Mortal Remains

Secularist, atheist artist, #childfree ailurophile, humanist phytophage, #TheSimpsons obsessive, skygazer, ephemeral consciousness trapped in immortal particles

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

#God is a convenient artifice for reassuring humans that life has inherent meaning, that someone cares what we do, and that more awaits us after #death.

But the price to be paid—a lifetime devoted to a delusion—is indefensible. #religion #atheism

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

And I am looking forward to the overwrought reactions of the faithful who can't fathom or tolerate an outspoken non-believer.

(Plus my very favorite—those who seem to think this is a new thing 😆) #NotAfraidofBurningInHell #religion

[FFRF @FFRF]

FFRF is looking forward to reaching 22 million viewers during the upcoming #Democraticdebate with its iconic ad featuring “unabashed atheist” Ron Reagan. #NotAfraidOfBurninginHell 🔥 https://t.co/eleQc0w3YC

[Ryan Jayne @Ryan_D_Jayne]

I have so many questions! When the old pope retired, did he lose his direct line to God? If so, how could he possibly justify a critique of the current pope? If not, how could the two possibly disagree on anything? Why do people still revere the papacy? https://t.co/5SgEIvRqIK

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

Dear @1_MillionMoms and other speech censors:

Fuck off.

Love,
Everyone else.

Fox News: Conservative group slams Burger King over commercial using the 'D-Word'.
https://t.co/sBqOeNFNfd

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

Pro tip: Not everybody who disagrees with you is an #idiot.

#discourse

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

@pastorlocke * If you believe he's your savior.

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

In #orwellian news:

Be afraid. Be very afraid. So many nations are caught in an #authoritarian slide right now. The undermining of #freethought is an enormous blow to basic civil liberty.

#China

https://t.co/l6WZXKKGMe

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

@NPR Capital punishment is still barbarism.

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

@ThatGuy3002 Art of Noise is underrated! (I have "Moments in Love" on my phone.) Whenever I get in a musical rut, I play this album to shake it up.

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

Warmongers will always try to conflate #pacifism with lack of #patriotism. The notion is a complete fallacy. #IranWar

[Joel M. Curzon @JoelMCurzon]

Weaponizing patriotism to silence dissent about Trump’s actions in Iran. Remember the buildup to the Iraq war? Same playbook.

Freedom fries, anyone?

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

@dinok1975 At least in the US, typically only the minority class is the explicitly protected class. But of course the majority class still enjoys all their other constitutional protections. I bet diet would still fall under one of the broader constitutional protections somehow.

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

Such a sense of foreboding about the next 10 months. The damage done by #Trump and his administration will only be understood fully in hindsight.

Even in the best-case scenario—his actual removal from office—the U.S. and other nations will be dealing with the fallout for ages.

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

@KFILE

[Opening Arguments @openargs]

It's almost as if giving a criminally insane game show host control of the world's most powerful military is a bad idea.

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

We've been conditioned to associate #religion with humility. But really—what could be more arrogant than believing that, of all possible beliefs, you've identified the universal creator, and that said creator gives a shit about what you do?

[Opening Arguments @openargs]

I wish I could say that this *professor of Constitutional Law* at Harvard was joking when he tweeted this bit of inanity.

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

@BradleyWhitford See also: #StateofJefferson

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

"All three." "Major." Oh dear.

[Curtis Houck @CurtisHouck]

By sharing this, you're mocking Noah's Ark as a fairy tale, a story held in all three major world religions as having happened. But continuing lecturing us about decency!

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

@KagroX I wish I could muster more eloquence than this, but: What fucking dicks.

[Anthony Michael Kreis, FRHistS @AnthonyMKreis]

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. https://t.co/8Ka5oa6RB9

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

@WhatJesus74 @FoxNews Yeah. And they seem to leapfrog from "the results don't indicate a rise in atheists..." to "atheists are on the rise because of..."
https://t.co/7FiXMdsZTy

[Simpsons Non-Sequiturs @SimpsonsNonSeqs]

#TheSimpsons #society

[Mortal Remains @meremortalone]

Yep. We can't get through a single @FoxNews discussion about "the rise of the Nones" without someone saying the phrase "religion of #atheism."

Fox News: The rise of the 'Nones': Growing percentage of Americans reject organized #religion.
https://t.co/tEGXqKz1PA