochondria. In my experience, the best foods for the individual are the ones dictated by personal taste preference. I can’t prove this definitively, but I’ve found that people perform best when adhering to their favorite foods strictly on the basis of taste. This leads me to hypothesize that the tastebuds are, in a sense, ‘gate keepers’ to the foods that are best for us individually. This is a primal concept, but I don’t think that high-tech has trumped low-tech in the area of individual nutritional assessment for health or fitness purposes. I think we have a pretty good grasp of what foods to predominate the diet with, and what foods to moderate. Beyond that (& barring allergies or gastric intolerances), let personal taste rule."

[evensgrey]

http://www.alanaragonblog.com/2009/11/22/wisdom-wisecracks/
Arthur – I'm somewhat conservative in my stance about tests beyond the more conventional clinical panels, that is, if you have enough cause for concern in the first place. There's a fine line between assessment-seeking and hypochondria. In my experience, the best foods for the individual are the ones dictated by personal taste preference. I can't prove this definitively, but I've found that people perform best when adhering to their favorite foods strictly on the basis of taste. This leads me to hypothesize that the tastebuds are, in a sense, 'gate keepers' to the foods that are best for us individually. This is a primal concept, but I don't think that high-tech has trumped low-tech in the area of individual nutritional assessment for health or fitness purposes. I think we have a pretty good grasp of what foods to predominate the diet with, and what foods to moderate. Beyond that (& barring allergies or gastric intolerances), let personal taste rule."

There is some scientific evidence for at least some nutrient deficiencies being linked to cravings for particular foods.  Specifically, people with a magnesium deficiency have been noted as often having a chocolate craving, and chocolate turns out to be a very magnesium-rich food.

[Travis Retriever]

The following speaks of Freddie Mercury:  "His voice was too good for us, so god took him someplace where he would be better appreciated."
When I first saw that quote, I HAD to put it here. ^.^

[Dukect45]

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Over/under how many people will still blame the free market when it clearly not the fault of it.