LeaT's Comments

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Ashamed Christians

Sun, 6 Nov 2011 23:48:55 +0000

No, Christianity does not say that, YOU say that. For every believer, there is one version of what happens in the afterlife. Also, how can you be certain, following that logic that the mother of the poster above you actually trusted god? Exactly, you can't. Therefore, do not assume.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Religion dying? Maybe. Spirituality, not.

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:36:55 +0000

Thank you for your lack of intellectual effort to even understand the article.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : In an ideal world...

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:14:01 +0000

What relevance does your post have to the topic at hand at all? None. If you want to rant about the Catholic church, maybe you should do it in a post instead of attacking people randomly who attempt to after all, have a civil discussion with us. I could debunk most of your statements here because so much of it is unfounded or just subjectively biased, but I won't really bother. One thing that I will ask you to do though is to stop that freaking militant attitude. To me, you come across as just as ignorant and insecure in your belief that religion is wrong as you claim religious to be.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : In an ideal world...

Wed, 5 Oct 2011 16:02:20 +0000

Right, so I wish to comment a b it on what's being written here seeing it is after all, MY topic. I wish to be as clear as possible and therefore my arguments will be broken down in numbers, seeing a lot of points are being raised. 1. I agree with that tolerance and acceptance are two different things. 1a. But I still believe there is a confusion going on especially the way Petit Sourice attempts to frame tolerance and acceptance in that 1b. Tolerance and acceptance are not related to consequences of behavior, but rather attitudes towards behavior. 2. I would define tolerance as still disagreeing with behavior but tolerates its existence among others but acceptance is agreement of behavior. 2a. In a real life scenario this would mean that when it for example comes to gay marriage, a tolerant Christian would not agree with that gays want to be married and do get married, but would not attempt to stop the behavior among others by for example preaching against gay marriage, whereas an accepting Christian would encourage the behavior. 2b. Saying that you help for example women who chose to have abortion after their abortion but you still preach against abortion is not tolerant to me, but rather hypocritical behavior. db0 covered that part already in a previous post: http://www.antichristian-phenomenon.com/db0/your-... 2c. This therefore goes back to how tolerance and acceptance are attitudes towards behavior rather than attitudes towards consequences of behavior. 2d. Many parents for example disencourage the use of tobacco among their children but they will still provide with medical support of their children would contract a disease in relation to tobacco use. 3. Therefore, it ss not about the morality of the issues per se. 3a. However, people who may find for example gay marriage immoral are probably also more likely to be anti-gay and ergo also intolerant of anything gay such as gay marriage. 4. The validity of the Bible and how it denotes certain groups is therefore irrelevant as 4a. the Bible as a source of accepted* human behavior is often highly contradictory. 4b. The Bible can therefore not be seen as a valid source by itself, since it also highly depends on the attitudes of the believer. 4c. There is a tendency among believers to support certain aspects of the Bible to support their own ideas of accepted human behavior, where those who may for instance behave intolerant against gays are more likely to support and use passages found within the Bible that denotes homosexuality as unaccepted. 5. To conclude, I think that your definitions lack clarity and this lack of clarity weakens your arguments. *There is a difference between accepted human behavior and immoral behavior as immoral behavior may still be accepted depending on the social context in which it is situated. For example, in the boxing ring, it is accepted that the boxers can and should use a certain level of violence against each other that would in all other instances in society most likely be considered physical abuse.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : In an ideal world...

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:18:24 +0000

Well, the side effects of assuming god loves all is tolerance and acceptance since only god is capable of passing judgement on people. I agree with you that people who bring up the argument that "only god loves group X" are usually just projecting their own ideas into the idea of god. Well, it goes back to the idea that god is created in man's image than the other way around.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Your religion breeds this shit

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:15:46 +0000

What db0 said. Also, many esoteric movements often emphasize the growth of mankind as a whole, such as Wicca.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Your religion breeds this shit

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:13:40 +0000

Sources, please?

