Why is it that some people are atheists? And, as some of my students have asked, why is it that some people are so miserable? Eventually I came to realize that the answer to both questions is practically the same, for I have never met a happy atheist. Why are some people so miserable? And why are some people atheists? Because they have not yet learned to say "please" and "thank-you".
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Unhappy atheists? UNHAPPY ATHEISTS? Listen you miserable prick, if you call me miserable or unhappy again, I'm going to put you through a fucking woodchipper. I'm fucking happy, dammit!
I've known miserable people who say please and thank-you. They're generally miserable because fundies never say them back. As for the atheists, they're probably unhappy when you meet them cause you're trying to shove your religion down their throat, without so much as a please and thank-you.
Patches FTW!
Oh, and here's a pro-tip for seeing a happy atheist - it helps a lot if you don't keep telling them how worthless they are and that you hate them. It may surprise you, but we tend not to feel very happy at such treatment.
Well, I thank you for that insight. And I didn't even have to say "please!"
Now, please go fuck off... Thank you.
I actually have pretty good manners.
If your God is omnipotent, omniscient and perfect, why would you question his choice to make me an atheist?
Fred Waldon Phelps Snr.
'Nuff said.
@Brian X wrote: Unhappy atheists? UNHAPPY ATHEISTS? Listen you miserable prick, if you call me miserable or unhappy again, I'm going to put you through a fucking woodchipper. I'm fucking happy, dammit!
Ditto. Oh, and thank you. :)
Wrong! I'm usually happy as well as polite.
So, by your leave, sir, please allow me to say this:
You are a lying idiot.
Thank you very much!
And why are some people atheists? Because they have not yet learned to say "please" and "thank-you".
As soon as I could talk my unbelieving parents taught me to always say "please" and "thank you", so these things most likely have nothing to do with each other. At all.
I don't need a silly mystery-man in the sky to make me happy. I'm happy with my life because it's a wonderful thing, not because some fictional character tells me to bow down to him, else I'll be banished to the depths of Hell. I'm also extremely polite -- I hate being rude to others because I'm rather empathetic. Happiness, politeness, and atheism are not mutually exclusive.
What an odd conclusion. I know lots of miserable people, and lots of happy people, and the proportion of religious people and non-religious people is about the same in either group.
So maybe it's your assumption that all the unhappy people you meet are atheists that leads you to think that.
*curtsies*
Ok, the first part kind of made sense. It's a tired fundie argument that has been refuted a 1000 times, but made sense.
But WTF does this mean Why are some people so miserable? And why are some people atheists? Because they have not yet learned to say "please" and "thank-you" ?
Why would an inability to say please and thank-you turn someone into an atheist or a miserable person?. At most it would turn them into a rude person.
And another thing, the link at the bottom of that page that says "Click the really excited choir boy!" just sounds icky.
I think I have a really dirty mind.
Okay, lemme try:
(*ahem*)
"Please."
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OMG YOU'RE RIGHT!!!!!11one1 The instant I said "Please" and "Thank you," I immediately realized that God condemned all humanity to Hell because the first man & woman ate from a tree He created, so he let His son be murdered and then brought him back to life again 3 days later to fix it! It's so CLEAR now!
Why is it that some people are atheists? And, as some of my students have asked, why is it that some people are so miserable?...for I have never met a happy atheist.
Because they have not yet learned to say "please" and "thank-you".
''Why are some people so miserable?''
''Because they have not yet learned to say "please" and "thank-you".''
So, there you go: kids in Africa die, because they can't say "please". Thank you for your wonderful insight.
If it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you perhaps see fit to die in a fire, please and thank you. My parents instilled both morality and etiquette into me and my siblings. My philosophical take on religion and the existence of god, or lack thereof as the case may be, has no palpable bearing on my social demeanor.
I'm very happy right now; we bought our first house a couple of months ago, and now spring is coming and life is popping up in our lovely garden.
If YOU have never met a happy atheists, maybe YOU are doing something to depress the atheists YOU meet.
I'm an atheist because the more I thought about it, the less sense religion made.
“Why is it that some people are atheists?”
“And, as some of my students have asked, why is it that some people are so miserable?”
“Eventually I came to realize that the answer to both questions is practically the same, for I have never met a happy atheist.”
“ Why are some people so miserable?”
“And why are some people atheists? Because they have not yet learned to say "please" and "thank-you".”
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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