Poetry by Brian37 (poems by an atheist)
I post all over the web, but I want a back up in case my computer or one particular website goes down.
I have decided to edit this post because I do not like giving people the wrong impression. I cannot read Shakespeare to save my life. I just remember this one line from act 5 scene 5 and put my own spin on it. I've had to explain this over and over so here I decided to put that in this post so there is no more presuming what I know or don't know. But the plot of MacBeth is the old lesson, you can have everything and nothing at all at the same time. And how did all that cruelty serve you in the end? But I do not like play summeries calling him a Nihisist, because it is possible to not do what he did, and accept life as being finite, and sitll have morals without religion.
NEW EDIT 9/19/22 I got pissed at myself that I was scared to read MacBeth, so tonight, I forced myself to read it online. Now mind you, I did not understand it line for line, but basically Macbeth was an assdhole who murdered his way to the top, and did not believe the 3 witches prophcies. He murdered Duncan and had Banquo murdered. Banquo's ghost haunts Macbeth. And made the grave mistake of attacking McDuff's family and killing them(If I am reading this correctly) But Lady MacBeth has a guilty conscience and kills herself, upon finding out Macbeth basically says that life is not worth living and he should go down with a fight anyway, but refuses to fight Macduff face to face and Macduff kills him as the hero. ( I SERIOUSLY read the entire play every line, tonight. I even know where the famous line "double double, toil and trouble". comes from. The three witches, basically saying "look out Macbeth" your ass is in trouble.
So basically the moral of the play, don't be a fucking asshole when trying to get to the top, or "the bigger they are the harder they fall". Reminds me of the movie Scarface and all the shitty things Tony did to get to the top and all for not. But Sosa in that case was not a good guy either.
QUOTE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE MACBETH:"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Here is my spin on that wonderful and profound line:
Out, Out brief candle, By Brian37
To-deities, and to-gods, and to-God
Creeps in this petty tyrant from day to day
Until the extinction of humanity new ones will be invented
And all our yesterday's Gods have been created by fools
The way to tribal death. Out out brief myth
Claims are but a walking shadow, a poor reflection
That struts our narcissism upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by the credulous, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing.
(END)
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"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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Loaded Words, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB and @Brianrrs37 Twitter)
Remembering not
Everyone forgets
Seeing one point of view
People become tribal
Epecting everyone to follow
Certianty becomes dogma
The forms of religion and political
Sorry Aretha it means not what you intend
Most of the time
When employed
"Dont bruise my ego"
Or "Know your place"
"Honor" and "virtue"
"Code" and "morality"
All loaded words
Subject to local ideas
"Atheist" "Theist"
"Race" or "Nationalist"
Do not automaticaly
Make us good or bad
We come from
The same past
And in the future
Our species wont last
The word "respect"
Far too abused
I replace it
With the word "value"
Pens are mighty
Swords are deadly
Lets extend our ride
By skiping the violence
Blasphemy and insults
Are going to happen
Civility is
In how you respond
Loaded words
Are points of view
But in the end
One thing is true
All we have
Is this one home
All 7 billion
Are still the same species.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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^Brian makes a shitty poem to collect as many of his ignorant and stupid quotes as he can in one place.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
There once was a guy name Vastet
His childish behavior was classic
As he made his posts
He spewed more nonsense
Because he thought he was the center of the universe
"respect" IS a loaded word. If people used it the way they say it should mean, I would have no problem with it. But people like Ibweik stupidly think a mere title means they deserve no questioning or blasphemy.
You "respect" a volcano beacause it is dangerous. You don't "respect" taboos just like you know that vocano can explode.
"Respect" is used in the vast majority of time as a passive agressive word to shut down scrutiny of the claim.
But please by all means keep bumping this thread. I don't mind one bit.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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Would you like me to repost the post here in this thread where you complemented me on my poetry? You are acting just like a theist who is fine with a family member before the atheist devulges they are an atheist. When the atheist comes out suddenly the theist goes from loving their family member to treating them like the spawn of satan.
My tactics have never changed since I first got on line long before you and I met. You suddenly turned on me because I didn't agree with you. This is nothing more than highschool childish bullshit on your part.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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Now here is what I am willing to do but I'd place bets like a bratty child you won't do. And Ibweik is welcome to do the same. Bob and I have Skype, and I am sure he is willing to like I am to get on line and battle this out. Now, if you would pull your stuborn heads out of your asses, you would find, like when I have him and John on with me, THEY DO NOT always agree with me.
