Scott Klarr Jr

oh that gave me a good laugh, just viewed them all, and me and my gf found them all very entertaining.

1 for atheism

ive only ever seen one pro-religion motivator that had any type semi-inteligent argument and even that one was just a copy of one ive seen here with a the point twisted around

Well now, you a theistics had better hurry. Life on this world is short and allegedly having no future beyond this life leaves you little time to accomplish something more than collecting foolish posters. Good luck to you. Me? I don't have luck. I enjoy divine intervention from my God, who speaks to me and cares for me. Do us a favor. Take some time and consider the marvelous eyeball. What a splendid accident that was, huh? Say, I've often wondered why you folks act as though you have morals when you deny the giver of morality. If there are no eternal consequences for bad behavior, why not rob, rape, and murder your way through life. Indeed, why suffer through this life at all? With no God, why not have a worldwide atheist suicide party? Just wondering...

"Scott K", You sir, may think I am the stupid and ignorant one. It does not surprise me in the least. Go ahead and laugh to your hearts content and think of yourself as the enlightened sensible one. I know precisely what theist means. I separated the two in order to stress the A. As you may know, prefacing with the letter a means without, lacking, against. Learning the facts has absolutely nothing to do theories of any kind, especially not the biopsychological or game kind. No one , except you, said anything about eyes at a simpler state. Each creature has the eyes, or lack of them, that God gave them to fulfill the station said creature was created for. The Holy Bible speaks to us of all manner of good and bad as it must to teach us how to live and how not to. That you once called yourself a Christian, (thanks for properly capitalizing it), doesn't make you one. The FACTS are,in spite of whatever you were taught, a person must be born again of the spirit and have an intimate personal relationship with the Christ, Lord Jesus, to be a Christian. It means caring nothing for this world. It means caring only for the Kingdom of God and taking the message of His grace and love to the lost, like you. I will pray that somewhere, sometime before it is too late, someone will lead you to the Lord. You will be welcomed into His Kingdom and all the host of heaven will rejoice when you surrender you life to the One that paid the price for your sin. Without a life of sin, we would have no witness of the grace of Lord Jesus. I was once a wicked God hater, so I know what you are going through and I feel sorry for you. I do pray that you will wise up and stop wasting the time you have in this life so that you may fulfill your purpose for existence and serve your Creator. God bless you and keep you. J

Oh yeah Scott, You can be my avatar if it makes you feel better. I don't mind. One day, the light of truth will shine on your life and you will find yourself sickened by the nastiness of your ways. I know, it happened to me. I do know that the Holy Spirit of God reveals the truth to every human being and provides an opportunity to repent before death. I hope and pray yours hasn't passed already avatar.

Your have the God given right to choose your destiny. Your opinion ouf me is as irrelevant as where my droppings end up. Now would be a good time for you to post another hateful, name calling, crass reply to further display your ignorance as this is my last visit to this unholy site. Still praying for you! Now shaking the proverbial dust from my feet.

Sorry, I forgot to mention that nature never proves anything except the magnificent glory of God, the Creator. Are you in favor of incarcerating rapists and murderers? God is just. He gave the law, prescribed the penalties, and enforces His law. He also is love. He provided a way for lawbreakers, like me and you, to avoid the penalties and enjoy the benefits of kinship with the King through the death and resurrection of Jesus, the Christ! Saul, the murderous pharisee, who made it his business to seek out and murder Christians, became Paul, the apostle after surrendering his life to Christ. You can, too.

Okay, so he is just, he prescribed the law, that makes it all better, now if you excuse me I am off to stone my fiance for not being a virgin, dispite the fact I am one of those people who have slept with her, of course it doesn't matter as it is God's law. Screw God's law, to hell with it Screw God himself. You heard me.

Have you not realised that God is just a way of explaining things you are to ignorant to understand, I bet you that if you'd have been brought up in a society of people who don't believe in God, you would be Athiest, or at least if you still had turned to God it would be based on your own ideas, not everyone elses, you're a sheep, cattle, you follow because you are too ignorant to lead, and that is why I and all Athiest are better than you, we think for ourselves, you let others do the thinking for you.

all hail the never ignorant, everyone else is stupid godless ones. Your assumptions are false. No one thinks for me! I don't follow man, I lead man. You have no clue concerning the society I grew up in and I am not an animal of any kind. Please do remember to beg God to allow me to touch your desert dry tongue with a half drop of water after several millennium. Sorry, but as with Lazurus, the void will make such kindness impossible for you. Go on, though. Keep believing that you are far too wise for the Deity named Jehovah to exist. Continue to think there is no justice in His law. Call me and those like me ignorant fools. Hey, you might even consider tattooing 666 on your foreheads and taking up arms to massacre us in the name of no god justice. And calling yourselves wise, you became fools. I pray for mercy on you and those like you in God's love. Bless you. May you find Jesus and never want for anything. PEACE, LOVE, and AMEN.

