Yep. In like 30-90 years. Pop science news is almost always garbage.

Most Americans are religious too, and unfortunately we're a very violent culture. It's an ugly combination. I'm truly sorry about the bombings america does, it shames me deeply. If I was in charge we'd dismantle all the bombs.

In light of all this violence, wouldn't you agree that "hate is good it make us feel alive", is a stupid, shitty, childish thing to say? In truth it hurts to hate, just as it hurts to be hated. It feels good to love, just as it feels good to be loved.

I love Bitcoin, but "documentary" is a bit of a stretch here. This is bitcoin propaganda, which is not the same as saying it's untrue.

So because different currencies have varying exchange rates with one another, they aren't currencies? Nonsense, all currencies do this with one another, bitcoin simply has more volatility because it's so knew, and most people haven't figured out how valuable it is yet.

Psych major here, I found a place I can be genuinely helpful in this conversation! I know the science on this, and the good news it's easily understood in a short 7 minute video.

Doesn't look very alive to me.



Science gave humanity the miracle of flight.

Religion gave humanity the miracle of deliberate-flight-into-that-really-fucking-huge-obvious-building. Twice.


Yours in compassion and solidarity,

A New Yorker

No, you really don't. Do you even internet bro? Everything is free! Movies, music, games, tv shows, books, whatever, almost everything is there for the taking. A policeman is never coming to your door, I promise.

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Information wants to be free, culture can not - will not - be contained by paywalls in the information age. Intellectual Copyright will be a dead concept by 2050.

You have shown us evidence that god exists to the standards of superstitious rigor, certainly. I tend to limit my interest in such matters to the standards of scientific rigor, however.

Protip for theists: If you ever find yourself wanting to say something along the lines of "Except for one little detail" to a scientist, don't. You're only going to embarrass yourself.

You'll forgive me if I prefer not to take morality lessons from a cult which was was recently burning people alive, and still kills homosexuals today.

I was hit by a truck on my bike once, woke up in the hospital, and was informed that I was lucky to be alive and in one piece. My mind never once turned to any deities or other imaginary friends that day. If it had, it probably would've been one of the cool ones like Thor or Zeus. Definitely not that blubbering pussydick Jesus Christ, that guy was such a whiny bitch.

I mean seriously, whose ass did Jesus ever kick? Okay, to be fair I suppose there was that one time when he whipped the bankers in the temple, but my point stands - Thor would totally whoop Jesus Christ's ass.

Does it comfort you to imagine that I would be so weak-minded as to suddenly betray two decades of rationality in exchange for a few fleeting moments indulgence in superstitious fantasy? You can't be serious. Fear of death is for those fortunate enough to have never known true suffering.

Honestly I regard death with a sort of neutral curiosity. It's going to happen sooner or later, why fret about it?

Yes, pain purifies the soul, pleasure taints the soul, I've heard it all before. Like I said, I've read your books and I find the dogma uncompelling, and worse still I find it to be much more harmful than helpful. Well, I'll let you boys get back to your flagellation, don't wanna leave that soul impure for your Lord do you?



Man this shit never gets old. Thanks for being so easy to mock, theists. Frankly this whole thread has left me feeling like a battleship shooting down seagulls.

Yes, all sane men know fear. I fear suffering. As a child I suffered more than my fair share, and wish to suffer as little as possible for the remainder of my life, however long that may be.



Oh but I do know. I know because, just as a doctor who forsakes "do no harm" forsakes the right to call himself a doctor, the moment a scientist starts dealing in superstition, he forfeits the right to call himself a scientist. In that moment he becomes an impostor of the foulest sort.

This is why "Christian Scientists" (lol) have such an abysmal reputation among real scientists.

What, did you think there would be an anti-state candidate running for President of the United States?

Unfortunately for Greek citizens, the Greek government has absolutely no incentive to do any such thing. Today, 99.995% of the population of this planet blindly tolerates their government stealing from them via inflation [printing money] on a daily basis.

Just like socialism, you'll never see any government authority coming to bitcoin on their own. It will only happen if/when the people of a nation force it upon their government by breaking the law and rejecting the value of [refusing to honor!] national fiat scrip.

The problem with Plan B is that unless you want to accept worthless Drachmas in exchange for your BTC, most Greeks don't have access to their Euro wealth right now so they don't have much to offer for bitcoin.

Now there's a phrase you'll never hear from the mouth of a scientist.  Science is concerned with the probability of various explanations for observed phenomena. It doesn't deal in absolutes. Every answer science provides leads to ever more questions. Religion is the hubristic slamming shut of billions of doors of possibility, except one: God.

I know our indifferent and often cruel universe can be pretty terrifying to fathom, theists, but hiding under the safety blanket for fear of monsters is for children,  not adults.

And if, in the end, there does happen to be a creator(s),  organized religion only serves to hamper a true understanding of his/her/their creation. Only science can ever hope to offer a god-like understanding of this universe. That ought to convert every rational seeker of god(s) to the cause of science. But of course nearly all theists would prefer to cling blindly to their dogma like infants rather than understand reality ad best we currently understand it.

ITT: Theists who don't appreciate the irony of their Prophet Skepticism.

rofl!

If this were 500 years ago, this would be about the oart of the discussion when I would see myself out of town, for fear of being burned alive.

I get the distinct impression you still haven't read a single page of Sex at Dawn, even after it has been presented to you for free.

In my quest for knowledge I have read Sex at Dawn, the Holy Bible, the Noble Qur'an, most of the Torah, Ketuvim, and Nevi'im, the Tao Te Ching, and every volume of the Norton Anthology of World Literature. I ask you to read only the first of the six books I listed in the OP, and that's too much?

Where does the intellectual burden truly fall here?

"Thou speakath as though the written word will remain for all time!"

Compelling argument there, Socrates.

When I say "die" I don't mean "no believers at all", I mean a very tiny minority will be theists, like the Amish today.

You want a more realistic graph? Here you go, a highly probable case:



And the best-case scenario for comparison:



To reiterate:

You're going to have to come to terms with the fact that within 25 years there will be more athiest Americans than there will be Christians.
Oh, also there will be more hispanics than whites, so deal with that too. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, WASPS.