Comments on: Silverman on CNN tonight http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/21/silverman_on_cnn_tonight A Blog of Atheist Thought Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: castletonsnob http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/21/silverman_on_cnn_tonight/comment-page-1#comment-72658 castletonsnob Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-72658 I would focus foremost on what you have in common with Martin--that Christmas has become a time of overspending and overeating when it could be a wonderful opportunity to focus on the needs of others less fortunate than ourselves. This is something we can <i>all</i> stand behind, Christian and atheist alike. I would focus foremost on what you have in common with Martin–that Christmas has become a time of overspending and overeating when it could be a wonderful opportunity to focus on the needs of others less fortunate than ourselves. This is something we can all stand behind, Christian and atheist alike.

]]> By: RayCeeYa http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/21/silverman_on_cnn_tonight/comment-page-1#comment-72660 RayCeeYa Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-72660 Heres an idea. Start a new holiday about this time of year. Call it national Altruism Day. Encourage everyone to give 1/365th (i.e. 1 day's worth) of their yearly pay to a charity of their choice.<br /> <br /> Make it completely secular and just wait for the X-tian Reich to start making noise about it. Heres an idea. Start a new holiday about this time of year. Call it national Altruism Day. Encourage everyone to give 1/365th (i.e. 1 day’s worth) of their yearly pay to a charity of their choice.

Make it completely secular and just wait for the X-tian Reich to start making noise about it.

]]> By: septos http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/21/silverman_on_cnn_tonight/comment-page-1#comment-72661 septos Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-72661 Jesus died so you could get presents. It's from the "Sin destroyers" video. Jesus died so you could get presents. It’s from the “Sin destroyers” video.

]]> By: mryder66 http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/21/silverman_on_cnn_tonight/comment-page-1#comment-72665 mryder66 Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-72665 Unfortunately the premise in the show's title assumes that contemporary conceptions of Jesus are compatible with each other. I think is fairly clear that this is not the case and until it is the question of what would Jesus really do will differ depending on who you ask.<br /> <br /> Then, of course, there's the little matter of did Jesus ever really exist? Unfortunately the premise in the show’s title assumes that contemporary conceptions of Jesus are compatible with each other. I think is fairly clear that this is not the case and until it is the question of what would Jesus really do will differ depending on who you ask.

Then, of course, there’s the little matter of did Jesus ever really exist?

]]> By: karen http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/21/silverman_on_cnn_tonight/comment-page-1#comment-72667 karen Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-72667 I'm going to miss the show, because I'll be at a Solstice party.<br /> <br /> Dave if you can get it in, you might try to mention the co-opting of xmas from the pagans and the fact that if Christ really lived, he probably wasn't born in December. I’m going to miss the show, because I’ll be at a Solstice party.

Dave if you can get it in, you might try to mention the co-opting of xmas from the pagans and the fact that if Christ really lived, he probably wasn’t born in December.

]]> By: UnGodly http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/21/silverman_on_cnn_tonight/comment-page-1#comment-72668 UnGodly Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-72668 Good luck tonight, Dave! And Happy Solstice to you too.<br /> <br /> At our house we call it Seasonal Holiday Gift Man Day. Good luck tonight, Dave! And Happy Solstice to you too.

At our house we call it Seasonal Holiday Gift Man Day.

]]> By: TIMx13 http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/21/silverman_on_cnn_tonight/comment-page-1#comment-72669 TIMx13 Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-72669 What would jesus really do? How about this: <br /> <br /> If jesus were alive today, he would probably be leading a small group of followers to live in a cave to await the apocolypse. Or he'd be convincing a small group of followers to castrate themselves to await the arrival of the spaceship that will take them to the promised land, which will follow in the tail of a comet. Or he'll be amassing weapons, holed up with a small group of followers on a compound in TX. Or perhaps he'd gather his small group of followers and move to the seclusion of a tiny South American country. Or he'd have his small group of followers (his "family") move to an abandoned movie set and live communally while plying them with psychodelic drugs and convincing them to rob and murder on his behalf. In other words, he'd just be another cult leader.<br /> What would jesus really do? How about this:

If jesus were alive today, he would probably be leading a small group of followers to live in a cave to await the apocolypse. Or he’d be convincing a small group of followers to castrate themselves to await the arrival of the spaceship that will take them to the promised land, which will follow in the tail of a comet. Or he’ll be amassing weapons, holed up with a small group of followers on a compound in TX. Or perhaps he’d gather his small group of followers and move to the seclusion of a tiny South American country. Or he’d have his small group of followers (his “family”) move to an abandoned movie set and live communally while plying them with psychodelic drugs and convincing them to rob and murder on his behalf. In other words, he’d just be another cult leader.

]]> By: TXatheist http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/21/silverman_on_cnn_tonight/comment-page-1#comment-72670 TXatheist Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-72670 From the article <blockquote>America might be the king of capitalism, but secularism must never become so prevalent that our religious traditions are discarded.</blockquote><br /> <br /> Our tradition to remain completely unaware that December 25th is about Sol Invictus and that it was never about Jesus until xians plagiarized the idea of a sun/son god. From the article
America might be the king of capitalism, but secularism must never become so prevalent that our religious traditions are discarded.

Our tradition to remain completely unaware that December 25th is about Sol Invictus and that it was never about Jesus until xians plagiarized the idea of a sun/son god.

]]> By: alexatheist http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/21/silverman_on_cnn_tonight/comment-page-1#comment-72671 alexatheist Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-72671 Jesus is just a rehashing of the story of the Egyptian god, Horus.<br /> <br /> http://richarddawkins.net/article,2057,The-Pagan-Christ,CBC-TV<br /> <br /> <br /> Jesus is just a rehashing of the story of the Egyptian god, Horus.

http://richarddawkins.net/article,2057,The-Pagan-Christ,CBC-TV

]]> By: Ren http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/21/silverman_on_cnn_tonight/comment-page-1#comment-72672 Ren Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-72672 How about WWJB? (Who Would Jesus Bomb) How about WWJB? (Who Would Jesus Bomb)

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