But what I will not do, for you or anyone else is apologize for being human, nor will I bow to mere titles. Ball is in your court now. I am inviting you to not just put it in words here, but give you the ability to bich me out in voice. I have to go out today, but any time during my evening I am home.
Otherwise, you need to accept you simply dont like me.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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Marking Your Territory, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter)
The mountain lion
Sits atop the cliff
Looks down at the valley
Seeking to dominate it
Humans stupidly think
We are above that
The reality is
We are no different
We find a pattern
Find comfort in it
And mark our territory
To protect it
Religion is
Nothing more
Than an anthropomorpic
Display of this behavior
It is compitition
Not magic
No god is involved
In our failure or success
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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Brian writes a poem about himself.
Brian makes shit up, and again describes himself.
Brian makes shit up again. I don't know why Brian thinks I would have any interest in speaking with him anymore. He has proved it to be a waste of time. This is far more productive.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
LMFAO, do you actually construct arguments and respond to the actual points made in a verbal argument? You can't be coherent in a format where you have time to edit, rewrite and refer directly back to what the other person said.
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X
Then if I am making up shit you have nothing to lose do you? You love thinking you are verbally bitch slapping me here, so wouldn't it be even more satisfying to to say it to me in voice? I am so much of a waste of time you continually respond to me. Nice work there.
This is more productive?HA, in what context? To outside readers who don't know either of us who can decide for themselves? Yea. I agree, but you are the one refusing to accept that religions are nothing more than human inventions. Not me.
I'm not afraid of talking to you. But thanks for proving to me that you are a childish brat.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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Brian apparently doesn't appreciate I have nothing to gain, and plenty to lose. I'd have to buy a computer to be able to use skype, and I'd have little use for one.
Brian doesn't realise I AM bitch slapping him here, publically. Why would I care to do so privately? What could possibly be accomplished that can't be accomplished here?
Brian doesn't get the point of my constant responses to his gibbering, despite the fact I clearly laid it out for all to see.
Brian makes more things up. I almost wonder where he gets his delusions, but it's probably best I don't delve too deeply into that abyss.
Brian again describes himself.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
(eye roll) i got a better idea. why don't we all agree on a place for every active member of RRS to fly to--our rich, evil fat cat members like beyond and EXC will foot the bill--and they can form a ring around the two of us while we resort to fisticuffs? schoolyard honor, right? jesus jumped-up christ, brian, get it the fuck together...
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
I doubt Beyond would be interested unless there was a return on his investment. And EXC would get stomped along with Brian if it were to happen, so I can't see him going for it either.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
Nonsense, I am always willing to pay for quality entertainment, count me in.
I stand corrected. lol
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
But clearly Brian isn't the type to pick himself up after getting knocked down, so it would be pretty brief entertainment. Perhaps if we rent a 6 year old from a sweatshop to fight for iwbiek it would be a fair fight and I'd at least have a chance to recoup some of my losses on the betting.
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X
I could hold him up, like a boxing coach holds the bag. That would increase the time frame at least a little bit.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
shit, i'd think twice about fighting a sweatshop kid. they look like wirey, mean little bastards to me. i'm not interested in getting kicked with a razor blade hidden in a sneaker or having my ear bit off.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
"Pick myself up"? Oh you mean "fuck the poor"? Keep it up. You still meet the same fate regardless of your paycheck or boarder or nationality or economic view or religion. " I wouldn't have been online on several pages over the past 14 years.
You are NOT anymore special that the dinosaurs were when the meteor hit this planet. None of us will be arround 5 billion years from now, not you, not me. Get over yourself.
This is nothing more than some here getting pissy at me pointing out that reality.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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Brian loves strawmen.
Brian REALLY loves strawmen.
Now that sounds like paradise.
Brian should take his own words to heart. Too bad Brian is a hypocrite.
Brian still doesn't comprehend that what he calls reality is really a fantasy that exists only in his little mind.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
Stop it asshole, look at your flag before you side with Beyond.
I am not calling him evil anymore than I think you are evil. I am saying your logic SUCKS!
Now again I point out to him rich people who agree with me and not him and he ignores that. Just like you fail to understand that Marx lead to Stalin and Che lead to Cuba.
