Noah's Ark feature removed after atheists complain.

[-The Unified Earth Governments-]

Because the Librarian was on Earth and was being attacked by Star Roads instead.

Halo wiped it all out and the Ark replenished the Galaxy then after.

Well shit, looks like the Ark was true, it wasn't a boat though, and there wasn't any Noah, that asshat took all the credit of a woman.

Figures, the Bible is misogynistic at times.

Not necessarily, it just forgets to credit Yahweh's consort Asherah.

Ooh, this is interesting.

[Personal Freedom]

After receiving a complaint, the city has removed a piece of playground equipment at Handloff Park that depicted the story of Noah’s Ark.

Depicted. Depicted. If they just had an ark shaped piece it would be okay. And this coming from some one who has Noah's Ark depicted on their baby blanket

[Jumalariik]

http://atheistscholar.org/AtheistPsychologies/AtheistDemographics.aspx
The Catholic Church is the biggest NGO healthcare provider in the world, the first westerners getting Ebola were Christians trying to help Africa's ebola problem, etc. Name me a useful atheist group that's helped people in need.

Médecins Sans Frontières is a secular organization.

It's not atheist, plus, the CC is bigger and gives more healthcare.

[Fartsniffage]

Médecins Sans Frontières is a secular organization.

It's not atheist, plus, the CC is bigger and gives more healthcare.

To save everyone a bit of time. How are you defining an athiest organisation for the purpose of your question?

[Othelos]

So little, and yet so much.

And the fact they brought it up several times by attempting to attack my intelligence. They're just projecting onto others.

No one cares about your (or anyone else's) IQ here.

[Benuty]

Not necessarily, it just forgets to credit Yahweh's consort Asherah.

Ooh, this is interesting.

Asherah was the last to go before Yahwism got mauled over by the Babylonians, and evolved into Judaism while in exile.

However, the Jews in Elaphantine (Egypt ironically) built a Temple in honor of Yahweh, and Asherah. They stayed in business until an order of Egyptian priests paid Persian mercenaries to destroy the Temple because the sacrifice of Rams horrified them.

[Rio Cana]

Another Noah thread. Time for that old popular song from Venezuela.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5K0jHPLbLs

[Sun Wukong]

Médecins Sans Frontières is a secular organization.

It's not atheist, plus, the CC is bigger and gives more healthcare.

Of course it's not, because no atheist charitable organization would insist on adherence to atheism. Because atheism, get this, isn't like religion. Which is why there are secular charities.

Like Doctors Without Boarders and the United Way.

[Condunum]

Hmm... Public land... Polite Request... Diligent response from the city council... Well, I don't really see anything wrong here. Perhaps a little bit pedantic, but the city was willing to accommodate them. Surely they saw the sound reasoning.

[Neutraligon]

Médecins Sans Frontières is a secular organization.

It's not atheist, plus, the CC is bigger and gives more healthcare.

First, define an atheist organization. Second, that's nice, you are moving the goal posts. Third, considering the number of people who are part of the CC it is hardly surprising that they are able to spend more; that's like being shocked a millionaire can spend more then a poor person on elections. Oh also, look up atheist charities, there you go.

let me google that for you

[Korouse]

Extremely silly.

[Myrensis]

Dude, source that bollocks.

http://atheistscholar.org/AtheistPsychologies/AtheistDemographics.aspx
The Catholic Church is the biggest NGO healthcare provider in the world, the first westerners getting Ebola were Christians trying to help Africa's ebola problem, etc. Name me a useful atheist group that's helped people in need.

The largest organized religion on the planet does more charitable work than a significantly smaller group of people who have no overarching organization and need not have anything in common with eachother beyond lack of belief in a deity? YOU DON'T SAY!

This is a bit like demanding to name a useful atoothfairyist group that's helped people in need, and therefore proclaiming that people who don't believe in the Tooth Fairy are selfish and wrong.

[Atlanticatia]

I like the idea of "laïcité". The state is entirely secular, and expressions of religion are always done by private sector institutions and individuals. True separation of church and state.

[Devils advocate Liberonscien]

Don't worry kiddies, I am sure those nice atheists replaced your playground with a nice big slide.

Oh they did not? Well, bugger off and grow up or something.

They should just replace the whole playground with a giant strip club, teach kids the meaning of sin and hedonism.

Agreed!

[Burleson]

Whatever tolerance I had left for the atheists, I just lost it.

Christians deny people the right to marry in the name of their religion, treat women like brood mares incapable of making decisions for themselves in the name of their religion, dictate people's health care choices based on their religion...all perfectly acceptable expressions of their cherished freedom of religion.

Atheists remove a Noah's Ark toy from a public park? 'MONSTERS! BEYOND THE PALE! UNFORGIVABLE!'.

There is no "right" to marry, we don't treat women like they can't make decisions, and we don't dictate anyones healthcare choices. Get your facts straight before you start criticizing the greatest religion in human existence.

[Murkwood]

This is so stupid.

[Condunum]

Christians deny people the right to marry in the name of their religion, treat women like brood mares incapable of making decisions for themselves in the name of their religion, dictate people's health care choices based on their religion...all perfectly acceptable expressions of their cherished freedom of religion.

Atheists remove a Noah's Ark toy from a public park? 'MONSTERS! BEYOND THE PALE! UNFORGIVABLE!'.

(Image)

There is no "right" to marry, we don't treat women like they can't make decisions, and we don't dictate anyones healthcare choices. Get your facts straight before you start criticizing the greatest religion in human existence.

...You have come in contact with American Protestants, yes?

edit: wait, you seem to BE one. Carry on.

[Herargon]

This is why radical atheists must be banned from income.
Atheists that want to press their opinions on others have no right to do that.
Nor do religious people have that right to do so.

[Condunum]

This is why radical atheists must be banned from income.
Atheists that want to press their opinions on others have no right to do that.
Nor do religious people have that right to do so.

No one pressed their opinions on anyone, a city council listened to complaints from local citizens about something.

[Herargon]

This is why radical atheists must be banned from income.
Atheists that want to press their opinions on others have no right to do that.
Nor do religious people have that right to do so.

No one pressed their opinions on anyone, a city council listened to complaints from local citizens about something.

They pressed their opinions; they wanted that the religious monumente be removed, while others didn't want that. Was it the majority that decided?

[Stagnant Axon Terminal]

Last I was in this thread, people kept saying "We don't KNOW what was on it so we can't make judgement."
Here it is.

[Stagnant Axon Terminal]

No one pressed their opinions on anyone, a city council listened to complaints from local citizens about something.

They pressed their opinions; they wanted that the religious monumente be removed, while others didn't want that. Was it the majority that decided?

Majority doesn't rule on matters of church/state separation.

[Condunum]

No one pressed their opinions on anyone, a city council listened to complaints from local citizens about something.

They pressed their opinions; they wanted that the religious monumente be removed, while others didn't want that. Was it the majority that decided?

Did the majority decide on the ark when it was built? This is a minor issue which the city saw fit to fix without bothering to have a kerfuffle about it. There is no reason a public playground should be religiously themed.

[Fartsniffage]

Last I was in this thread, people kept saying "We don't KNOW what was on it so we can't make judgement."
Here it is.

I hope the ark was built to a higher standard than that toy....the stickers aren't even straight. And I'm pretty sure being straight is very important to the religious right.....

[The Floating Island of the Sleeping God]

This is so stupid.

Yeah, fuck those guys who want to determine what their kids are exposed to! Look at those radical atheists, being concerned about what their kids will see, making a polite and formal complaint to the city, who noted that the Ark depiction shouldn't have been there to begin with and immediately removed it with no complaint! It's an outrage!