You're on a roll, Blankie!

I have a feeling that if George Carlin hadn't ceased to exist as a conscious being when he died, he would be really pleased with the idea that Fred Phelps and his squad of mindless devotees would be wasting time, money, and effort in the useless gesture of picketing his funeral.

The Christian Fred Phelps is one of the most hateful people in America.

His "Church" consists of his extended family and a few hangers-on.

He lives up to the conservative tradition of picking on the weak and bowing to the strong.

When I think of George Carlin, that Felps fuck will be far from my mind.

This dude is dumb, nasty & fuck ugly.

QED

what, now "potty mouth" tag?

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that George Carlin was the greatest comedian of our time. How can anyone be so relevant, so poignant, and yet so funny for 40 god-damned years? I miss him, and can only imagine the incredible material he's come up with after these last few years of writhing in hellfire. As always, it would be HILARIOUS.

^ One of the greatest people who ever lived, easily. The simple advancements he made for us won't be appreciated for perhaps hundreds of years. I am absolutely serious.

EDIT: And he's only been dead a year-and-a-half.

EDIT 2: And his autobiography just came out:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439172951/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B001EUIDTK&pf_rd_m=AT
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Many people don't believe that there is a GOD.

But everyone knows of or had an experience of something that is not of this word. Some creepy feeling or hearing something or something that should not be has occurred. You can't deny that there is something beyond our sight and reach.

So if this is true, then how can you rule out the existence of GOD?

>> ^bobknight33:
So if this is true, then how can you rule out the existence of GOD?


People like you just never quite get it, do you? I don't rule out the existence of a god. I also don't rule out the possibility of my winning the lottery but I can guarantee you that I'll be buying lottery tickets long before I'll ever get on my knees and pray to any god!

>> ^bobknight33:
Many people don't believe that there is a GOD.
But everyone knows of or had an experience of something that is not of this word. Some creepy feeling or hearing something or something that should not be has occurred. You can't deny that there is something beyond our sight and reach.
So if this is true, then how can you rule out the existence of GOD?


So, let me see if I get the argument: If something undefined something may or may not be something or maybe something else entirely , then how can you rule THIS out?

You are getting it all backwards. Atheists do not start with an endless pile of nonsensical claims that we have to "rule out" one by one. We see that some "ways of knowing" seem to be extremely effective and reliable, and has given us extremely good results (ie: Science and philosophy) while other "ways of knowing" such as revelation, scripture, personal anecdotes , a tingly feeling, etc tend to give us no results at all, or dangerously uninformed and wrong results.

The first method can literally bring us to the moon, and the second is nothing but unverifiable noise.

Bobknight, to loosely paraphrase Carlin:

Just because there are some things in life that aren't easily explained, does not necessarilyprove that there's an invisible man who lives in the sky who grants wishes.

I think you still have a bit of a burden of proof.

>> ^bobknight33:
Many people don't believe that there is a GOD.
But everyone knows of or had an experience of something that is not of this word. Some creepy feeling or hearing something or something that should not be has occurred. You can't deny that there is something beyond our sight and reach.
So if this is true, then how can you rule out the existence of GOD?


To paraphrase, that which cannot be explained must have been caused by a god?

At one point our species pointed to thunder and lightning and made the same conclusion. Were they right? Or only until we figured out what it really was?

>> ^bobknight33:
Many people don't believe that there is a GOD.
But everyone knows of or had an experience of something that is not of this word. Some creepy feeling or hearing something or something that should not be has occurred. You can't deny that there is something beyond our sight and reach.
So if this is true, then how can you rule out the existence of GOD?


The other day... I was sitting in a chair in my backyard, when a faint wind rustled through the trees, and blew up my shorts.. my testicles tingled in divine acknowledgment. GOD was there. Tickling my balls with the wind. I just knew it.

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