“Dear God. We paid for all this stuff ourselves, so thanks for nothing.”
-Bart Simpson
Other than the atheism applause light, what is rationalist about this quote?
Edit: In other words, Bart Simpson has plenty to be thankful for, even if God is not the appropriate receiver of thanks.
Edit2: Oops. I withdraw my objection.
Well, Bart’s is basically a simplified version of Eliezer’s prayer, and preceded it by quite a number of years.
And it’s also a “Hey, I saw that cartoon!” applause light.
Somehow, I thought this was in Rationality Quotes. My criticism is based on that erroneous context. D’oh!
-Bart Simpson
Other than the atheism applause light, what is rationalist about this quote?
Edit: In other words, Bart Simpson has plenty to be thankful for, even if God is not the appropriate receiver of thanks.
Edit2: Oops. I withdraw my objection.
Well, Bart’s is basically a simplified version of Eliezer’s prayer, and preceded it by quite a number of years.
And it’s also a “Hey, I saw that cartoon!” applause light.
Somehow, I thought this was in Rationality Quotes. My criticism is based on that erroneous context. D’oh!