You persons claiming no God are quite mistaken. I have met on many occasions with Him. He has even revealed Him self to a great number of my country men. On my first encounter with God. A bosnian had shot me in the chest with a rifle. I am yugoslav. I reside for a time in Sydney now. When the muslim shot me, I was carrying turnips to market and I fell over. God appeared out of nowhere. I had been alone on the road except for the muslim. I hated and wished to kill this enemy when God touched my chest. I became whole again instantly and hate and vengance left me. My country men and some serbs have told similar truths. I have not been wounded again but God has walked to market with me. He is very good but does not like islam,

You persons claiming no God are quite mistaken. I have met on many occasions with Him. He has even revealed Him self to a great number of my country men. On my first encounter with God. A bosnian had shot me in the chest with a rifle. I am yugoslav. I reside for a time in Sydney now. When the muslim shot me, I was carrying turnips to market and I fell over. God appeared out of nowhere. I had been alone on the road except for the muslim. I hated and wished to kill this enemy when God touched my chest. I became whole again instantly and hate and vengance left me. My country men and some serbs have told similar truths. I have not been wounded again but God has walked to market with me. He is very good but does not like islam,

Hey I don't like no muslims niether

Unfortunately, there's no reasoning with these people, they are the ones that believe in god completely and utterly and even if someone had solid evidence that there is no god they wouldn't believe it, and keep their "faith". In my opinion religion has caused more problems than solutions, their morals are outdated, as are their methods, they justify almost everything they do with their religion even though the topic probably has no real concrete meaning to it, religions also clash with each other frequently, such as two civilizations justifying their ownership of land through their religion (hint hint). These people will just drink the kool-aid until the world's crackpots stop their mindless preachings and civilizations advance to a point where people don't accept "Becuase god says so" or "Becuase god did this" as the answer to everything. Hopefully it doesn't take centuries, but the faster, the better.

Heh, I printed out a buncha these and some religious dumbass started reading them, he crumpled them up along with some other pages of my school work and threw em out angrily. I kicked him. ^.^ *prints off more*

SHUT UP AND JUST LET PEOPLE BELIEVE WHAT THEY BELIEVE! EVEN IF THEYRE WRONG *POINTS AT ATHEISTS*

First of all, I agree that people should respect others' beliefs. Second, John B, what reason do you have for not liking Muslims? Muslims as a whole have done nothing, it is simply the incompetent, brain washed idiots that have caused the war on terror. True Muslims have similar beliefs to Christians, in that they believe in God (or Allah in Arabic), and they believe in many of the sins that Christians do, except they believe that Jesus was simply a prophet and not the Son of God. I know this for a fact because my best friends' whole family is Muslim and they own a copy of the Qu'ran. Also, there is no possible way of proving the existance of God or gods, and if He/They did exist which religion (or lack thereof) is correct. If the Universe came from the big bang or any other natural occurance, and if the Theory of Conservation of Matter/Mass is correct, and matter cannot be created or destroyed, where did all of the matter in the Universe come from? And if God(s) created it, then where did He/They come from?

There's probably no god.
You ought stop worrying and start to enjoy the rest of your life,
peace!

It is amazing how much fighting there is on the topic of religion, (both here and throughout history). Especially when a said religion claims to be one of universal love. If a deity is truly benevolant and "full of love", how much do you really believe (s)he would approve of all the hate and violence that is projected at those of differing DETAILS of faith?
Faith is a beautiful thing, it is healthy to believe in something -and can give meaning to one's life. But blind faith is ignorant (the same could be said for blind lack of faith). Why would God give us the gifts of reason and contemplation if we are not meant to use them. We Should question our faiths. Find what what truly does hold meaning to us and find a belief that best applies to us. We all have lived different lives and have had different experiences and thoughts. It makes sense that the details of what we hold faith in would differ.
If you are a good person doing good things, than you believe in the same thing as myself -the details of those beliefs just may differ. And it is these details that all of the fighting is about. It is understandable to want to share what has brought you joy, but you shouldn't push your beliefs onto another. And, on the same note, you should not let beliefs be pushed on you. Better to truly believe in something and be unpopular than only half believe something to "fit in". Faith should be something we find comfort, and happiness in. Not something forced fed to us.

motivational

or

arrogant and condescending?

I used to be godless, but then I read these posters and decided to convert. Scott Klarr, this website is awesome, you are my new God. I'm going to go drink some fresh lamb's blood now before class.