A Division by Zer0 : Criticizing authors based on the characters

Tue, 9 Aug 2011 08:22:51 +0000

Err, like more than half of my post disappeared. Sigh. To sum it all up: I agree with you that too much blame is put on Whedon and too little on the societal structures that exist within the Western society. At least Whedon tries, as opposed to all other [insert name of random director of television series here]. Because I mean, if the OP claims that he longer is a nice guy, then what is he, if he further claims there are basically only two masculine gender stereotypes (douche and nice guy)? Quite a pretentious statement to make.

A Division by Zer0 : Criticizing authors based on the characters

Tue, 9 Aug 2011 08:20:26 +0000

Definitely agree with you that it's not that simple. It is important to separate Joss Whedon and the societal structures he unconsciously help to maintain. As has been proven in many anthropology studies now, even when attempts are made to change a structure about say gender or race, the end result still comes out supporting the existing ones.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Sverigedemokraterna did it again

Tue, 7 Jun 2011 12:05:20 +0000

I honestly don't agree with you. SD got horrible values and are terribly conservative in all areas. They prefer the nuclear family with women staying home and men working, they consider homosexuals to be "sick" and so on. The only difference to SD and KD is that SD focuses on immigration as an issue, whereas KD as a whole tries to promote conservative Christian values. SD are just an ounce worse in my book because SD politics do not solve ANYTHING. At least KD tries to make no such claims, either you are a conservative Christian and agree with them or you don't. All of their suggestions to solve immigration try to solve the symptom, never the underlying cause. You see, the problem isn't migration per se, nor the amount of asylum seekers. The amount of migrants Sweden received over the past years have drastically decreased. The problem is that migrants find it very hard to make a living and not everyone can start their own pizza restaurant or run their own shop. Furthermore, migrants are dumped to live in the same areas with very poor living space and poor social security. The problem is ergo how the government deals with migration - i.e. people become unhappy with their life situation and that's when it goes bad. Add to the general media attention only focusing on "migration gone bad", and people will automatically get a flawed perception. What about all those migrants who work very hard for their citizenship and really pull their weight? We never heard about those stories, only those who fail because media never pays attention to when things actually work since that is the norm - it is expected to work. Lastly, I'm not a nationalist, I don't believe in nor support nationalist values. I find the whole idea of a national Sweden pointless because Sweden is already so culturally diverse even if you remove all migrants from outside Europe that saying that something is typically Swedish becomes kind of pointless - because you are doing just that, stereotyping. Swedish families celebrate Christmas their own ways, not all celebrate Easter and so on. Nationalism only works if you believe in and support those values presented but it's just a general blindfold to create a sense of unity with the state. What says that a Muslim cannot support Swedish values? Many Muslims find for example Midsummer celebrations very exotic because it's so different from anything they experienced (and honestly, how silly can it not be when grown men and women jump around the maypole singing "Små grodorna"?).

The Antichristian Phenomenon : The Anti-Religion Movement* â not as free as youâd want it to be

Sun, 15 May 2011 02:40:21 +0000

I agree with you that this should be the actual meaning of free-thinking, but that is not how I notice people often use the word. Instead it is limited to simply not be religous - yet people often seem to spout nonsense without even reflecting why. This article is primarily aimed towards these people.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Sverigedemokraterna did it again

Thu, 12 May 2011 21:33:43 +0000

as it is acceptable in their culture to treat women like insects.

Source, please? On the contrary, in such a traditional Muslim society as the Bedouin society, it is not considered acceptable to beat or rape women, as it not considered an honorful action.

Sweden does not nor ever has needed immigrants.

Wrong again. Due to Sweden's demographics with a high strata of highly educated people who are not willing to take trash jobs and low birth rate, labor immigration is very important to keep the society going.

The fact is, is that 76% of all muslim and african immigrants are on social benefit,

Source, please? And I want to see a report or similar from Socialstyrelsen.

A low birth rate can also be combated through financial incentives. For example maybe a 100k sek bonus for the third child as well as a lower tax rate and taxing the childless.