You act like liberal Christians when you say boo to religion will give cover to right wingers because they share the same label Christian.
There is no magic pill or script to "all this". We were not here 4 billion years ago and we will not be here 5 billion years from now.
What humans CAN do in our imperfect world is allow for the differences WITHOUT clinging to old books and ideas that have no evidence for them. Now do not be an asshole ad claim there are no bad ideas you rightfully know harm humanity when they get to a political level.
If I was the evil meany you stupidly want to paint me out to be I wouldn't be simply saying "fuck you" or "bullshit". I would be demand you get banned and I would demand laws preventing you from even saying the bullshit you respond with.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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No, I mean take some punishment and get back on your feet and into the fight.
So the only thing that matters in life is how it ends? How sad is it that the only thing you consider important is that everyone else is going to die too?
You wouldn't know reality if it was teabagging you.
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X
It is funny how Brian has united diametrically opposing views into a single entity which exists for the sole purpose of opposing Brian. I guess the old saying is true: The enemy of my enemy is my friend. At least until my enemy is destroyed, then we can go back to being enemies.
Brian thinks logic sucks.
Brian lies and drops a red herring/strawman combo. 0 points are awarded for 0 damage.
Brian will never understand that repeating lies doesn't make lies into truth.
Never enough strawmen.
Never enough red herrings either.
Like Dawkins, for example.
As if iwbiek ever said that.
Brian knows very well that he cannot demand anyone get banned. So this claim is empty.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
www.nydailynews.com/news/world/man-dies-sex-scarecrow-strapped-sex-toy-article-1.2172316
I'm not one to judge, but apparently a straw man fetish can be dangerous.
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X
no, YOU fail to understand that marx led to west german social democracy, the scandinavian welfare states, and british labour party reforms.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
The stupid idea that a economic view and the fans of such forget is that of "timing". Again, when you say "it works" NO SHIT, but "For who" also forgets long term and timing.
When people claim economics is a science I don't dissagree. It is still a form of apology that sides with the group arguing for it.
It isn't a matter of open vs closed systems. It is a matter of anti monopoly which favors more open societies. Considering what they lead to hardly is a good argument for economic pluralism. Don't feel bad, Beyond's "fuck the poor" isn't that much better.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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I think the headline alone told me more than I want to know...
Brian thinks timing matters more than ideas. I suppose Brian is still stuck on the age old riddle on the chicken and the egg. Without an idea, the timing of an idea is completely irrelevant.
Brian continues to be a broken record on something that has been adequately ridiculed.
Brian delivers another example of his ignorance on multiple subjects.
And again.
And again.
And again.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
so then you admit that marxism doesn't inevitably lead to stalinist dictatorships. iow, you admit you were wrong. thanks.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
Making it even more clear that you have never read Marx.
That is good, because you are nowhere near qualified or informed enough to have an opinion on the debate of whether or not economics is a science.
Do you know the difference between an open economy and a closed economy? Do you know which economic views promote closed economies? Of course you don't.
Good thing that iwbiek has never been a proponent of economic pluralism.
I never fuck the poor, it takes too long to wash off the stench.
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X
You morons are so worried about one person, me. Who cares about the assholes who did this, who cares.
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/25/asia/pakistan-free-speech-activist-sabeen-mahmud-killed/index.html
Oh and here is what I mean by "Loaded Words"."Honor" is so important, we must protect the word "Just because",
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/3-family-members-charged-in-texas-honor-killing-of-iranian-activist/
You really expect me to give one fuck what you call me or think of me? We get to go to bed at night, these victims have to live in fear every day.
Now ask me if I care what you say about me.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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Chamber Music, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter)
Misleading is thus the title
Yellowstone sits on a volcano
With a magma chamber
Bigger than thought prior
Just like the meteor
That killed the dinousaurs
Only a fool would think
We are important to all this
The tsunami in Japan
The earthquake in Napal
The Chile volcano
Diverting flights
And petty humans
Default to violence
For no other reason
Than tribalism
So to my "detractors"
Yes I am talking to you
Get your priorties in order
You have better things to do
My word choice
My blasphemy
Your opinions of me
Are nothing but bluster
Claw at the sky in vain
We all die the same
You are the petty ones
Stuck on titles and rolls
The music of the universe
Will play on without us
Sometimes a placid symphony
Sometimes Metallica's "Fade To Black"
I am not concerned
With anyone liking me
I am concerned with petty violence
Knowing how unimportant we are to all this.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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and brian yet again ignores arguments he has no answer for. we're talking about marx. stay on topic.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
Let me dumb it down to you.
