Yes, It's Theodore Shoebat once again ....

" Atheists, on the other hand, they need to be inquisited, bottom line. They need to be inquisited and I think that when you have atheist enclaves in society, when you have atheist strongholds in society, atheist establishments that are very influential and when you see how fanatic they are, how much they hate Christianity, how much they hate God, how much they hate the church, you really can’t tolerate people like that and those people need the death penalty."



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It seems we're the only people who believe in death. The religious are the ones who deny it. How can they threaten us with something they don't believe in? Unless the truth is that all are atheists at some level.

One of my favorites:

"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."......Stephen Roberts

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They sound like scared, ignorant hicks. What a KKK type mentality.

Is this guy saying "deserve" the death penalty?

We all get the death penalty.

How can we "hate" God when we don't believe it's a real concept?

Exactly! I frankly am hot for the goddess Athena, but, well, she simply doesn't exist..

Yeah, you can say all of those statues can be sexy , in a way.
I used to think that of a lot of the male statues , big muscles, defined facial features, exposed members.

I think of Athena every time I see an owl - or a picture of one. Her wisdom - I like to think of "wisdom" as a defining quality in a deity. (I've had that attitude since visiting Greece, 11+ years ago.)

Here’s a little bit more of the quote. Apparently, atheists don’t need to be killed as much as gays do:

“(Banned word) and atheists need to be purged from society,” Shoebat said. “(Banned word) automatically need to be put to death, that’s a no-brainer because they have already committed the crime of homosexuality. Atheists, on the other hand, they need to be inquisited, bottom line. They need to be inquisited and I think that when you have atheist enclaves in society, when you have atheist strongholds in society, atheist establishments that are very influential and when you see how fanatic they are, how much they hate Christianity, how much they hate God, how much they hate the church, you really can’t tolerate people like that and those people need the death penalty.”

Edited to remove Banned word.



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Thanx. I tried to post the whole thing but I kept getting the nonsensical banned word message and I couldn't figure out what the word was.

That is straight up scary. People saying stuff like that about me when they don't even know me. It sounds like something out of the Handmaid's Tale.

I think part of the reason some of the religious are so gung-ho for killing people they think are 'sinners' or 'heretics' is their belief in an after-life. One where these supposed 'sinners' will be cast into a fiery pit of burning flesh for eternity.

It seems they just can't wait to send people they hate there. Hating them here isn't enough torture, they want to send 'em off to Satan for the kind of torture they can't do here.

The old, "kill 'em all and let god sort 'em out' thing. That kind of belief in an afterlife cheapens *real* life ('it's just a short blip in eternity'), and lessens objections to killing real people in the real world -- 'cause imaginary god or imaginary satan will take care of 'em in the imaginary afterlife.

It's quite ironic that his "love of god" leads him to fear, hate and death, while my atheism supports his right to believe as he chooses.

I can't apologize that I think extremism to be a set of stupid, depraved behaviors, a wasting of life. What extremists do for me is offer a sharp contrast to just how calm and peaceful - and loved - I feel. I would never want to feel as hateful and fearful as he does.

Sometimes I wonder if my satiation in life isn't also a certain lack of awareness of just how dangerous his sort of faction might become in our relatively peaceful and moderate society. He wishes to foment hate; misery loves company.

Does he realize -at all- that he speaks and writes as car-bombing terrorists do? I'd like to believe that the FBI does.

Nicely stated.

Shoebat? "Something stuck to his shoe that came from a bat" type of crazy.

Cue the "no true Christian" argument.

That's why I was careful to put "some of the religious" in my reply :)

Very wise, though, I don't doubt there is a "true Christian" out there, somewhere, feeling persecuted by this thread anyway.

@Dave the Atheist, this post doesnt even have anything to do with Mormonism or recovery from Mormonism. This is you just preaching your atheism again... Its kind of funny though.

Yes it does. Atheism is part of many people's recovery on the board, after leaving mormonism. Insights into how atheists are perceived in society may be useful to a recovering mormon, whether they are atheist or not.

Why is it such a big deal to you? Let the mods decide what it does and doesn't have to do with it.

So Dave the Atheist (preacher) comes to a site about Mormonism to preach atheism just because he decided to become an atheist.

So if a person went from a Mormon to a Muslim then could that person preach Islam on this board? Could he talk all day about how Muhammad was better than Joseph Smith. I dont think so.

Plus he quotes someone who was never Mormon and wasnt even talking about Mormonism...

