De paus van atheisten komt uit de kast

[Bertie]

James Randi is een grijze homo

De 81 jarige heilige der heiligen van Amon Re, Distel, driewerf, pieke, ribke, Firestone, Bovenbuur, Parcifal en consorten is uit de kast.

How To Say It?
Swift
Written by James Randi
Sunday, 21 March 2010 12:37
Well, here goes. I really resent the term, but I use it because it’s recognized and accepted.

I’m gay.

From some seventy years of personal experience, I can tell you that there’s not much “gay” about being homosexual. For the first twenty years of my life, I had to live in the shadows, in a culture that was — at least outwardly — totally hostile to any hint of that variation of life-style. At no time did I choose to adopt any protective coloration, though; my cultivation of an abundant beard was not at all a deception, but part of my costume as a conjuror.

Gradually, the general attitude that I’d perceived around me began to change, and presently I find that there has emerged a distinctly healthy acceptance of different social styles of living — except, of course, in cultures that live in constant and abject fear of divine retribution for infractions found in the various Holy Books… In another two decades, I’m confident that young people will find themselves in a vastly improved atmosphere of acceptance.

Before publishing this statement, I chose to privately notify a number of my closest friends and colleagues — none of whom, I’m sure, have been at all surprised at this “coming out.” I’m prepared to receive the inevitable barrage of jeers and insults from the “grubbies” out there who will jump to their keyboards in glee to notify others of their kind about this statement, which to them will be yet further proof of the perfidy of the rationalist mode of life that I have chosen. Those titters of joy will be unheard over the murmur of acceptance that I confidently expect from my friends.

This declaration of mine was prompted just last week by seeing an excellent film — starring Sean Penn — that told the story of politician Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California. I’m in excellent company: Barney Frank, Oscar Wilde, Stephen Fry, Ellen DeGeneres, Rachel Maddow, are just a few of those who were in my thoughts as I pressed the key that placed this on Swift and before the whole world…

I should apologize for having used Swift as the venue to publish this note, an item that is hardly the focus of what we promote and publish here, but I chose the single most public asset I have to make this statement. It’s from here that I have attacked irrationality, stupidity, and irresponsibility, and it is my broadest platform. Here is where I have chosen to stand and fight.

And I think that I have already won this battle by simply publishing this statement.

Bertie zegt: quelle surprise!

Christelijke skeptici wisten het trouwens al langer

[RodeLantaarn]

En dan? Zijn de woorden van een homo minderwaardig misschien? Dit ruikt hier sterk naar discriminatie. Maar van een oogkleppendrager mag je dat verwachten.

[Bertie]

Nu kunnen wij zijn strijd tegen God wat beter plaatsen. De ayatollah van de goddelozen wou gewoon zijn geweten sussen om ongestoord aan de gang te gaan met zijn scheve lust.

[Xenophon]

Jaja, wat gaan we nu nog allemaal meemaken...

[Andro]

Quelle horreur!

[Travis66]

Randi een homo? Ik dacht dat hij gewoon erg inteligent was, maar nu heeft hij nog stijl ook

[Another Jack]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Bertie

James Randi is een grijze homo

De 81 jarige heilige der heiligen van Amon Re, Distel, driewerf, pieke, ribke, Firestone, Bovenbuur, Parcifal en consorten is uit de kast.

How To Say It?
Swift
Written by James Randi
Sunday, 21 March 2010 12:37
Well, here goes. I really resent the term, but I use it because it’s recognized and accepted.

I’m gay.

From some seventy years of personal experience, I can tell you that there’s not much “gay” about being homosexual. For the first twenty years of my life, I had to live in the shadows, in a culture that was — at least outwardly — totally hostile to any hint of that variation of life-style. At no time did I choose to adopt any protective coloration, though; my cultivation of an abundant beard was not at all a deception, but part of my costume as a conjuror.

Gradually, the general attitude that I’d perceived around me began to change, and presently I find that there has emerged a distinctly healthy acceptance of different social styles of living — except, of course, in cultures that live in constant and abject fear of divine retribution for infractions found in the various Holy Books… In another two decades, I’m confident that young people will find themselves in a vastly improved atmosphere of acceptance.