Humans form clubs. They give those clubs names, political names, religious names, ecnomic views, and it still amounts to tactics to get others to join that club. Now once you know that the earth has had 5 mass extinctions, those labels seem petty. I really don't give one fuck who does not like me, my concern isn't with all 7 billion conforming like sheep. In saying that however, only petty chidish brats like you are more concerned with someone with no interest in getting violent with other humans merely because I refuse to sugar coat the dark side of our species behavior.
You need to grow the fuck up. Fuck Marx and fuck Ayn Rand. Yes both views work, and both views are complecated, just like Buddhism has many complecated sects. Just like Christianity has many complicated sects. But it still amounts to humans forming groups and making attempts to get others to join, via handing those down to the next generation or marketing them. "FOR WHO" do they work for because while they do, they still are not universal. What IS is our species ability to either be compassionate or cruel.
I am NOT your enemy. In life sometimes people get along then change their minds about the other person, so in our case it a personality conflict. Outside that your bullshit reactions to me are childish compaired to real victims like the Christians murdered by Isis or gays or atheists living in the Middle East. I am nobody's hero, I have no desire to play martyr, nor do I precieve myself as a victim.
But if you expect me to be perfect or expect me never to offend, you are barking up the wrong tree. My only "code" to my fellow humans is non voilonce, not verbally playing nice to violent assholes. I do not think of you as evil because you personally do not like me. That is to be expected. GROW THE FUCK UP.
It is NOT arrogent to say there are no gods and that religion is a product of human imagination. The earth is much older than our human imaginations when it comes to those inventions, and those clubs will not be arround after our planet dies. Sorry that bothers you, too bad. Religions are simply clubs humans invent. But those clubs do not deserve to have blind value other than the right to make the claim. Others should still have the right to counter and even blaspheme those claims. Politics and economic views also.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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no, you need to grow the fuck up, because inviting an argument and then abandoning it when you're stumped is a sure sign of immaturity.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
Keep it up asshole. Keep proving my point. That is what you think is really important in life? Never getting offended?
Not stumpped at all jackass.
You simply got stuck on something pretty like most humans and when I offended you you like most humans throw a tantrum. Buddhism is no more important to evolution than the meteor that killed the dinosaurs was concerned about them.
You simply don't like me cutting to the chase. Humans form groups and those groups compete for resources, and they give those groups religious and political and economic view names. Those things work but are NOT universal. Our species ability to be cruel or compassonate is.
Now again moron, HUMANS INVENT RELIGIONS. No differnt than saying the earth revolves around the sun.
"It's pretty" is not an argument. Muslims think forcing woment to dress in tents is "pretty".
"It's complecated. NO SHIT" still not an argument. All religios traditions and economic views are complecated.
"Can't we all just get along" DUH, still not an argument. Non vliolnece, not censorship.
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK if you are talking about religion or economic views.
All of us can make justifications for our own personal biases. That still does not mean because we value human rights that the ideas by themselves deserve anything outside the right to make the claim.
Immature is what Islam does in getting violent even IF you politely disagree or want to leave. Imature is also what you are doing ignoring that the first Buddah also was a result of flawed perceptions of equating success to the divine, otherwise why dipicte him as being a former prince being born from a queen? BECAUASE IN ANTIQUITY EVERYONE mistook success as having a magic cause, call it what you want.
That was then, our planet is too fucking small now for either you or I to be concerned with liking each other. The only thing you are going to get from me is a "fuck you". If you really think that is the worst thing in the world or that makes me immature you are a fucking childish brat.
It still boils down to nothing more than you not liking me personally. Blunt only makes me blunt. I think you need to be more concerned with the immaturity that causes religious people to get violent.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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no, what i think is important is you finishing the shit you start. you attacked marx, claiming his views only lead to stalinist societies. i roundly refuted that by demonstrating that western european social states owe just as much, if not more, of a debt to marxism than the soviet union and its progeny. you began going off on a tangent about buddhism and people getting offended because you have no answer to my refutation, instead of being a stand-up human being and saying, "ok, i guess i was wrong. thanks for enlightening me."
i'm not offended. i just want you to finish what you fucking start, or don't start it at all.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
Brian is so self-centred and stupid he thinks everyone smacking him around has devoted themselves to nothing else.
