Sad how so many liberal champions of religion are on the same side as this guy when it comes to pouring on the hatred and lies against atheists.

Laugh all you want at their holy book and admit you do it right here on DU. Then turn around and chide and attack and lecture anyone who doesn't respect the religions YOU think should be respected.

Who are, after all, just a tiny minority of Xians. With almost no real power in America these days. Not compared to the gigantic, tsunami-like force of the old-school, mainline liberal Xian denominations.

Insert Baghdad Bob meme here...

Growing up you get lots of practice.

But my dad is a champion smart ass so I was taught well.

Oh man! You should grow up GAY! Talk about the necessity of being a smart ass!

Talk about a necessary survival skill.

That's hysterical! I suppose they just hate it that science sorta proved that to let there be light, the sun must come 1st, not afterward.

"Anchovies are the same as murder to an atheist".

I might believe something if they're sterile.

Also, fuck TLC for putting them on TV.

Now it's just a series of trashy reality shows. I would do away with that channel completely if not for "Who Do You Think You Are?"... love me some genealogy.

The owners of the old educational Learning Channel went bankrupt in 1991. Insert H.L Mencken quote here - "Nobody ever went broke" etc.

Another outfit formerly known for science/education programming snapped up TLC - The Discovery Channel. DC moved TLC to a - HA! - "reality-based model." And that's how we got shows like "Jesus Population Explosion," "Thongs That Kill" and "Mondo White Trash."

I like to comfort myself by thinking that some of the Duggars and their ilk will probably end up on my own favorite Discovery Channel outlet - the true-crime shows on the ID Channel. "We were leaving for church when the Devil grabbed the steering wheel and ran over my spouse...4 times..."

"Jesus Population Explosion," "Thongs That Kill" and "Mondo White Trash."

ROFLMAO!! Those describe most of the shows on TLC.

since I cut the cable out of my life. I guess I would miss it even if I kept cable.

renamed the "Poor Life Choices Channel" based on some what passes for programming...

and in this case, definitely!

She likes watching freak show tv and she is the smartest person I have ever met and we have different tastes so I usually keep my yap shut when she just relaxes and watches Dance Moms or Kardashians or whatever. She hates a lot of what I watch. We share some shows and that's cool.

But when she watches this show, I tell her I hate it and that the Duggars are horrible fucking people. I tell her everytime. I hate them so much. Their bigotry and hate are just too much. Just another notch in the belt of my hatred.

I also consider myself to be intelligent and I justify it as "junk food for the brain". I'll binge on The Real Housewives of Anyfuckingwhere often.

Yes, I've watched this shitshow, too. But not anymore, for the reasons you state.

Thanks!!

I just finished Grace and Frankie on Netflix (NOT TRASH, awesome to see Lilly Tomlin & Jane Fonda together again) and am looking for something to fill the gap.

I recently picked up this nifty paperback - "Exposed: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias" by Jane Velez-Mitchell.

On-Topic Part - the peek inside Mormonism is fascinating, especially the Church-approved mating rituals. The church has "Single Adult Wards" for people aged 18 to 30, whose members are expected to pair off like Noah's critters.

For those approaching age 30 and still unyoked, the process seems to become a sad and frantic game of musical chairs. If you hit 30 and are still unmarried, you get booted into a general "Family Ward" and are on your own.

There's a great scene in the book about a guy coming on to Jodi Arias. He poked her panty line and discovered a thong, commenting: "That doesn't feel like magic underwear." Jodi responded: "They aren't magic underwear. But there's magic in them."



http://www.amazon.com/Exposed-Secret-Life-Jodi-Arias/dp/0062339001

Thanks for the "Grace & Frankie" tip. Sounds like fun!

I can also highly recommend "the lowest-rated show in ABC network history" - The Assets. About the 1980's hunt for CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames. The people who nailed Ames were mostly female CIA employees, and their thankless job was nothing like the usual James Bond/Jason Bourne spy fantasy. Which is probably why it failed. But being weird, I watched all 8 hours at one sitting and was fascinated.

Those CIA women had to fight the entrenched old-boy network, of which Ames was a fully vested member. (And a legacy - his father was a CIA bigwig.) They were constantly undercut and stonewalled by their own bosses. It's an incredible story.

I got through the whole thing somehow, and I still am at a loss about where the proof of god's existence is. I can only assume that my "heart of hearts", whatever that is, was removed when they took out my appendix.

And there is still that stale argument that without god, there would be no morality. Forget that there are tribes of humans who do not believe or even think of a god, and they can still live a harmonious life. Forget that every animal has their own "moral code", which is basically just a way to survive together.

And the idea that religion invented morality has been proven to be bullshit repeatedly. I'm frankly sick of them staking claim to that. It's wholly untrue.

is that some of the most amoral and immoral people that I have known have been very religious. It isn't like they have the market cornered on morality, or I would believe that they were right.

I didn't know this stinkhole was in Dallas. I'll have to check with my atheist friends in Dallas because I think they'd like to pay them a visit.

That's the first indication that there won't be any softball questions in this clip. (not). It was entertaining though, much in the same way that Franks ground shaking changes get roaring approval in some toxic circles! Thus rec

They had a beautiful opening for a "Dumb and Duggard" pun and didn't take it.

For shame.

You know, the notebook/diary where a scientist documents his experiments.