I mean as much as I agree that GeekSquad is incompetent, it would be nice to see 11 year olds not feel entitled to yell at people. I mean, isn’t that the age when you are supposed to be innocent? It’s kinda scary that THAT came from a kid. We should reevaluate our priorities, if thats what kids are like these days
You pay for the hours they work on your computer, not the resolution of a problem. Sorry kid. Also, the kid sounds like an ass. He must be a Christian.
Not sure what Christianity has to do with people that can’t do what they are paid for? Why attack Christianity - why not attack other religions too? Christians, for instance don’t fly planes into buildings and sacrifice living human beings as sacrifices to their idols. I know for a fact that those who have issues with Christianity are really crying for help. Will pray for you Shawn.
No, all Shawn is saying is that Christians generally look down on others and think we all must serve you because you already got your “messiah”. and you’ve further proven that by saying:
“I know for a fact that those who have issues with Christianity are really crying for help. Will pray for you Shawn.”
you somehow are better then he is and will be able to help him because your prayer is good?
Also most normal religions don’t have fags and pedefiles as their leaders… So even if they don’t go around killing people “in the name of god” they do sleep with innocent kids “in the name of god”. lol I’ll pray for you.
TYPICAL F******G RELIGION, READING ABOUT AN 11 YEAR OLDS LETTER TO GEEKS AND IT ENDS UP ABOUT RELIGION, WHO CARES ABOUT RELIGION SCIENCE HAS ALLREADY RULED THAT OUT!!!!!
How did the whole religion thing get involved here, again? I was a bit insulted by the “he must be a Christian” comment– not because of the implied slam to Christianity, but because it seemed utterly pointless. What on earth has Christianity to do with a kid sending off a nasty letter?
Let’s leave the whole religion thing out of it, okay? The kid send off a rude letter. Fine. To me that implies that his parents need to teach him some better manners. It does not say anything about the path of faith he may or may not choose to follow.
Why judge someone based on religion. Judge someone from their own words and actions. The note came from a hateful kid and thats all you need to know. Who cares what religion he is! He’s hateful.
It’s interesting how angry people become when one person comments on how, “He must be a Christian.” Then the “Christian” chimes in with, “don’t be mean.” Then the non-Christian chimes in with, “You pussy, blah blah blah.” You all sound like childish fools, exactly like the 11 year old.
okay guys whats you problem about Christians? they are good people, why do you have to bring that into context? thats kinda saying that jews are stupid and don’t know what they are talking about. who cares if he is or isn’t Christian, just keep your comments like that to yourself. all that matters is that kid is stupid and doesn’t need to be saying that and is parents should know better.
Why not rip on Christians? they think the world has only been around for 6000 years, and they the need to convert everyone, I hate Christians because they dont want to let people do what they have ingrained in their genes…..FRUNKAS
What the fuck are you guys talking about? This is an 11-year-old boy’s letter to a Best Buy Geek Squad employee and you douchebags are getting all hot and bothered by someone’s comment about him being Christian? Who the fuck cares? I just think that I oughta smack that little prick and smash his face into the computer screen. That should fix his Windows Movie Maker, Windows Sidebar, Sound Recorder, and whatever the hell that little git took time to bitch about.
Now we can discuss my proposed actions being delegated as “child abuse.” Psh.
Once again, you fruitless bastards bring it back to religion. The whole point of Oakman, Al, Bocephus Barclay, Chris, Eric, Adriel, and Julie’s comments is the fact that they’re not ragging on religion. Mind you, don’t forget the point of this freakin article.
huh? how the hell did a complaint letter posted by an 11-year-old become a religious flame war?
content aside, i say good on him. he was the son of a customer whose problem was not fixed, and if an eleven-year-old is infuriated enough to call you a dumbass for not performing the service you were paid to deliver, then he’s right.
N.b.: if you are dead set on trolling christians, just wait until they break out bible verses. then you can break out the history books. good luck flaming, airheads.
damn right, and i’m loving this. if we can suck them into an infinite posting loop that they cannot escape from, the internet is going to be free until the next round of christian fundies and atheist flamers rediscover the internet. all we have to do to keep these guys there is to come here once in a while, scream “FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER!!1!” and then dive for cover.
I find it funny that the typical left winger harbors such ill feelings toward Christians, but they jump at every chance they get to defend any other group. 100% of you bashers are completely ignorant, as well. Science has done more to prove Christianity than it has to disprove it.