Your statmenet is ridiculous. Some people are for example unable to have children on their own, should they be taxed? Some people have children but are unable to care for them, should they still receive tax money? Furthermore, your tax system doesn't solve your claims about the "high" costs of unemployed migrants since you replace one high-cost system with another. Also, did you ever consider that this tax system would equally benefit Muslims who have achieved Swedish citizenship? No, of course you didn't.

Otherwise in 20 years ethnic Swedes will become a minority in 20 years and be forced to live under sharia law

' Define an ethnic Swede.

Before immigration there was very little crime in Sweden now the amount of rape is comparable to some african countries.

lol, "before" immigration? If you didn't know, the Swedish state is literarily built by immigration. Dutch, Germans, Irish, English, Finns and Norwegians have all travelled to Sweden and helped build Sweden as it is today. Don't be a fool.

In fact the amount of rape in Sweden is 6x the European average, this was not the case before large scale non western immigration.

Source? Also, consider that people may be better at reporting rape today than 30 years ago with it was considered more of a social stigma. This will make it look like there is an increase in the rape rate even though there is not, just that the rate of reports have increased.

How is Sweden better off now than it was when it was a homogenous nation?

Sorry to break your bubble, but again, Sweden has never been as homogenous as you'd like to think. Or did you forget about the Sami, the Jews and the Gypsies among other minority groups?

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Religion dying? Maybe. Spirituality, not.

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:22:15 +0000

That's the difference - you understand yourself mostly as pagan and being pagan is very different to being New Age. You don't practice yoga, believe in karma, ki levels, and that homeopathy really works, do you? Most of the people who do these things don't even understand themselves as New Age because they often do these things separately. Some people may use homeopathy, others may use crystals and healing to restore their ki levels, some again may try to practice yoga on a daily basis (to restore their energy levels). Although there is a very cliché idea about New Age, often presented as a woman in the age of 25-35, middle- to high class, she may dress up in a way that can stand out in very bright and colorful clothing often inspired by clothing styles from south/south-east Asia (but usually she doesn't anymore), and is considered beautiful and attractive, I think the general New Ager isn't like this. This sums it up quite nicely: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0W7Jbc_Vhw

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Religion dying? Maybe. Spirituality, not.

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:39:06 +0000

I can't really comment whether people who are New Agers would be more prone to be overweight than the average population. On the contrary, my impression has been the opposite so far (most likely because New Agers have a tendency to also adhere to more healthy diets).

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Religion dying? Maybe. Spirituality, not.

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:42:58 +0000

Yes, but on the other hand, the BBC article states that religiousness is decreasing - a logical conclusion would be that fanaticism is as well along with the religious population in general. Furthermore, one does not need to be New Age just because you do yoga. Yoga is a huge part of both Hunduism and Buddhism, for example. Many fitness centers also offer yoga as an alternative work out method without them being associated with New Age. However, yoga IS also a big part of the New Age movement.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Religion dying? Maybe. Spirituality, not.

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 01:13:19 +0000

As if yoga is the only way to loose weight.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : "The Left Hand of God" - Review part 2

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:22:03 +0000

Yes, I think it is obvious that the Reedemers are inspired by Catholicism. I think the biggest problem with Hoffman is that he really wanted to push his anti-religion because that is the issue that really makes him going. I think this is also why the first part of the book about Sanctuary is the strongest because it's the part that Hoffman really thought out since he's been thinking a lot about it, generally speaking. The rest of the book is more of a travel distance to the series' finale where he can play out this anti-religious stance again. As you said, I think the underlying concept of the book is great and it shines through in his passion about the subject but the way he's presented it is not good at all. I really hope he gets another and better editor for the next books, I might possibly read them because the idea of a person being antichrist is of course intriguing. Where is the war going and why? It's just that if the coming books will be good start and the middle bland content and strong ending, it's just not worth it.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : "The Left Hand of God" - Review part 1

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:04:00 +0000

Well, this site is called the Antichristian Phenomenon and the reason why I posted a review of the book at all to this site is because of the book's obvious anti-religious stance and content. That people therefore discuss antichristianity comes as a natural expression from this. By no means, if you got any opinions about the book please write them down and I will respond. Just don't claim authority over the debate. Openness is one of the keywords for the ACP site, we do not moderate and will not moderate. People will still see your posts and your opinion will be read.

