nonplussedbyreligion: religiousragings: noxlupus: w3djyt: religiousragings: I haven’t taken the time to verify this quote, but I think what this says is the reason why we are suddenly seeing such a big rise in “militant” atheism.  The push to get extreme religion into politics has been very strong of late.  People who otherwise would not care have been becoming vocal because a line is being crossed that should not be crossed.  ~ Steve Verified Just when I thought I couldn’t approve of him more… Heres the thing people never seem to get. Atheism is a religion. It is the belief in nothing. But still a belief. They have no more right to demand the absence of Christianity or any other religion than we have the right to demand the absence of them. A militant atheist is no better than a militant Christian or Muslim. Get off your high horses people. You aren’t better than me because you believe in nothing. And if you attack my religion in the name of yours then i will shed your blood too. Im a militant Christian. Atheism, my dear person, is not a belief; it is not a religion.  It is the absence of belief in a god - the rejection of religion as the only basis for moral thought.  It is as much a belief as not-sky-diving is a hobby.  We merely think that things that are verifiably and repeatedly proven true should be the basis of our government.  ”Beliefs” are things that cannot be subject to verification.  This is our, “high horse”.  Radical and dangerous, I know. The separation of church and state is a rather passionate issue with me, as it was with our founding fathers.  It may not be important to you, but it is extremely important to us.  You are free to believe what you want to believe, but you are not allowed to impose those beliefs onto our government. And atheists are not talking about blood.  The have never, at any time, talked about blood.  You are the one who brought up blood.  The “militant” atheist is about justice, fairness, and equality, and will actively promote these ideals loudly and persistently.  If you try to use blood in your effort to violate the U.S. Constitution, we would prefer that the law deal with you as the dangerous person that you are.  We will not, however, back down from this fight simply because religious militants threaten us with violence. Peace, ~ Steve Yes to what Steve had to say. @ noxlupus, “And if you attack my religion in the name of yours then i will shed your blood too,” proves you’ve not only missed the point of atheism, but Christianity as well.  If you want to know how to deal with those who dispute your religion, you only need to look to your Bible. Matthew 5:11-16  11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you 13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot 14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:21-22 21 “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ 22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sisterwill be subject to judgment… And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell. These aren’t the ramblings of Paul, but actual words in red, ‘spoken’ by Jesus. We shouldn’t have to teach you about your Bible, but we’re more than capable of doing so.  When militant atheists fight against legislation, Christians like you also benefit from it.  If atheists didn’t fight to keep religion out of public schools, your children would have to allow Muslims to have times of prayer during the school day.  Equal opportunity would have to be given to students of all religions and belief system.  Religious education classes would be required to teach positively about all religions, not just Christianity.  Religion does not equal Christianity. The word militant may be where you encountered a problem.  It does not always mean a call to arms, or a threat of violence, something that you seemed to miss.  Militant atheists tend to fight with our minds.  The bloodshed seems to be a religious thing. ~ Kim

nonplussedbyreligion:

religiousragings:

noxlupus:

w3djyt:

religiousragings:

I haven’t taken the time to verify this quote, but I think what this says is the reason why we are suddenly seeing such a big rise in “militant” atheism.  The push to get extreme religion into politics has been very strong of late.  People who otherwise would not care have been becoming vocal because a line is being crossed that should not be crossed.  ~ Steve

Verified

Just when I thought I couldn’t approve of him more…

Heres the thing people never seem to get. Atheism is a religion. It is the belief in nothing. But still a belief. They have no more right to demand the absence of Christianity or any other religion than we have the right to demand the absence of them. A militant atheist is no better than a militant Christian or Muslim. Get off your high horses people. You aren’t better than me because you believe in nothing. And if you attack my religion in the name of yours then i will shed your blood too. Im a militant Christian.

Atheism, my dear person, is not a belief; it is not a religion.  It is the absence of belief in a god - the rejection of religion as the only basis for moral thought.  It is as much a belief as not-sky-diving is a hobby.  We merely think that things that are verifiably and repeatedly proven true should be the basis of our government.  ”Beliefs” are things that cannot be subject to verification.  This is our, “high horse”.  Radical and dangerous, I know.