"Every animal lived within walking distance of Noah's house" "Abstinence" and "Spoiler: Jesus Dies" made me laugh the most, but they're all great. Thanks for sharing these. :)

1) How if God revealed Himself would we know it was him?
2)If God revealed Himself surely the need to "believe" in him would be diminished by the simple fact we all know he existed. Nobody believes in something you see everyday, like cars or other such items, so if we saw God he would become materialistic and nobody would believe, would they?

Dear Scott,

Where do we go when we die?

It is so funny to see theists get so worked up, they can go around shoving phamplets into my hands at the supermarket telling me to get saved but you post your beliefs on your own blog and its like you've crucified THEM.
Seriously, god is not real. Just like santa, just like thor, just like Jedis....ok Jedis are more likely to be real than god.
Either way, people shouldnt NEED god to be good people; if the only thing convincing you to live your life by some ancient, irrelavent mandates is a reward then there is something seriously wrong with your moral compass. I am a good, moral person and I know when I die-I will be DEAD; as in no heaven, no hell, just freaking dead.
sheeesh

So if we r just dead when we die what does it matter to be a moral upstanding person? cuz ultimately in the end of ur life it doesnt matter one way or the other... correct? doing what u please when u please right? im not trying to strike out and aruge, truly curious thou? any thoughts anyone?

I have faced the same struggle as many of the people who have posted here, trying to wrap my head around the concept of death. I think that that is what it comes down to. Try to think about the end of your consciousness... imagine not thinking anymore. It is impossible for us to do. Yes, you can sit on your couch and veg out on crap tv, while not having any significant heigher level thought processes... but you can't shut it off. You can merely distract yourself. I have read several of the holy texts out there, to include; the Bible, the Book of Mormon and the Quran. I have met both virtuous and wicked people in each of the associated religions, and wicked and virtuous Atheists and Agnostics. The ability to commit offenses against another person exists in all of us. Whether that be because of evil placed within us by the devil, that whisper in your ear if you will... or the lack of divine intervention in our decision making processes, I think it is impossible to know.

I, as you may have guessed, consider myself an Agnostic. I pussy position by some peoples view. Cast your stones, I shall forgive your trespasses. Agnostics sit on the fence between the theists and atheists.

Websters defines an Agnostic as someone who does not deny the existence of God, but rather the possibility of knowing Him (Her/It).

That is me in a nut shell. I can't fathom the end of my consciousness, nor can I fathom that anyone has gotten in right either. If you hear a synic talk about Christianity, it sounds insane... as insane as Scientology to not just Christians but everyone.

For those of you who came here and said ignorant things baout just shutting up and letting people think and do what they want, (yes I am about to get slightly hostile) are you out of your ever loving mind? Much in the same way that 'all it takes for evil to triumph over good, is for good men to do nothing', all it takes for subjugation ot triumph over freedom, is for opposite minded people to say nothing. This is a healthy discussion. A necessary one as well. Most of the world beleives in some form of higher being, and of that majority, most of them want us all to be governed by the tenants of their various religions. Look at the fanatics in the Middle East, the lengths they go to in order to have a country governed by Sharia law. Look at the debate in the U.S. over Gay marriage, abortion, creationism vs evolution being taught in schools, school prayers, In God we trust on our money... the list goes on and on, and it affects each one of us in our daily lives.

Morality is relative to our socialization process. What we consider socially and morally reprehensable in America is not the same as, well lets say a Ugandan or Congolese 'rebel'. Raping of women is a hobby that receives little to no criticism by ones peers in those circles. That is how they were brought up. Read up on the affects of ones socialition process on ones actions.

To address some other comments made here;

1) though it is a valid point about stoning your fiancee, don't reduce yourself to using obvious extreme arguements in lieu of an intellectual one. No one is going to convince someone else to shut up or give up their point of view on this site.

2) whoever it was that made the comment about not being here for this life, but for the next. You are required by your faith to give up all things worldly, this includes your car, house, clothes on your back, and all of the money in your bank account. In order to live properly by this, you have to stop eating, sleeping, or anything else that would distract you form 'spreading the good word'. Because that is what you believe God asks of you. So, what was the last movie you saw in the theatre? Why were you not out spreading the word now? Why have you spent the past five minutes reading my post on this blog.

Now, my father who is a very evangelical Christian always poses the question of, 'If Christianity turns out ot be wrong, but you led your life according to its values, what harm has been done?' The well articulated arguement for living by a set code of morality. Not a lot of harm I always have to agree. However, in the process, you give up that truth seeking part of yourself, and allow whoever is in control of the religion to control your thoughts. Look of Mormonism. It has done a fantastic job of anticipating turns in the moral majority, and dictating the behavior of its believers for the past century or so. When they had a steady base, they turned form polygamy in order to appeal to the masses. They were ahead of society, but right on target with scientists, about preaching of the dangers of tobacco, alchohol, and caffeine. When the church started, they were not as straight laced as they appear to be now. As science was proving it was bad for you, the church took it as a prompt, and a prophecy was revealed to not use these things. It did take them a bit longer to catch on to the whole civil rights thing, with not allowing blacks to hold their priesthood until the '80's, but aside from that, not a bad track record or dictating behavior.

