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In re needs-more-pony on (Ir)religion [Link]

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needs-more-pony:

This guy I’ve been arguing with has demonstrated that he developed a bias against me, assuming that I’m religious when I disagreed with him, and therefore, an enemy.

It’s exactly this kind of thinking that screws up our world. This, “You against me” mentality promotes conflict and hate. It’s what makes the atheists hate religion and the religious hate scientists.

If you discredit someone simply because they’re religious, you’re just as bad as the religious people who automatically discredit the scientific.

I used to be atheistic. But it was when I had this epiphany that I realized that indiscriminately dismissing religion is just as bad as indiscriminately dismissing science. There is value to both. And any time you take the time to listen to something outside of your comfort zone you’ll learn a little something.

True enlightenment is about also seeking a greater truth. And to do that, you have be willing to always challenge what you think you know. Because we’re all human, and we’re all fallible. Not a single damn person on this planet has the one true answer.

In fact, I wonder if there even is a one true answer. I think that sometimes, we all need our own answers. We all have our own true answers. And that’s perfectly fine—you’re free to seek your own truths, so long as you don’t step on or impede others in seeking theirs.

Seeing this post and your remark about how you went “from atheistic to agnostic” makes me think I need to clear a common misconception about atheism.

Atheism and agnosticism are not mutually exclusive. While we’re at it, religion and agnosticism are not mutually exclusive!

This chart explains it quite succinctly:
Atheism/theism and agnosticism/gnosticism are placed on two different axes, resulting in four possibilities.

The terms “atheism” and “theism” are responses to the question Is there a god? or perhaps Do you believe there is a god? The terms “agnosticism” and “gnosticism”, however, are responses to the question Can we know for sure if there is a god? In other words, the distinction between agnosticism and gnosticism is separate from the distinction between atheism and theism.

In this matrix of beliefs I am an agnostic atheist. I feel based on this discourse that you have gone from a gnostic atheist (“indiscriminately dismissing religion”) to an agnostic atheist.

Rule 63 Big Macintosh x Shining Armor (What's a Good R63 Name for Big Mac?) (Link NSFW) [Link]

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needs-more-plot:

heartlinda:

lizombie-nsfw:

I wanted this to be a quick doodle.. hmm.

  • Rule 63? Check.
  • Big Macintosh x Shining Armor? Check.

Yep, this is pretty weird.

Any names for this ship? How about Rule 63 names?

I’m pretty sure thier R63 names are Big Macina and Gleaming Shield respectively.

So…Big Shield? XD

Probably more like GleaMac

Wouldn’t “Macina” be pronounced “ma-SEE-na”, not “ma-KEE-na”, though? According to Wikipedia, the name refers to a ninteenth-century African empire, and the alternative spelling “Masina” supports the “s” pronunciation.

I think that Big Mac’s R63 name should be the name of a variety of apple. Big Melrose?