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Atheist interview on Aussie radio
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The wounded and the dead
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Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty replied to eric stone's discussion 'Why religion is fundamentally and basically immoral and evil, and should be banned.'
"-----and jerks!!!"
But I'd be really really lonely.
"Everyone in the world is crazy except me and thee,and lately I've been having doubts about thee" (anon)
Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty replied to eric stone's discussion 'Why religion is fundamentally and basically immoral and evil, and should be banned.'
Lots of luck with that.
Not something I support,[I think the premise is facile and naive at best]
However,I DO believe war and starvation are evil and should be banned.
Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty replied to Chad's discussion 'Do you think that religion is child abuse?'
"Do you think that forcing children into religion is child abuse? "
Forcing? Yes.
Teaching a child one's beliefs with love,patience, and consistency,allowing questions and dissent? No.
My Irish Catholic indoctrination,within the…
Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty replied to Jason D. Grindle's discussion 'Some anti-theist quotes for an easy read'
A few of my favourites:
'Religion:Mans' attempt to communicate with the weather" (Graffito ,London)
"Archbishop: A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank higher than that attained by Christ" (Ambrose Bierce)
"Religion A…
Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty replied to Michael's discussion 'Police Investigate Anglican Church'
Self serving Christian sophistry is legend:
EG:
The word 'usury' actually means the lending of money at interest. That was accepted throughout Christendom for centuries. Today apologist claim it means 'unreasonable interest'…
Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty replied to Roxi Atomic's discussion 'What are your pet peeves?'
"Live every day like it's your last. Save the regrets for when you're dead..." is my motto.
Here we say "I'm here for a good time not a long time"
Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty replied to Roxi Atomic's discussion 'What are your pet peeves?'
"Velour. Yes, perfect for a man's shirt with a plunging vee-neck, set off by an ostentatious large medallion on a leather cord. Or am I thinking of velvet? Oh, no, velvet is for canvases for painting unicorns or leopards on, I…
Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty replied to animus's discussion 'Welfare Reforms?'
"Oh, so it was Nixon? Wasn't he impeached? "
No and so what if he was?
Impeachment is only being charged. The person needs to be convicted. Until that time the presumption of innocence applies.
Your question is straw man;it's…
Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty replied to chekuthan's discussion 'A foolish reply .. help me to answer'
John Buchan? The novelist and erstwhile Governor General of Canada?
Might be a be hard to tell him anything,what with him having died in 1940 and al.
What would I say.Nothing,I'd probably laugh at them.
Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty replied to Selen's discussion 'What are the worst things for human being's spirit?'
The worst personal experiences in my opinion:
Betrayal by a person you trust implicitly.Eg; a parent,sibling, spouse or teacher.
For a child, the loss of parent.For and adult, the loss of a child or spouse.(includes end of a marriage)
The…
Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty replied to James Turkia's discussion 'Presuppositional apologetics: explanation requested.'
"In order to presuppose either side of the argument there must be a god to allow presuppostion?"
In formal logic,the proposition is always presumed to be true for the sake of argument. IE: 'IF A then----"
I decline to argue…
Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty replied to ryan cameron's discussion 'Nixon hated Jews...and so did Billy Graham?'
I have had the same issue with the Hitler position. From quotes (not just 1 or 2) in Mein Kampf, it seems to be quite obvious that Hitler did believe in god, and even made reference to "the Almighty Creator beings such as He Himself…
Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty replied to John Gomez's discussion 'Swearing on the Bible.'
Non American here.
My understand is that you have the right to make an affirmation in ANY US court. To require an oath would be non constitutional. Besides there are several Christian churches whose members will not take an oath, considering it…
Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty replied to Tom Begasse's discussion 'How much proof do people need?'
"Many people think this is a god experience. How can we refute this? "
It's not up to us to refute anything. The burden of proof remains with the ones making the claim.It's up to them to provide evidence,rather than supposition…
Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty replied to Arynn's discussion 'Feminism and the Church at large'
"I know my bible, no worries on all the horrible things it says. "
Ask a Christian for scriptural authority to show Mary Magdalene was a whore. (there isn't any) Up to the minute as usual, Pope Paul 2 admitted that fact a few years…
Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty replied to Little Name Atheist's discussion 'One method of dealing with door-to-door proselytizers'
"So how did you get them to finally stop?
We don't have any here."
I answered the door in the nude.
My dad used to turn the hose on them.
Both actions were in less politically correct and less litigious times.
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- Agnostic atheist .Retired. Interests; Travel, food, music; just about anything except rap/hip hop. politics; left of centre),books; mainly history,garden;the beauty,not the work.
Personality: have passed "old fart" and am now a reprobate; egoist, opinionated,cynical and misanthropic .Don't suffer fools.
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Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 6:04am on October 24, 2009,
Klaus Motan said… - ...not to bad
Napoli - Oslo 2000 miles, 5 countries before EC
Bremen - Istanbul 1500 miles, 6 countries before EC
Graz - Sevilla 2000 miles, 4 countries before EC
Graz - Wien 120 miles, national
Graz - Bregenz 400 miles, national
but since Austria is a member of the European Community, as many other Europeean countries are, most borders are history...still remaining Schweiz (Switzerland), Türkei (Turkey), Norwegen (Norway) and Rußland (Russia)...
...lots of different languages, cultures and, last but not least, traffic and customs laws...hard work, bad money - nevertheless I love my job...
- At 5:44am on October 10, 2009,
Klaus Motan said…
- ...you should have mentioned the Catalanic Anarchistic Republic in Spain 1933/1934 as an example of a working and functioning anarchistic society (till it was wiped out by the "Franco"-forces)...
...nevertheless I liked your efforts to explain the ways of Anarchy...
- At 9:13am on September 20, 2009,
Gaz Sharman said… - observant and insightful rather than boring
- At 6:01am on June 15, 2009,
Anna Walton said… - Ah ok I know where that is now. I wasn't quite sure where it was. I'm in Vegas and it's getting closer and closer to summer, it should be getting to the 100s (F) in the next couple of months.
No facebook under my name, or used by me so can't really add you on there. lol But thanks anyways.
Thanks again Glen
~Anna
- At 11:22pm on June 14, 2009,
Anna Walton said…
- Oh it's fine, I just accepted it :)
Nice to meet you Glen, my name is Anna. Which part of Australia you live in? It certainly looks a hell of a lot greener than where I live.
- At 2:28am on May 29, 2009,
Dr. Terence Meaden said… - Hi
Welcome to Atheist Nexus with its 8300+ good friends
A useful group to join, with its 130 discussions and numerous video films, is “ORIGINS” (Origins: Universe, Life, Humans, Evolution, Religion....).
One discussion (over 70 posts) is "Proud to be Atheist". There's much to feel good about
because atheists, agnostics and humanists hold the intellectual high ground——far from the mental slavery of superstitious people who submit to a narrow-minded controlling clergy with their imaginary god, heaven and hell.
Terry Meaden (Proud to be atheist)
- At 7:05am on May 26, 2009,
Chrys Stevenson said… - Hey Tarquin! Welcome to AN! We have an Aussie, Kiwi and South Pacific Atheists Group here - you'd be very welcome to join.
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