This is what many Christians, Muslims, Catholics etc... want for all of us. If someone does not agree with the tenants by which you live your life, they should not sit quietly by while you attempt to ammend the constitution to support your beliefs. That would be as wrong as those who beleive Gay marriage is a disgrace to the sanctity of the union not saying anything... (although one is reminded to not cast stones, or make claims to know Gods wishes, and perhaps let God go ahead and decide if he wants to honor that union or not on his own terms. Kinda makes sense to just leave that one alone... unless you are claiming to know what exactly God is thinking right now about the whole thing. Good luck not getting judged yourself for that one).

I digress,

My point is this, a) consider Agnosticism b) continue the debates, but in an intellectual manner that the gravity of the discussion deserves
and c) challenge yourself. So many people hate out of fear. Christians, or rather all theists, far too often try to shut people in order to not have to think about or confront their own beliefs. If what you beleive is trully correct, don't be afraid to listen to and think about the other side of the arguement. Not just for ammunition or a way to spin and convert, but for the actual merit of the view point.

Sorry for the crap ton of spelling and grammatical errors I must have maid in the above post. Trying to write quickly on my lunch break.

Thank u for the above post, very much something to wrap ur mind around :), i do have another question, see what u think on this one.

So why is Satan evil, what makes him so in the wrong? Silly question right? Well look at it in this light. Why would someone leave a home in glory where everything is perfect, wonderful to rebel against ur master? Why is he rebeling, there has to be more than power hungry evil, in satans point of view God is evil, every bad guy thinks they r in the right and the good guy is wrong. However is u live in glory, and u can read and see ur fate of everlasting fire, why do u continue to fight against? makes u wonder, must really have to believe what ur fighting for u to sacrifice everything u r like that... what do u think?

idk but he like wanted to the glory of creating earth and man from god or something im not really sure...

The cake is a lie.

Does anyone else realize that the "Major Schisms of Atheism One", the Occam's Razor one, and then the "The simplest answer is often the cleverest and is also usually wrong" all contradict one another? Just saying...

thanks a lot, scott, for being such a smart guy.

religious people,get over it. honestly, you're delusional if you really believe some crackpot theory concieved 2000 years ago over modern science.

just get over it.

yawn yawn yawn

awesome read. gave me a good laugh. I am spreading it around.

"...you follow because you are too ignorant to lead, and that is why I and all Athiest are better than you, we think for ourselves, you let others do the thinking for you." Wow. Powerful words. Spoken like a true believer. Turning his hate on those who do not follow his ways. Sounds a lot like a religion to me. And it seems, like in all religions, that you have the extremists who give the rest a bad name.
You Athiests throw stones at the Christians only because there's a little, tiny, shred of doubt in your mind that "What if i'm wrong?". None of us are going to know if we're right or wrong about our personal beliefs until the end. And beliefs are personal. And very much like opinions if you know the reference. Why not each of us have our belief and go about being the good person we each want and need to be. Or is it more important to stand around in groups talking smack about the other guy and feeding off the group dynamic? Maybe work yourself into a lather? Nothing good comes from debating politics or religion. If you're ready to find God, you will. If not, so be it.
I for one refuse to believe that all of this was a string of random events that put us here and that we evolved up from mud. The world, the universe is too grand to be a coincidence. If you feel that you should think so little of yourself and us as a species, then whatever blows your hair back. You should find some solice in the approaching darkness of your pending non-existance as nothing follows. Me, I believe that this is not the end, but just one step on the path to eternity.

Durr. Efforts like this simply portray atheism as more fundamentalist than fundamentalists. Atheists are thoughtful and intelligent people. This propaganda makes them seem insular, self-satisfied, and dumb. These pictures just scream "I'm a 16 year old internet atheist who makes nasty comments about Jesus to make me seem rebellious!". Yeah super you are really rebellious and shocking.

OMG!!! Reading this bickering is about as hard as believing in god (yes, I'm leaning to the atheist side in this). A lot of these posters are funny and clever and they made me laugh. Mostly creationist, pro-religion etc posters just aren't very funny (sorry it's just the truth, they are usually kinda lame and if you disagree then you're just being difficult). The point is that "atheism" is really just another religious view when argued in such a way as it is here! Albeit the lack of holding a god as omnipotent and all knowing, but a religious view all the same. A true "atheist" if you want to call it that needs not argue their stance at all since THERE IS NO STANCE TO ARGUE!!! I have no time to worry about bibles, churches and how to properly behave. I treat people well, I am thoughtful of the universe as it is the most wondrous and exciting thing beyond our imaginations and I keep an open mind to anything I hear/read/see.