Alright, I read this and the first thing I thought was, “man, this kid has nerve.” But, the more I thought about it, the more I came to realize that we live in a country where nothing matters more than the good old dollar bill. Geek Squad doesn’t care if this kid’s computer is fixed. I think someone said you pay for the hours worked, not the final results? So why not spit in the face of someone who ripped you off? I mean, come on people… you take your computer to Geek Squad (or preferably not), because they’re a band of geeks you PAY to do a job.
Here’s a little scenario…
Say you own a house and you find a leak in the bathroom toilet. Now there’s crap and urine stinking up your house. What do you do? Call a plumber, right! So, are you hiring the plumber to stroke your pipes and flush your toilet for a few hours, only to insist you pay him for his time even though the problem remains unfixed? I highly doubt it.
Don’t get me wrong, I find the lack of respect this “apparent” 11-year-old has for adults, but I’d be a pissed off *&@%$Q(L* if I took my crap to Geek Squad only to have it returned to me with the exact same issues and a bill for their time.
P.S. Religion sucks… name a war started by agnostics or atheists…
I would just like to leave a comment on all the comments about religion. Why is religion brought into this conversation at all? What does it matter if the writer is Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Islamic, or any other religion? The truth is, it doesn’t matter. One religion CAN NOT be proven over any other religion, and that includes atheism. They are BELIEF systems- what an individual believes. Saying that all Christians are stuck up is like saying that all McDonald’s emplyees are retarded; likewise, implying that Christianity is better than any other religion is as equally an unsound opinion. (I am only using Christianity as an example, I could interchange it with any religion.) If that’s what you think, good for you, but don’t think that everyone else agrees or feel that you are right. No religion is right and no religion is wrong, its all a matter of your own personal beliefs. So please, leave religion out of topics that have nothing to do with religion. The child that wrote the letter to Best Buy could very well be any religion, or none, or a mix of several. It’s impossible to tell from that letter alone, and even if you could determine his/her religion, dos it really matter?
damn this sounds like an episode of south park
oh and for all u religion freaks
god means
Gay On Demand
and all religion’s are fucked up
*muslin:: blow shit up go to heaven, im gonna do that on the 4th of juy, does that mean i get a free pass to heaven if i convert??
*christian:: guy gets fucked up and u think he wants to help u after all the hell u put him through
*hindu:: you believe a cow is ur god, sorry but i ate the left thigh of ur god last night at mcdonalds
*jews:: created by abraham and god,wait im confused i thot christians only used “god” if they were then that means they made jews, no that cant be right cause jews made christians
OH and by the way look “world religions” up on google and it wont even bring up christianity
SEE HOW FUCKED UP RELIGIONS ARE???
Look, y’all. I’m tired of everyone blaming me and my kid for all your problems. That’s why we quit a few hundred years ago, sold the whole franchise to that Arabian dude Mohammed. Tell the truth, we haven’t done anything since y’all killed my son; why would I want to? Mohammed stopped interacting years ago too, back when Joe Smith got into business; almost sold out to him, but Joe couldn’t get the funds.
I’ll put it to you like this; we don’t do anything but kinda hang around and let people into heaven or whatever you want to call it (I call it Bora Bora). We’re not telling you what’s right, what’s wrong, or how to live your lives. A few crazed bastards that you call “priests” or “rabbis” or “prophets” do that and you gullible prats believe them. Live your own lives!
Sheesh, people! We didn’t do anything! Leave us deities out of it!
WTF ya’ll? Why in the hell do people want to rag on religion? its a way of hope and a way to better ourselves and live a good life. NO MATTER WHAT religion it is, its still there to better ourselves and keep our morals to us. Its this kind of hatred and bullsh*t that keeps humanity from further advances. We can’t get past not accepting each other. Its this type of bullsh*t that makes kids like this article more mean, ruthless, and stupid. They see what everyone else is doing and follow it and LEARN for it to be acceptable. this is NO way to have the youth acting… and it ALL comes from this right here. NOW please, grow up, act right, act in a moral fashion, and SHOW the youth that its NOT okay to behave like that.
“NO MATTER WHAT religion it is, its still there to better ourselves and keep our morals to us. Its this kind of hatred and bullsh*t that keeps humanity from further advances.”
Religion is *keeping* humanity from further advances. Ever hear of stem cell research? Ever wonder why stem cell research in the US is so limited? Religion.
I would agree that yes, it provides hope for some people, but I hate when people say that religion is necessary to be moral, to be a good person, etc. People should be good people for the sake of being good people, not because they think they’re going to be rewarded for it. It doesn’t matter how you act, if it’s for the wrong reasons, it still doesn’t make you actually a good person, or actually moral.