Red herring/strawman combo.
As usual, Brian doesn't realise that by standing against his stupidity, we are providing a necessary service to all the lurkers and drive by readers. We're also proving that religion isn't the only bullshit that must be confronted and ridiculed.
Brian thinks we care what Brian thinks.
If only Brian tried to be smarter instead of trying to be dumber, he wouldn't be so dangerous.
Brian makes a number of strawmen and red herrings and other fallacies.
Rinse & repeat.
In fact, Brian is at least as much our enemy as any other theist. He is more so because he pretends to be an atheist. At least theists are honest about where they stand, even if they remain deluded. It is sad that fonzie and caposkia contribute more to the site than Brian does.
A whole clusterfuck of lies, fallacies, and hypocrisy.
Another clusterfuck of lies, fallacies, and hypocrisy.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
Mr Roger's Neighborhood, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB and @Brianrrs37)
Is a beautiful day
In the neighborhood
Local tribalism
Makes them feel good
I love you
You love me
Purple dinosuars
Make them happy
Would you like to fly
In my beautiful balloon
Just understand
I am allways the pilot
My motifs
Of acts of kindness
Suck you in
Creating gang minions
In the ally behind his house
Mr Rogers ignores
That others read
The very same books
Barney in the pulpit
Also sells fear
Scares little children
With threats of hell
Emmett Kelly
In the circus ring
Distracts you from
The animal training
Lions and tigers
And bears oh yes
Dressed in holy garb
Controling with threats
Then run scared
When reason kicks in
When a smart dog
Pulls back the curtain.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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Don't Bring Me Down, Bruce, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter)
How can you
On the one hand
Transition
Doing the right thing?
Then side with a party
Of half assed bigots
Whose book condemns you
For being different?
Putin passed laws
That would condemn you
Said not to expose children
Because "We are all God's children"
You wouldn't side
With a former KGB thug
It's even worse in Iran
If you were to come out
That book
Also condemns
Eating shellfish
And mixing clothing blends
Religion is
What held you back
Progressives want you
To be yourself
(end)
Oh and spare me, the ode in the title is metaphore too, yes I switched a word.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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^ Brian makes more shitty "poetry" based on his delusions.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
Advice To Theists, by Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter)
Here are some dont's
For you to consider
When you try to
Engage an atheist
Don't assume we are lost
Puppies to save
That condesension
Is quite nieve
Don't assume
Your apology
Your presuposition
Is something we've not seen
Don't assume
Attacking science
Allows you to fill
A gap with your god
Dont assume
Co opting science
To prop up your book
Is unique to your club
Don't assume
Atheists all agree
Or that we worship Hitler
Because we don't believe
I only speak
For myself
When I say
I reject them all
The claims of antiquity
Are like moldy bread
And insisting on eating it
After their sell by date
It made sense
When we didn't know better
But we do now have
Much better tools
Instead of claiming
Atheists are evil
Maybe you should consider
We have something to offer
Better tools
That got man to the moon
Finding cures for diseases
And result in your cell phone
Despite what some
Want to believe
We are not out
To exterminate you
But don't be foolish
Our words do bite
Attacking your claims
Is not attacking your rights.
Bluntness and blasphemy
Yes you will hear
But outside of our words
You have nothing to fear
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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Said the person who once complemented me on my poetry. Just like when a family member comes out as an atheist to their believing family members, I become the spawn of Satan for not kissing your ass. You and I had a falling out, so what. Just say you personally do not like me now. But if you think everyone hates my poetry, I have several people retweeting my link on twitter every time I post this link, and they are retweeting it to thousands of their followers. The reason the three stooges here think I am hated by everyone is the same sample rate error believers make because they don't have a bigger sample. Now also stupidly accuse me of claiming it is all earth shattering Shakespear, because you wont ever see me claim that. But you most certianly are an idiot if you think no one likes it.
It appears no one likes me outside Bob because this is a low traffic website that doesn't advertise itself that much. I hang out all over the web and this one site is only one sample of what I do every single day.
Now if you are looking for the road to "give a fuck" get your GPS checked because it isn't here.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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i'd like to see where he complimented your poetry.