I really cannot say (nor can anyone on alive, on this earth) what happens after death and where (if anywhere but the ground or a little jar) we go. If I should find myself standing in front of some massive golden gates after my demise, faced with a list of my lifelong sins I shall eat my words then and start praying.

Point is, there's not enough time on earth to worry about what everyone else is thinking. If you believe there is a god and heaven and eyeballs, fingernails and juji-fruits were designed by god then by all means go right ahead. If you want to believe we are a random and common occurance throughout the universe then you should pursue that. As long as your beliefs are not forced upon others and you don't demand others go out of their way to respect them there should really be no problems.

btw, there is no god.

So, just a question.

What if it turns out that in fact Aliens started all life on this planet and it is in fact they that are responsible for everything we know on earth? Would they be this "god" being spoken of?

Also, what is said Aliens in fact thought of earth as some sort of giant, galactic farm and came, knife and fork in hand, ready to eat EVERY LAST HUMAN BEING AND ANIMAL ON THIS PLANET (except pigs of course)??? Would they still be considered god then?

Is god allowed to eat us?

I was just kind of wondering.

Hilarious. Really. Thanks! :)

You do realize that all that aid money has only made the situation in Africa WORSE right? Trillions of dollars have been wasted so that corrupt officials can continue buying themselves nice cars, fancy clothes, and air-conditioned homes. Pat yourself on the back, you're only damaging the situation by throwing money at it instead of actually finding a solution.

Something I read somewhere:

It's natural to think that living things must be the handiwork of a designer. But it was also natural to think that the sun went around the earth. Overcoming naive impressions to figure out how things really work is one of humanity's highest callings.
Our own bodies are riddled with quirks that no competent engineer would have planned but that disclose a history of trial-and-error tinkering: a retina installed backward, a seminal duct that hooks over the ureter like a garden hose snagged on a tree, goose bumps that uselessly try to warm us by fluffing up long-gone fur.
The moral design of nature is as bungled as its engineering design. What twisted sadist would have invented a parasite that blinds millions of people or a gene that covers babies with excruciating blisters? To adapt a Yiddish expression about God: If an intelligent designer lived on Earth, people would break his windows.
The theory of natural selection explains life as we find it, with all its quirks and tragedies. We can prove mathematically that it is capable of producing adaptive life forms and track it in computer simulations, lab experiments and real ecosystems. It doesn't pretend to solve one mystery (the origin of complex life) by slipping in another (the origin of a complex designer).
Many people who accept evolution still feel that a belief in God is necessary to give life meaning and to justify morality. But that is exactly backward. In practice, religion has given us stonings, inquisitions and 9/11. Morality comes from a commitment to treat others as we wish to be treated, which follows from the realization that none of us is the sole occupant of the universe. Like physical evolution, it does not require a white-coated technician in the sky.
-STEVEN PINKER

My only question is... why waste all your time arguing with each other trying to win this long standing argument. Christians, live your lives, praise your God and be joyful. Atheists, live it up and stop worrying about that which you should not want to change. Why does it matter to you if someone wants to believe in a Higher Being? All that should matter to you is that you don't. This constant bickering is what causes wars... the need for every side to be proven right. Can't we all just get along? Get a life!!

thank you =D

I have to agree with what Scott K said on Dec 13th - if god suddenly showed up i'd have to acknowledged he existed, but i dont think i'd follow him. The god of the bible is not a very nice god. He strikes me more a psychotic petulant child.

For those of you that believe in god let me ask you this - can god lie? He's all powerful right? How do you know he didn't lie to you about any of this? Why would any being that's so loving require us to bow down and worship him or suffer for all eternity? Use your brain for a minute - does that really sound like anything that's all loving?

How do you know religion isn't a test? Maybe there is a god - maybe the bible is even his words. How do you know it's not simply a test to see who is willing to defy the illogical and accept the rational? You cant prove it's not a test since you believe god is all powerful and you cant really know his mind. So maybe all the major religions are just his way of weeding out the people who have evolved to the next level - and everyone else maybe gets to go around the merry go round again until they get it right.

That makes a hell of a lot more sense to me then believing the god of the bible is a good god and someone worth worshiping.

Personally i am agnostic, not athiest. You can neither prove or disprove gods existence. So why bother wasting time on him/her/it? My view is if being a generally good person (helping my friends/family, being generally nice to other people and in general trying to leave the world a little better off then it was ) is not good enough for a god to accept me, then he's really not worth wasting any time on.

