@WahbAllat @cpoliticditto
#carlin has been “speaking” to me for 40+ yrs.
Lately…he’s become my touchstone on questions of reality & morality…
My own #ComedyJesus

Your excellent taste…exudes intelligence in #comedy & life.

If you're gonna AI resurrect someone, make it someone cool like #Carlin or #Pryor or #Hicks.

#Carlin: «Le #donne nel motorsport devono essere prese maggiormente sul serio» https://www.formula1.it/news/14318/1/carlin-le-donne-nel-motorsport-devono-essere-prese-maggiormente-sul-serio?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Ol' George, he tried to tell us....

Not that one, the good one, #Carlin. He told us we weren't on the boat with #Crow and #Thomas or that #Fox asshole who gets to cut a $787 million dollar check to cover up pushing #fascist lies, brainwashing our vulnerable. He tried to tell you, ya poor bastards with orange all over your lips and parts. Carlin was talking to you, and ya discounted him, just like the liberals did. Then you head over heals fell for the old; "the rich kid is your friend" con. He told us whats up and it was too fucking real for ya.
#Liberals gasped in defensive denial. The famous ones said some dumb shit about Carlin going too far "this" time, too "dark". I'll say it again in his honor. These "representatives" are not your friends. They don't represent you. They don't care about you. You'll never be in the club. NEVER! Especially with the current electoral system. #Change the system. Restaffing will not work. #duopoly #Democrats #STARvoting

The question of "god-belief" is already inherently biased toward religion. When someone asks you, "Do you believe in God," from an intellectual standpoint, it's like asking "When did you stop beating your significant other?"

There's no good response to the question. If you say you "don't believe," people get bent out of shape and start pestering you with nonsense like "how can you not believe--who made the universe, then?" or "no one knows what happens after you die" and "you can't prove that." Well, duh, the question was about *belief,* not proof. On the other hand if you say you *do* believe, most people take your belief at face value as your right under freedom of religion, and leave you alone.

So what's really being asked? Do you conform? Are you willing to submit to social proof? What group identity are you willing to embrace? It's a no-win situation. You either self-identify as a social pariah, you lie, or you face-plant intellectually.

Because the question assumes its own premise, that there's a God that can be "believed in" or "not believed in." Stripped down to its essentials the question is asking you to accept that this all-important thing, hinges on the opinions of human beings.

As George Carlin pointed out, no one has to ask if you believe in the Sun.

The better question about God is, "does it exist?" Well, what is "it?" Most people refuse to define their terms. Let's take a commonly accepted definition:

"God is a supreme being, a creator and ruler of the universe, who is believed to be transcendent, omnipotent, omniscient, and benevolent."

This definition is absurd. Logically inconsistent and nonsensical for all the familiar reasons.

-Any creator of the universe must also have a creator, so "god" solves nothing.

-A "ruler" of the universe would mean that it's an undemocratic place. Hitchens' "celestial dictatorship" is the model for all Earthly dictatorships. Which are a horror show.

-Despite all the efforts dedicated to theodicy over the centuries, there's no way to reconcile the problem of evil with a benevolent God.

-Epicurus famous Trilemma: “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”

So, to sum up:

1) The question of god-belief is a nasty bit of social engineering to force you into a positive answer, with the implication that a negative response will be punished with exclusion.

2) The question of "god's" existence is logically absurd and meaningless, in addition to being unfalsifiable. Dismissed without regard or hesitation.

So "atheism" (as declared non-belief in god) only makes sense as a political reaction to the cultural hegemony of god-belief. Forget Dawkins' 7-point scale and all that jazz. Without "God" as the default position, atheism has no meaning.

This is why I self-identify as an *anti-theist.* Anti-theocracy. Because what's worth opposing with every gram of passion you can muster, are all the despicable things being done in "God's" name.

#atheism #antitheism #carlin #dawkins #epicurus #hitchens #theodicy #god #theocracy

#FunfactFriday
Did you know that if we extracted the Te from one Carlin type gold deposit as a byproduct, it would cover the entire US need and then some?!
The tellurium (and gold) in these deposits is all contained in our wonderful ore mineral of the year, PYRITE!!
#Carlin #CriticalMetals #Gold #Nevada #Pyrite #IMAOreMineraloftheYear
(photo is of the Goldstrike Open Pit Carlin type Gold Mine; image credit: USGS)

Pyrite fun fact:
Pyrite is also know as 'Fools Gold,' but the fools don't realize that it can actually contain significant amount of 'invisible' gold!!!! Here is a image of a gold containing pyrite from Nevada, and maps showing the distribution of gold at the micrometer (bottom-left), and atomic scale (top-left)!!
(image credit: Phil Gopon; https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4676)
#APT #FoolsGold #Pyrite #Carlin #Mining #IMAOreMineraloftheYear #MineralMonday

#yorkshire #Lancashire #gardening #Lent #Carlin
One of the peas I am growing agin this year are the incredibly beautiful and very old Carlin peas,so called because they are tradtionaly eaten on Carlin Sunday (the sunday before Palm Sunday.Though in Lancashire the black version is traditionally eaten on Bonfire night in bowls or cups with vinegar.And used to be sold on fair grounds at New year.The flowers are pretty ,though for peas it needs a long time so pods can dry our if your drying peas

With the announcement the #EnzoFittipaldi will be joining #carlin the #F2 grid is almost complete

We are still waiting on MP Motorsports to announce their second driver and Art to confirm their two drivers

See how the grid is lining up below

#formula2 #Motorsports

"Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure."

-George Carlin

#Carlin #quote #funny

George Carlin's American Dream

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12899886/

#nowwatching #hbo #carlin

Wisdom. #Carlin

#Carlin

Seemed like a good day to post:

https://youtu.be/aIkqNiBASfI

#baseball #football #carlin

@janie it's next to the banana guacamole. #Carlin

Great examples of the coolest person in the coolest place at the coolest time:

George Carlin hosting the first episode of SNL.

He OPENED by talking about theft of Native American land, in a joke about how American Football is basically land theft: the game.

SNL was impossibly loosey-goosey in those first couple of years, it's hard to believe now.

#SaturdayNightLive #SNL #NativeAmericanHistoryMonth #Carlin #GeorgeCarlin

Ronflement de ma princesse #carlin rien de mieux pour un réveil en douceur (enfin y a mieux aussi mais suis tout seul…)

#Carlin

mon premier pouet ouin-ouin c'est pour me plaindre de mon carlin : elle m'a boulé pour s'installer sur mon oreiller. et je peux même pas protester, je l'adore 😂 #carlin #jedebutesurMastodon

#georgecarlin #george #carlin #bilingual #isuckathashtags