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graph is going to tank. No warning, no appeal.
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Lots of thoughtfulness on here, more than usual -- I especially salute Gawkimo.
The question, and it is an interesting one, about atheism reminds me of my especially bright, if crazy, former mother-in-law, who said this after I had told her about a doubtful friend of mine who took that position about his life.
She said: "Well the way I see it, if you're an atheist, you have no higher authority to refer to for guidance besides yourself, and how can that work?"
I said, when she said that the first time: "Well exactly."
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Bummer.
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You have to wonder though if that sort of policy only ensures that we communicate and interact exclusively in like-minded circles.
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It has always been the case that there are certain opinions that we do not want to hear. This is not a new thing, nor is anyone's sudden loss of the ability to dispense opinions to those who do not want to hear them necessarily a bad thing. Force me to watch Fox News, for example, and you will have a very surly person in your midst. Do you want that?
I would much rather elevate my blood pressure through more traditional means - rich food, strong drink, and general sloth. These things are pleasant, and make life worth living. Bill O'Reilly's nightly braying is not.
There is a reason they put "ignore" features in blogs. I find its judicial use essential in reducing the stupidity level to one that I can more easily tolerate.
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On the other hand, how could you know I was Jewish? I may be conceited, but even I know you can’t see my circumcision from here.
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Got an issue John Cook?
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But blanket contempt? that's not really the style around here.
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Since we're on Gawker, shouldn't that be Snuggie contempt?
Also, "that black RNC chairman"? Really?
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I often sense contempt in the writing here, but I've always felt that it -- and any other strong emotion -- is halfhearted. The recent batch of Gawker writers, in particular, seem to be trying their best to work up outrage, anger and the like while simultaneously attempting to convince us they don't care. (Are they trying to mimic past writers? It's hard to tell. I haven't been here as much as usual. Chicken and the egg -- though sorry, all, the egg came first).
And you're right that Gawker's style isn't generally angry, but I sensed "puffed-up high-school debate team emotion" in this piece rather than good old-fashioned, honest vitriol. I understand the story may have been insulting to people of faith (especially today), but my reaction to this article was disappointment -- that yet another opportunity to explain why the decline of religion might be a good thing had been wasted.
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Leg of lamb (of God). Yummy!
We non-believers have been participating in the Christmas/Easter ritual for most of our lives.
I'm usually The Cook and I've never felt conflicted.
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Why, precisely, say, the Catholic Church, an organisation with a proud history of killing people and lying to them, is worthy of more respect than, say, the Republican party, is rather unclear.
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Stick to the half-baked written weekend articles about successful gay men and lightbulbs, Mr. Cook.
Theology is not a frontier for you.
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I'm saying that John Cook would not ever write a post entitled, "Good Pesach! Judaism is Dying." during this time of passover, although apparently, the numbers bear out that conclusion, too. On pretty much any other day of the year, the article itself would not have seemed such a slap in the face, but that's exactly what it was. It's unnecessarily hostile.
@Niko Bellic: Long time reader, darling.
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Dick.
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What you're reacting to is what I call "uppity atheist" syndrome. Lots of religious folk are now saying: "Why can't those atheists sit quietly in a corner and keep their beliefs to themselves, like they've done for centuries? Don't they know their place?"
04/12/09
Religion serves to separate the "us" from the "them," compassionately or otherwise.
You know what I like to do with people who look at me like I'm all that's wrong with the world: annoy them with my know-it-all pretentiousness until they go away.
Boo hoo for the Christians. You know who is the world's most persecuted ideological group: atheists. There are places in this world where open declarations of atheism will invite immediate and violent wrath. (Richard Dawkins would last 10 minutes expounding his beliefs on the streets of Jalalabad.) So it's very difficult to buy all this "war against Christianity" bull-crap you hear on Fox News. Neither Christianity nor its closest cousin Islam (the only two faiths that take converting non-believers seriously) are under any threat of being wiped out anytime soon, unfortunately.
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Hey Christians — way to go on the chocolate eggs!