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Complete the Atheist Joke #2


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How many atheists does it take to change a lightbulb?



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42 Responses

  1. avatar James Says:

    It only takes one, but there are hundreds more hiding in the shadows who are too afraid to speak out for the need to change the light bulb.

  2. avatar Spook Says:

    Psh, what light bulb? You and your silly fairy stories!

  3. avatar jonathan Says:

    There’s no evidence to support the assertion that atheist change light bulbs.

  4. avatar Joseph R. Says:

    None, Brights don’t need light bulbs.

  5. avatar Scott Says:

    None, they always see the light.

  6. avatar Jeff Says:

    Six.

    One to ridicule the people who don’t realize the light is out.
    One to ridicule the ridiculers and try to make nice with those who don’t realize the light is out.
    One to realize that the light is out but do nothing for fear of being thought of as someone who realizes that the light is out.
    One to be skeptical that the light receptacle even has power.
    One not to even care.
    One to actually change the light bulb.

    Did that cover everybody?

  7. avatar athinkingman Says:

    None. Atheists prefer to lead each other through the darkness and develop their own night vision.

  8. avatar Adam Says:

    It doesn’t matter, atheists will never see the light anyway!

    :-P

  9. avatar Alenônimo Says:

    None. Atheists just hire eletrician, like anybody else.

  10. avatar brian t Says:

    A: None: the lightbulb isn’t broken, even if you’re told it is, and you believe it is.

  11. avatar James Says:

    Two: One to hold the ladder, one to change the lightbulb… and zero invisible friends.

  12. avatar Richard Says:

    None. They’ll just sit back and wait for it to evolve light giving properties.

  13. avatar MercuryBlue Says:

    One, to change the light bulb. Contrast to the number of religious people it takes to change a light bulb—a large number trying to become larger, because they’re all sure that if there’s just one more person praying, if they all pray just a little bit harder, God will change the light bulb.

  14. avatar robin Says:

    None. Atheists aren’t afraid of the dark.

  15. avatar Susan Says:

    One. Because atheists keep a supply of bulbs and don’t rely on a myth in case they run out.

  16. avatar Drew Says:

    An atheist can’t change a light bulb, but hopefully they can offer enough evidence that the light bulb will change on its own.

  17. avatar Tolga K. Says:

    One atheist.
    One sacrificial goat.
    Three ground up babies (and an aborted fetus).
    One bag of tortilla chips.
    And fifty freshly torn pages from a Bible to clean up the mess.

  18. avatar Joseph R. Says:

    Only one, but the light bulb has to want to change.

  19. avatar Arlen Says:

    Atheists don’t know how to change a light bulb, but they’re sure your method is wrong.

  20. avatar LegoPanda Says:

    Atheists do know how to change a light bulb, but they would like to discuss the irrationality of some other methods first.

  21. avatar Jack Says:

    None. An atheist rationally knows that a light bulb can’t be changed — once a light bulb, always a light bulb. However, it takes only one atheist to replace a light bulb.

  22. avatar jared Says:

    none, they prefer to hide in the dark and pretend to see the light.

  23. avatar James Says:

    Two
    one to change the bulb
    another to quit relying on the old type of bulb and design a better one

  24. avatar GWN Says:

    one. Come on, it’s simple physics!

  25. avatar Frank Says:

    I’m the light… so I don’t need light bulbs

  26. avatar Lysander Says:

    Don’t try to change the lightbulb; that’s impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth–there is no lightbulb. Then you’ll see that it is not the bulb that changes; it is only yourself.

  27. avatar Lysander Says:

    I think it should be:

    Q: How many atheists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
    A. Two, but how do they get in there?

    :)

  28. avatar Edward T. Babinski Says:

    ANSWER:

    One,Thomas Alva Edison, also the light bulb’s inventor, who didn’t believe in an afterlife but in brightening up this one.

    –Edward T. Babinski

  29. avatar J Myers Says:

    This isn’t mine; I saw it posted somewhere recently, and thought it was pretty good:

    Q: How many atheists does it take to change a lightbulb?
    A: Two: One to change the lightbulb, and one to videotape the event to keep the theists from claiming that god did it.

  30. avatar Ben Says:

    A .true. atheist wouldn’t change the lightbulb, because in order to know for certain that the lightbulb was burned out, you would require complete omniscience. Why change a lightbulb that you aren’t sure is burned out?

  31. avatar jedipunk Says:

    None. We just flip the switch.

  32. avatar Jeff Says:

    Q: How many atheists does it take to change a lightbulb?
    A: Two: One to change the lightbulb, and one to videotape the event to keep the theists from claiming that god did it.

    Good one. That gets my vote!!!

    If only someone had a video camera around 2000 years ago…
    Imagine…

  33. avatar hoverFrog Says:

    One, she tells me to change it when I get home.

  34. avatar Thoracantha Says:

    One, but no one will ever use that light again, because as soon as an atheists touches the light bulb, all light emitted becomes the work of the devil.

  35. avatar chatterbox Says:

    At least three, but they won’t change it, just continue the orgy until the sun rises!

    Alternatively:

    One, but they need the severed head of a baby.

  36. avatar Gwenny Says:

    None. An atheist rationally knows that a light bulb can’t be changed — once a light bulb, always a light bulb. However, it takes only one atheist to replace a light bulb.

    This one gets my vote! But this one deserves honorable mention!

    One, she tells me to change it when I get home.

  37. avatar pip Says:

    One, and we have the science to prove our answer.

  38. avatar Lysander Says:

    “. . . in order to know for certain that the lightbulb was burned out, you would require complete omniscience.”

    Okay, I have to call this one out (even if, by chance, it was a jest) because it bugs me. In most clear bulbs (incandescent or otherwise) one can see if the filament is in tact; if not, it’s out. For frosted bulbs, shake them and if you hear something bouncing off the glass, that’s the broken filament (it could also possibly be visible in the bulb if held up to the light). As for fluorescents, the broken filament can likely be heard. For those bulbs which the filament isn’t visible, the sure way to tell if it’s junk is to apply a continuity test with a multimeter, of which the cheapest costs as much as a lightbulb.

  39. avatar Ben Says:

    It was a jest. Completely, totally a jest. Another try:

    There’s no such thing as a lightbulb. It only takes one atheist to replace the dark-absorber when it gets full.

  40. avatar Jim NH Says:

    None, they would rather curse the darkness

  41. avatar Kelly Says:

    robin said, March 5, 2008 at 7:01 pm
    None. Atheists aren’t afraid of the dark.

    and

    jedipunk said, March 6, 2008 at 6:28 am
    None. We just flip the switch.

    Both made me LOL.

  42. avatar Tom Says:

    Lightbulbs don’t go out naturally. It’s just confused. Send it to lightbulb camp.

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