Comments on: What Happened to the Concept of Respecting Others

By: Kid Northcote

Kid Northcote — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:37:50 +0000

I once met a dyslexic philosopher who spent much time debating the existance on Dog.

BBQ Kangaroo is really nice, but cook it rare and marinate it, like Venison.

Annie..are you, like, seeing anyone?

Just askin…x o

By: theFewtheProudtheMarinara

theFewtheProudtheMarinara — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:07:09 +0000

“Though I lack religion, I still can respect others and their beliefs. Can’t you do the same?”
My young granddaughter asked me the other day if I went to church, and I told her no. Luckily, she let it go at that. If I had to explain that I didn’t believe in god, and that church was a hoax, I’d be at odds with her mother. See, the religious can spout fantasies all day and expect to be praised for it, but us atheists are expected to STFU.

By: Hollis

Hollis — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:48:21 +0000

See now the Church of Barbecue sounds an awful lot like saturdays in Texas. Does that mean that church is on saturday? Then I could have 2 delicious religions. Remember that man/midget/pirate/lumberjack cannot live on spaghetti alone, no matter how good the sauce.

By: Apprentice Frederic

Apprentice Frederic — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:26:33 +0000

Sorry, cadbrowser; sincere apologies. My post was a while ago, and, having watched others post and argue since about the atheism/Atheism/religion issue, I do swear to stop – with maybe one last comment. In its “pure” form, atheism seems to me to simply ignore the possibility of a supreme being/primal cause/whatever as unprovable, unnecessary and irrelevant, which I kinda agree with, especially since evidence for his/her/its intervention any time since the Big Bang is so thin. HOWEVER, a component of the argument is the attitude of the atheists in question. If an atheist sticks his face into mine, calls me a stupid fucker for wondering if…. , and asks me why I’m so stupid that I can’t see that THERE ISN”T ANY GODDAMN GOD, then I get serious vibes of evangelical orthodoxy in about the same form as “real” religion has always offered. Pasta Vobiscum.

By: nanner peel

nanner peel — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:59:03 +0000

Slippery slope fallacy, Bowen.

By: cadbrowser

cadbrowser — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:09:51 +0000

Can we stop already with Atheism is a religion? No…it is in NO WAY a religion.

By: wulff

wulff — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:33:38 +0000

Last week I was nearly killed by a brawl between the Dry-rubbers and the Marinators.

By: TiltedHorizon

TiltedHorizon — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:58:26 +0000

Obviously there is meat in the meatballs, not that filler crap Taco Bell uses, there is also meat in the sauce, it’s just not a central theme as it is our intent to sustain the continuation of life with minimal death.

I’ll wait until the Church of Barbecue quells the infighting on how best to practice their faith before I’ll consider the arguments. Last time I looked, the Charcoalian faction was still at war with modern Propane fundamentalist, and don’t get me started on all regional variations.

By: lord barbecue

lord barbecue — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:56:17 +0000

Obviously, you need some proof. Ok, here goes. Death is a fundamental component of religion. All TRUE religions require that something with blood in it’s veins dies along the way (animal sacrifice, Jesus, infidels, whatever). If there isn’t any bloodletting then it’s not a religion, it’s just a heathen cult.

In the Church of Barbecue, all of our services begin with the death of a pig, cow, or at least a few chickens. There is a sect that’s branching out into seafood, but they are looked upon with suspicion by the fundamentalists.

I don’t see any death in Pastafarianism. All I see is life and hope.

I suppose if you throw some meatballs or sausages into the sauce then you might be on the right track. Still, that seems like a mere afterthought and not part of the fundamental doctrine.

By: TiltedHorizon

TiltedHorizon — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:53:17 +0000

BBQ HEATHEN! I don’t care how delicious you think your religion is. Unless you are talking ribs…. err, never mind that, your and your delicious beliefs don’t belong here!

um… if you forget a plate of babyback ribs I’ll forgive your transgressions.

Ramen!

By: lord barbecue

lord barbecue — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:43:27 +0000

Annie, it can be very difficult to get people to break out of a belief system. If you make a frontal attack on their beliefs they will usually either refuse to listen or fall into a pattern of circular logic in defense. Sometimes its more effective to challenge a belief by slipping in though a side door. Science fiction is a classic example of this. Much of the best science fiction carries underlying themes that challenge our beliefs in culture, morality, bigotry, etc. But these challenges are set in alien worlds or future times and so they don’t seem so threatening. Here, instead of rockets and alien worlds, satire is being used to challenge religious-based beliefs in ID. It may not be pretty, but at least in defending their beliefs against satire there’s a chance that you’ll trick a few people to examining religion in a way that they wouldn’t have otherwise.

P.S. All you Pastafarians are blasphemers. Barbecue is the real path to salvation.

By: spookie

spookie — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:59:29 +0000

You’re right. No capital. Like christian.