If you want to believe someone created all of this - fine. I can understand that and maybe even respect it, even if i dont believe in that myself. But i will not respect anyone who thinks the god of the bible is worth worshipping. You could have someone run around and murder and rape a 1000 people but on his death bed say he's sorry and he gets into heaven, whereas i can run around and help a 1000 people but still refuse to believe, so i should suffer forever? And you think that's a system you should believe in and worship? No - i will not respect that.

"why waste all your time arguing with each other trying to win this long standing argument"
Why? Because, if the way we teach our children and progress as a society is dependent on Christian ideas that evolution is a crock and that in fact there is no need to explain what we see (as we can always just say "God did it" if we cant figure it out) then how can progress possibly be made? The only way we progress is by taking something and analyzing it. Take the light bulb for example. A great invention, i think everyone agrees. Would the light bulb have been invented if no one ever considered that maybe "the candle isn't the best way to produce light". And once the light bulb was invented did we just stop trying to improve and make it better? What could possibly be done to such a perfect invention? Well we could use more than 25% of the energy to make light for starters (thus the invention of fluorescent light bulb). Will we stop there in improving this idea? Certainly not. Then why, i must ask you, should we not challenge things so that they work better, are more efficient and further progress rather than restrain it? Just as sun gods and gods of harvest were analyzed and revamped to fit with knowledge, so should the modern religions. I'm not just talking Christianity here, but all religions, religions that lead to things like terrorist attacks, religions that lead to not allowing things like stem cell research, ones that prevent freedom, nearly every religion in fact could stand to be re-evaluated. So that is my answer to why we must argue this (although it would be in the best interest of everyone to keep it civil).
I myself am not an atheist. The best way to describe me would be to say that i am an agnostic. I have gone to a catholic/Christian school my entire life and i have learned in my own time about other religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, Muslim, etc. (I have learned at least some about all the "major" religions) Through this study i realize that perhaps everyone worshiping/believing in the same thing. Whether you believe in one god, two, or seven, you are using these gods as a way to explain the unknown. So really you believe in explanations. Why then should you not, instead of creating a puzzle piece to fill in the gap, go find the puzzle piece? Atheists believe that they can find all the answers through science, theists believe that they can find all the answers in God. We all have to have faith in something, why not in what can progress us all as human beings rather than something that slows our progress.

Ok, so the playing field seems to be quite large here, so I'll give my own 2 cents. I definitely believe in an omnipotent, omnipresent "IT" (I don't say God because, let's face it, with all of the religions out there, who's to say what name is to be used?) One of my favorite quotes is, "...(God) is too big of a concept to fit into one religion." If everyone would just stop bashing one another about who's right and who's wrong, and accept that there are always going to be more questions than answers, then we would have an extremely better world to live in. I have studied a great number of belief systems, and if I had to stick to one, my most closely matched would be Buddhism. Although I don't believe in tying myself into one system, I prefer a more broad approach to this subject. I designed my own ideas based on what I've seen, read, and understand, and so far, I live a comfortable life. I guess you would call me "Spiritual" and not "Religious".

We all live our own lives, and it's nobody's place to judge anyone else based on their beliefs. In the Early Christian Era, and leaked all the way down, doesn't almost all forms of the Bible say that Man was given freedom of choice? Then why try to take that away from someone else if they so choose to use it?

I think people need to treat others with respect and decency, and to each his/her own.

To be honest I think both religion and science can have the same positive and negative effects on people and society. On one hand we have religion: each one of them gives people something to believe in, because religion knows that this factor will keep us humans going somehow. It's inevitable, religious or atheist, that at some point we ask ourselves the Big Questions: "why are we here? where will we go? how did we get here? etc....

these questions drive us, make us live and learn. Life is also full of grief at times and most religious books are just full of common sense, giving us indications on how to lead a life the best way possible for us and those around us. Don't steal, don't lie, don't hurt, forgive, understand even when you think it's wrong.... these rules work. The problem with religion is that a bunch of fanatics have taken advantage of the above mentioned questions and played with peoples faith, specially when they were feeling the most vulnerable.... when they were looking around themselves asking: "what the f***ed happened and why?". In those moments you'll be certain to believe anything that gives you hope that life isn't so shit after all.

on the other hand you have atheism. the rejection of an existence of any form of God, or deity. Fair enough. I'm very much like St. Thomas, I believe in what I see or even more what I touch. and I have to say I'm very happy with that. Travel around the world and what you see and hear and feel can be extremely beautiful and sublime to not need a God to believe that life can be beautiful and changes for our well being can be done. I think that lacking faith in a God is easily done and can lead to a much freer life, therefore a life bound to develop and evolve more than one that isn't. Where I think a problem lies, is that most atheists, having chosen or just simply not believing in God, find that science and technology are our solutions. Science will lead us to space, science will give us great technology... But to what use?

