Doesn’t Terry Pratchett have a hangover god?
Bilious the Oh God of Hangovers
moongrimm
Such would explain the ‘quality’ of the Design.
The Atheist Pig
Exactly. And what was he doing for the billions of years before creating the universe? And what prompted him to suddenly throw one together?
Maybe he got bored.
moongrimm
Well Hell, even amateur artists start off with a rough draft…. somewhere in the Mandelbrot Branes/Multiverse, another, better Earth may be in existence…….
Mike P
Somebody mentioned Pratchett! Now I have to go read Small Gods again!
moongrimm
Better yet- go watch: Hogfather. Susan Sto Helit is HOT!
IlluminationCN
I’ve been an atheist since my late teenage years (I’m 29 now), and an anti-theist (as characterized by Christopher Hitchens) as of about three months ago. Let me be at least one voice who tells you how happy he is that our perspective is *finally* gaining enough traction to be able to warrant not only a web-comic (a very funny one, at that — even my moderate religious friends “Like” the comics that I re-post), but a web-comic whose creator is considering producing T-shirts that this particular anti-theist secular humanist will definitely purchase and wear with gusto.
Wayne
How does an Athiest explain this? I bet with simple denial.
Please don’t pick and choose what part of history you believe in based on convenience. Deal with history.
Wayne
Now don’t short change the history lesson, read it all or you are missing the point.
moongrimm
Very easily explained:
Revisionism. As ‘corrected” through the lens of a religious fanatic.
Here’s some history you’ve wilfully ignored:
The Treaty of Tripoli:
Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,—
Stick THAT into a pipe, and in your case, ignore it.
Wayne
Here’s is the entire quote to bring in it’s relevance:
Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,—as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen [Muslims],—and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan [Muslim] nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.
“By their actions, the Founding Fathers made clear that their primary concern was religious freedom, not the advancement of a state religion. Individuals, not the government, would define religious faith and practice in the United States. Thus the Founders ensured that in no official sense would America be a Christian Republic. Ten years after the Constitutional Convention ended its work, the country assured the world that the United States was a secular state, and that its negotiations would adhere to the rule of law, not the dictates of the Christian faith. The assurances were contained in the Treaty of Tripoli of 1797 and were intended to allay the fears of the Muslim state by insisting that religion would not govern how the treaty was interpreted and enforced. John Adams and the Senate made clear that the pact was between two sovereign states, not between two religious powers.[15]
Religious freedom is part of their Christian principles our country was founded on. Remember a huge majority were option Christians and pastors. How could that not impact how the designed the constitution.
Btw, not a smoker… I excercise too much and that would get in the way. Lol
Frankly
God made the world in six days flat
On the seventh he said “I’ll rest”.
So he let the thing
into orbit swing.
To give it a dry run test.
A billion years went by
When he looked at the whirling blob.
His spirits fell
as he shrugged, “Oh well”.
“It was only a six day job”
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