The Atheism Thread

[lambdacoug]

After School Satan club holds Utah open house at Vista Elementary

That club has a great acronym...

EDIT:
They should invite these guys, too!

[Jeff Lebowski]

This is interesting:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...-faith/517785/

As we all know, Americans are moving away from organized religion and becoming more secular, especially millennials. What are the consequences of this? Interestingly, it has helped fuel the alt-right movement.

the percentage of white Republicans with no religious affiliation has nearly tripled since 1990. This shift helped Trump win the GOP nomination. During the campaign, commentators had a hard time reconciling Trump’s apparent ignorance of Christianity and his history of pro-choice and pro-gay-rights statements with his support from evangelicals. But as Notre Dame’s Geoffrey Layman noted, “Trump does best among evangelicals with one key trait: They don’t really go to church.” A Pew Research Center poll last March found that Trump trailed Ted Cruz by 15 points among Republicans who attended religious services every week. But he led Cruz by a whopping 27 points among those who did not.

Why?

This one is going to give SeattleUte some cognitive dissonance:

Establishing causation is difficult, but we know that culturally conservative white Americans who are disengaged from church experience less economic success and more family breakdown than those who remain connected, and they grow more pessimistic and resentful. Since the early 1970s, according to W. Bradford Wilcox, a sociologist at the University of Virginia, rates of religious attendance have fallen more than twice as much among whites without a college degree as among those who graduated college.

Also:

When conservatives disengage from organized religion, however, they don’t become more tolerant. They become intolerant in different ways. Research shows that evangelicals who don’t regularly attend church are less hostile to gay people than those who do. But they’re more hostile to African Americans, Latinos, and Muslims.

Yikes.

You ex-mos need to get back to church, pronto.

[lambdacoug]

This is interesting:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...-faith/517785/

As we all know, Americans are moving away from organized religion and becoming more secular, especially millennials. What are the consequences of this? Interestingly, it has helped fuel the alt-right movement.



Why?

This one is going to give SeattleUte some cognitive dissonance:



Also:



Yikes.

You ex-mos need to get back to church, pronto.

Hrmm... not going to church doesn't have a lot to do with atheism besides not wasting time in church.

[Northwestcoug]

This is interesting:

Yikes.

You ex-mos need to get back to church, pronto.

Oh sure. Like I'm going to fall for the obvious hoax of the 'academic':

Establishing causation is difficult, but we know that culturally conservative white Americans who are disengaged from church experience less economic success and more family breakdown than those who remain connected, and they grow more pessimistic and resentful. Since the early 1970s, according to W. Bradford Wilcox, a sociologist at the University of Virginia, rates of religious attendance have fallen more than twice as much among whites without a college degree as among those who graduated college.

Nice try, church. Next time get more creative with the name of your 'academic'!

[MartyFunkhouser]

You ex-mos need to get back to church, pronto.

I respectfully decline your invitation.

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[falafel]

I respectfully decline your invitation.

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Racist.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Oh sure. Like I'm going to fall for the obvious hoax of the 'academic':

Nice try, church. Next time get more creative with the name of your 'academic'!

[New Mexican Disaster]

Seriously, I had to look it up several years ago.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Racist.

I do hate white Christian males, you know the group that is the most discriminated against in our modern times.

[myboynoah]

Dozens rally against Mormon church doctrines at mass resignation event

Mike Norton — who is known as NewNameNoah and has posted online recordings of LDS temple ceremonies taken with hidden cameras — also objects to the policy. He said the church recently “doubled down” on the issue with a court brief supporting a Colorado bakery shop owner who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding.

[Lost Student]

Dozens rally against Mormon church doctrines at mass resignation event

Looking at the "crowd" pictures, I'm not sure they have a single dozen, much less "dozens."

[Color Me Badd Fan]

The notion of not being rude and encroaching on what other people find edifying and enjoyable has given way to these peoples' narcissism. I can't comprehend getting up and lecturing people in Sacrament Meeting about the fact you like dudes and how there is anal, oral and sex involving butt plugs and dildos that the poor rubes out in the audience can scarcely imagine.

[Lost Student]

The notion of not being rude and encroaching on what other people find edifying and enjoyable has given way to these peoples' narcissism. I can't comprehend getting up and lecturing people in Sacrament Meeting about the fact you like dudes and how there is anal, oral and sex involving butt plugs and dildos that the poor rubes out in the audience can scarcely imagine.

There were a couple of sign-holders standing on the sidewalk outside the temple open house last week. It was raining all day with the temps in the 40s, so the poor SOBs were freezing and soaking wet. Standing around outside holding a sign all day sounds miserable in really nice weather; I can't imagine what a miserable cretin you would have to be to do it in that weather.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Yesterday, there was a coordinated effort to send pizzas to about 50 LGBTQ (who are LDS or have a background with the LDS church) as it was the 2-year anniversary of the policy. It was a nice outreach.

I don't understand these types of protests. The church isn't changing by having ex-Mormons protesting policies or mass resignation events. It isn't worth the effort. It is worth the effort though to show love to those that were affected by the policy.

[falafel]

Yesterday, there was a coordinated effort to send pizzas to about 50 LGBTQ (who are LDS or have a background with the LDS church) as it was the 2-year anniversary of the policy. It was a nice outreach.

Er, what? Lol!