Fuck Yeah! Religion Pigeon

I’ll be off line for a few weeks, so I’ll leave you...

visualdata-dot-net — Tue, 07 May 2013 08:18:09 -0700

I’ll be off line for a few weeks, so I’ll leave you with this.

And people admonish us for feeling superior. With idiots like this, how can we not?

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visualdata-dot-net — Fri, 03 May 2013 08:40:42 -0700

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visualdata-dot-net — Wed, 01 May 2013 07:47:56 -0700

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visualdata-dot-net — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:03:09 -0700

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visualdata-dot-net — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:17:55 -0700

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visualdata-dot-net — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:54:12 -0700

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visualdata-dot-net — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:22:02 -0700

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visualdata-dot-net — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:48:02 -0700

Some of them really do think like this.

visualdata-dot-net — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:35:15 -0700

Some of them really do think like this.

G.I. Jesus Cause Jesus needs to be prepared for Armageddon.

visualdata-dot-net — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:00:41 -0700

G.I. Jesus

Cause Jesus needs to be prepared for Armageddon.

“Pro-Life” Is A Lie, Here Are 10 More Accurate Descriptions They...

visualdata-dot-net — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:44:00 -0700

“Pro-Life” Is A Lie, Here Are 10 More Accurate Descriptions They Won’t Like

John Fugelsang said it best: “Only in America can you be pro-death penalty, pro-war, pro-unmanned drone bombs, pro-nuclear weapons, pro-guns, pro-torture, pro-land mines, and still call yourself ‘pro-life.’” Indeed, the term “pro-life” has come to represent a group of people whose values have nothing to do with protecting life, and living people, and more to do with protecting unborn fetuses to the exclusion of all other considerations.

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visualdata-dot-net — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:09:24 -0700

A response to some of the comments on the last meme.

visualdata-dot-net — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:00:00 -0700

I’d like to respond to some of the comments left on the last meme posted about prayer.

First let me say that at no time have I said anyone CAN’T pray. That is an individual choice of which I have no need in preventing anyone from doing.

Having said that, I’d like to point up that prayer DOESN’T DO SHIT! Yep that’s right it doesn’t do shit. Example, if those who first responded to the bombings in Boston had stood around and prayed instead of applying tourniquets to the damaged limbs of the victims, how many more would have died? If the doctors in the trauma centers the victims were taken to, had stood around and prayed instead of using the training they had to save the lives of the victims, how many more of them would have died?

Try praying for someone to rise from the dead, see where that gets you. Try praying for a person suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease and see if that person experiences a cure. Praying may make you feel warm and fuzzy on the inside, but it doesn’t do shit for the person being prayed for.

To the person who compared prayer with meditation (chuckle) I have to respectfully disagree. Prayer is beseeching some deity, mother of god, or if you’re catholic, a plethora of saints to intervene on behalf of the person you are praying for, to cure them of what they may have. Ironically, nothing ever happens, the person is not cured and all that praying falls on supernatural deaf ears. If those supernatural ears ever existed in the first place. Meditation on the other hand refers to a broad variety of practices that includes techniques designed to promote relaxation, build internal energy (chi, ki, prana, etc.) and develop compassion, love, patience, generosity and forgiveness. I know several atheists who practice meditation. Since meditation is the practice of focusing the mind, and not beseeching a none existent deity to intervene on your behalf, it’s not that unusual for an atheist to practice some form of meditation.

Let me end with the previous statement of the meme of yesterday, Prayer doesn’t do shit!

Regarding all the negative BS going down in Boston the last few...

visualdata-dot-net — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:59:59 -0700

Regarding all the negative BS going down in Boston the last few days.

No wonder he doesn’t wear the “Red” shoes,...

visualdata-dot-net — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:55:26 -0700

No wonder he doesn’t wear the “Red” shoes, he’d rather wear Jackboots.

Pope Francis reaffirms Vatican censure of “radical feminist” nuns.

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jacob-mcrae — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:00:25 -0700

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visualdata-dot-net — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:14:58 -0700

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visualdata-dot-net — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:13:29 -0700

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visualdata-dot-net — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:49:55 -0700

I’m sure you’ve received many thanks for your “Be Very Offended” post, but here’s mine, related to...

visualdata-dot-net — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:29:41 -0700

I’m sure you’ve received many thanks for your “Be Very Offended” post, but here’s mine, related to morals:

Two months ago a Christian friend was grilling me about my atheism. He’s lived in LA for many years, and we don’t see each other much, so I can see why my atheism was news to him (I’m in MD).

At one point he asks, “So why aren’t you a giant asshole?” (Direct quote!)

I was baffled. The conversation continued: I explained why I’m not be a thief, philanderer, or murderer.

But his initial question answered itself. You don’t need a god to be a decent person….

But the entire time I just wanted to say, “I just sunk your battleship!” Oh, to be an atheist raised in the 80’s! It’s the best!

Aaaanyway, this is my way of saying thank you! Every day I can get on Tumblr and have a little reminder that there are folks who are kind…just because. Kind for no other reason that they CAN be kind. Not because they have to, but because they choose to.

And you make me laugh while doing it.

THANK YOU!

— ncolevas