Unicycle for Atheists/agnostics

[terrybigwheel]

Just thought it fair to give the other side a shot, if any.:D To me, whether you're religeous or otherwise, it should be kept personal; but since so many people seem willing to share their beliefs and/or opinions, go for it!

[zaro]

Unicycle for food... or money...

[terrybigwheel]

Unicycle for food... or money...

Howabout just Unicycle for FUN!:D :cool: :) :p ;)

[zaro]

that wouldn't look so cool written in a paperbox held by a bump.

hehehehe.

[Erant]

I join! Do we get to do our non-religious rituals? Like, calculating pi to the tenthousand digits?

[phil]

UNICYCLE FOR APATHY!

Phil

[phlegm]

I join! Do we get to do our non-religious rituals? Like, calculating pi to the tenthousand digits?

That's offensive! I religiously memorized the first 250 digits of pi years ago. Digits of pi are a path to enlightenment. :D

[terrybigwheel]

that wouldn't look so cool written in a paperbox held by a bump.

hehehehe.

You'll have to explain that one!:confused:

[forrestunifreak]

UNICYCLE FOR APATHY!

Phil


oooh... pretty colors...

[uni57]

I knew this thread was coming. RSU, meet JC. JC, meet RSU. One big, happy, combined forum -- no need to divide ourselves into serious unicycling discussion (RSU)... and everything else (JC).

We've been having fun debating religion for a long, long time in JC. Where have you all been? Why do you have to pollute RSU with it? Wait until Greg sees THIS thread. He wanted the other one moved. He's gonna throw THIS one right in the trash.

[uni57]

Let this thread die, die, die.

Follow this link and make ALL further posts HERE (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49106).

[forrestunifreak]

Unlike the unicycle for christ thread, THIS thread really has nothing to do with unicycling...

[bmemike]

The problem with the first "unicycle for christ" post was that it specifically excluded anyone that's not a christian and asked all that were not to not even post. It makes sense that if you take an already small group of people (unicyclists) and then fracture them into one group (christians) that the other group (everyone else) will want to form some manner of grouping as well.

While I'm not going to argue the merits and pertinence of this thread, the reason it was created was obvious.

Personally, I don't believe in a god, any powerful entity or other degree of all-knowing force. I believe when I die, I die and that's it. But - I also believe it doesn't matter. Why - because we're here because we're all unicyclists. We're here to talk about our one-wheeled adventures and help each other out. I don't care if someone's a christian, muslim, jew or any other religion. It's simply not important when it comes to the topic of unicycling.

While I understand that some people believe that their religion transcends all aspects of their lives, it doesn't mean that they can't talk about unicycling without talking about religion and it also doesn't mean that people need to point out that "I don't believe in your religion and religion is foolish" or any of the other unnecessary comments some of the non-religious have made.

While I enjoy rational, critical and open discussion on all topics, this one is unfortunately not one that everyone seems to be able to have here. Either some people are too crass or other people may be too sensitive - it's just a touchy topic and someone's going to get offended one way or another.

I'd like nothing more than to see an indefinite moratorium on religious debates in JC or RSU. For a number of reasons (which both sides of the isle contribute to), I just don't see it offering much pertinent unicycling substance to these forums.

[phlegm]

The problem with the first "unicycle for christ" post was that it specifically excluded anyone that's not a christian and asked all that were not to not even post.

This is probably because the thread starter was aware of the types of responses to Christ/Christianity around here. I don't believe the intentions were hostile. Why would an atheist care to join a Christian organization for unicyclists? Why should an atheist post to such a thread? If you're a freestylist with no interest in long distance riding, why would you bother to post in a thread about Cokers?

[terrybigwheel]

Unlike the unicycle for christ thread, THIS thread really has nothing to do with unicycling...

Funny, that is EXACTLY what I think of the "Unicycle for christ" post!! IMO, neither has much to do with "unicycling" as a sport, or hobby. If you haven't already guessed, this was not meant to be taken seriolsly.

