Enjoy these words of wisdom on religion from George Carlin. No its not work safe unless you have headphones (which I highly recommend).
If you don’t know who George Carlin is, then you probably live in a cave ;) Either way you’re in for a treat. Here’s a little sample…
Thanks to Yeti for the video!
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March 1st, 2007 at 5:57 pm
10 Commandments:
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March 1st, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Brilliant. Carlin hits the nail on the head repeatedly, all the way through this. A classic.
March 1st, 2007 at 6:55 pm
great point, can we get any christian takes on this one?
because he’s making the exact same points as i always do.
March 1st, 2007 at 7:45 pm
I’ve got two tickets to see his new show in May!
That being said, I am having a terrible fucking day. Change is life; and in it, nothing is absolute and nothing is constant. Chaotic and random, every facet of our existance is predictable only by our intentions and perception of “reality”.
You don’t have to beleive in what I’m saying above, to hold it’s truth close to your own life. There are too many unknowns, too many possibilities and too many variables to think you can control or predict change. Hell, we can even classify it properly without using dimensions and macroscopic principles.
Life is learning; and once you stop, you’re dead.
March 1st, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Is it just me, or does “Religious Freaks” seem a bit heavy on the “religious” and light on the “freaks” lately?
March 1st, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Actually, I consider Carlin to be an Atheist religious freak in my book.
You do have a point to some degree though Pseudonym and I’ll take look over the last 30 or so posts to see if you’re correct. Does anyone else agree with Pseudonym?
gasmonso
March 2nd, 2007 at 12:00 am
I think that depends on what level of religiousness one perceives to be freakish. For some of us, even a tiny bit is absurd.
March 2nd, 2007 at 12:05 am
Jennifurret: “Absurd” is, surely, different than “freakish”.
March 2nd, 2007 at 5:33 am
true, but still, more freak would be nice, especially for those religious non-freaks here.
March 2nd, 2007 at 9:17 am
Love me some Carlin and actually Chrisitanity teaches that something is indeed f***ed up.
March 2nd, 2007 at 10:42 am
It seems like there are more updates nowadays though. And for me, if it’s between more updates and dialing into more “freakish” things, I’d rather the updates.
March 2nd, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Flapjack, you make a good point.
March 3rd, 2007 at 3:09 pm
There is only one George Carlin and there never ever will be another. I have enjoyed him from one of his very first shows at The Staler Hotel in Boston to his shows at Hampton Beach NH, and the Beverly MA Theater In The Round. He is a funny “mother fucker”
March 3rd, 2007 at 10:48 pm
Carlin is a master, this guy is so real he’s unreal. Funny, and true at the same time and that’s hard to beat.
Dig the crowd lauging… You know this makes me think once again, how many “unbelievers” are really out there? What are the numbers? Like 5m atheist in the entire US (recent CNN video) ? It has got to be alot more than that.
Hail to the sun!
March 5th, 2007 at 4:21 am
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March 15th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
Mr. Carling can be viewed as the ultimate cynic. Yet he has unequivocally stated that he is a realist. Realism like his borders on surrealism. I have followed and enjoyed his work from the beginning, including his tv show that aired on fox. He is truly a force to be reckoned with and a timeless gem. We will miss him once he is gone, which is not that far away. Just a great man in every sense of the expression.
October 15th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
I love and admire this man, and hate to think of the day when he’s not around. He’s a fucking genius.
November 14th, 2007 at 12:40 am
Those of you who consider yourselves to not be religious freaks because you are “atheists” are stupid because there is no proof against the existence of a supreme being just as there is no proof for Its existence; it is therefore irational to say One does not exist without a doubt, for there is no proof. Like deluded George, you have faulty logic. Were you intelligent and logical you would be an agnostic like the rest of us. But since you are uneducated, ignorant and stupid like poor George the alky and pill popper you let your emotions get in the way of your logic and insist with no evidence that a Supreme being does not exist. Face your issues with religion and stop ignorantly projecting them onto others.
November 14th, 2007 at 12:48 am
You have know idea what you just said, do you? In the scientific community when someone brings forth a theory, that person MUST have some evidence to support it, otherwise your theory is COMPLETELY useless and without foundation. Don’t forget that most people who believe in a god need to follow a “holy” book, like the bible or quran, however science and basic logic have disproved many statements made in these books. So that hurts those followers argument that their god and book are the “right one”.
November 14th, 2007 at 9:43 am
It is so typical of man to blame God for all the things his (man) sin has brought into this world. Indeed God created good and evil but then gave man a choice. Of course man chose evil, just like you athiests on this forum choose the lies of scientists (not science) over God’s truth. George Carlin has been misled like so many others by RELIGION not by God. The big misconception here has always been that God & religion are the same. GHOD ABHORS RELIGION. Get it through your thick yet small minds!
November 14th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
“lies of scientists (not science)”
Do you have some examples of scientists lying? If i remember correctly the scientific method helps prevent people from just making shit up.
November 15th, 2007 at 12:48 am
Yes. A big one. Evolution
irishthunder Says:
November 14th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
“lies of scientists (not science)”
Do you have some examples of scientists lying? If i remember correctly the scientific method helps prevent people from just making shit up.
November 15th, 2007 at 1:52 am
Thats it? you don’t have anything to back up your statement that evolution is a lie?
November 25th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Correct me if I am wrong. Isn’t that Huckabee cadidate (the preacher) one of the three republican idiots who raised their hands when the debate moderator asked “which of you believe that the earth was created 6000 years ago…??” If so, how would you like that dolt in office as president?
Holy cow!!!
November 26th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Normal, thinking people wouldn’t. However, those are in short supply in the USA.
January 15th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
A standing ovation to George Carlin.
Omar.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
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April 3rd, 2008 at 9:39 pm
I know this discussion is old, but thought I would add this because there are some recent posts.
Tatiana Deirdre: I also thought that perhaps atheists should simply say they were agnostic until a Philosophy teacher corrected me. If I remember his explanation, he said that agnosticism is simply the awareness that we cannot know whether or not there is a god, so you can be EITHER a believer or a non-believer and also agnostic, thereby admitting that there is no way to know one way or the other. (I’m not sure if I’m repeating his argument correctly.)
Many rabid Christians seem to have no idea that the word “faith” means believing in something for which there is no proof! You admit that there is no proof either FOR or AGAINST the existence of a supreme being, yet you call atheists “stupid” and “irrational” for deciding that there is not a God. Why aren’t believers of all faiths “stupid” and “irrational” for believing that there IS a God?
It seems to me that it is YOU being emotional and irrational. I am constantly amazed at believers who challenge atheists to explain and defend their viewpoint. While I know it is the result of indoctrination/brainwashing, it is just astounding that WE are supposed to explain ourselves when it is you believers who think that there is an invisible being running this world and everyone’s lives!!
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Debbie S –
Of course this discussion is old. *Thousands* of years old. But you *do* have to defend your viewpoint . . . because if you don’t, dogmatic religious powers will continue to keep humanity in the dark and continue to abuse and take adavantage of our wonderful human race.
And that is from an agnostic.