REDDIT bails on /r/atheism -- and /r/politics

[green73]

via Drudge, this is the pic featured in the blog post from reddit:

http://i.imgur.com/nycukyO.gif

excerpt:


We know many of you will wonder what happened to /r/politics and /r/atheism and why they were removed from the default set. We could give you a canned corporate answer or a diplomatic answer that is carefully crafted for the situation. But since this is reddit, we’re going to try things a bit differently and give you the real answer: they just weren't up to snuff. Now, don't get us wrong, there still ARE good parts about them. Overall, they just haven't continued to grow and evolve like the other subreddits we've decided to add.

http://blog.reddit.com/2013/07/new-default-subreddits-omgomgomg.html

[Scrapmo]

That is mesmerizing.

[ronpaulfollower999]

I see that Ron Paul image posted everywhere. Even on non-US forums that have nothing to do with politics. Makes me smile, and wonder if they (person posting meme) know who that man is.

[eduardo89]

/politics is still up. i just posted there.

[green73]

/politics is still up. i just posted there.

They've been removed from the front page.

[eduardo89]

They've been removed from the front page.

Ohhh ok. Cool?

[green73]

Ohhh ok. Cool?

It is cool. Why the hell was atheism ever there to begin with? r/politics is a corrupt leftist op, so yeah that's cool.

[juleswin]

Youtube did the same thing with youtube politics page, now you cannot access from the list of video genres. Sorta the same is happening with yahoo/politics, they changed the US layout in such a way that one cannot select specific news for different world zone with the mouse. You have to type news.yahoo.com/middle-east/ to access middle east news, same for North A, Africa etc. That or you go to Canadian version of yahoo which is still using the old format

[phill4paul]

JUST DON'T TAKE AWAY TEH /jailbait. :p

[green73]

JUST DON'T TAKE AWAY TEH /jailbait. :p


or /awkward boners. HB would be devastated.

[JCDenton0451]

This seems like a big deal for you, green73. You think reddit front page is better now, without a link to atheist subforum?

[eduardo89]

JUST DON'T TAKE AWAY TEH /jailbait. :p

http://i.imgur.com/XO7i5J8.jpg

[heavenlyboy34]

or /awkward boners. HB would be devastated.
Why would I care about that just because you like it?

[green73]

This seems like a big deal for you, green73. You think reddit front page is better now, without a link to atheist subforum?


Absolutely, and I'm only an agnostic.

[JCDenton0451]

Absolutely, and I'm only an agnostic.

Technically, every "agnostic" is atheist. If you don't follow any specific set of religious beliefs, but wouldn't reject the possibility of some supernatural being(s) existing in principle, that makes you agnostic atheist.

[green73]

Technically, every "agnostic" is atheist. If you don't follow any specific set of religious beliefs, but wouldn't reject the possibility of some supernatural being(s) existing in principle, that makes you agnostic atheist.

ok?

[green73]

I still hate virulent atheists. Presumptuous bastards.

[dillo]

Its Funny Because The Past Week Has Been Pro Zimmerman Threads And People Waking Up To The Demon Obama. Guess It Wasn't A Leftist Honeypot Anymore. Shut It Down

[phill4paul]

I still hate virulent atheists. Presumptuous bastards.

I hate virulence in general excepting in the cause of liberty.

[JCDenton0451]

I still hate virulent atheists. Presumptuous bastards.

They are not nearly as bad as fundamentalist Christians and Muslims and Jews.

[brandon]

Www.Isithappening.info

[green73]

They are not nearly as bad as fundamentalist Christians and Muslims and Jews.

I would disagree. Their god tends to be the state--which also is an enemy of the church.

[liberty2897]

Technically, every "agnostic" is atheist. If you don't follow any specific set of religious beliefs, but wouldn't reject the possibility of some supernatural being(s) existing in principle, that makes you agnostic atheist.

With that definition, I would have to be considered an agnostic athiest as well. Not sure that definition is correct though. I don't see any evidence that a particular God exists, but I do realize that there is much more to life and universe than we will ever know. I can't rule out anything. Consciousness is a pretty crazy concept to think about. Matter/Energy becoming self-aware. I think you would be a fool to rule out the existence of higher (intelligent) powers.

Here are some other definitions. I'm sure there are more...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism

Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Most inclusively, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosticism
In some senses, agnosticism is a stance about the difference between belief and knowledge, rather than about any specific claim or belief. In the popular sense, an agnostic is someone who neither believes nor disbelieves in the existence of a deity or deities, whereas a theist and an atheist believe and disbelieve, respectively. In the strict sense, however, agnosticism is the view that humanity does not currently possess the requisite knowledge and/or reason to provide sufficient rational grounds to justify the belief that deities either do or do not exist.

[ronpaulfollower999]

Www.Isithappening.info

Reading lips, I finally figured out where that gif is from.

"Oh yeah, I need to government to take care of me, I don’t want to use heroin so I need these laws!"

Classic Ron Paul moment.

[Occam's Banana]

They are not nearly as bad as fundamentalist Christians and Muslims and Jews.

Oh, yes they are. They are every bit as bad. Irrational and hateful zealots are irrational and hateful zealots - regardless of whether they are theistic or atheistic. A pox on them all and save the rest of us (rational and/or decent theists, atheists, agnostics and igtheists) from them.

Some of the most viciously hateful people whose spitefully venomous spewings it has ever been my misfortune to encounter have been "fundamentalist" atheists - especially those of the militantly "anti-creationist" variety (whose only use for science - and especially the theory of evolution - seems to be as a hammer with which to gleefully bash religionists).

And I say this as an atheist-cum-igtheist who accepts the theory of evolution, has no use for creationism and embraces science.

[paulbot24]

Some of the most viciously hateful people whose spitefully venemous spewings it has ever been my misfortune to encounter have been "fundamentalist" atheists - especially those of the militantly "anti-creationist" variety (whose only use for science - and especially the theory of evolution - seems to be as a hammer with which to gleefully bash religionists).

http://donkeykongmuseum.com/history/_picts/mario-pixel-300.gif

LOL! I like Asimov's "Relativity of Wrong" essay when talking to those types. Here's a funny write-up about it.

Link (http://chem.tufts.edu/answersinscience/relativityofwrong.htm)

[Tor_Hershman]

As an Atheist, this video expresses me wee view...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m6qC6FCiY0

[BuddyRey]

Though not an atheist myself, most everyday atheists are totally cool in my book. State-theists, however, are not! And unfortunately, a lot of the people who pass themselves off as atheist intellectuals are just people who want to replace a celestial God with several legislative ones.