[underdog]

Yeah, somebody PLEASE move this and the U for C threads over to JC. Just cuz you mention the world unicycle in a thread doesn't mean it's got anything to do with RECREATIONAL AND SPORT UNICYCLING.

EX: "I was struck by the beauty of diving off the reef. The colorful fish, the eel in the coral, the sea horse, looking so much like a clown on a unicycle..."

It'd be a real stretch to say that a thread like that would belong in RSU.

I'd rather see 1000 "Which unicycle should I buy?" threads than either of these religious (or non-religious) threads here on RSU. Off to JC, I say!!

[red_rider]

Funny, that is EXACTLY what I think of the "Unicycle for christ" post!! IMO, neither has much to do with "unicycling" as a sport, or hobby. If you haven't already guessed, this was not meant to be taken seriolsly.
Unfortunately Terry, being flippant about being an atheist, or a christian just doesnt seem too funny?:confused:

[GhettoSmurf]

I unicycle for me

[red_rider]

I unicycle for me
'Nuf said!!

[ntappin]

I unicycle for the all knowing suprabalunicunipotiousalisticanialinine

I'd rather see 1000 "Which unicycle should I buy?" threads than either of these religious (or non-religious) threads here on RSU. Off to JC, I say!!

I totaly agree, at least with those posts it is generaly people who are new and don't know any better, but I would imagine that whoever posted these two topics knew very well that these should be in just convo, or at least they should.

[skroboskim]

sorry guys but i really wouldn't mind if athiests wanted to "unicycle for christ" but it would seem ironic. The main reason i posted it in RSU is because more people look at it, and its not just for fun like this post is ... its obvious that you guys aren't serious ... sorry, but my post is not trying to exclude you from our unicycling lives, but I think it would be cool to have a connection on more ground than just unicycling ok?

[terrybigwheel]

Unfortunately Terry, being flippant about being an atheist, or a christian just doesnt seem too funny?:confused:
Maybe not to you, but I'm laughin' my ass off!:) That's mostly because I don't take ANYTHING too seriously, unlike so many.

[MrBoogiejuice]

I'm riding for my deity of choice.

He's an alright god, as far as they go, but it's no use praying to him before mid-day. And certainly not without making a sacrificial offering of Alka-Seltzer and coffee.

[KenOrourke]

For something that really doesn't matter, why do people get upset. Lighten up.

[primus]

Howabout just Unicycle for FUN!:D :cool: :) :p ;)

that says it for me and as for religeos ofiliation FUCK RELIGEON THERE IS NO GOD OR ANYTHING ELSE

[tholub]

For something that really doesn't matter, why do people get upset. Lighten up.

Oh, it matters. It matters when nutjobs fly airplanes into the World Trade Center, and it matters when other nutjobs decide to invade Iraq so they can fulfill the prohpesies in Revelations. It matters when people are denied safe and effective means of birth control. It matters when millions of dollars which could be going to actually combat AIDS in Africa are going into "just say no" campaigns instead. It matters when vaccinations which could prevent cancer are denied because they "might encourage promiscuity" (with no proof). And it matters when rape victims are forced by law to deliver their rapist's baby.

This isn't Pascal's Argument territory; these are real, live effects of religious views in this country.

[terrybigwheel]

For something that really doesn't matter, why do people get upset. Lighten up.

EXACTLY!:D :D :D :D :D :D

[GhettoSmurf]

harsh primus

[James_Potter]

that says it for me and as for religeos ofiliation FUCK RELIGEON THERE IS NO GOD OR ANYTHING ELSE
:(

[Erant]

I ride for the omnipotent flying spaghetti monster.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Touched_by_His_Noodly_Appendage.jpg/800px-Touched_by_His_Noodly_Appendage.jpg

And when I unicycle, I truly feel touched by his noodly appendage.

[harper]

Yeah, somebody PLEASE move this and the U for C threads over to JC. .... Off to JC, I say!!

