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Revisit the post in question. There is no picture making any sort of a point. There is a picture, that silhouette of someone's profile, but it is superfluous to the presentation, the picture is not making any sort of point. If it is, what point?
All points being made are achieved by the text. They are fine points, I do not disagree with any of them, but they are not funny, there is no joke.
You are being faux obtuse. The post below #1714 (#1717..by the same poster, but you are not moaning about that one) has a head representing god and a number of points, polemic rather than humourous. Seeker's picture is an atheist's head together with some polemic points, with no joke.
I am not persuaded by your argument that it has no place here. And, as I say, Mods get to rule, not you. The gabfest idea seems to be projection on your part. Keep the debate going over trivia but to get some kind of anti atheist point.
Keep the debate going over trivia but to get some kind of anti atheist point.
I am an atheist and I endorsed the points made by the post. What caused you to conclude that some anti atheist agenda was in operation here?
My objection is the absence of even an attempt at humor in a post contributed to a thread called "Atheist Forum Joke Thread." I do not see it as a stretch of any sort to expect that posts in such a thread should feature.....jokes.
If your complaint is that this is an extended trivial argument, I would point out that one solution would be for you to cease arguing with me, an option you have not taken so far.
I apologize for supposing that you were somehow breaking lances for religion. Then I suggests that both drop the matter since the Mods have not seen fit to delete the post. There may be other polemic but unfunny pictures or whatever posted. I suggest we pass over them in silence.
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I apologize for supposing that you were somehow breaking lances for religion. Then I suggests that both drop the matter since the Mods have not seen fit to delete the post. There may be other polemic but unfunny pictures or whatever posted. I suggest we pass over them in silence.
Exactly. Many are and should be thought provoking.
This appeared on my Twitter feed today. No idea who the original author is, whether they were serious or satirical, whether the person posting this thinks it's brilliant or finds it as hilariously nonsensical as I do, but here it is for your consideration:
This appeared on my Twitter feed today. No idea who the original author is, whether they were serious or satirical, whether the person posting this thinks it's brilliant or finds it as hilariously nonsensical as I do, but here it is for your consideration:
I wouldn't dismiss it as a joke on the grounds that it is just too stupid to be believed by anyone. In the '80's The 700 Club had an hour devoted to "debunking that ridiculous theory of evolution" and promised a special guest scientist who was going to come out and present proof that could not be questioned.
The proof turned out to be:
"For 5000 years the Jews have circumcised their newborn males, yet in all that time not one Jewish male has been born already circumcised."
I kid you not, that was really it. And the entire panel proclaimed the fellow a genius and celebrated this final settlement of the question, remembering to thank THE LORD for sending them this sign of certainty.
In terms of cringe factor, I think I'd rate the circumcision proof as dumber than the water consumption proof. We should probably develop a Cringeometer which rates the assertions of theologists and provides a scale by which they may be ranked. A one might be something relatively innocuous such as "I got the promotion at work, God answered my prayers." The upper hierarchy, the nines and tens, would be rreserved for things such as the circumcision and water consumption explanations, or anything found in that Kentucky Creation Museum.
In celebration of the US voting season, we the world salute you. Can't buy this entertainment at any price.
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The post below #1714 (#1717..by the same poster, but you are not moaning about that one) has a head representing god and a number of points, polemic rather than humourous. Seeker's picture is an atheist's head together with some polemic points, with no joke. 
