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To my Sister;
You must do your utmost to decipher this grossly illegible cacography, and, I implore upon you, to absolve from me any charge of hysterical behaviour which this cursive would urge against you. You see, at this moment, Mother and I are within our carriage, being fleeted away in the most whimsically gay of fashions, carrying with us an air of the utmost joviality. It is miserable to articulate myself in this correspondence, for I can only imagine the enormity of the envy you will feel rise in a bloody surge within yourself when I do see fit to explain. You see, Sister, as I write, we are whisking ourselves t

Whittaker Missives

>1923< >Department of Correctness< >London<
> The following missives are the correspondence of a Lady Annabelle Whittaker during the short period of time before the Revolution. There is an abundance of errors which the Leader has noticed, in his embracing, demonstrative adoration, and it is of indispensable importance that you fix these errors, for the continued and protracted safety of the Party to which you owe your unreserved adoration. <

> Freedom is Ignorance, <
> Ignorance is Strength, <

MemoriesIt is a curious thing to find oneself within Silvermoon's warm body, and to find a scene of such utter devastation that is seems to highlight itself, and drag the picturesque image of the city down with it, allowing it to fester and boil in a thick broth of ugliness. It was even queerer still, to find a lone Elf, his eyes glowing fiercely, and grimly, in the darkness, punctuating the curtaining nightfall like a sharpened knife. The Elf stood silently, gazing forlornly towards the mess that jutted jaggedly from the ground in blackened smudges, darker even than the night sky above. He licked his lips slowly, nervously, his face flickering in gh

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When a theist tells me that it's quite impossible for me to have any form of morality, it makes me want to vomit blood. The sheer lack of social understanding necessary to even begin to say this is astounding.

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~x-Wanderer-x Mar 22, 2013

Ugh, I've been having an argument over this for a long time now with a theist. It's like he's pushing a gun at me and expecting me to shoot somebody. Empathy is apparently a difficult thing to grasp.

His most recent response was that you need Christ in order to love.

~Markuskus555 Mar 23, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

It makes you question, sometimes, if there's any point, doesn't it?

~x-Wanderer-x Mar 23, 2013

Yes, but the prospect of a world in which we have transcended such ignoble and petty beliefs makes it worth the headache.

~Ddraigtanto Mar 17, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

I saw another one of these kind of images in the past which I believe sums up the perfect argument to make against the whole "non-religious people are immoral", and that is: If you are immoral, you do not lack religion, you lack empathy.

I just thought that might be an interesting two cents to throw into the pile.

~Markuskus555 Mar 18, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Mhm, that's quite cool.

It reminds me of a Facebook comment I once saw that said roughly "You atheists are despicable! If I wasn't a Christian, there'd be nothing to stop me murdering every one of you! So how can you control yourselves without God? The answer is you can't!"

~Ddraigtanto Mar 18, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Interesting.

~Ask-War Nov 15, 2012 Professional Artist

There was morality before religion. Even in areas where there isn't religion, they have morals. It may not be what a religion says morals should be, and it may not fit your morals, but they are still morals none the less.

~Entelech Nov 1, 2012

The question is a bit more complicated. While I like your picture, and agree with it 100%, I think that militant, rabid athieists are just as much a problem as militant, rabid theists.

Simply put, it's rude to accost a stranger and tell him that his god-concept (or lack thereof) is wrong and yours is right.

Also, Alain de Botton makes a good case for religions serving a useful role as a social institution, independent from the nonsensical supernatural dogma. In "Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion" he lays out benefits to society and individual psychological well-being that are historically associated with religious institutions, but not intrinsically linked. He asserts that atheism has thrown the baby out with the bathwater, and that atheism ought to reincorporate certain traditions while still leaving the supernatural woo-woo behind. It's a good read.

*Verixas92 Aug 9, 2012

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