The separation of church and state is a rather passionate issue with me, as it was with our founding fathers.  It may not be important to you, but it is extremely important to us.  You are free to believe what you want to believe, but you are not allowed to impose those beliefs onto our government.

And atheists are not talking about blood.  The have never, at any time, talked about blood.  You are the one who brought up blood.  The “militant” atheist is about justice, fairness, and equality, and will actively promote these ideals loudly and persistently.  If you try to use blood in your effort to violate the U.S. Constitution, we would prefer that the law deal with you as the dangerous person that you are.  We will not, however, back down from this fight simply because religious militants threaten us with violence.

Peace,

~ Steve

Yes to what Steve had to say. @ noxlupus, “And if you attack my religion in the name of yours then i will shed your blood too,” proves you’ve not only missed the point of atheism, but Christianity as well.  If you want to know how to deal with those who dispute your religion, you only need to look to your Bible.

Matthew 5:11-16  11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you 13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot 14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:21-22 21 “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ 22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sisterwill be subject to judgment… And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.

These aren’t the ramblings of Paul, but actual words in red, ‘spoken’ by Jesus. We shouldn’t have to teach you about your Bible, but we’re more than capable of doing so.  When militant atheists fight against legislation, Christians like you also benefit from it.  If atheists didn’t fight to keep religion out of public schools, your children would have to allow Muslims to have times of prayer during the school day.  Equal opportunity would have to be given to students of all religions and belief system.  Religious education classes would be required to teach positively about all religions, not just Christianity.  Religion does not equal Christianity.

The word militant may be where you encountered a problem.  It does not always mean a call to arms, or a threat of violence, something that you seemed to miss.  Militant atheists tend to fight with our minds.  The bloodshed seems to be a religious thing. ~ Kim

1 month ago · 1,333 notes · Source · Reblogged from matthewdgold

“What Conservatives say they want is “Small Government”.

leftish:

What they are working on this year is Government that prohibits you from using contraception, that forcibly collects your urine, hair and blood, and that puts you in prison or deports you if it does not like the speeches you attend.  This stuff is happening all over, all the time now.  This is what Conservative Government is like this year.  It sort of seems to me that this ought to be a bigger National Story.”

~ Rachel Maddow

3 months ago · 210 notes · Source · Reblogged from invisiblelad

Sent to tumblr:

icingonthekaek:

I’m about to write an post, as well as a guest post to a well-known external blog about this, and if need be, I will submit it to my local news organization for review, and I need for you to understand that before I proceed. This is not something you will be able to explain away or cover up. There is already a blog post that is spreading across tumblr about this, so it’s not like no one is going to hear about it. It’s already out there. Your staff has made a mistake.

You recently removed a blog titled deathtoallwhitepeople from your servers. This is understandable, and was expected, as the entire reason it was created was to point out the hypocrisy in how certain users are well-treated at the expense of others. However, you appear to have missed all of the following blogs:

These blog titles are equally reprehensible, equally offensive, and violate your Terms of Service in the same way. I can’t imagine why they are all allowed to remain.

I also need to point out that the 1st Amendment protects private citizens against governmental censorship. It does not provide protections against the actions of a private company, like yours. You  have the option — the power — to do something about this, to stop such hateful terms from being used against a group of people who are being harmed and oppressed by them. You’ve already chosen to use that power, and therein lies the hypocrisy: you didn’t protect the free speech of the person or persons who started the deathtoallwhitepeople blog, or protect other people of color from the death threats they reported to you.

In doing what you have done, you let all of the people who were involved, along with anyone who is reading and reblogging the related posts, know that you care for the so-called 1st Amendment rights of white persons, but none for the rights of people of color.

I am disgusted by your actions, and ask that you treat your members the same — that you remove blogs that use the word “nigger” in their title, and do not allow anyone to use it in their URLs in the future.

I look forward to your prompt response.

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bebinn: ocarinaofthyme: most of the presidential candidates terrify me. Texas is also: 50th (that’s dead last, by the way) for the percentage of people who get prenatal care 1st for the number of uninsured children (20% of them) 4th in child poverty (32% of them) 3rd in teen pregnancy 49th in per capita spending on Medicaid 47th in monthly benefit payments under the Women, Infants & Children program (WIC), which provides nutrition assistance.

bebinn:

ocarinaofthyme:

most of the presidential candidates terrify me.

