Atheist Discussion on CNN

[trunks2k]

"Are you kidding? Europe is the most Christian place on the planet"

Huh? Been there in the last 20 years? Church attendance is lower than the ratings for Mama's family reruns.

Any time people talk about church in Europe, I can't help but thinking of the Eddie Izzard routine on the church of england.

<on Confession>
The Anglican faith doesn&#8217;t have that. You&#8217;ll never go,

&#8220;Vicar, I have done many bad things.&#8221;

&#8220;Well, so have I.&#8221;

&#8220;What shall I do?&#8221;

&#8220;Well, drink five Bloody Marys and you won&#8217;t remember.&#8221;

[...]
you can&#8217;t say, &#8220;You must have tea and cake with the Vicar, or you die!&#8221; You can&#8217;t have extreme points of view, you know. The Spanish Inquisition wouldn&#8217;t have worked with Church of England.

&#8220;Talk! Will you talk!&#8221;

&#8220;But it hurts!&#8221;

&#8220;Well, loosen it up a bit, will you? Fine&#8230;&#8221;

&#8216;Cause that&#8217;s what it would be. &#8220;Tea and cake or death? Tea and cake or death? Tea and cake or death!&#8221; Students with beards, ( mimes demonstrating with picket signs ) &#8220;Tea and cake or death! Tea and cake or death! Little Red Cookbook! Little Red Cookbook!&#8221; &#8216;Cause, &#8220;Cake or death?&#8221; That&#8217;s a pretty easy question. Anyone could answer that.

 

[PacificPandeist]

At least the atheists get to be the topic of a panel discussion.... never heard of CNN inviting a Deist or a PanDeist or a PanTheist -- as though Deism, PanDeism, and PanTheism are not practiced at all when in fact they probably more accurately represent what many, if not most people, actually believe....

Talk about discrimination.... please write CNN and tell them to do a bit on PanDeism....

//// Pacific PanDeist

 

[Jacey]

Any time people talk about church in Europe, I can't help but thinking of the Eddie Izzard routine on the church of england.

<on Confession>
The Anglican faith doesn’t have that. You’ll never go,

“Vicar, I have done many bad things.”

“Well, so have I.”

“What shall I do?”

“Well, drink five Bloody Marys and you won’t remember.”

[...]
you can’t say, “You must have tea and cake with the Vicar, or you die!” You can’t have extreme points of view, you know. The Spanish Inquisition wouldn’t have worked with Church of England.

“Talk! Will you talk!”

“But it hurts!”

“Well, loosen it up a bit, will you? Fine…”

‘Cause that’s what it would be. “Tea and cake or death? Tea and cake or death? Tea and cake or death!” Students with beards, ( mimes demonstrating with picket signs ) “Tea and cake or death! Tea and cake or death! Little Red Cookbook! Little Red Cookbook!” ‘Cause, “Cake or death?” That’s a pretty easy question. Anyone could answer that.

And how about Catholicism, which of course is the teachings of Cathol...........Izzard is a riot!

 

[PacificPandeist]

"Are you kidding? Europe is the most Christian place on the planet"

Huh? Been there in the last 20 years? Church attendance is lower than the ratings for Mama's family reruns.

Hey, but Mosque attendance is waaaay up!!

 

[ShawnaAnn]

Notice how our atheist icons represent somone with nothing inside of their head. *rolls eyes*

 

[PacificPandeist]

Notice how our atheist icons represent somone with nothing inside of their head. *rolls eyes*

How I envy you -- there isn't even a proper PanDeist icon, nor a user category for PanDeism....

 

[flicka]

Notice how our atheist icons represent somone with nothing inside of their head. *rolls eyes*

I think that black part is a brain

 

[ShawnaAnn]

How I envy you -- there isn't even a proper PanDeist icon, nor a user category for PanDeism....

That would be sooo cool having the universe!

 

[ShawnaAnn]

I think that black part is a brain

It could be proverbial tar in our brains from all thoes bad religions we smoke.

 

[PacificPandeist]

I think that black part is a brain

Yep, it's the blackened brain of an atheist!!

 

[Randombitsofstring]

Wintereenmas?

I'll drink to that.(I think I married Ethan)

 

[PacificPandeist]

That would be sooo cool having the universe!

Yeah -- they have this one for PanTheists:

.... and for Deists, this one:

.... so I'm thinking for PanDeists it should be a variation of the first one that maybe kind of evokes the second.... maybe something like this one that I use on Wikipedia: (the regular size-image is here)....

//// Pacific PanDeist

 

[Self Improvement]

If you want actual statistics on religion in Europe you can sift through all this. I'm not going to bother.
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2122.html

 

[PacificPandeist]

They never show Deism or PanDeism or PanTheism in the stats either, they always chalk 'em up as "other"....

 

[cobaltburrito]

Did anyone see the panel Monday night?

 

[PacificPandeist]

Religions that have been labelled as deviant: http://www.fiu.edu/~lavender/atheism-pandeism-reincarnation-etc

 

[Ampoliros]

Did anyone see the panel Monday night?

Yeah. They repeated the segment from the week before and had a brief pre-recorded interview with Dawkins, who wasn't probably the best choice...he's not a very mild atheist.

The panel was pretty much flipped. Was somewhat unnecessary, really, a simple "We're sorry we had a panel on atheists composed entirely of angry theists who proceeded to trash on em for 5 minutes" would have sufficed.

 

[Foolish_Fool]

Dawkins did pretty well I think. Didn't come across as condescending this time. Surprising, considering he can be arrogant at times. This issue in particular would make it easy to speak down to the unwashed masses.

The interview is on youtube btw.