tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post5936007960495067286..comments2024-03-27T00:26:19.644+00:00Comments on Rosa Rubicondior: Fundamentalist Threat To EU FreedomsRosa Rubicondiorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-22744072979367029392014-04-11T12:39:37.294+01:002014-04-11T12:39:37.294+01:00From an Atheist perspective, it's often diffic...From an Atheist perspective, it's often difficult to tell the two cults apart. The only difference is the magic book they depend on to give spurious credence to their assertions and an excuse for their attitudes and behaviour. The result is the same - control of other people, discrimination, hate, denial of basic human rights, repression and persecution.<br />Rosa Rubicondiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-33498453671232503142014-04-11T11:31:00.532+01:002014-04-11T11:31:00.532+01:00This fundamentalist group, which also attracts sup...<i>This fundamentalist group, which also attracts support from conservative Muslims in the EU</i>,<br /><br />I <i>knew</i> this was going to happen eventually. Seen with clear eyes, it's obvious that the Islamists are western Europe's nearest equivalent to the Christian Right in the US. The anti-gay, anti-women, anti-science agenda is the same. They're natural allies of Christian fundamentalism.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-57157416726215545512014-04-11T11:25:56.746+01:002014-04-11T11:25:56.746+01:00When the time comes that we can upload our conscio...<i>When the time comes that we can upload our consciousness into a computer, I'm first in line</i>.<br /><br />Yes, and religious obscurantism is probably the biggest obstacle we face to achieving radical life extension and eventual immortality via technological means. It's the fatuous belief in a supernatural afterlife, and the fatalist stance that we should not try to achieve certain things because God didn't intend us to be able to do them, that underpin most of the objections to life extension.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-64374339421459387832014-04-11T09:31:42.616+01:002014-04-11T09:31:42.616+01:00True enough and long may that process continue - w...True enough and long may that process continue - which is one reason the fundamentalists should not mandate future generations into compliance with superstitions which are fast waining over much of the newer EU member states just as they did post-war in the original members.<br />Rosa Rubicondiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-88057960021329611602014-04-11T08:46:20.915+01:002014-04-11T08:46:20.915+01:00EU is a collection of hugely different countries. ...EU is a collection of hugely different countries. Estonia is as East as it gets but we have at best around 15% people in organized religions and even that number is dropping FAST.Ho Hohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00177815588184912351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-64635440200880317142014-04-11T05:26:05.271+01:002014-04-11T05:26:05.271+01:00What is that thing behind your eyes? Do have so li...What is that thing behind your eyes? Do have so little ego that that you do not wish that your consciousness would continue, after the meat dies? I'm not a theist, but have a huge ego :-) When the time comes that we can upload our consciousness into a computer, I'm first in line..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15131580177262094927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-36851424125635034312014-04-10T22:48:56.511+01:002014-04-10T22:48:56.511+01:00Yikes! Does this mean the EU's east is similar...Yikes! Does this mean the EU's east is similar to the American South? That's scary. Andrew Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495983897864604830noreply@blogger.com