Daniel Dennett takes the Blasphemy Challenge

Daniel Dennett takes the Blasphemy Challenge

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• daniel
• dennett
• blasphemy
• challenge
• rational
• response
• squad
• rich
• rodriguez

[quathar]

But I believe in the Buddha... no wait.. the Tao... err... was it Allah... no no... now I remember, it was Jahwe...

Now excuse me while I go eat a bowl of flying spagetti.

[PiecesofEternity]

Funnily enough, Jim Jones told his followers the same thing when he forced them all to drink cyanide.

"Don't think, just trust and believe. It's for Jesus; Jesus is always right. Trust and believe. This won't hurt. Just trust and believe."

Any belief system that advocates blind faith wants you to stop thinking for yourself, which is just a touch too cult-like for comfort.

[xhemexx]

@CambridgeHeights sir that is a sadistc comment and you ought to be ashamed of yourself. you need Jesus in your life.

[maxpainfu1]

The real blasphemy statement (according to some theist site) - is to attribute the powers of Jesus given by the holy spirit as being 'demonic'

However; you have to believe Jesus's powers were supernatural in the first place to actually do this challenge.

So its more like "Jesus received power from the devil" than "I deny the holy spirit"

(I'm an Atheist)

[CambridgeHeights]

One more log to fuel the fires of hell! muahahahahah

[PiecesofEternity]

@bosnia91 If you listen to the tape--yes, he actually recorded it, and it is just as horrifying as you'd imagine--you hear him saying that Jesus wants them to do this; it will take them to a better and holier place. That and the children crying as the female assistant claims that it's because of the 'bitter taste' and not because said children are in pain, are the most terrifying parts of the whole thing, in my mind.

[bosnia91]

@PiecesofEternity actually, most drank that shit because they where forced to.

[eXecutivedirectress]

@EPR89 well I do agree on that. That is simply opposite to logic. I have my personal reasons to believe that Jesus exists though. Respect.

[EPR89]

@eXecutivedirectress Actually that is a very interesting definition and I would say it is a valid one too. But what I meant is the concept of blind faith as a kind of faith that makes you put religious dogmas over rational thought. An example would be someone who actually believes that the pope is infallible.

[eXecutivedirectress]

@EPR89 every faith is blind. Every, because if you have evidence, it's simply not faith anymore because it's proven.

[EPR89]

@eXecutivedirectress Ever heard of the funny little word blind faith?