# Atheists! You really need to stop pissing on the parade! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 27, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515 "2011-12-27T14:39:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/1 "2011-12-27T14:39:01Z")
Or just stop pissing period! This is why we are wrong!😃 > **[PROOF that the earth is only 6000 years old -](http://twitpic.com/7z17zc)** > > PROOF that the earth is only 6000 years old - ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/2 "2011-12-27T14:41:29Z")
The stoopit - it hurts my brain!!! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/3 "2011-12-27T15:07:12Z")
It’s easy to spot the flaw in that argument; we haven’t always been human. Back when my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was an amoeba, he hardly drank any water at all. Honestly, if they can’t take these simple things into account, there’s just no point in debating them. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/4 "2011-12-27T15:16:38Z")
I’m very sorry. I’ll cease and desist all attempts to be logical from now on. No more science for me! This heathen lifestyle just doesn’t make sense to my little peabrain. I’ve been saved. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/5 "2011-12-27T15:20:35Z")
Well, I’m convinced. The logic in that is so obviously impossible to refute! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/6 "2011-12-27T15:25:03Z")
Mommy, what happens when I flush the toilet? ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/7 "2011-12-27T15:27:31Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Mommy, what happens when I flush the toilet? The water disappears son. God (or LoveGod50) told me so. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/8 "2011-12-27T15:30:36Z")
That explains why it’s called _fresh_ water. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/9 "2011-12-27T15:31:24Z")
I never piss on a parade. Just don’t leave your Cheerios unattended. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/10 "2011-12-27T15:36:12Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > It’s easy to spot the flaw in that argument; we haven’t always been human. Back when my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was an amoeba, he hardly drank any water at all. Even easier – the story would only be valid if people didn’t piss. And then there’s the math. There are 7 billion humans _now_. There weren’t 7 billion humans a century ago. Or two centuries ago. They’re using a single value for a changing variable. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/11 "2011-12-27T15:44:26Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > And then there’s the math. There are 7 billion humans _now_. There weren’t 7 billion humans a century ago. Or two centuries ago. They’re using a single value for a changing variable. Or a couple years ago even. I suck at math, but since my reasoning is pretty good I can still see several flaws in their argument. But who’s counting? ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/12 "2011-12-27T15:44:54Z")
But you have to admit its funny as feck! ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/13 "2011-12-27T16:49:47Z")
Misconstruing the arguments of your opponents so you can mock them is called the strawman fallacy. It’s intellectually lazy and inherently self righteous. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/14 "2011-12-27T16:52:43Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Misconstruing the arguments of your opponents so you can mock them is called the strawman fallacy. It’s intellectually lazy and inherently self righteous. Says you! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/15 "2011-12-27T17:32:35Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Misconstruing the arguments of your opponents so you can mock them is called the strawman fallacy. It’s intellectually lazy and inherently self righteous. It figures you’d bring Hitler into this. Well I win the thread then. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/16 "2011-12-27T18:15:51Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Even easier – the story would only be valid if people didn’t piss. Facetiousness runs in my family, but only on my great-great-etc.-grand_mother_ amoeba’s side. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/17 "2011-12-27T18:25:43Z")
Someone once said the human race is just something water invented to move itself around. Maybe it was Douglas Adams. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/18 "2011-12-27T18:29:34Z")
Can we **please** expand the two-click NSFW rule to include epic stupid? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/19 "2011-12-27T18:38:36Z")
Just in case anyone reading here doesn’t realise, the linked argument is a parody, created by the folks at Landover Baptist. ([linky](http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?t=69985)) I mean, there are creationist arguments like this, and equally as stupid as this, but this one is a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515/20 "2011-12-27T19:59:36Z")
Sometimes I think I have seen Teh Stoopid in all its forms. Then I see something like that, and I realize that I haven’t. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-you-really-need-to-stop-pissing-on-the-parade/607515.md?page=2)