It is sad that people apparently don't call you out for your incessant strawmen and lying about other people's positions at other sites. That says a lot more about them than it does about you.
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X
Since I hate poetry, it isn't possible that I would compliment poetry. And even if I did, it wouldn't mean squat, because my hatred of poetry disqualifies me as a credible critic of poetry.
Brian is quite delusional. I don't like people who kiss my ass. Unless perhaps it is a hot, intelligent female who II'm in a relationship with.
Since Brian is not a female, he is automatically disqualified.
Again Brian implies we were friends. Which is simply not true. I simply tolerated him when all he did was attack my opposition. Which changed when he began to attack me. In retrospect, it was a mistake on my part to tolerate him.
One wonders how many times Brian must be told something before he comprehends it...
Even the shittiest art in the universe has fans. That doesn't make it less shitty, regardless of what Brian thinks.
Brian fails to account for intelligence, which is much higher on average at this site than elsewhere.
Brian simply makes shit up.
I am quite certain that Brian is lying. If not, it's only a matter of time before he is.
Again Brian proves he cares, because he keeps posting. If he didn't care, he'd ignore everything he didn't like.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
Don't worry, it is safe to assume that everything Brian says is wrong. Turns out that the first comment you made in this thread was post 196 www.rationalresponders.com/forum/31771 where you simply posted a link to a site with information on self publishing with no commentary.
You didn't comment on the poems until 586
So unless you randomly praised it in some unrelated thread...
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X
This song was written for Brian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qits3nn73ks
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
Left, Right, Center, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter)
The idea of
"The true Scotsman"
Is a lie no one should be allowed
To hide behind
The Sunni and Shiite
Are both Muslims
With the same prophet
And same hero god
The Baptist and Catholic
Mormon and Protestant
Different interpretations
Steming from the same heros
"True" is merely
An ignorant way
For religion to argue
"Just do it my way"
The same books
With the same heros
They all come to
Different conclusions
Yes it is "complecated"
Yes they are different
But that does not change
It is merely excuse making
Tribal books
Infect politics
Religious pecking orders
All seek to set up
My daddy loves me
Gave me a gun
Accept your place
Is at the back of the bus
I'd say the ones
Who get it right
Who don't cherry pick
Are the ones who get violent
Our secular law
That prevents theocracy
Is because of skipping
The nasty parts of holy books
"True" is a lie
It is keeps humans divided
To continue to ignore this
Is of no benefit to our species.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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^Brian pretends to understand logic and religion, but he doesn't.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
Uncle Ben's Converted Brand Slavery, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter)
Dr Carlson
Just heard on the news
You thank God
For passing your exams.
Thats awesome
But here is the rub
That gives me pause
About that logic
How is it
This alleged god
Can poof "all this"
Into existence
Yet uses humans
To write his book
Only to have humans
Us it to justify cruelty?
If nothing happens
That God does not
Want happening
Then he wanted slavery to happen
Should be simple
To write a short sentance
"I forbid humans
From owning other humans"
No Ben
We see words like
"Servant" at best
Just another word for slave
There is a reason for that
Because in antiquity
Even outside monotheism
Everyone was ruled by kings
Back then when
You defeated the enemy
The victors took property
And the losers became property
The girls of the captured
Were bartered
The women were
Forced into marriage and sex
The prisoners
If not killed
Were turned into slaves
The boys as well
This is litterally why
Blacks unfortunately
Suffered
Such a horrible history
Yes Ben, it is ugly
I know it offends many
But my intent
Is to wake you up
That book
Was written in fuedal times
Ruled by kings
Called "Lords"
And those "Lords"
Where your master
And even the non slaves
Were subject to their rule
Both slave and slave master
Were still under
The absolute power
Of the kings they lived under
I say this for all
To consider
It was written
For the social norms back then
Bronze age morality
Does not reflect
And never will
Our modern pluralism
(end)
And just as a disclaimer, this poem is not intended at all to impy any type of reflection of food products or any company or immages related to any business. It is strictly a play off of Dr Ben Caralson's name.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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Yes I do moron.
Humans invent religion and it is all man made placebo sugar pill gap filling. If you want to wade through their elaborate excuse making you can. I accept I am finite and I don't need an artifical club to know "all this" was not put here for me.
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers."Obama
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