As you wish. Gilby will move it back if he wants but I would agree that this has no real unicycling content.

[BillyTheMountain]

Oh, it matters. It matters when nutjobs fly airplanes into the World Trade Center, and it matters when other nutjobs decide to invade Iraq so they can fulfill the prohpesies in Revelations. It matters when people are denied safe and effective means of birth control. It matters when millions of dollars which could be going to actually combat AIDS in Africa are going into "just say no" campaigns instead. It matters when vaccinations which could prevent cancer are denied because they "might encourage promiscuity" (with no proof). And it matters when rape victims are forced by law to deliver their rapist's baby.

This isn't Pascal's Argument territory; these are real, live effects of religious views in this country.

Hey, this one's a leftwinger from Berkeley, CA. Sex, sex, sex.

Who's surprised?

[phlegm]

Hey, this one's a leftwinger from Berkeley, CA. Sex, sex, sex.

Who's surprised?

:D :D :D

[monkeyman]

I ride for the omnipotent flying spaghetti monster.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Touched_by_His_Noodly_Appendage.jpg/800px-Touched_by_His_Noodly_Appendage.jpg

And when I unicycle, I truly feel touched by his noodly appendage.
-jawdrop-
you are my hero
:eek: :eek: :eek:

[cathwood]

Maybe not to you, but I'm laughin' my ass off!:) That's mostly because I don't take ANYTHING too seriously, unlike so many.

I thought it was pretty funny too. And I also don't take anything too seriously, especially myself. (oh actually, I do take unicycling seriously). But I think if you can't laugh at yourself then you have no right to laugh at anything.

Cathy

[phil]

But I think if you can't laugh at yourself then you have no right to laugh at anything.
I'm not laughing at me, I'm laughing with me!

Erm...

Phil

[cathwood]

I'm not laughing at me, I'm laughing with me!

Erm...

Phil

I'm laughing with both of you.:D

Cathy

[unicus]

I'm laughing with both of you.:D

Cathy
Well I'll laugh at both of him then http://www.todojuegos.com/modules/Forums/images/smiles/gathering.gif

You will have to remind me why though http://pro.imagehost.biz/ims/pictes/209192.gif

[cathwood]

Well I'll laugh at both of him then http://www.todojuegos.com/modules/Forums/images/smiles/gathering.gif

You will have to remind me why though http://pro.imagehost.biz/ims/pictes/209192.gif

Well obviously (duh) we're laughing at ...., um, er, better ask him.

Cathy

[Mikefule]

So, a thread that seems to be almost entirely about whether the thread itself should exist at all, and if so, where it should exist. How autoproctological is that?

[GILD]

UNICYCLE FOR APATHY!

Phil
Maybe.

that says it for me and as for religeos ofiliation

F&*$(My edit cause I don't hold with cuss words on the forum)
RELIGEON THERE IS NO GOD OR ANYTHING ELSE
Like spellcheckers...

Well said tho. Concise, to the point.
Good post, just dial back the language a bit if you don't mind.

This isn't Pascal's Argument territory; these are real, live effects of religious views in this country.

This post just blew thru here like a breath of fresh air.
Nice one, thanx for providing some substance.






Now, back to the 'I Unicycle For...' discussion.

I UNICYCLE.




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[wobbling bear]

Now, back to the 'I Unicycle For...' discussion.
I UNICYCLE.

>< I may unicycle ><
U.P.D. or not U.P.D. that is the question ....

[GILD]

Alas! poor faceplant! I knew him Holmatio.

[mscalisi]

I know!!! Imagine the abusdity of someone supporting a vaccine which would virtually ELIMINATE cervical cancer, savings thousands of women each year.

Good thing that the religous right is trying to suppress that vaccine.
Those little sluts should die for having premarital sex...or sex with someone who had premarital sex.


Those silly leftwingers from Berkeley. They say the darndest things.



Hey, this one's a leftwinger from Berkeley, CA. Sex, sex, sex.

Who's surprised?