Dear Pope Benedict XVI

Posted by HeroofTime55 on Sept. 17, 2010, 10:13 p.m.

Fuck you.

In a recent speech, you equated atheism with Nazism. I am not a Nazi and the two concepts have nothing to do with each other.

Yes, we live in an age where religion is quickly dying out. In the past, religion served to 'fill in the gaps' of human knowledge. Whenever science has come along to fill those gaps with the truth, those clinging to their religious beliefs stop the progress of science, and for many centuries, religion has held back the human race and our progression forward.

Today we live in an era dominated by science and technology; new discoveries are being made every day, and we know more about the universe and it's workings than anyone in history. This is a scary thing for religion, because it's purpose of 'filling in the gaps' is quickly becoming vestigial. It is, of course, no wonder that a large number of religious bodies are aggressively fighting against this new era of humanity, and it's not surprising to watch them go to such ridiculous extremes as to make comparisons with Hitler and Nazism. Pathetic, really.

But for calling me a Nazi: Fuck you.

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Juju 14 years, 2 months ago

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Reality is the state of things as they actually exist
So by definition reality exists.
Only as we perceive it.

noshenim 14 years, 2 months ago

xD

Cesque 14 years, 2 months ago

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Get laid, get high, get smart, do whatever you want to make yourself happy.

You wouldn't be able to get high if it wasn't for economy and some science, really. And getting laid would inevitably result in legions of screaming babies…

I personally dislike any idea that rejects the fundamental value of trying to understand something. Maybe it's just that understanding usually makes me happier. Depends on what it involves, of course.

_Player_: :D

Juju 14 years, 2 months ago

It's ultimately futile to expect perfection unless you're Tim Minchin at which point you have achieved Zen-like levels of comedy enlightenment.

Cesque 14 years, 2 months ago

Who's talking about perfection? My, you really do get disheartened quickly. Why play bass? You'll never be Jimmy Hendrix (or whoever is to bass who he is to the guitar). It's futile, go get high instead.

Juju 14 years, 2 months ago

Improving makes me happy.

Yeah, sorry, I did have another paragraph that I deleted. Replace "perfection" with "complete knowledge." I still think Tim Minchin is awesome though =D

Lapixx 14 years, 2 months ago

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You can't prove that gravity works. You can just be 99.9999% sure that it will because of past observations.
Makes me think of Minority Report.

Also, I like it how everybody assumes that they actually exist.

HeroofTime55 14 years, 2 months ago

Juju: You are confusing 'reality' and 'perception of reality.'

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…reality isn't consistent from person to person…

Reality IS consistent, it is the perception of reality that is not.

Leyenda 14 years, 2 months ago

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Reality IS consistent, it is the perception of reality that is not.
How can you possibly know that? Your only way to know reality is through your own perception – which you just agreed is not consistent person-to-person.

So your statement that reality is consistent is just an assumption.

Lapixx 14 years, 2 months ago

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." - Some well-known physicist