[ SECRET POST #3065 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3065 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[The Witcher 3]


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03.
[Shakin Stevens]


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[The Godfather II]


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05.
[A Redtail's Dream]


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06.
[David Lynch & David Cronenberg]


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07.
[Laurell K. Hamilton]


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[Big Bang Theory]


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(Richard Dawkins)


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Comments

[dethtoll]

That's ridiculous. Dawkins' status in atheism circles is for his outspoken criticism of religion and other forms of magical thinking. That's all well and good, but it doesn't make him Atheist Jesus.

[(Anonymous)]

How did read that comment and go from "Dawkins is a major figure in atheism much like Shakespeare is a major figure in English literature" to Dawkins = atheist Jesus? Because that isn't what the comment said at all.

[dethtoll]

If you read the entire comment I was responding to, you'll find that was the implication, even if it was couched in a more moderate comparison.

[(Anonymous)]

This comment?

"Weelll... that's kind of true, but your analogy needs tweaking. Being an atheist who hasn't read Dawkins is more like an English Lit major who's never read Shakespeare. Yeah, not every English Lit major does, but if you haven't read a single play or poem of his, that's going to get you some raised eyebrows. Shakespeare is just that big in English literature, just as Dawkins is that big in atheism."

I still see nothing that implies Dawkins is the atheist Jesus. You've said the comparison is moderate, which I agree with. So where does the extreme view of Dawkins = atheist Jesus come in aside from you bringing it up?

[dethtoll]

That question hinges on the idea that Dawkins = atheist Jesus is an "extreme view." The question is therefore unanswerable, because I do not believe it to be an extreme view given Dawkins' notoriety in atheist and theist circles alike.

[edit] To be more clear, the entire post reads as if it's putting Dawkins in some sort of position of ultimate authority (much like Shakespeare is the linchpin for much of modern English and English literature, and much like Jesus forms the basis of Christianity.) Fact is, he just plain isn't.

[mekkio]

Atheist Jesus...heh.

(Atheist Jesus sitting on a rock looking sad and sighing deeply.)

ME: What's wrong Atheist Jesus?
ATHEIST JESUS: People have been telling me that I've been too hard on myself. That I need to believe in myself. But I can't.
ME: Why not?
ATHEIST JESUS: (points to self) Technically, I shouldn't even exist.
ME: You're a paradox?
ATHEIST JESUS: Yep.
ME: Bummer (sits next to Atheist Jesus and begins to sigh deeply as well.)

[(Anonymous)]

Lol at Atheist Jesus not believing in himself.

[dethtoll]

cue hyena giggling sounds

[(Anonymous)]

best comment /thread

[cbrachyrhynchos]

You win the thread.