From: jbrown@doc.bmd.trw.com
Newsgroups: alt.atheism
Subject: Re: SURVEY <-- Please Read This One!
Date: 20 Aug 92 08:15:39 MST
Followup-To: alt.atheism

In article <1992Aug19.182201.28629@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>, simon@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Simon Clippingdale) writes:
> In article <920818174611_70253.2621_CHC74-1@CompuServe.COM> 70253.2621@CompuServe.COM (Chris & Susan Colvin) writes:
> 
>> When you die, where will you go?  (in the ground is not a valid answer)
> 
> Heaven, without a shadow of a doubt. This I know for an Indisputable Truth.
> 
>> If you were to die today, would you go to heaven?
> 
> Yes, certainly. See above. Not that there's a single solitary *shred* of
> evidence for this irrational-to-the-point-of-drooling-psychosis belief,
> but that's the wonder of faith.
> 
>> If you were to die today and God asked you, "Why should I let you into my
>> heaven?" What would you say?
> 
> Whoa! Why in the heck should I want to go to *his* heaven? It's likely
> to be packed full of fundies, anywhere between 144,000 of 'em and a
> few billion depending who you believe. No thanks. After a few holy
> waters in such stiflingly smug, arrogant, intolerant, oppressive, and
> conversationally bankrupt company (c'mon, what are they going to talk
> about? Nice here, isn't it? Yes, isn't it? Erm, very nice. Yes. Hmm.
> Have you heard the word of Go -- oops, silly me, of course you have.
> Ho ho. Yes, nice. Bet it's really nasty in Hell, ho ho. Nice nice nice...)
> he'll be knocking on *my* door, because he knows [of course!] that my
> post-death whoop will be crawling with the kind of interesting folks
> who hang out on all these demonic newsgroups you've crossposted to
> (sci.physics?? Don't you get alt.judas.priest.backwards??).
> 
> Then we'll see if he has any *damn*good* doorstep apologies for the
> notorious "Numbers 31 Incident" at that last desert party to offer
> my massacred Midianite party guests, who are still *much* less than
> impressed and talk frequently of beating him to a justifiably fine
> paste given half a chance.
> 
>> What is my "agenda" for asking these questions?  Just curious.
> 
> Yup, sure thing. Why is it that screaming fundies feel the need to
> pretend to be "just curious", the smug bastards? Oh, not that I'm
> implying that *you* are screaming fundie smug bastards of course.
> Just a casual and couldn't-care-less observation. I really don't
> give a flying one, honest. Yeah, that's it.
> 
> "Chris & Susan Colvin", huh? Joint Compuserve account? Nice. Recently
> married? Was it a wedding present? "This one cooks toast, that one
> makes the coffee and this one's to help you evangelise the wicked".
> Find each other through "Findafoama Fundieline"?
> 
> Can I suggest that now you're married, have presumably acetylened off
> the armour plated genital shields and figured out which bits of each
> other are which (careful there Chris, they're pretty close together
> aren't they), you indulge in more catching up on all that sex you've
> missed and less posting of vacuous crap to inappropriate newsgroups?
> Or are you bored with each other already?
> 
> Just curious. And in a particularly obnoxious mood.
> 
>> Bye,
>> CDC
> 
> Are you by some chance related to the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta?
> Do they know that you're spreading brain-destroying parasitic memes?
> 
> Followups set to alt.atheism.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Simon
> -- 
> Simon Clippingdale                simon@dcs.warwick.ac.uk
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> University of Warwick             FAX (+44) 203 525714
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Simon, cut the crap, OK?  As someone else pointed out, this post was
gated through Compuserve and the original posters will probably never
see your caustic wit.

So why did you respond to this stuff?  Was it to beat your chest and
provide a good show for the approval of your atheist peers?  How
clever of you!  Seize your chance to take the oath, fly the flag, and
salute smartly -- what a *good* atheist you are!  ;)

(To everyone)  Why do you waste bandwidth responding to this type of
post?  Why legitimize it with your answers?  There must be over a
hundred "Re: Survey" subject lines on my server!  I read this group
to get thought-provoking discussions going, not to see crude responses
to this type of zero-content post.  

Everyone (atheists and theists alike) would be a whole lot happier if
we all simply showed more maturity and completely ignored this type of
post to begin with.  Imagine the bandwidth savings -- one inane post
versus hundreds of equally inane responses!

I may not be an atheist, but I share your frustration over this type
of inappropriate post.  I, at least, *try* to keep my posts appropriate
although I'm human and make mistakes occasionally.  I would encourage
everyone to simply not respond (except maybe by e-mail if you have to
let out your frustrations) or follow-up to these types of zero-content
non-productive posts.

Regards,

Jim B.

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