Meme of the Week - October 20th

[NeoGreen]

Meme of the Week
Selected* from postings at Atheist Meme Base for the Week of October 14 to October 20, 2014.

1)Slight Variations over Geologic Time


2) What We Should Teach


3) Killing the Tree


4) Pumpkin Pi


5) None of the Above/Other (please post example)

11 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired
	Geologic Time
	1 (9%)
	What to Teach
	4 (36%)
	Killing the Tree
	4 (36%)
	Pumpkin Pi(e)
	2 (18%)
	Non of the Above / Other
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[bvf]

1. Went with the "geologic time" choice

only because I recently finished reading "The Blind Watchmaker."

Otherwise would probably have gone with #3.

Yeah, god didn't want people to know stuff, and punished them for trying to (making the woman the culprit in the process). That's some scary shit to base a way of life on.

[Cartoonist]

2. What We Should Teach

We should teach about the winter solstice and how the church replaced it with Christmas.
We should teach about the spring equinox and how the church replaced it with Easter.
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I couldn't be more serious about this. The solstices and equinoxes are actual events and tell us more about our place in the universe than any religion. Just ask a kid when the winter solstice is and you will probably get a blank stare, but ask when Christmas is and you will always get the right answer. This is known as replacing reality with myth. That is just the beginning of why religion is evil and not beneficial. Is it any wonder we are all fucked up?

[In_The_Wind]

3. I agree with you.

[Promethean]

4. Everything good that religion does can be done better without the baggage.

From my perspective that makes religion innately flawed and it deserves to be nothing more than to be part of a museum exhibit themed "mistakes of our past."

[trotsky]

5. Agreed.

I still have yet to see anyone explain why religion is required to do any of the good that humans do. Non-believers run charities. Non-believers volunteer and help. So at best, it's a wash. But then as you say, you consider the baggage religion brings with it and it becomes clear why many of us speak out against it.

[bvf]

6. Hence pagan holidays

that celebrated nature instead of--well, you get the point.

Agreed.

[Arugula Latte]

7. When Xtians talk about "The Reason for the Season" I want to tell them to STFU

because they know nothing about the true reason -- axial tilt.

[Warren Stupidity]

12. Oddly we used to teach that, or at least we did when I was in school.

We learned about solstice and equinox events, their astronomical and cultural meanings and how our cultural holidays relate to that. It didn't seem to be a big deal at the time.

[Cartoonist]

13. I like your school

I went to a Catholic school for 7 years then switched to public schooling. I didn't learn about soltices until college and talk about Stonehenge. I became interested in astronomy and learned the rest on my own.

[Warren Stupidity]

14. ah, catholic school,

yes that would be a problem.

[trotsky]

15. Beautifully put.

Celebrating humanity's progress and knowledge, not attributing it to mysterious unknown forces.

[Curmudgeoness]

8. I had to go with the Tree of Knowledge.

I love it. That one explains so much.

But the eyes are fascinating.

[LostOne4Ever]

9. Tree of knowledge no contest (nt)

[AlbertCat]

10. Tree of Knowledge too Abrahamic

So I went with the atom in space thingie.... more universal (pun intended)

[Rob H.]

11. I voted 'What to Teach'

Partially because of its (imo) eloquence and partially because it reminds me of watching Carl Sagan on Cosmos say we're made from star-stuff.

It was a difficult choice, though, since I love a good pun and I love pumpkin pie.

[onager]

16. I went with that one too.

Mostly because Carolyn Porco is all kinds of scientific awesome.

Also, she's rumored to be the model for the heroine of Sagan's Contact.

[JNelson6563]

17. Tough choices! Chose what to teach.

I enjoyed reading everyone's thoughts, as always.

Julie