Let's do a thought experiment.
Imagine I am the superintendant of a large public school district.
Imagine I find out that a male teacher has been sexually molesting dozens of children, boys and girls, for the last ten years.
I don't report him to the police. Instead, I take him out of that school, and put him into a different school in my same school district, and I hush it up. I feel that I need to protect the reputation of my school district.
Furthermore, I do the same thing with 25 other child-molesting pedophiles in my school district...
Got the picture? What would think of me then? What should happen to me? You probably think I should be put in jail for concealing a felony, and aiding and abetting felons.
Then what do you say of the current Pope, who has done exactly this? Feel free to comment...
Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
There are no such thing as atheists...
This is something I heard recently from a christian. This position comes from the religionists' complete inability to concieve that their belief is false. People who say this imagine that the atheist is really a true believer who is 'angry' at god.
Not only do I emphatically argue that there are true atheists- people who reject religion for lack of credible evidence and rationality-- but I'll go further than that. I'll state that there are no real Christians.
The only thing I've seen that comes close true Christianity in this country are the snake handlers of the Appalachian Mountains (and their practices have been outlawed by their fellow christians because so many of them die).
A true Christian will handle poisonous snakes, drink poisonous liquids, sell everything they have and give the money to the poor, abandon their families in order to follow their religion, kill people who work on the sabbath, kill disobedient children, kill practicing homosexuals, kill anyone (including their own spouse and child) who attempts to convert them to a different religion, refuse to use doctors or modern medicine, and I could go on and on.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, shame on you... read the bible.
Not only do I emphatically argue that there are true atheists- people who reject religion for lack of credible evidence and rationality-- but I'll go further than that. I'll state that there are no real Christians.
The only thing I've seen that comes close true Christianity in this country are the snake handlers of the Appalachian Mountains (and their practices have been outlawed by their fellow christians because so many of them die).
A true Christian will handle poisonous snakes, drink poisonous liquids, sell everything they have and give the money to the poor, abandon their families in order to follow their religion, kill people who work on the sabbath, kill disobedient children, kill practicing homosexuals, kill anyone (including their own spouse and child) who attempts to convert them to a different religion, refuse to use doctors or modern medicine, and I could go on and on.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, shame on you... read the bible.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Moral Relativism, again
I just read yet another rant by a religionist claiming that athiests are moral relativists. This ignoramus has it backwards. I believe, for example, that it is ALWAYS wrong to kill someone who is not actively trying to kill me or someone else (or who has not been convicted of already doing so). Always. This princple does not change. Can the Christian claim the same?
The christian can claim he or she believes "thou shalt not kill", and that murder is wrong, but then ask "What about in the bible where David, before he was king, went on thieving raids with 600 of his best warriors, plundering from his neighbors, and then afterwards killed anyone old enough who might inform on him?"
Here is where the Christian dives deep into moral relativism. In this one example among hundreds, the Christian will invariably say: "But times were different then-- you just don't understand."
Oh, I understand. The Christian is incapable of saying the truth. David was a cold-blooded murderer. The god of the bible was a hypocrite in his treatment of David-- God should have sent him to hell for his numerous crimes.
The entire bible is WRITTEN ON pages of moral relativism.
The christian can claim he or she believes "thou shalt not kill", and that murder is wrong, but then ask "What about in the bible where David, before he was king, went on thieving raids with 600 of his best warriors, plundering from his neighbors, and then afterwards killed anyone old enough who might inform on him?"
Here is where the Christian dives deep into moral relativism. In this one example among hundreds, the Christian will invariably say: "But times were different then-- you just don't understand."
Oh, I understand. The Christian is incapable of saying the truth. David was a cold-blooded murderer. The god of the bible was a hypocrite in his treatment of David-- God should have sent him to hell for his numerous crimes.
The entire bible is WRITTEN ON pages of moral relativism.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
No Debating
Sorry, religionists, but I won't be engaging in debates on this blog. It's not because I fear it. In fact, I would say that I've never lost a debate, and I've been in hundreds of them, even with bona fide Christian scholars and divinity professors. I've been on TV (albiet cable) arguing against the veracity of the bible.
The reason is that my time is too valuable. Like president John Adams, I consider the topics of religion in government, the evils of religion, creationism etc. to be "cartloads of foolish trumpery" that firmly deserve to be demolished. I just feel there are better ways of doing it besides arguing with delusional fools. Let's face it, biblical literalists and creationists are so ignorant and idiotic that they do not even merit speaking to. When a person is that far gone, there is little hope.
There is a page on bibletrash that contains the results of my past online debates. That will have to suffice, if you wish to know what I would say in response to you.
The reason is that my time is too valuable. Like president John Adams, I consider the topics of religion in government, the evils of religion, creationism etc. to be "cartloads of foolish trumpery" that firmly deserve to be demolished. I just feel there are better ways of doing it besides arguing with delusional fools. Let's face it, biblical literalists and creationists are so ignorant and idiotic that they do not even merit speaking to. When a person is that far gone, there is little hope.
There is a page on bibletrash that contains the results of my past online debates. That will have to suffice, if you wish to know what I would say in response to you.
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I am the author of the writings on BIBLETRASH.COM, and the Evolution Education Resource Center.
Check here for new writings, quick thoughts, etc.
With all of the great freethought and atheist content out there, from the mid 1800's onward, I still feel the need to add to it. Some of what's out there is not strong enough, not direct and to the point. Other writings are too philosophical, too ethereal-- inaccessible to the average person. Really, most of what needs to be said was said by Ingersoll and Paine. But nowadays, thoughts need to be presented in bite-sized nuggets, easily digestible in 10 minutes. Hence my website, since about 1998.
Thanks for reading, and I hope you continue to gain benefit and enjoyment from my writings.
I am the author of the writings on BIBLETRASH.COM, and the Evolution Education Resource Center.
Check here for new writings, quick thoughts, etc.
With all of the great freethought and atheist content out there, from the mid 1800's onward, I still feel the need to add to it. Some of what's out there is not strong enough, not direct and to the point. Other writings are too philosophical, too ethereal-- inaccessible to the average person. Really, most of what needs to be said was said by Ingersoll and Paine. But nowadays, thoughts need to be presented in bite-sized nuggets, easily digestible in 10 minutes. Hence my website, since about 1998.
Thanks for reading, and I hope you continue to gain benefit and enjoyment from my writings.
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