I rag on religion because I see it as an antiquated system of beliefs that was put in place to control the people and explain the unexplainable. However, this was thousands of years ago, times have changed and religion is now holding us back.
I believe that God exists and created the world. But I also believe that God did a terrible job of it and should be fired. F— me if I ever waste one second of my life praying and giving thanks to that bumbling moron for doing such an absolutely piss-poor job of creation. I mean, God can’t even figure out how to prevent innocent newborns from being born with cleft palate. Why should God be trusted with a damn thing. What a bumbling idiot.
“Name a war started by agnostics or atheists” - please!
If we look at the top 10 genocides of the 20th century, which covers about 125 *MILLION* deaths, all but the barest fraction (1.2 million Armenians killed in Turkey around the time of WWI) were killed in conflicts that were neither religious nor sectarian.
Hitler and Tojo were responsible for about 18M, in total, where it’s a LITTLE ambiguous as to whether religion had anything to say. There was an attempt to attach religion to their movements, but it seems more like a case of them wanting to get some sort of religious credibility to consolidate power.
In any case, that’s not particularly material in comparison with the roughly 110 MILLION people that were murdered by two “godless communists,” Mao Tse-Tung, responsible for ~78M, in the Cultural Revolution, and “Uncle Joe” Stalin, with about 23M.
There aren’t any “Christian genocides” that can hold a candle to that, certainly not in the 20th century, and not even in the worst bits of the Crusades or the Inquisitions.
How about…..Instead of comment boards, sometime in the distant future we replace the bottom area of blogs with virtual arenas and debate stages. That way, people could duke it out in more reasonable ways. (And by virtual I do mean virtual, but their needs to be a way to hit some of the dumb-asses on the back of the head…or their noses)
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45 Responses
Oakman
April 16th, 2008 at 2:28 am
1Ha! Nice letter.
Well done kid
Al
April 16th, 2008 at 4:29 am
2I mean as much as I agree that GeekSquad is incompetent, it would be nice to see 11 year olds not feel entitled to yell at people. I mean, isn’t that the age when you are supposed to be innocent? It’s kinda scary that THAT came from a kid. We should reevaluate our priorities, if thats what kids are like these days
Shawn Pitman
April 16th, 2008 at 5:36 am
3You pay for the hours they work on your computer, not the resolution of a problem. Sorry kid. Also, the kid sounds like an ass. He must be a Christian.
Bocephus Barclay
April 16th, 2008 at 5:40 am
4I would like to punch that kid right on the nose. What a privileged little git.
Lizette
April 16th, 2008 at 6:54 am
5Not sure what Christianity has to do with people that can’t do what they are paid for? Why attack Christianity - why not attack other religions too? Christians, for instance don’t fly planes into buildings and sacrifice living human beings as sacrifices to their idols. I know for a fact that those who have issues with Christianity are really crying for help. Will pray for you Shawn.
Chris
April 16th, 2008 at 6:58 am
6If people knew how to use computers in the first place this kind of stuff would never happen.
Steffan
April 16th, 2008 at 7:21 am
7No, all Shawn is saying is that Christians generally look down on others and think we all must serve you because you already got your “messiah”. and you’ve further proven that by saying:
“I know for a fact that those who have issues with Christianity are really crying for help. Will pray for you Shawn.”
you somehow are better then he is and will be able to help him because your prayer is good?
Also most normal religions don’t have fags and pedefiles as their leaders… So even if they don’t go around killing people “in the name of god” they do sleep with innocent kids “in the name of god”. lol I’ll pray for you.
paUL
April 16th, 2008 at 7:35 am
8TYPICAL F******G RELIGION, READING ABOUT AN 11 YEAR OLDS LETTER TO GEEKS AND IT ENDS UP ABOUT RELIGION, WHO CARES ABOUT RELIGION SCIENCE HAS ALLREADY RULED THAT OUT!!!!!
Kate
April 16th, 2008 at 7:36 am
9How did the whole religion thing get involved here, again? I was a bit insulted by the “he must be a Christian” comment– not because of the implied slam to Christianity, but because it seemed utterly pointless. What on earth has Christianity to do with a kid sending off a nasty letter?
Let’s leave the whole religion thing out of it, okay? The kid send off a rude letter. Fine. To me that implies that his parents need to teach him some better manners. It does not say anything about the path of faith he may or may not choose to follow.
