Religion is great.
Atheists just focus on the bad bits, whereas in general they provide a good set of moral guidelines and tell you how to be a jolly nice bloke.
( TIAL Four capital letters, written in gold., Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:15, archived)

A good starter for ten, here.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:16, archived)

Not only is the concept of good questionable in this case
but it's insulting to atheists everywhere, as it propagates the notion that without religion, you are an amoral monster with no sense of right or wrong.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:20, archived)

5 bonus points

(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:21, archived)

atheists are cunts though.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:21, archived)

Of course we are
but then, we chose to be cunts of our own volition. We didn't need a beardy sky wizard to dictate what type of cuntery is best for us.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:30, archived)

you also don't need to mention that you don't need one

( well, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:32, archived)

in the course of a justification of atheism
you kind of do, really.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:35, archived)

why would you need to justify not believing in something?

( well, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:38, archived)

you do if you want to convince someone who does believe not to.
but you don't have to do that.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:40, archived)

I don't NEED to justify anything
In this case, I would be choosing to.

However, in this case, I didn't justify anything at all. I just made a statement, pointing out a difference between an atheist and a theist, which any fucking fool knows anyway.

Do you know, I'm starting to think that the words I type and see are different from whatever you lot see.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:45, archived)

so you don't justify it of your own volition, then?

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:38, archived)

it's a comparison
it's therefore improved by, well, y'know, having something to compare with.

Jesus, you lot are getting hard work. You're worse than some of my students.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:42, archived)

can't i just not give a shit about whether god exists or not without having to pick a side?

( well, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:30, archived)

You could join the Unitarian church.
They had to reconsider their denominational status a while back when it turned out that a majority of their members were atheists.

I'm thinking of paying a visit to Edinburgh's Unitarian church some day.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:32, archived)

Nope, it's the school playground.
last one picked has to do cross-country in their pants.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:33, archived)