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What a difference 50 years can make!

By P N Dr Lo R   Follow   Wed, 4 Jul 2012, 9:24pm   2,179 views   26 comments
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Fifty years ago the media, screen-writers, the larger society instinctively supported a belief in God and a reverence for the Judeo/Christian scriptures and viewed atheists as the ignorant and tyrannical. The sentiments have completely reversed today within those same institutions.

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1. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 250 threads 4,758 comments

   1   12:02pm Thu 5 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (3)   Perhaps God killed all of the atheist scientist that built the Pyramids with the Great Flood. "It's nice to be important, but it's important to be nice..."

2. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 250 threads 4,758 comments

   2   12:10pm Thu 5 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (3)   Will these guys open a church already?

3. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

   3   1:23pm Thu 5 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Protected   Christianity in America died in the 1920's when it was replaced with Protestant Liberalism. See "Christianity and Liberalism" by J. Gresham Machen. There really was never a "golden age" of Christianity in America. America just got all of the wackos from the Radical Reformation in Europe. That's how we got revivalism and pentacostalism, which led directly to Mormonism. After all, if one has a "direct hotline" to God, why not just start a whole new religion like Mormonism?

4. APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich Follow Befriend (28) 171 threads 4,221 comments Premium

   4   9:50am Fri 6 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   I thought we got revivalism from the Scots

5. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

   5   10:27am Fri 6 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says I thought we got revivalism from the Scots The Scots were mainly Presbyterians/Calvinists I thought... Or maybe I'm thinking of the "Scots Irish."

6. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

   6   10:31am Fri 6 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Protected   Revivalism/Pentacostalism can be traced to these wackos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwickau_prophets We still have people doing this in modern times. Like Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, Rick Perry, and George W. Bush. I wonder how many of today's atheists grew up in such an environment.

7. APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich Follow Befriend (28) 171 threads 4,221 comments Premium

   7   5:44am Sun 8 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Great_Awakening "Revivalism, a critical component of the Great Awakening, actually began in the 1620s in Scotland among Presbyterians, and featured itinerant preachers.[3]"

8. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

   8   3:02pm Sun 8 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Protected   Wow. Calvinist revivalists. Who knew? Thanks for the link.

9. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 769 threads 7,714 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

   9   9:02pm Sun 8 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   P N Dr Lo R says Fifty years ago the media, screen-writers, the larger society instinctively supported a belief in God and a reverence for the Judeo/Christian scriptures and viewed atheists as the ignorant and tyrannical. The sentiments have completely reversed today within those same institutions. 50 years ago, America was fighting the cold war against the Soviet Union, which happen to be atheistic. The federal government forced Hollywood to blacklist various actors on suspension that they were communist, atheist, or gay. http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/person-week-kirk-douglas-16683245 http://www.amazon.com/Am-Spartacus-Breaking-Blacklist-ebook/dp/B0083JBWTI It was the worst time in Hollywood. - Kirk Douglas What happened was that Hollywood finally got out of the dark ages and all the superstitions and bigotry of the dark ages.

10. lostand confused Follow Befriend (9) 166 threads 1,551 comments Premium

    10   10:04pm Sun 8 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike   Protected   It depends. There are still creation "museums" across the country-including San Diego- that claim the 5,000 year old creation myth to be scientifically valid. These same folks have no qualms using science -elevators, planes, cars, electricity etc. Now the Amish I respect-they chose to live their beleifs and do not try and impose it on everyonelse. The rest have descended into a hypocritical mess-then wonder why people find them laughable.

11. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

    11   11:28pm Sun 8 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Protected   lostand confused says These same folks have no qualms using science -elevators, planes, cars, electricity etc. To be fair, there's a difference between the science of figuring out the past and the engineering of elevators, planes, cars, electricity, etc. But yeah, the YECs are crackpots.

12. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

    12   11:29pm Sun 8 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Protected   To the OP: that video looks like Dan8267's dream world. Maybe when he completes his mind control device, the rest of us will have no choice but to think in the manner he requires.