Zack
April 16th, 2008 at 7:39 am
10Why judge someone based on religion. Judge someone from their own words and actions. The note came from a hateful kid and thats all you need to know. Who cares what religion he is! He’s hateful.
It’s interesting how angry people become when one person comments on how, “He must be a Christian.” Then the “Christian” chimes in with, “don’t be mean.” Then the non-Christian chimes in with, “You pussy, blah blah blah.” You all sound like childish fools, exactly like the 11 year old.
Eric
April 16th, 2008 at 7:40 am
11It appears science has ruled out religion; and paUL has ruled out lowercase letters and punctuation.
Adriel
April 16th, 2008 at 8:16 am
12Haha well done, Eric. You must be a Buddhist!*
*Makes about as much sense as everything else above!
Quick
April 16th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
13@Lizette –
Let’s not pretend that Christianity doesn’t have hundreds and hundreds of years of blood on its own hands as well.
An Agnostic Irish Catholic
April 16th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
14Dear Christians,
I don’t have anthing to say about why or why not this has anything to do with religion, but while we’re on the subject…
If you want to find out how christianity came into being please watch the movie Zeitgeist (available streaming online).
Nobody can prove there isn’t a god, but that doesn’t apply whole business of organised religion and how it came into being.
kthxbai
here she goes again
April 16th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
15okay guys whats you problem about Christians? they are good people, why do you have to bring that into context? thats kinda saying that jews are stupid and don’t know what they are talking about. who cares if he is or isn’t Christian, just keep your comments like that to yourself. all that matters is that kid is stupid and doesn’t need to be saying that and is parents should know better.
I hate Christians
April 16th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
16Why not rip on Christians? they think the world has only been around for 6000 years, and they the need to convert everyone, I hate Christians because they dont want to let people do what they have ingrained in their genes…..FRUNKAS
JULIE
April 16th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
17What the fuck are you guys talking about? This is an 11-year-old boy’s letter to a Best Buy Geek Squad employee and you douchebags are getting all hot and bothered by someone’s comment about him being Christian? Who the fuck cares? I just think that I oughta smack that little prick and smash his face into the computer screen. That should fix his Windows Movie Maker, Windows Sidebar, Sound Recorder, and whatever the hell that little git took time to bitch about.
Now we can discuss my proposed actions being delegated as “child abuse.” Psh.
A Christian
April 16th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
18And you wonder why Christians defend themselves…
Agnostic
April 16th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
19And you wonder why Jesus was a JEW.
A Christian
April 16th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
20So?
Mark
April 16th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
21Once again, you fruitless bastards bring it back to religion. The whole point of Oakman, Al, Bocephus Barclay, Chris, Eric, Adriel, and Julie’s comments is the fact that they’re not ragging on religion. Mind you, don’t forget the point of this freakin article.
kthx
April 16th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
22True. The point is that kids these days are becoming assholes younger and younger. I personally feel bad for their, and our future.
Greg
April 16th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
23I gotta make sure that kid doesn’t succeed in life. Otherwise he just might be the next President.
looshkin
April 16th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
24huh? how the hell did a complaint letter posted by an 11-year-old become a religious flame war?
content aside, i say good on him. he was the son of a customer whose problem was not fixed, and if an eleven-year-old is infuriated enough to call you a dumbass for not performing the service you were paid to deliver, then he’s right.
N.b.: if you are dead set on trolling christians, just wait until they break out bible verses. then you can break out the history books. good luck flaming, airheads.
Dave
April 17th, 2008 at 6:57 am
25^^^ I fucking love the internet!
Lol
David
April 17th, 2008 at 8:33 am
26The kid is a cunt, therefore he is Christian. The logic is impeccable.
And @post 16, I think you missed a couple “R”s in Frrrunkus!!!
Dan
April 17th, 2008 at 10:52 am
27This is some really silly shit right here! I hate religion but WTF!
Moving swiftly on. . .
The kid has a fair point, If the repairs company can’t sort out Windows media player etc. then they really are a collective “Dumb Ass.”
I can see how he is pretty arrogant to point it out and accept that a smack to the head is tempting.
BUT . . .
After this kid gets a few beatings at school for his loud-mouth attitude he will probably put his intelligence to better use.
I was just like this kid at his age. My arrogance has caused me shit and I’ve learnt from it.
I can honestly say that with time, he too may become as well-rounded, excellent and generally marvelous as me.
He just has to learn not to be so arrogant.