Science spends so much of its time trying to cure all our diseases..... people rely on science, almost like religious people rely on God... they both have given us a fake hope. The world will never be disease free, there will always be something that will affect our health and science isn't actually making it better rather making it worse. What doesn't kill us here (i.e. a flu) will kill a tribesman in the jungle... probably many cultures still alive of which we don't know to much of, have fought disease like cancer and HIV in their own way, who knows how many have developed the immunity to them. Science strives to know the unknown, to discover space,and we still haven't finished to discover our planet.... there is a very high percentage of rainforest that we haven't discovered as such, and lets not forget, we are destroying it already....

when we learn maths at school... you need to study sums, multiples, subtractions and all that before you can solve an algebra equation. How is science going to answer anything if it's not dealing with the main issues. Unfortunately, we will never be supermen, no matter how much ultracool things will be created, we will just look like x-men. at the end of the day we are animals, we are here for a certain amount of time, we need to eat, drink, sleep, keep fit, breath, and take care of ourselves. We live and WE DIE. and this is where for me all of it lies, DEATH....

so many of us are just scared of it, science and religion are just not being honest. Some of us are or will be weakened in our lives, some of us will die young and some won't. we should stop trying to fix it. People think that we are different from animals because we have feelings. we are still animals. (and that doesn't mean animals don't have feelings, who will ever know, really!) By me taking my Hiv meds I'm giving myself hope, constant hope. Is that really good for me? wouldn't acceptance be a good thing to remember too. Science gives Hiv people the thought of having their own children :"OH, well, science nowadays can wash the Hiv virus out out of the sperm a certain percentage of the time".... why would you put any percentage of risk on the life of your daughter or son.

essentially we are greedy and foolish.... we focus on all the wrong things sometimes, atheists and religious. Most of you have spent time arguing on who is right and who is wrong, the believers or the non believers.... which one will lead to a faster evolution of the human being

the only thing that will help us evolve and grow is the belief in eachother, the belief in love and friendship, the belief of unity within deifference. There is no right and no wrong, there just is!!!
and till people don't realise this, nothing will be solved, the day a natural disaster will wipe out our planet, our land or home you won't have God nor an i-phone to help, your gonna wish you have even your grumpy and smelly neighbour to hold hands with just to know that you are not alone asking that question: "what the f***ed happened and why?"!!

Some atheists are motivated by empathy and compassion, some by greed and selfishness, this has nothing to do with being an atheist.
I could also say some people with green shoes are motivated by empathy and compassion, some by greed and selfishness.
Motivation and religion are simply not connected for an atheist.

For a theist on the other hand, the two are connected (to varying degrees between followers) and this can and has spelled disaster many times.

There is also an inherent lack of assumed responsibility with theism, as theists feel they are doing the work of a god, thus abstaining from accepting responsibility, again this causes massive problems.

Why not do away with the whole thing and simply blame people for their actions?

"Good men will do good deeds, and evil men will do evil deeds, but for good men to do evil, it takes religion"

"When I was still trying to find truth in religion and mysticism my life was much more defined by these things. When I accepted a more elegant model of the world I became defined by own reasoning and observations, rather than the parroted justifications of other people's faith."

For 'more elegant' read: 'Easier. (I got sick of choosing between theories that other people put forward for the meaning of life and, forgetting to then use my OWN brain to address the question of God, decided to make a series of posters making fun of other people. It felt right.)'

haha thanks for putting this together! its awesome.... I work in a place covered in christian motivational posters.. i only wish i could post some of these up in my office without being fired...

I'm a Persian Atheist.That is awesome page.
All of the religious people believe god because THINKING IS HARD and god is HOLLY !!!!!

Why go out of your way to attack a religion ?

Healthy debate is one thing, but these crass posters just show the creators feel threatened by the idea of God and accountability to something higher then their own convictions.
You can run, but you can't hide from truth. Hopefully you will listen to what's written in your hearts eventually. Don't run forever.

Most of those scientist lived in an age where a disbelief in god made one extremely uncomfortable/persecuted/put to death. Nowadays the majority of scientists and the well educated, ~70% according to the last poll I saw, are atheists, Coincidence?

These are all Hilarious!! ;)) Be even Funnier if they weren't so TRUE!

All ya can do is Laff!!

I do like how most of the comments on here, even from god-fearing peoples, are rather intelligent. That's very refreshing to here from some of you.

"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."

- Albert Einstein

"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."

- Albert Einstein

What is it: is man only a blunder of God,
or God only a blunder of man?

Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols)

Who would be so shallow and low to help someone just because they believe god will reward them for it? Elephants help injured elephants. If elephants can do it without religion then why cant we? Many of our "morals" are innate. No superstition is needed to help someone. And if people help someone because there religion encourages them to, that says nothing about whether the belief system is true.

