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Atheists & Agnostics

beam me up scottie

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11. Not one liners but I'm reminded of a couple...

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Original post)

Mon Apr 27, 2015, 12:52 AM

Apr 2015

Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day;
Give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish.

You'll never find a dead Christian in a foxhole who didn't pray.

And from Ambrose Bierce:

"Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy."

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One-liner responses to "Pray for..." [View all] Binkie The Clown Apr 2015 OP

This is a little crude, but... LostOne4Ever Apr 2015 #1

My father's favorite line. Curmudgeoness Apr 2015 #17

If there was a god, Mr.Bill Apr 2015 #2

Those are all good bvf Apr 2015 #3

I just choose to remain silent. Cartoonist Apr 2015 #4

I prefer the german Lordquinton Apr 2015 #13

Growing up, I was taught to say that sammythecat Jun 2015 #28

Somewhat on-topic... onager Apr 2015 #5

I love that! beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #7

Crossing themselves nil desperandum Apr 2015 #15

LMAO! beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #20

Christ very clearly instructed his followers not to do that. Mariana Apr 2015 #18

Well you must be interpreting it wrong. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #19

Third one. Hoppy Apr 2015 #6

Old Yahweh's powers are vastly diminished. Warren Stupidity Jun 2015 #29

Pray for atheism Major Nikon Apr 2015 #8

I like to say "Thank god I'm an atheist." Binkie The Clown Apr 2015 #9

I like to say, "Thank dog I'm an atheist" Major Nikon Apr 2015 #10

I used to tell people I was a devout agnostic, SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #24

Not one liners but I'm reminded of a couple... beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #11

Slacktivism never appealed to me. Warpy Apr 2015 #12

"And what do you think that will accomplish, exactly?" Ron Obvious Apr 2015 #14

In some cases I've asked people, "So why did god cause X in the first place?" Arugula Latte Apr 2015 #16

"Whoa, God clearly wanted this to happen! Are you second-guessing God?" DetlefK Jun 2015 #25

This goes beyond one-liners, but... Gore1FL Apr 2015 #21

Do you know the difference between people that pray in a church and people that pray in a casino, yortsed snacilbuper May 2015 #22

Thanks for that. I had to save that one! ScottLand Jun 2015 #23

"So are you telling god how to do his job?" is a bit 'in your face'.. Yorktown Jun 2015 #26

"Go for it. I'll do something real instead." Iggo Jun 2015 #27