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Ten, No, Make that Five Things Christians and Atheists Can Agree On

Posted by John on December 16th, 2007 at 10:16 pm · 7 Comments

The same folks who brought you the bad-ass bible verses have posted a more serious article on the Ten Things Christians and Atheists Can (and Must) Agree On. (thanks John White, for the link!)  Much of the article speaks perfectly to what Mind on Fire is all about:

Celebrating the death of somebody you disagreed with pretty much makes you a dick…

You can do terrible things in the name of either one…

There are good people on both sides, and…

Jesus Christ is a lion! Get in the car!*

Let me know if you all can think of others to add to the list the fine philosophers at Cracked.com provide.

*C.S. Lewis meets lolCats reference.

Tags: Atheism · Christianity

7 responses so far ↓

  • 1 John White // Dec 17, 2007 at 10:32 am

    I’m always on the lookout for you, John! Eagerly awaiting the next 5.

  • 2 Brian // Dec 29, 2007 at 1:36 am

    I remember when the God Fuse came out ages ago, in Wong’s pre-Cracked days. Reminded me of some of the stuff he did ages back for the Christian FAQ, which was both insightful and humorous. The man probably isn’t a Catholic, but sometimes he sounds like some of the best ones that I’ve heard, especially on questions of false tensions between faith and reason.

    BTW, here’s the link to the FULL 10 thing article. Don’t know what’s wrong with the other one. http://www.cracked.com/article_15759_10-things-christians-atheists-can-must-agree-on.html
    I’m sure one of you can clean it up for the main post.

    My favorite quote?

    “”EVERY LETTER IN THIS BOOK IS ETCHED DIRECTLY FROM THE HAND OF THE ALMIGHTY AND ANY ONE SYLLABLE CAN REDUCE ALL OF THE WORK OF ALL THE WORLD’S SCIENTISTS TO RUBBLE!”

    Hehe.

  • 3 xJane // Dec 29, 2007 at 5:13 pm

    ah, lolReligion. Thank you, Brian that was awesome. My fav: “hey, let’s try not acting like dicks today”

  • 4 Fun Quotes for MoF | Mind on Fire. // Jan 4, 2008 at 9:59 am

    [...] just reminds me of the Ten Things‘ naked cat. What the mind doesn’t understand, it worships or [...]

  • 5 morethan70457 // Jan 1, 2009 at 11:13 pm

    “And logically, there won’t be anything. You can’t defend morality with logic”

    Try me.

    “Atheists still tell their girlfriends they “love” them, and not that they simply feel a psychological artifact of a biochemical bond generated by the mating instinct.”

    Please. is this guy serious,

    The article, while funny, tends to argue that atheists don’t have a moral leg to stand on, that ethics and morality are entirely the in the realm of the religious and I beg to differ. I agree that there is more that connects us than divides us but I don’t need an absolute authority to know right from wrong. And I don’t need absolute authority to explain right from wrong. Atheism gets chained to the scientific method as though that were our holy text. But philosophy and ethics, even morality are all part of my world view. and made stronger by my position on religion. 100 years ago in most of the world it was ethically and morally sound for a 45 year old man to marry an 11 yr old girl. The prophet Mohammed’s youngest wife was 9. This is no longer expectable (in most parts of the world) What changed? the Holy Textbooks did not. Our morality evolved. and an evolving Morality is in my mind, much better than an absolute unchanging authority.

  • 6 xJane // Jan 3, 2009 at 10:04 am

    I agree, morethan70457: morality is and should be relative. Sometimes, though, comedy can be found in those whose world view I disagree with :)

  • 7 morethan70457 // Jan 3, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    agreed, xJane, I should have noted that I enjoyed the article and found it funny and entertaining. I even agree with most of it. Its just that one point that irked me.

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