;)
Al
April 17th, 2008 at 11:00 am
28This thread will be in a constant loop forever.
Poster A: Omg, leik rlgn is teh suk LOL
Poster B: Ey, I r chrstian and I am super mad.
Poster C: For srs, stop guys!
Repeat as necessary.
looshkin
April 17th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
29quote:
28
Al
(April 17th, 2008 at 11:00 am
This thread will be in a constant loop forever.
Poster A: Omg, leik rlgn is teh suk LOL
Poster B: Ey, I r chrstian and I am super mad.
Poster C: For srs, stop guys!
Repeat as necessary.)
damn right, and i’m loving this. if we can suck them into an infinite posting loop that they cannot escape from, the internet is going to be free until the next round of christian fundies and atheist flamers rediscover the internet. all we have to do to keep these guys there is to come here once in a while, scream “FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER!!1!” and then dive for cover.
Liam
April 18th, 2008 at 5:38 am
30I think if you just commented pages with “Lol, religion” someone would respond accordingly, warping the comment page into what we see her.
ChristianityRocks
April 18th, 2008 at 7:52 am
31Losers All that Hate religions! Got to Iraq and tell the MUSLINS to go F’K themselves..hehe
Matt
April 19th, 2008 at 11:41 am
32I find it funny that the typical left winger harbors such ill feelings toward Christians, but they jump at every chance they get to defend any other group. 100% of you bashers are completely ignorant, as well. Science has done more to prove Christianity than it has to disprove it.
pants
April 19th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
33To ChristianityRocks: I hope you understand that Islam/Christianity/Judaism are, in a nutshell, basically the same thing..hehe
Ad3pt
April 20th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
34Alright, I read this and the first thing I thought was, “man, this kid has nerve.” But, the more I thought about it, the more I came to realize that we live in a country where nothing matters more than the good old dollar bill. Geek Squad doesn’t care if this kid’s computer is fixed. I think someone said you pay for the hours worked, not the final results? So why not spit in the face of someone who ripped you off? I mean, come on people… you take your computer to Geek Squad (or preferably not), because they’re a band of geeks you PAY to do a job.
Here’s a little scenario…
Say you own a house and you find a leak in the bathroom toilet. Now there’s crap and urine stinking up your house. What do you do? Call a plumber, right! So, are you hiring the plumber to stroke your pipes and flush your toilet for a few hours, only to insist you pay him for his time even though the problem remains unfixed? I highly doubt it.
Don’t get me wrong, I find the lack of respect this “apparent” 11-year-old has for adults, but I’d be a pissed off *&@%$Q(L* if I took my crap to Geek Squad only to have it returned to me with the exact same issues and a bill for their time.
P.S. Religion sucks… name a war started by agnostics or atheists…
AboveTheInfluence
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:18 pm
35I would just like to leave a comment on all the comments about religion. Why is religion brought into this conversation at all? What does it matter if the writer is Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Islamic, or any other religion? The truth is, it doesn’t matter. One religion CAN NOT be proven over any other religion, and that includes atheism. They are BELIEF systems- what an individual believes. Saying that all Christians are stuck up is like saying that all McDonald’s emplyees are retarded; likewise, implying that Christianity is better than any other religion is as equally an unsound opinion. (I am only using Christianity as an example, I could interchange it with any religion.) If that’s what you think, good for you, but don’t think that everyone else agrees or feel that you are right. No religion is right and no religion is wrong, its all a matter of your own personal beliefs. So please, leave religion out of topics that have nothing to do with religion. The child that wrote the letter to Best Buy could very well be any religion, or none, or a mix of several. It’s impossible to tell from that letter alone, and even if you could determine his/her religion, dos it really matter?
atazz
April 25th, 2008 at 3:03 am
36damn this sounds like an episode of south park
oh and for all u religion freaks
god means
Gay On Demand
and all religion’s are fucked up
*muslin:: blow shit up go to heaven, im gonna do that on the 4th of juy, does that mean i get a free pass to heaven if i convert??
*christian:: guy gets fucked up and u think he wants to help u after all the hell u put him through
*hindu:: you believe a cow is ur god, sorry but i ate the left thigh of ur god last night at mcdonalds
*jews:: created by abraham and god,wait im confused i thot christians only used “god” if they were then that means they made jews, no that cant be right cause jews made christians
OH and by the way look “world religions” up on google and it wont even bring up christianity
SEE HOW FUCKED UP RELIGIONS ARE???
