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ChairmanAgnostic

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4. But, Bink, I think you ignore the power of the
Sat May 2, 2015, 01:18 PM
May 2015

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intertubes. Except for those truly abused souls who are not permitted computers, iPads, cell phones, or even a Wii (and I can think of a child abusing Texas judge who best the crap out of his teenaged daughter for texting a friend on her computer), kids ask questions and check out the crap taught to them by ministers, priests, and their ultra conservative Christian leaders. They may even prey and try to keep track of the results (if I pray, will daddy dearest beat me as hard, compared to when I don't pray, but lie to daddy that I did?)

My point is communication, information, and the intertubes have destroyed religion as we know it. Those seeing seas and and meadows of empty pews in their whorses of whorship already sense that their's is a losing battle. They continue to try to drive up attendance and tithing with their patented "Scare and Fear" approach as a last resort. After all, it has worked for some millennia so far. The only group that doesn't get it is the current crap of GOP presidential wanna-bes. I think the huckster, Cruz, Rubio and even Jeb honestly think that preaching hard, then harder is the only way to win their nomination. But that alienates them from the rest of Muricca.

Why the Future of Religion Is Bleak [View all] LiberalAndProud May 2015 OP
On a personal level salimbag May 2015 #1
My mom was raised Catholic, figured out it was complete b.s. when she was in college. Arugula Latte May 2015 #6
Can't happen soon enough.. mountain grammy May 2015 #2
I agree that Dennet is too optimistic. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #3
But, Bink, I think you ignore the power of the ChairmanAgnostic May 2015 #4
Bah! The Internet is a passing fad. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #5
That rock and roll jungle music won't last, either! Arugula Latte May 2015 #7
And doubleknit polyester bellbottoms are here to stay. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #8
I know, and you and I will both be deprived of telling the religious: Arugula Latte May 2015 #9
Wouldn't it be a kick if... Binkie The Clown May 2015 #10
Oh, man. That would be bizarre. And we'd be stuck with those people forever. Arugula Latte May 2015 #12
Without commenting on the future of the internet, LiberalAndProud May 2015 #11
I am a true believer... Binkie The Clown May 2015 #13
Interesting take. In my view, the internet will meet its demise LiberalAndProud May 2015 #15
I recall that the same week some weirdo named Addison? Edison? ChairmanAgnostic May 2015 #18
And every child will have a unicorn that farts butterflies. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #19
Looks like warp speed is here. ChairmanAgnostic May 2015 #21
Here's a whole book of that fun stuff... onager May 2015 #23
^This. deucemagnet May 2015 #14
Part of why I became an atheist in the early 1950's was: Public Libraries. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #17
"Hardly anybody today believes in the wrathful, Old Testament Jehovah, for instance" FiveGoodMen May 2015 #16
I think humans eill always find an organized dumbth olddots May 2015 #20
Well, and all the hate masquerading as "religious conscience" is old testament crap.... Novara May 2015 #22
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