The Deluge of Absurdity, Ignorance, and Bad Posts

[DC Al Fine]

Most people are naturally benevolent

That's an optimistic view

[DC Al Fine]

After religion is destroyed, greed by and large will be destroyed.  Most people are naturally benevolent, they need religion/superstition/junk science to feel they have a superior standing than others and therefore justify their greed.

This is backwards, of course. People are naturally self-centred and need society to teach them otherwise.

Plenty aren't.  

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For an atheist, you sure don't seem to put much stock in scientifically conducted research.

What scientifically conducted research?

The most religious Americans actually give more money to secular causes than do secular Americans.

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And how many "secular" Americans are there?  

Ehhh... go buy your way into heaven/do it because you are told if you like, whether you like it or not that's what guides the good deeds of most religious people.  If the ends justify the means, good for you.  I don't agree.

I just don't understand the complete lack of equality in the matter.  The religiouses are allowed to advertise their belief system as the humanity's salvation... but us atheists aren't allowed to do the same?  I genuinely believe atheism/agnosticism/secularism is what will save humanity.  That's why I believe in it so strongly.  

More bigotry against atheists from the Atlas, but that's to be expected.  Every minority has to deal with BS. 

[DC Al Fine]

I debated for a long time whether or not this really belonged here (not whether I thought it was bad, but whether I wanted to publicly present it as such), but the phrase 'inherently better looking' pushed it over the top in the end.

Why are you people all so impatient too make the baby perfect before its born? We have education for a reason. And don't anyone say education could be eliminated with this. Education builds up intelligence, critical thinking, social skills, and you actually get to have a childhood.

I don't think this applies to what we are talking about. Nobody is talking about getting rid of education. You aren't making any sense. Genetic Engineering would solve problems that can't be fixed by "education".

We are talking about making people inherently smarter, inherently healthier, inherently better looking (and yes, that matters) and freeing people from genetic disorders. This is the next great leap in the human condition. Words like "ugly" or "stupid" to describe people will be a relic of the past.

I honestly think of people who would ban this the same way as people who supported slavery in the 1850's. The social conservatives on this issue would see people enslaved to their genes, enslaved to defects and disorders that didn't have to happen, and enslaved to not be the best they could be.

If there was ever a post where reductio ad hitlerum was justified

[DC Al Fine]

Why doesn't Atlas have women again?

(feel free to put this in the Irony Ore)

You can get a prom date. That's probably farther than half of Atlas has gone. Hell, I went full Bushie and watched the NBA playoffs last year.

DC Al Fine must teach you all how to pick up chicks.