God
April 27th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
37Look, y’all. I’m tired of everyone blaming me and my kid for all your problems. That’s why we quit a few hundred years ago, sold the whole franchise to that Arabian dude Mohammed. Tell the truth, we haven’t done anything since y’all killed my son; why would I want to? Mohammed stopped interacting years ago too, back when Joe Smith got into business; almost sold out to him, but Joe couldn’t get the funds.
I’ll put it to you like this; we don’t do anything but kinda hang around and let people into heaven or whatever you want to call it (I call it Bora Bora). We’re not telling you what’s right, what’s wrong, or how to live your lives. A few crazed bastards that you call “priests” or “rabbis” or “prophets” do that and you gullible prats believe them. Live your own lives!
Sheesh, people! We didn’t do anything! Leave us deities out of it!
Think about this... the TRUE topic at hand....
April 28th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
38WTF ya’ll? Why in the hell do people want to rag on religion? its a way of hope and a way to better ourselves and live a good life. NO MATTER WHAT religion it is, its still there to better ourselves and keep our morals to us. Its this kind of hatred and bullsh*t that keeps humanity from further advances. We can’t get past not accepting each other. Its this type of bullsh*t that makes kids like this article more mean, ruthless, and stupid. They see what everyone else is doing and follow it and LEARN for it to be acceptable. this is NO way to have the youth acting… and it ALL comes from this right here. NOW please, grow up, act right, act in a moral fashion, and SHOW the youth that its NOT okay to behave like that.
Jason
May 1st, 2008 at 1:03 am
39“Think about this…”: Actually…
“NO MATTER WHAT religion it is, its still there to better ourselves and keep our morals to us. Its this kind of hatred and bullsh*t that keeps humanity from further advances.”
Religion is *keeping* humanity from further advances. Ever hear of stem cell research? Ever wonder why stem cell research in the US is so limited? Religion.
I would agree that yes, it provides hope for some people, but I hate when people say that religion is necessary to be moral, to be a good person, etc. People should be good people for the sake of being good people, not because they think they’re going to be rewarded for it. It doesn’t matter how you act, if it’s for the wrong reasons, it still doesn’t make you actually a good person, or actually moral.
I rag on religion because I see it as an antiquated system of beliefs that was put in place to control the people and explain the unexplainable. However, this was thousands of years ago, times have changed and religion is now holding us back.
franz
May 1st, 2008 at 1:04 am
40This thread will be in a constant loop forever.
Poster A: Omg, leik rlgn is teh suk LOL
Poster B: Ey, I r chrstian and I am super mad.
Poster C: For srs, stop guys!
Repeat as necessary.
^
Best post on this thread
Borg
May 2nd, 2008 at 5:53 am
41Uhm…Last.
jas
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:23 pm
42funny how shit like this turns into stupid debates about religion or racism.
you all fail at life.
harriet
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:35 pm
43I believe that God exists and created the world. But I also believe that God did a terrible job of it and should be fired. F— me if I ever waste one second of my life praying and giving thanks to that bumbling moron for doing such an absolutely piss-poor job of creation. I mean, God can’t even figure out how to prevent innocent newborns from being born with cleft palate. Why should God be trusted with a damn thing. What a bumbling idiot.
Chris
May 4th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
44“Name a war started by agnostics or atheists” - please!
If we look at the top 10 genocides of the 20th century, which covers about 125 *MILLION* deaths, all but the barest fraction (1.2 million Armenians killed in Turkey around the time of WWI) were killed in conflicts that were neither religious nor sectarian.
Hitler and Tojo were responsible for about 18M, in total, where it’s a LITTLE ambiguous as to whether religion had anything to say. There was an attempt to attach religion to their movements, but it seems more like a case of them wanting to get some sort of religious credibility to consolidate power.
In any case, that’s not particularly material in comparison with the roughly 110 MILLION people that were murdered by two “godless communists,” Mao Tse-Tung, responsible for ~78M, in the Cultural Revolution, and “Uncle Joe” Stalin, with about 23M.
http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/dictat.html
There aren’t any “Christian genocides” that can hold a candle to that, certainly not in the 20th century, and not even in the worst bits of the Crusades or the Inquisitions.
Idea....
May 11th, 2008 at 12:39 am
45How about…..Instead of comment boards, sometime in the distant future we replace the bottom area of blogs with virtual arenas and debate stages. That way, people could duke it out in more reasonable ways. (And by virtual I do mean virtual, but their needs to be a way to hit some of the dumb-asses on the back of the head…or their noses)
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