"Preaching" is where you have it wrong. There's no preaching in the OP.

preach
prēCH/Submit
verb
gerund or present participle: preaching

deliver a sermon or religious address to an assembled group of people, typically in church.
"he preached to a large congregation"
synonyms: give/deliver a sermon, sermonize, address, speak More

publicly proclaim or teach (a religious message or belief).
"a church that preaches the good news"
synonyms: proclaim, teach, spread, propagate, expound
"he preached the gospel to them"

earnestly advocate (a belief or course of action).
"my parents have always preached toleration and moderation"
synonyms: advocate, recommend, advise, urge, teach, counsel
"they preach toleration"

@ Jonny the Smoke, by your own definition, "earnestly advocate (a belief or course of action)", he is preaching...

Theodore Shoebat is preaching.

I don't see preaching by Dave the Atheist in this post. Conveying yes, preaching no.

you seem quite upset about the whole thing for some reason.

@Jonny the smoke, I am not upset. I am laughing out loud. He takes a obscure quote from a obscure person to talk about a non-issue...

Where is there a debate about giving atheists the death penalty in America? There isnt any. Maybe in Iran but not in America.

Its just a weird silly post to begin with.

So you've cast your ballot. Care to tally the totals?

Or does that not matter, because when a Deist speaks, the matter is settled? (Where have I heard that before...???)

@elderolddog, I wasnt making an authoritarian argument. I was saying that fearing atheists will be put to death is like fearing that Mennonites will ban buttons in clothing...

From the quotation used as the fodder for this thread, the threat seems to exist.

Granted, since I will immediately utter "Praise ghawd from whom all blessings flow!" if challenged by a posse of armed Christians, I'm not too worried about the 'death penalty', but it isn't too outlandish to consider the possibility that the extreme Right would probably be all in favor of the penalty.

It's mostly howling at the moon, but sometimes that feels good, and with this rowdy atheist crowd, feeling good comes easy and often.

@elderolddog, you said "but it isn't too outlandish to consider the possibility that the extreme Right would probably be all in favor of the penalty". Actually it is outlandish unless you are living in an Islamic theocracy.

That hasnt happened in America since the Puritans of 400 years ago. I dont see the humor in the post but it is hard to recognize humor on a text only message board.

Just seems that posts like this are provocative trolling not humor.

isthechurchtrue Wrote:
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> Actually it is outlandish unless you
> are living in an Islamic theocracy.

And yet...the OP was a quote from a far-right-christian who clearly stated his preference for what you called "outlandish."

Does that represent any kind of "majority" of thought among christians in the US? Of course not.

Then again, 2 years ago I would have thought that a race-baiting, white-supremacist-enabling, misogynistic, lying asshat couldn't have gathered enough support in the US to be elected to anything. And then it happened. That teaches me to never underestimate how people can be manipulated into fear by charismatic maniacs...:)

@ificouldhietokolob, you are apparently detached from reality. You just bought into Dave the Atheists (preacher) fear mongering non-sense.

isthechurchtrue Wrote:
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> @ificouldhietokolob, you are apparently detached
> from reality. You just bought into Dave the
> Atheists (preacher) fear mongering non-sense.

"Reality" is that a christian preacher in the US NOW wants the death penalty for atheists.
That guy merits all the criticism and condemnation he gets.

As I pointed out, I know very well that's not a majority US christian position.

You seem to want to refuse to acknowledge that there are christian preachers in the US saying such things.
The reality is, there are.

So -- who's "detached?"

@ificouldhietokolob Well I didnt say the person didnt say that. What I said was that fearing that Atheists would be put to death in America for being Atheists was about as realistic as fearing Mennonites would confiscate your buttons. Stop creating straw men. I didnt say what you claim I said. That is why I said this is fear mongering.

isthechurchtrue Wrote:
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> @ificouldhietokolob Well I didnt say the person
> didnt say that. What I said was that fearing that
> Atheists would be put to death in America for
> being Atheists was about as realistic as fearing
> Mennonites would confiscate your buttons. Stop
> creating straw men. I didnt say what you claim I
> said. That is why I said this is fear mongering.

I never said I "feared" anything.
Only that this asshat merited criticism and condemnation.

It's not "fear mongering" to criticize people who call for the death penalty over religion (or lack thereof).

No strawman. You claimed I was "detached from reality."
Once again, the "reality" is that there are people calling for the death penalty for atheists. You seem to want me to pretend nobody is doing that -- pass. Incidentally, I'd levy just as much criticism (and have) at atheists calling for the death penalty for christians. And while that's certainly not anything the majority of atheists want, there are a very few doing just that. They get my public criticism, too. Whether you approve of it or not.

I wasn't going for humor in the phrase you quoted. I love humor and promote it assiduously, but the fact that there are people who want me dead based on, perhaps not my belief, but lack of belief, isn't funny.