Before publishing this statement, I chose to privately notify a number of my closest friends and colleagues — none of whom, I’m sure, have been at all surprised at this “coming out.” I’m prepared to receive the inevitable barrage of jeers and insults from the “grubbies” out there who will jump to their keyboards in glee to notify others of their kind about this statement, which to them will be yet further proof of the perfidy of the rationalist mode of life that I have chosen. Those titters of joy will be unheard over the murmur of acceptance that I confidently expect from my friends.

This declaration of mine was prompted just last week by seeing an excellent film — starring Sean Penn — that told the story of politician Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California. I’m in excellent company: Barney Frank, Oscar Wilde, Stephen Fry, Ellen DeGeneres, Rachel Maddow, are just a few of those who were in my thoughts as I pressed the key that placed this on Swift and before the whole world…

I should apologize for having used Swift as the venue to publish this note, an item that is hardly the focus of what we promote and publish here, but I chose the single most public asset I have to make this statement. It’s from here that I have attacked irrationality, stupidity, and irresponsibility, and it is my broadest platform. Here is where I have chosen to stand and fight.

And I think that I have already won this battle by simply publishing this statement.

Bertie zegt: quelle surprise!

Christelijke skeptici wisten het trouwens al langer

Christelijke skeptici ...

[Alboreto]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Bertie

James Randi is een grijze homo

Hm ... ik kende die man niet, maar het lijkt me een interessante figuur.

Maarehm ... so?

[Seppe Cools]

Wacht eh, eventjes alles op een rijtje zetten.
James Randi is een Atheist. Er zijn heel wat Atheisten dat naar de man opkijken.
En deze man heeft dus toegegeven homo te zijn?

Oh das toch echt shockerend eh,
die Atheisten die door hun Atheisme de meest normale houding kunnen aannemen tegenover Homoseksuelen, blijken nu al die tijd zonder het te weten veel respect te hebben gehad voor zo'n Homoseksueel.

Oooooh das toch ongelooflijk wereldschokkend eh. Ik lig van mijne stoel.

[rikbe]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Bertie

James Randi is een grijze homo

De 81 jarige heilige der heiligen van Amon Re, Distel, driewerf, pieke, ribke, Firestone, Bovenbuur, Parcifal en consorten is uit de kast.

Sorry, maarreuh, wie is Randi en wie is ribke?

[Heftruck]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Bertie

Neige foto. Wree stijlvol.

[Heftruck]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Bertie

Nu kunnen wij zijn strijd tegen God wat beter plaatsen.

Ge kunt niet bevechten wat ge niet kent.

Er zijn er echter geen die betere wapens geven aan het atheïstische leger dan mensen als gij. Waarvoor dank. Ik kan mij geen betere voedingsbodem voorstellen voor spiritualisme als zij die 'Magische Mannen in de Hemel' hebben neergeslagen, corrupte instituties als 'de Kerk' hun macht hebben ontnomen en schuldgevoel hebben kunnen weerstaan.

Misschien, heel misschien, kunnen Europeanen daardoor hun spiritualisme herwinnen.

[filosoof]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Bertie

James Randi is een grijze homo

De 81 jarige heilige der heiligen van Amon Re, Distel, driewerf, pieke, ribke, Firestone, Bovenbuur, Parcifal en consorten is uit de kast.

How To Say It?
Swift
Written by James Randi
Sunday, 21 March 2010 12:37
Well, here goes. I really resent the term, but I use it because it’s recognized and accepted.

I’m gay.

From some seventy years of personal experience, I can tell you that there’s not much “gay” about being homosexual. For the first twenty years of my life, I had to live in the shadows, in a culture that was — at least outwardly — totally hostile to any hint of that variation of life-style. At no time did I choose to adopt any protective coloration, though; my cultivation of an abundant beard was not at all a deception, but part of my costume as a conjuror.

Gradually, the general attitude that I’d perceived around me began to change, and presently I find that there has emerged a distinctly healthy acceptance of different social styles of living — except, of course, in cultures that live in constant and abject fear of divine retribution for infractions found in the various Holy Books… In another two decades, I’m confident that young people will find themselves in a vastly improved atmosphere of acceptance.

