Recent content by Snack Cake

I'm a straight white male, and in the past, I probably would have responded "yeah, I guess so" to whether I'm a feminist. I supported equality for women, and I could see that in a lot of the world (e.g. Afghanistan), there was a lot of change needed before that could happen. On the other hand...

So, your defense of religion is that you hate people based on hearsay even if they might be a nice person? And that it's OK to hate somebody who criticizes your beliefs? I'd like to thank you for offering definitive proof that religious of my previous argument that religious people think...

I'd like to see the actual examples, but I'll agree that sounds real douchey. Do keep in mind that is the essential experience of being an atheist in the real world, where the stakes are higher. Regardles, totally douchey behavior on those atheists part.

Can you give an example of how atheism is being shoved down your throat? A real one?

There are a lot of religious folks on this thread who are upset that "Atheists are too loud and too mean". This is really an attitude born of privilege and of assigning a special status to religion. If I were to make an argument that pointed out a flaw in some mathematical or scientific...

OP: Sorry that you don't want to hear that this makes you immature, but it does. Also profoundly selfish. Do you seriously think that your right to not see a brief flash of a breast outweighs a baby's right to eat? Really? And seriously, do you think you'd like to sit in a restaurant...

I was wondering if something like that happened. It will be interesting to see how it eventually works out.

I was looking at the metacritic score for Dragon Age II (http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/dragon-age-ii), and saw a huge disparity between the pro reviews and the user reviews (8.1 vs 4.0). I only played the demo, but found it utterly bland. Of course, I've loved everything else Bioware...

Most whippersnappers here are probably too young to remember, but this question reminded me of the old days of Savage Love. From the Savage Love wikipedia article: "The openly gay author uses the column as a forum for his strong opinions that reject conservative views on love, sex, and...

Your mom never seems to mind having your "family heritage" corrupted.

I'm pro-choice and think that _some_ genetic disorders are justification for abortion. The really awful ones where a child lives a few years in pain and under constant medical attention. Down's Syndrome? Not even close to a good enough reason. Folks with Down's can live happy lives, loving...

One day, I heard coworker describe prosciutto as "the meat that's better than bacon". That set off quite a debate. Maybe the Escapist can solve this one.

It's not quite a game mode, but I'd love it if Valve borrowed "Zombie Kill of the Week" from ZombieLand. Each week, there could be a screenshot in steam, or even a quick video. Of course, without Half Life style physics, it would be pretty tough to differentiate, but I can dream.

Newton was a pious christian, from his perspective, but from the orthodox perspective, he was a unitarian heretic - he rejected the trinity as a corruption. Not totally relevant, but interesting, nonetheless.

I think this thread represents a pretty strong refutation of that statement. While there have been some childish responses by both religious and non-religious folks, both sides have also managed to respond thoughtfully and civilly in the majority of posts.