400 years since death was the penalty for unbelief? I don't see it that way. 9/11 victims died because of unbelievers were thought to merit that penalty. Civil rights workers in the 60s were killed for not believing in segregation... etc., etc.

I sincerely believe that death is always on the minds of tyrannical/tyrannically minded people.

We're way less than 50 years from when killing Blacks, Indians and Hispanics (blanket: non-White) was simply not viewed as being a all that big a crime, compared to dealing death to Whitey.

Most non-Whites when pulled over by a SoCal police authority are very aware that they HAVE to show their hands from the git-go.

I'm not 'happy' treating with these subjects because they, to me, are without immediate solution. Words aren't going to solve them.

I think it is naïve to state that Atheists are not often hated and feared by our wider culture.

I agree, summer, but with the proviso: in the US, not everywhere else and certainly not in most developed countries.

isthechurchtrue Wrote:
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> So if a person went from a Mormon to a Muslim then
> could that person preach Islam on this board?
> Could he talk all day about how Muhammad was
> better than Joseph Smith. I dont think so.

Sure he could! But within ten posts he'd be "offended".

Theodore Shoebat might just as well preach from Alma chapter 30.

Preaching would mean saying something like"Athiesm is the best way to think and it's really the only true way to think" I am an Athiest but my atheism only works for me and me alone . I care not one bit what others believe unless it causes real harm to others .Ant belief system can cause harm or could also cause positive benefit .When it comes to government and laws I want the government to be neutral and not give support to any belief system be it God or no God

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_atheism


"Christian atheism is a form of Cultural Christianity and a system of ethics which draws its beliefs and practices from the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, as recorded in the Gospels of the New Testament and other sources, while rejecting the supernatural claims of Christianity at large. "

I suspect that describes me, as most of us have received our moral framework from the Judaeo-Christian tradition because of where we grew up.

(this is a reply to Atheist)



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Dave the Atheist Wrote:
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> Yes, It's Theodore Shoebat once again ....
>
> " Atheists, on the other hand, they need to be
> inquisited, bottom line. They need to be
> inquisited and I think that when you have atheist
> enclaves in society, when you have atheist
> strongholds in society, atheist establishments
> that are very influential...

The following religions are considered, in whole or in part, atheistic religions:

Buddhism 488 million people (est.)
Jainism 3 million people (est.)
Confucianism 6 million people (est.)
Taoism 12 million people (est.)
Judaism [say: 4 million (out of 14 million total) (est.)]
Hinduism [say: 500 million (out of 1.15 BILLION total) (est.)]
(one of the two main divisions of Hinduism is atheistic, and
it includes Vedanta, which is the Hinduism I was raised in)


> ...and when you see how fanatic they are:
This is nonsense.

> ...how much they hate Christianity
This is nonsense.

> ...how much they hate God [which begs the extremely important question of: "which God"?]
This is a nonsense statement; most of the above people don't even think of the Christian God as they live their lives.

> ...how much they hate the church
The CHRISTIAN church? The Christian church has not the slightest impact on most of the people cited above. This is a nonsense statement, too.

> ...you really can’t tolerate people like
> that and those people need the death penalty."

You want to execute more than a billion people on this planet because they do not believe in Y-O-U-R God (or most any other god, either)???

This is well beyond nonsense...it is true insanity.



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So the death penalty is the answer for people we can't tolerate? Well, there goes the entire population. For me, it would be most religious nuts. For other people it would be me.

But you know, that's what Jesus taught. I guess.

How about I give TS an enema for y’all?

I think thats what he needs Boner..... Good idea !!!!!!

Don't use Tang.

Hot Folger's, perhaps?

Cold sacrament wine.

Concentrated capsaicin sauce right up the ass with no milk in sight!

That would really hurt !!! *LOL*

Happy to guard your back, Dave! Brohugs, wanker!

I get that what they are trying to say is to behave like people did during the Spanish Inquisition (which most people regard with distaste, but apparently not this guy.)

But what does he really MEAN? Bring somebody in for questioning, or do the whole fire, torture, rape and pillage thing? Really?

Talk about a giant step backwards for civilization. (Not to mention an awkward grammatical entanglement.)

The haters cannot tolerate atheists because they are proof the mchurch is NOT true.
The inquisition was also about stealing the lands and resources and wealth of other peoples.And a few other reasons, too.



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Hockeyrat Wrote:
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> You'd also probably burn out his insides It burns
> , like crazy on skin, can't imagine if you put one
> up there. Membrane and similiar, probably wish
> you were dead. Sounds good for really bad guys