![]() ![]() Julia Sweeney’s gentle atheism works for some as is clear by the interview. And the Mods rein everything in if that’s the case. You’ll learn early on who’s an expert on what and you’ll see the flow of the conversations as they try to teach and/or argue (depending on the stamina and stubbornness of the posting ‘student’) as the case may be, usually without patronizing unless provoked. Phil, Dan, Stephen of W, crookedshoes – they come to mind immediately and they are only a few of the many. Alan4 and LaurieB are great anchor contributors and there are many more. I hope Julia Sweeney comes to recognize these things too.ħ Steven007 This is a nice place to contribute (which I do on occasion) and lurk (which I do often). I think those who post here are well aware of religion’s ugly affect on politics, science and various aspects of culture. Religion pretends that morality boils down to “laws” or “teachings,” and the only source is the religion. an old goat leading around an old blind horse, wild dolphins protecting humans from sharks, or a wild crow raising a kitten. As proof, I find it easy to point to the YouTube videos of a parrot feeding spaghetti noodles to the family dog. Our morality is based on empathy, hard wired because we possess so many mirror neurons that make us feel what others feel - just like many social animals. Perhaps the most dangerous thing many religions do is attempt to co-opt morality for their own use. My mother warned me not to discuss any of this with my eight siblings, “lest you spread the error of your ways.” She’s since drifted a bit but likes to remain ambivalent. Even now in his nineties he doesn’t think he did anything wrong. They certainly weren’t of me! My father immediately denounced me as “lazy” for not wanting to attend mass and insisted that I do so for as long as I lived in his house. They always seemed remarkably tolerant of their non-catholic friends. ![]() Such was the case when I announced my “agnosticism” to my parents at age 13. Prejudice exposes itself in people that you would never have suspected of it. The sense of “community” evaporates quickly for those who announce they aren’t religious. As I’ve gotten older however I’ve come to the conclusion that religion is an absolutely useless mental parasite with no redeeming features. ![]() She reminds me of my own escape out of the roman catholicism of my parents, only she started at a much older age.Īt first I too thought the only thing wrong with catholicism was that it insisted on an illogical and irrational god just like the other religions I was exposed to growing up. Revue had a lively, laugh-filled conversation with Sweeney about the duo’s upcoming event, along with why she doesn’t think religion is evil, despite hating all “the bad parts” of it as much as anyone else.Ĭontinue reading by clicking the name of the source below. His most famous work is titled The God Delusion. Mainly: Sweeney still believes in the value of religion, while Dawkins is colloquially considered one of the “Four Horsemen” of New Atheism, an unofficial term for atheism that directly critiques religion. While they may have atheism in common - both being “rah-rah secularists,” as Sweeney says - their ideology differs in some distinct ways. That’s why she’ll be joining fellow atheist, Richard Dawkins, on stage at Fountain Street Church on Nov. For two hours, Sweeney humorously and frankly discusses her 40-year journey from Catholic to nonbeliever. The former SNL cast member and current mother, actor and comedian introduced her one-woman show, Letting Go of God, in 2004. But also, Pat was conventionally unattractive and intentionally gross - so I definitely got laughs on that.Julia Sweeney is not your typical atheist. “In my mind, I was actually trying to explore how uncomfortable not having a gender was for the people around that person,” she tells Page Six. But Spokane native Sweeney says that while she’s criticized for the character, she never intended for Pat to be hurtful. Given the climate around non-binary individuals and gender at large today, it goes without saying that Pat has not aged well. Sweeney’s character, an androgynous person whose impossible-to-determine gender made people around her uncomfortable, was one of the show’s most popular recurring bits in the early 1990s, even getting a feature film adaptation (which turned out to be a box-office dud). Of all of her “Saturday Night Live” tenure’s roster of impressions and characters, Julia Sweeney says she still gets “a lot of s–t” for one. ![]()
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