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Atheists & Agnostics

WillParkinson

(16,868 posts) Sun Oct 11, 2015, 02:08 PM Oct 2015

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Cool fairy tale, bro.... [View all] WillParkinson Oct 2015 OP

Yep. Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #1

No kidding! The time and energy wasted on silly tales and superstitions .. mountain grammy Oct 2015 #2

Religion was critical at the earliest stages of civilization. Lucky Luciano Oct 2015 #5

Except that it appears that we are regressing. jomin41 Oct 2015 #6

I said that it was dated and unnecessary, but Lucky Luciano Oct 2015 #9

That's pretty much an impossible question to answer Major Nikon Oct 2015 #35

Agreed re the moon hundreds of years earlier. Lucky Luciano Oct 2015 #36

yep. Cassiopeia Oct 2015 #3

welcome to du. love your screen name. niyad Oct 2015 #19

Thank you. Cassiopeia Oct 2015 #33

Yup! SoapBox Oct 2015 #4

Ah, monotheism...a gift of the gods. dorkzilla Oct 2015 #7

Wouldn't be so bad if they weren't derivative of earlier fairy tales. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #8

THIS. BlueEye Oct 2015 #10

I kill you! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #12

Yup... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #13

It is amazing how much we pretend to know. zeemike Oct 2015 #15

Abrahamism is a most unoriginal mish-mash of everyone else's ideas. AlbertCat Oct 2015 #22

No, it'd still be bad. Iggo Oct 2015 #23

At least they saved on temple building.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #24

Excellent. And, of course, this one never grows old - mr blur Oct 2015 #11

Not quite what I was expecting, lol! CrispyQ Oct 2015 #20

Shouldn't Solar System precede Solar Interstellar 'Hood? Beartracks Oct 2015 #30

A thought I have more often than any other. V0ltairesGh0st Oct 2015 #14

Most excellent meme, WillParkinson! beam me up scottie Oct 2015 #16

26 Pictures That Will Make You Re-Evaluate Your Entire Existence... TeeYiYi Oct 2015 #17

I'm in awe of the vastness and beauty of the universe ... Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #28

I had to steal this for Facebook. nt awoke_in_2003 Oct 2015 #18

"We're so insignificant...why bother with anything...boo-hoo..." AlbertCat Oct 2015 #25

THIS!! K & flipping R. n/t ion_theory Oct 2015 #31