Texas is also:

  • 50th (that’s dead last, by the way) for the percentage of people who get prenatal care
  • 1st for the number of uninsured children (20% of them)
  • 4th in child poverty (32% of them)
  • 3rd in teen pregnancy
  • 49th in per capita spending on Medicaid
  • 47th in monthly benefit payments under the Women, Infants & Children program (WIC), which provides nutrition assistance.

8 months ago · 555 notes · Source · Reblogged from bebinn

liberalsarecool:

Pro-life is OFFICALLY over. The meaningless political stance [who isn’t pro-life?] is now a front for pro-suffering and pro-indifference, matched by their previous pro-torture policies.

The GOP, the supposed party of life, cheers affirmative when countered, “should society let this man die” after being asked who hypothetically should help an uninsured man with cancer.

A for-profit health care system championed by the Republicans is the worst case of hypocrisy you can imagine. Every life is precious? My ass. If you don’t have money, then you’re on your own.

Ron Paul, a doctor, says “freedom is your own risk?” What a vacuous shitty thing to say about a very specific situation. His sage medical wisdom and years of public service comes down to “sucks to be you”.

Countries on our level like Japan, Germany, France, England, and even Iraq take care of their own through socialized health care, regardless of money.

America is the ONLY country in the world where you go bankrupt due to medical costs.

The GOP/Tea Party/Libertarian fish rotted from the head down. Last night, we got a whiff of the smell.

Even Rick Perry was shocked: “I was a bit taken aback by that myself. We’re the party of life. We ought to be coming up with ways to save lives.”

8 months ago · 110 notes · Source · Reblogged from bebinn

propaganda-for-life: [Image: a fervent pro-life protester over an eight-piece blue background. A sticker on his shirt reads, “Abortion Isn’t Healthcare.” He is pointing upwards with both hands. Top text: “IT’S A CHILD, NOT A CHOICE” Bottom text: “CHOOSE LIFE”] Tell me I’m not the only one who’s noticed this contradiction.

propaganda-for-life:

[Image: a fervent pro-life protester over an eight-piece blue background. A sticker on his shirt reads, “Abortion Isn’t Healthcare.” He is pointing upwards with both hands. Top text: “IT’S A CHILD, NOT A CHOICE” Bottom text: “CHOOSE LIFE”]

Tell me I’m not the only one who’s noticed this contradiction.

8 months ago · 13 notes · Source · Reblogged from propaganda-for-life

Cease Silence: In preparation-

klondikebar123:

I must confess, the next time someone tells my I should have continued an unwanted pregnancy and given the resulting child up for adoption, I think I’m going to angrily take them by the hand and introduce them to the thousands of children waiting in foster homes for adoptive…

8 months ago · 135 notes · Source · Reblogged from ceasesilence

saynathespiffy: propaganda-for-life: [Image: a fervent pro-life protester over an eight-piece blue background. A sticker on his shirt reads, “Abortion Isn’t Healthcare.” He is pointing upwards with both hands. Top text: “I’M SO PRO-LIFE” Bottom text: “I HOPE YOU DIE OF ABORTION COMPLICATIONS”] For this lout. Oh god, this person…

saynathespiffy:

propaganda-for-life:

[Image: a fervent pro-life protester over an eight-piece blue background. A sticker on his shirt reads, “Abortion Isn’t Healthcare.” He is pointing upwards with both hands. Top text: “I’M SO PRO-LIFE” Bottom text: “I HOPE YOU DIE OF ABORTION COMPLICATIONS”]

For this lout.

Oh god, this person…

9 months ago · 305 notes · Source · Reblogged from saynathespiffy-deactivated20120

Nobody should be able to remove themselves from the burdens of pregnancy at the expense of the life of an unborn child

bebinn:

ahandsomeshark:

sanityscraps:

rabbleprochoice:

bebinn:

compliik:

I understand there are extreme cases where other considerations should be made, specifically rape, but in general i believe we can apply the all time famous slogan “if you do the crime, you do the time”

Oh, stop. Rape exception? Really? We’re going there? Please explain, because no one ever has, why an embryo/fetus conceived by rape is less valuable to you than one conceived by consensual sex. Because if this is really all about the life of the fetus, then the circumstances of conception shouldn’t matter. But see, what I’m getting from you, and every other “pro-life” hypocrite who thinks there should be exceptions for rape and incest, is that what you’re really interested in is making sure people who have sex pay for it, or “do the time,” as you so charmingly put it. And that’s pretty shitty, don’t you think?

