Comments on: Some things never change http://atheists.org/blog/2007/09/04/some_things_never_change A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rusty Shackleford http://atheists.org/blog/2007/09/04/some_things_never_change/comment-page-1#comment-65751 Rusty Shackleford Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-65751 The evolution cartoons could have been published yesterday. Wow. The evolution cartoons could have been published yesterday. Wow.

]]> By: septos http://atheists.org/blog/2007/09/04/some_things_never_change/comment-page-1#comment-65752 septos Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-65752 Funny Mentalist! Funny Mentalist!

]]> By: Celebrant Prince http://atheists.org/blog/2007/09/04/some_things_never_change/comment-page-1#comment-65755 Celebrant Prince Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-65755 The 1920's cartoons were a "teaching moment" for me. I had no idea any such things were being published (being allowed to be published) back then. But it does go to show the long "war" that science, critical thinking, and rational empiricism has waged and must continue to wage to keep the world moving forward, and not backwards as the retrogressive fundamentalists of all religious and political stripes would prefer.<br /> <br /> *****<br /> <br /> Maybe the anti-semitic cartoons *have* resulted in violent backlash. Maybe that's what "bomb Iran NOW!" is all about.<br /> <br /> *****<br /> <br /> Anti-christian cartoons? As prone to violence as some fundie Xtians are these days, I'd be somewhat reluctant to undertake drawing any such cartoons myself (even if I could draw, which I can't), and would sure as heck do it pseudonymously.<br /> <br /> *****<br /> <br /> I had viewed the Danish cartoons months ago, and couldn't find anything offensive about them, for the life of me. (pun intended) The 1920′s cartoons were a “teaching moment” for me. I had no idea any such things were being published (being allowed to be published) back then. But it does go to show the long “war” that science, critical thinking, and rational empiricism has waged and must continue to wage to keep the world moving forward, and not backwards as the retrogressive fundamentalists of all religious and political stripes would prefer.

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Maybe the anti-semitic cartoons *have* resulted in violent backlash. Maybe that’s what “bomb Iran NOW!” is all about.

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Anti-christian cartoons? As prone to violence as some fundie Xtians are these days, I’d be somewhat reluctant to undertake drawing any such cartoons myself (even if I could draw, which I can’t), and would sure as heck do it pseudonymously.

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I had viewed the Danish cartoons months ago, and couldn’t find anything offensive about them, for the life of me. (pun intended)

]]> By: CAB4reason http://atheists.org/blog/2007/09/04/some_things_never_change/comment-page-1#comment-65758 CAB4reason Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-65758 Hey, I saw the Creation Museum in one of those 1920's cartoons.<br /> <br /> http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/cain/projects/ejn/ejn_comics/images/comic-ejn_n09.jpg<br /> <br /> Thanks for posting these! Hey, I saw the Creation Museum in one of those 1920′s cartoons.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/cain/projects/ejn/ejn_comics/images/comic-ejn_n09.jpg

Thanks for posting these!

]]> By: what http://atheists.org/blog/2007/09/04/some_things_never_change/comment-page-1#comment-65780 what Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-65780 If people, everywhere not just the US, would build the highest walls possible between religion and government then respecting others of different religion or no religion would be an easier thing to do. Notice that I said "respecting others of different religion" rather than "respecting other religions. Religion is just nonsense. If people, everywhere not just the US, would build the highest walls possible between religion and government then respecting others of different religion or no religion would be an easier thing to do. Notice that I said “respecting others of different religion” rather than “respecting other religions. Religion is just nonsense.

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