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Atheism Memes

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Morrigan said:
Wow, that's one hell of a racist cartoon.
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Uh, yeah. Gratuitously, too, unlike Orphia Nay's, which subverts the racist assumptions of the white missionaries.

In Navigator's atheist cartoon, any kind of believers would do, so there's no need to use racist stereotypes. As atheist humor, though, I don't think it works well, mainly because it's irrelevant to most atheists whether their views are emotionally attractive. So pointing that out seems more "duh" than clever, unless, like a lot of religious people, one mistakenly thinks that atheism is just another religion that's trying to be attractive. To that non-atheist demographic, it would work and seem clever.
 
tsig said:
The whole purpose of all this multisyllabic verbiage is to puff up that sense of self satisfaction of understanding "it" while us poor, sterile materialists just don't get "it".

When you get "it" you will be able to discuss the fine points of the Emperors New Clothes without batting an eye.
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I think in this case, I'll remain delightfully ignorant.
 
That looks more to be 'how ignorance assumes prayer works according to a particular religion.'

Not sure it is strictly an atheist thing. Seems more like an anti-theist thing or more specifically an anti-Christian thing.
 
Navigator said:
That looks more to be 'how ignorance assumes prayer works according to a particular religion.'

Not sure it is strictly an atheist thing. Seems more like an anti-theist thing or more specifically an anti-Christian thing.
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Then how does prayer work?
 
tsig said:
Then how does prayer work?
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Takes credit for the accomplishment of others. Blames others when things don't work out.

ETA: Also works in mysterious ways.
 
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Navigator said:
That looks more to be 'how ignorance assumes prayer works according to a particular religion.'

Not sure it is strictly an atheist thing. Seems more like an anti-theist thing or more specifically an anti-Christian thing.
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While it's certainly not representative of all Christians, it is certainly representative of at least some of them. The idea that the more people we get praying for something, the more likely God is to listen to us (and therefore the corollarythat the fewer people are praying for something, the less likely God is to listen). Just look at conservative Christian leaders in the U.S., who frequently emphasize that the number of people who are praying is of critical importance, and who will blame lack of answered prayer on insufficient prayers.
 
Wolfman said:
While it's certainly not representative of all Christians, it is certainly representative of at least some of them. The idea that the more people we get praying for something, the more likely God is to listen to us (and therefore the corollarythat the fewer people are praying for something, the less likely God is to listen). Just look at conservative Christian leaders in the U.S., who frequently emphasize that the number of people who are praying is of critical importance, and who will blame lack of answered prayer on insufficient prayers.
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Yep, and with all the people praying for Michael Schumacher and MH370, prayer's not been any help there. "Pray more!" :oldroll:
 
tsig said:
Then how does prayer work?
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Simple. Humans release prayertron particles when praying. The more faith a human places in a prayer, the more the human believes in the power of the prayer, the higher will be the level of prayertrons emission; the relationship is exponential. That's why the prayers of hundreds or thousands of humans with weak faith may fail while a child's prayer may be heard.

God and His Angels collect prayertrons and then grant their blessings for humans if the prayertrons level is adequate and compatible with what's being asked.

Oh, don't forget to send me money to receive more pearls of spiritual wisdom explaining how the universe works. Typing and being one with the Universe are expensive activities.
 
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Correa Neto said:
Simple. Humans release prayertron particles when praying. The more faith a human places in a prayer, the more the human believes in the power of the prayer, the higher will be the level of prayertrons emission; the relationship is exponential. That's why the prayers of hundreds or thousands of humans with weak faith may fail while a child's prayer may be heard.

God and His Angels collect prayertrons and then grant their blessings for humans if the prayertrons level is adequate and compatible with what's being asked.

Oh, don't forget to send me money to receive more pearls of spiritual wisdom explaining how the universe works. Typing and being one with the Universe are expensive activities.
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And don't forget, the wavelength, or "vibration" of the prayertron also contributes to the power. A well-focused prayer (one with a narrow scope and more accurate vibration) will have a stronger effect - all else being equal.

That's why general prayers about world peace are usually a waste of time, but specific requests (getting the cross product problem right on the upcoming math exam) are more likely to work out well.
 
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