13. lostand confused Follow Befriend (9) 166 threads 1,551 comments Premium

    13   4:10am Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   wthrfrk80 says lostand confused says These same folks have no qualms using science -elevators, planes, cars, electricity etc. To be fair, there's a difference between the science of figuring out the past and the engineering of elevators, planes, cars, electricity, etc. But yeah, the YECs are crackpots. It is science and is peer reviewd and the methodology is known to anyone who cares. These folks approach create museums based on a book of fairy tales-er literal word of God. That is the problem, faith is an individual process. These folks are trying to fit every modern fact/issue into this book written two millenia ago-when people were riding donkeys. Then they have the gall to call it science. No wonder the dominant party in TX wants to outlaw critical thinking. You need brainwashed amsses for this to work. Can't be having scientific critiques.

14. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

    14   9:23am Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Protected   lostand confused says These folks are trying to fit every modern fact/issue into this book written two millenia ago-when people were riding donkeys. Care to elaborate?

15. Honest Abe Follow Befriend (41) 91 threads 1,806 comments

    15   10:19am Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Thank god I'm an atheist.

16. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 769 threads 7,714 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

    16   7:44pm Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   wthrfrk80 says To the OP: that video looks like Dan8267's dream world. Maybe when he completes his mind control device, the rest of us will have no choice but to think in the manner he requires. Boy, you really don't understand my philosophies at all. I would have thought it was evident from my postings that I believe: 1. All tyranny is bad. 2. Human and civil rights are paramount. 3. Thinking is good. 4. Faith is bad. 5. Everything worth believing in can stand up to questioning and rational debate. 6. Transparency and accountability is essential in government. 7. The power of government should be minimized as much as possible allowing only for government to protect rights. 8. There should be no such things as thought crimes or victimless crimes. So, I'm much more like the librarian, except I don't believe in false gods. As there are no true gods, ergo, I don't believe in any gods.

17. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 769 threads 7,714 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

    17   7:45pm Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Honest Abe says Thank god I'm an atheist. You're welcome.

18. APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich Follow Befriend (28) 171 threads 4,221 comments Premium

    18   9:16pm Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Cannibalism is a sacrament!

19. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

    19   9:43pm Mon 9 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   To the OP: I wonder how much of the change is due to demise of the Soviet Union and the rise of Islamic terrorism. 50 years ago, our enemies were "godless communists", now our enemies are "religious fanatics."

20. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 769 threads 7,714 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

    20   7:56pm Tue 10 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says Cannibalism is a sacrament! It sure is. It's called the Eucharist. Eat of my flesh said zombie Jesus.

21. Randy H Follow Befriend (5) 44 threads 4,602 comments Los Altos, CA Premium

    21   8:31pm Tue 10 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Rod Serling wasn't a christian, btw. He was a secular humanist and publicly defended a number of his atheist contemporary writers and directors. Much of his social commentary was against statist technocracies and hypocritical systems of ethics.

22. Peter P Follow Befriend (4) 117 threads 17,655 comments Premium

    22   9:56pm Tue 10 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Randy H says ...statist technocracies and hypocritical systems of ethics... Sounds like a certain continent with one currency but many political systems... God and religion are as different as science and religion. Sure, one can appear in the other, but they are not the same thing.

23. Randy H Follow Befriend (5) 44 threads 4,602 comments Los Altos, CA Premium

    23   9:59pm Tue 10 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Peter !

24. Peter P Follow Befriend (4) 117 threads 17,655 comments Premium

    24   10:44pm Tue 10 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Yep I am back. :)

25. P N Dr Lo R Follow Befriend 21 threads 135 comments

    25   9:12am Thu 12 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   wthrfrk80 says To the OP: I wonder how much of the change is due to demise of the Soviet Union and the rise of Islamic terrorism. 50 years ago, our enemies were "godless communists", now our enemies are "religious fanatics." I think that's true. For our parents and grandparents, the two tyrannies of their world were Nazism, hatred based on race and Communism, hatred based on class. Nazism was pretty well finished in the second world war, Communism took another 30 years. Islam, tyranny based on religious hatred, just like Communism and Nazism, is focused on world domination which could be accomplished if it weren't for those pesky Americans. The difference in Islam and the other two tyrannies is that Muslims are willing to die for their beliefs and take others with them whereas as bad as Nazism and Communism were, their adherents weren't willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for their beliefs.

26. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

    26   10:35am Thu 12 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Yep. So now it's "religion" that is the "Source of All of the Worlds' Problems" (tm), so it must be eliminated by any means necessary.