So please, explain. Why are some pregnancies less worth “saving” to you?

Love,

Rabble

One thing I’ve always wondered about the idea of making abortion illegal with an exception for rape is how exactly do people think this exception would work? Would the person have to prove they were raped?

I wonder that, too. Would they have to have a police report on file? A medical examination as proof? Would they have to file charges?

Pre-Roe, oftentimes a person would have to prove that their life was in danger, either physically or mentally, in order to get a legal abortion. They were required to see two psychiatrists to confirm that they were suicidal or otherwise dangerous to themselves. There are stories, and I expect that there were quite a number of not-exactly-true diagnoses by sympathetic psychiatrists. So, my question is, would this pattern carry over to the rape exception? Would more false charges be filed in order to obtain legal abortions?

After all, there are apparently some out there who see these exceptions as a “giant loophole” (ta, Eric Turner (R-IN)!), because people could “simply say that they’ve been raped,” so we’d need to be sure that there weren’t any hussies trying to exploit our generosity.

9 months ago · 135 notes · Source · Reblogged from bebinn

stfuhypocrisy:

prolifehypocrisy:

afunnyfeminist:

sam17-elizabeth:

How much do you love your life? What if your mom had made a choice not to keep you. Then what?

What if she did abort me, and then I came back? No matter how many abortions (or miscarriages) my mother may or may not have had between my birth and my brother’s, I am still the second child of my parents. That would be true if I were one year, five years, or ten years apart from my brother. Maybe I would look different. Maybe I’d be older or younger than I am now. But that could easily be said if a different egg was pushed through my mother’s Fallopian tube, or if a different sperm fertilized that egg. It might be fun to think about what your life would be like if you were born at a different time in a different place, or what the world would be like without you (because the world will be without you, eventually). But that’s all it should be: fun, not some sort of existential crisis or policy platform.

How many siblings do you have? Do you resent your parents for not giving you one more? Do you resent your grandparents for not giving you another aunt or uncle? Hey, maybe you would have received some extra money on your birthday if your grandparents weren’t such selfish jerks who decided to stop procreating at some point!

You know, when I was a kid, I actually asked my mother if she would be sad if I didn’t exist. She told me that there’s a big difference between never having someone who never existed and losing someone after knowing them. Obviously, she wouldn’t be able to miss her daughter if I never existed. She would have one son, who she would love with all of her heart, and he would be enough to keep her very happy. But since she has me too, and if I died or ran away or vaporized, she would miss me, because she’s used to having me around and cares about me.

Nobody can possibly care about someone who never existed. That would be like me saying, Gee. I really miss my little brother Ramon. If I told that to my mother, she’d ask me what the ever loving fuck I was talking about. And if I continued to insist that I really missed this little sibling of mine that never existed, I would be in the back of an ambulance on the way to the hospital. Kind of like the time I pointed to a robot I saw on the other side of the room and told my mother to look at it. There was no robot. That was the 104-degree fever talking.

Commentary FTW. Your little existential crisis doesn’t trump anyone else’s rights.

I’ve got some things to say about these images, though. The first one is just arrogant. And as this blog aims to show, it’s not often true.

As for the second one… um, have you never heard of rape? Have you never thought that maybe some people like sex for pleasure and chose to protect themself from pregnancy but it failed? Choosing to have sex isn’t the same as choosing to get pregnant. Join the real world, please.

Pro-choice; I actually care.

I actually care about the 70,000 womyn who die unnecessarily due to unsafe abortions every year around the world.

I actually care about the 220,000 kids left behind without a mom.

I actually care about the 61% of womyn who are already mothers and can’t afford another child.

I actually care about the 500,000 kids currently in need of adoption.

I actually care about the people, WHO ARE ALREADY HERE, and need stem cell research to cure them of a debilitating/life-threatening disease.

I care about the damage we’re doing to the environment by reproducing and using up the earth’s resources.

So yes, I’m pro-choice and I actually care.

9 months ago · 90 notes · Source · Reblogged from stfuhypocrisy