A Division by Zer0 : If you thought S2's racist CEO was bad enough, wait until you see their community.

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:17:54 +0000

Woha, well I'm happy I'm only playing the SoTiS map for SC2, and Blizzard are almost as bad but the other way around in their need for political correctness. Now I just wish I could do something about the inherent sexism found within the gaming community in general.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : How to respond to a "Used-to-be-an-Atheist"

Thu, 3 Mar 2011 22:42:30 +0000

Yes, I would say that atheism at large is becoming more popular, but I am not so sure I agree with you about subcategorizing atheism into some kind of new atheism. That is very different from what I said.

you also agree that degeneration is possible.

Degeneration is a subjective value. I do not subscribe myself to be an atheist in the first place so I don't care about whether the atheist movement is degenerating or not. What I'm really is saying is, "if you think it is degenerating, then it is degenerating to you. I have no right to claim otherwise, and I have no opinion to argue against it".

What IS in question is that their arguments sound suspiciously the same, like the people making them just copy/paste from one another or from different authorities without ever stopping to think the over themselves.

And I don't see the problem with this, because all movements will attract retards. The whole "I'm more true (read smarter) than you" debate is pointless, because it really can't be proven in any reasonable manner. When they engage with debate with a religious person, sooner or later they will run out of arguments or meet someone who's smarter than them. Too bad for them. I honestly can't care less. On the positive side, their ability to think independently and argue for their sake might improve, and that is only a good thing, even if a lot of cuss words had to be used until that point was reached. But again, individual schisms on the internet are not really groundbreaking by any means.

For the young generation, atheism has become quite a fashion, and many of them just participate in this fashion because it is very cool to be a rebel and claim amorality

This is one of the first statements that I can agree with, but most of them will also grow out of it.

And since new atheism is a more prominent section of atheism in general

It is, how? Again, you take things for granted without backing it up.

majority of those videos have nothing original or spicy. It is like they are done for the sake of doing something.

And this is bad, how? It's not like the majority of Youtube is original. In fact, a majority of Youtube consists of remakes of various kinds of famous clips. People try to express themselves, does it matter if it must be original? You cannot always be original.

But I also think that, since you are on the same side as the people I talked about above, you tend to overlook many of their faults.

Don't assume that just because the authors of this site write for this site they must have similar goals and ideals. We are quite different, all of us. While a majority of the users do categorize themselves as atheists (again, I do not), ACP does not condone users who consider themselves spiritual or belong to religious affiliations that are not considered to be any threats because they do not possess any greater power to influence society or do not want to achieve such a power, for example Wicca and many other new religious movements. ACP is for all kinds of people who are worried over the power Abrahamic religions have in certain societies that may impose upon the freedom of the people living in them.

LeaT's Comments

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Ashamed Christians

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Religion dying? Maybe. Spirituality, not.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : In an ideal world...

The Antichristian Phenomenon : In an ideal world...

The Antichristian Phenomenon : In an ideal world...

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Your religion breeds this shit

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Your religion breeds this shit

A Division by Zer0 : Criticizing authors based on the characters

A Division by Zer0 : Criticizing authors based on the characters

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Sverigedemokraterna did it again

The Antichristian Phenomenon : The Anti-Religion Movement* â not as free as youâd want it to be

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Sverigedemokraterna did it again

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Religion dying? Maybe. Spirituality, not.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Religion dying? Maybe. Spirituality, not.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Religion dying? Maybe. Spirituality, not.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : Religion dying? Maybe. Spirituality, not.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : "The Left Hand of God" - Review part 2

The Antichristian Phenomenon : "The Left Hand of God" - Review part 1

A Division by Zer0 : If you thought S2's racist CEO was bad enough, wait until you see their community.

The Antichristian Phenomenon : How to respond to a "Used-to-be-an-Atheist"

The Antichristian Phenomenon : The Anti-Religion Movement* â not as free as youâd want it to be