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The westboro Baptist church actively goes against Christian teachings so anything they say in the name of Christianity is completely irrelevant. Don’t consider them Christians in the traditional sense because they ARENT

Yes. It's a wee bit loaded when we look at terrorists, crusaders, fundamentalists, con men, and molestors flying a banner of religion and use them as evidence of the "crimes of religion." These things can be said of those claiming to be scientists, public servants, spouses, or anything which can be an idea really, including atheism. We can lump a whole load of people, including the WBC into a group called "lousy people" without smearing any ideology. We could say perhaps that the fundamentalists and zealots have gone too far- but the little old lady down the street standing before her Hindu shrine, the Muslim guy with his prayer mat unfurled in his study, the Catholic kid on the other side of town in his room praying his rosary- they're the majority and they're doing fine by me. Vocal idiots can ruin anything for everyone if we let them. Why let idiots take away everything people love?

popsy, the person in the photo is just stating their own perspective. I see no difference between this and someone posting messages of faith.

I agree with that, but I think that there's plenty of other problems we as species can use our energy for. Respect everyone's belief even if you don't agree with it. Don't say that somebody is stupid for believing in God or yell that someone's going to burn in hell. Plus, our taxes pay for NASA, separation of church and state should apply here too.

I just wanted to add that I don't know why you got a down vote about the pieces of shit call westboro Baptist that will disrupt and disrespect a fall hero's funeral . I gave it an up vote,

I have to say that while I'm fine with people expressing themselves, let's put it in perspective. If an astronaut were to hold up a sign saying: "I don't see and santa up here" they would just be expressing disbelief in santa right? That's common enough, and many argue that santa is an unhealthy lie that hurts society. But would we feel differently in that case? If a common complaint is about the vocalness and attempts to convert of the religious, why is it then acceptable to do the same thing? In a perfect world people would keep their shit to themselves unless asked or amongst close company. The world isn't perfect, but as a scientist and a professional- what would an astronaut be doing using a space mission to discuss a thing that is in no way related to science?

The astronaut wouldn't want the controversy. Their pretty mission orientated. Plus, they are still subjected to the Millitary Code of Justice. I just don't see it happening.

Hitting golf balls on the moon probably took a lot of begging to get that approved.

In cannon the Tower of Babel was blaspheme as it was built to avoid a second flood and thus to try and subvert the will of god. Much the way a government would stop the minutemen from building a device that can take over US drones the tower was destroyed to stop subversion and show authority. And omnipotent god would have no worries- simply guidance. It is irksome how many people try to make themselves feel smart by attacking the intelligence of the religious- by quoting scriptures they have never read or taken the time to understand. Perhaps more irksome is the fact that so many assume that every single story in scripture is literal, or that anyone who follows a religion must believe them as literal. Wether you do actually take them as literal or not- we could all agree that there is subtext to most such writings. That these stories- true, false, literal or allegorical- are meant to impart certain lessons or virtues, and can't all be understood alone out of context to other scriptures

Very true

I wasn't trying to like start shit. I was attempting to be kinda sassy I guess. Obviously, I didn't present my comment in that way, nor was it that obvious, so yeah, I failed the comedy lords there.