Theres alot of stuff in this universe that people do not understand.
Modern scientific knowledge appears to be fractal, with each discovery opening up progressive layers of new research to infinatum.
"God" exists in the margins between our knowledge and the "truth" of reality, be that the knowledge we had thousands of years age or the knowledge of the present day.
The greater our knowledge the greater our abilty to define god and our relationship.
I Know that people should accept that everyone has to travel there own path in life in the important things,athiest fundamentalist or somewhere between the two extremes.
I personally find Bible quoters reasonably irratiting because the bible can be used to justify nearly any activity, contradicts itself in a ridiculous amount of places and has been edited, translated and modified so much that to claim its as a direct word of god is just wrong.
Extreme atheiests are more amusing because of the creative quotes they plagarise to support there positions, and because they are good with the intuhweb.

Can one of you religious freaks answer to the Epicurus quote in the posters?

its time i clear this all up. i do exist. and i encourage everyone to molest children and kill each other. in my name. amen.

If gods not real and this life is our only one, whats to stop us from doing everything morally wrong just to further our own joy?

I'll tell you. People only do what they think is right. Hitler thought it was right to exterminate the Jews and the people who instigated 9/11 thought they were doing the right thing. I could go on and on about people doing things they thought were right, but it all boils down to your social upbringing. Society is what tells us what's moral and immoral, not some ancient text (unless you live in a theocratic dictatorship). Your own moral code is based on your social experiences growing up. Friends, family, neighbors, the media, the community, your church. Everything around us influences our view of whats right and wrong. Not God. Now me personally, I have nothing against religion, but organized religion is the biggest scam in the history of mankind. All organized religion has done for mankind is rob them of their money and lives. The bible even tells us we're sheep and and God is our shepherd. If you do not give to the church you are damned to burn in hell. I dunno about you but that sounds like an organization that's trying to control me.
If God is truly omniscient, omnipotent, kind and benevolent then I think you'll go to heaven for just being a good person, not for accepting Jesus and/or going to church every Sunday. Since God sees everything I do and is everywhere I go, it seems kinda redundant to go to church and repent seeing as I could do it in the comfort of my own home.


My ideology leans more towards atheistic agnostisism because, I have never experienced anything divine, the most atrocious acts in history were carried out in the name of religion and science is my main belief system. If you can give me solid proof, an actual scientific theory on the existence of God I'll change my opinion. But until then the ball's in your court theists.

Scott,

I am very thankful for the compilation of posters... that my friend was some very funny stuff. Hope you don't mind, but I'd like to link to you from my blog.

Cheers,
Michael

Thanks for the posters...I can't wait to show them to my friends at work. We are the minority where we work and we get pretty sick of the holy rollers always wearing their Jesus merit badges, etc.

I recently returned from Istanbul and these posters reinforced what I sifted from the history there: religion was/is a bloody, cruel affair. My biggest frustration with organized religion are the interpretations. 1 1 in religion can add up to 44 gallons for one and 3 to the other follower...similarly to how politicians gratuitously use vague words like "justice", "freedom" and "respect"...religion pollutes reason, thus creating emotional, rather than logical reactions. Worst of all, religion tends to attract and promote people with mental health disorders.

I think it's wrong, in general, to persecute anyone on the basis of their beliefs(or lack thereof). Let actions have consequences-not thoughts.

That being said, I don't hear of anymore atrocities being committed by Atheists then I do Christians. If Atheism is 'so' immoral why don't we hear more about massive atheistic crime sprees? There's a significant enough number that if Atheists had no moral compass crime rates would be a lot higher.

Ha, loved it even though I'm not an Atheist.

Though some of those commenting( for all their proclamations of being intelligent and caring people with a moral compass) seem quite closed minded and have an undeniable need to persecute a belief that is not their own and the Christians aren't doing much better.

Try and play nice guys, to you we may all be primitives who worship something that isn't there, but there are a few of us who respect your views and see science as an extension of a greater unknown we'd all like to know more about....also we're biding our time for when the right motivation posters come along to make fun of you :P

This.

Perfect example of why wars start

Fighting over beliefs. Getting angry and aggravated over something some people choose not to believe.

Baptized Catholic, Catholic elementary, Catholic middle, and Catholic highschool, got to college, realized that religion is a bogus and a ploy to control society.

Stop believing when my mom suffered for 3 years with cancer. Don't come on here and tell me it was Gods plan to have her suffer, BULL****, it was cancer that took her, not Gods plan.

Religion = bogus

But the people that do believe....keep believing, it gives you peace of mind, so therefore its not my business, whatever helps you sleep at night.

The movie Zeitgeist may help many of you "believers."