Before publishing this statement, I chose to privately notify a number of my closest friends and colleagues — none of whom, I’m sure, have been at all surprised at this “coming out.” I’m prepared to receive the inevitable barrage of jeers and insults from the “grubbies” out there who will jump to their keyboards in glee to notify others of their kind about this statement, which to them will be yet further proof of the perfidy of the rationalist mode of life that I have chosen. Those titters of joy will be unheard over the murmur of acceptance that I confidently expect from my friends.

This declaration of mine was prompted just last week by seeing an excellent film — starring Sean Penn — that told the story of politician Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California. I’m in excellent company: Barney Frank, Oscar Wilde, Stephen Fry, Ellen DeGeneres, Rachel Maddow, are just a few of those who were in my thoughts as I pressed the key that placed this on Swift and before the whole world…

I should apologize for having used Swift as the venue to publish this note, an item that is hardly the focus of what we promote and publish here, but I chose the single most public asset I have to make this statement. It’s from here that I have attacked irrationality, stupidity, and irresponsibility, and it is my broadest platform. Here is where I have chosen to stand and fight.

And I think that I have already won this battle by simply publishing this statement.

Bertie zegt: quelle surprise!

Christelijke skeptici wisten het trouwens al langer

En dan? Heb je een probleempje met homoseksualiteit? Welk probleem? Kom je daarvoor hulp zoeken of moet 't gewoon eens van je hart?

Terloops, ik wist niet dat wij atheïsten een paus hadden. Ik zou dan eerder Dawkins nomineren.

PS, google eens op Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte en Innocenzo.


(Benedictus IX, Johannes XII, Julius III, Leo X, Paulus II niet vergeten en dat Duits kardinaaltje dat altijd mee op de foto wil met BenedictusXVI ook niet.)
motto:

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Heftruck

Ge kunt niet bevechten wat ge niet kent.

[filosoof]

2x

[Raf]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Bertie

De paus van atheisten komt uit de kast
James Randi is een grijze homo

Ik ben al zéér lang atheïst, maar ik heb nog nooit van deze man gehoord... "De paus van de atheïsten" is dus mogelijks een lichte overdrijving uwerzijds.
En de man is homo? En dan? Maakt dat zijn atheïsme nu minderwaardig of zo? Wat is eigenlijk het punt dat je met dit topic probeert te maken?

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Bertie

Christelijke skeptici

Da's een goeike!

[patrickve]

In zoverre ik hem ken is Randi eerder iemand die beweringen van paranormale verschijnselen kritisch onderzoekt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi

[Travis66]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Raf

Ik ben al zéér lang atheïst, maar ik heb nog nooit van deze man gehoord... "De paus van de atheïsten" is dus mogelijks een lichte overdrijving uwerzijds.
En de man is homo? En dan? Maakt dat zijn atheïsme nu minderwaardig of zo? Wat is eigenlijk het punt dat je met dit topic probeert te maken?




Da's een goeike!

Maar Raf maat, ge mist iets Als ik jou was zou ik eens beginnen surfen op youtube met de naam Randi. Hij is goed, grappig en extreem nuttig.
Voorbeeldje

[Xenophon]

Ik dacht dat het een goochelaar was of zo iets.

[Piero]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Xenophon

Ik dacht dat het een goochelaar was of zo iets.

Ik kende hem niet, maar lees hier dat Randi godsdienstgoochelaars uitdaagt om hun kunsten te bewijzen.
http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/1m-challenge.html

One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge
The Foundation is committed to providing reliable information about paranormal claims. It both supports and conducts original research into such claims.

At JREF, we offer a one-million-dollar prize to anyone who can show, under proper observing conditions, evidence of any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event. The JREF does not involve itself in the testing procedure, other than helping to design the protocol and approving the conditions under which a test will take place. All tests are designed with the participation and approval of the applicant. In most cases, the applicant will be asked to perform a relatively simple preliminary test of the claim, which if successful, will be followed by the formal test. Preliminary tests are usually conducted by associates of the JREF at the site where the applicant lives. Upon success in the preliminary testing process, the "applicant" becomes a "claimant."

To date, no one has passed the preliminary tests.

Dus theïsten, jullie kunnen 1 miljoen dollar verdienen met jullie kunsten.

[RodeLantaarn]

Me dunkt is Bertie zelf een latent homoseksueel.