Once again, we have the evidence of God’s mysterious ways. You know, miraculous appearances in stains and grilled cheese but no saving the 25,000 children who starve to death every day: Grounds for hope in a stained coffee mug
“God reveals himself in some very mysterious ways,” we’re told. Indeed, God must be revealing his priorities to us – and his priorities are sick and disgusting.
Now, WHAT was the difference between the Taliban and American Christianity again? The violence in the name of Jesus continues….
Approving of war and torture (see previous post) isn’t that far a step from murder: Doctor murdered in Church and right-wing fundamentalist Christians are celebrating. … And lest you think that this is an isolated nut I remind you that there is a murder-target Christian hit list on the web, and Randall Terry who runs this says his only regret was that the doctor didn’t have time to convert to Christ first and that the President might use this to crack-down on ‘Pro-Life’ terrorists.. You know, the murder victim was a Lutheran, not a real Christian as defined by the dominant forces of Christian America.
As I’ve said before, I don’t really know what horrible evil cancer ate up American Christianity and I don’t know how to fix it. I don’t know if it CAN be fixed or if it will remain a menacing and violent force in our country forever.
I DO know that once again we have proof that the so-called “Pro-Life” movement is anything BUT …the same people who overwhelmingly approve of torture and war are celebrating murder. No surprise. We need to start calling them what they really are; the “FORCED PREGNANCY MOVEMENT” – that’s what they want. The ‘pro-life’ name is just a bullshit cover story. That, or Christian Terrorists – also apt.
Jesus on toast, Mary on a driveway stain, does it never end? No it does not, those religionist comedians just keep coming up with new stuff for the most gullible to ogle: Dallas Couple Sees Jesus Inside Cheese Snack.
And I remind everyone yet AGAIN that these “cheesy” miracles may be the best explanation of why the various gods don’t do anything about 25,000 children starving to death every day. They are just too damn busy appearing in Cheetos.
Truly pathetic.
Having failed to justify their beliefs any OTHER way, true believers point to miracles as proof of the myths they worship. It’s funny that we can’t seem to come up with ONE….not a single ONE of someone coming back from the dead, or some poor guy who got his legs blown off by a landmine having new legs miraculously materialize. Those would look like real miracles to just about everyone.
Nope, instead we get something to the effect of “oh he was really bad off, but not as sick as the doctors thought he MIGHT be..so there you go, it’s a miracle from God. Catholics investigating possible miracle in New Jersey.
Carmelite Sisters superior general Mother Mark Louis Randall says the possible miracle involves a family who prayed to McCrory after their unborn child was diagnosed with a genetic abnormality. Randall says the defect was not present in the degree it had been expected when the child was born.
I must ask believers… have you no shame? Believe what you want because it makes you feel good about yourself. Fine. But please stop the idiocy. You are an embarrassment to the human race.
Irish Catholic church child abuse: ‘A cruel and wicked system’
The government new for DECADES about systematic, institutional physical and sexual abuse of children and did nothing… cuz, you know, it’s the church! We don’t mess with the church.
And the church’s defense? They didn’t know priests’ abuse was crime.
They might be right. Those poor persecuted Christians are feeling so sorry for themselves that the government will let them get away with torture and rape so as not to hurt their little Christian feelings.
It’s been too long since we had any of these delightful stories, so here we go! … Woman: ‘GOD’ Spelled Out In Salami. Yes… or ..um…”GOO” ..take your pick. Clearly this is a great and mighty miracle (or the closest thing YOU’LL ever see!)
But wait, there’s more… Diners report seeing Virgin Mary in food griddle …aka South Of The Border pareidolia — Because there is no barrier to ignorance and/or wide-eyed superstition.
As we have said before, these stories offer the BEST POSSIBLE EXPLANATION as to why a supposedly loving God never bothers to do anything about the 25,000 children who starve to death every single day: He’s just too damn busy! Jesus H.W. Christ, do you expect him to be everywhere or something? Appearing in salami is clearly the most important miracle the Big Guy can pull off.
The question I would ask Christians is this, is a conversion at the point of a gun a legitimate conversion? Has Jesus told you to go out and slaughter people you have decided are unbelievers, sparing their lives only if they convert to Christianity? Is that REALLY what your God is all about? As the pastor prays, “I pray that you would give them the ability to exterminate the enemy and to accomplish the task that they’re been sent forth by God and country to do. In Christ’s name I pray. Amen,” remember he is doing this in YOUR name and God’s name. If you have a conscience, you should be horrified: Military Deeply Involved in Christian Reality Television Show
But it’s the military chaplains who have been criticized for allegedly force-feeding soldiers a form of fundamentalist Christianity originating from highly controversial, apocalyptic “End Times” evangelists and their mega-churches.
The University of Kansas decided to map sexual depravity by measuring STDs per capita. No surprise, the Bible belt is the filth and perversion capitol of America. We already knew it, but here is your map: The Daily Dish
First of all, it must be pointed out that torture is a war crime. It is totally 100 percent ILLEGAL everywhere on EARTH. As a serious and horrific crime, it ranks second only to genocide. But thanks to entertainment programs that postulate unrealistic scenarios where torture is somehow GOOD, about half of Americans think there might be times when it is okay to commit war crimes – according to the most recent Pew poll.
The most telling element, however, is that Catholics and evangelical Christians are the sub groups MOST LIKELY to love torture. Hard to believe, but it is the church-goers themselves who have told us this. Mmmm……Jesus just LOVES torturing people (apparently).
Catholics are the biggest lovers of war crimes, and those who attend services at LEAST monthly are the most likely to salivate over the prospect of hurting people.
You can read the breakdown of numbers here: Pew Poll:The Religious Dimensions of the Torture Debate.
So what does this tell us? Well, evangelical Christians and Catholics may be unusually ignorant about torture and its victims. Or perhaps Catholics and evangelical Christians are particularly ignorant of the law. Maybe members of these religious groups know the law but have utter disrespect for it. OR, finally, evangelical Christians and Catholics may have a strong sadistic streak in their religion. Take your pick.
Whatever else you derive from this information, know that it is not outsiders attacking religion! What we have here, is a case of Christians condemning themselves.
Presented more for the comments than the initial arguments, here is another importune attempt to disprove the existence of a certain deity (not an argument endorsed by this blog): Logically disproving the Christian God.
There is a general rule in logic which says that you cannot prove a negative. Example… So if I say that there are extraterrestrial parrots living on Mars, you know it’s stupid, ridiculous (and I’m either delusional or lying my ass off) but you can’t prove it isn’t true. But there is a reason why this is a rule rather than a law…
If I say that there are parrots living on Mars and I know this because they broadcast a radio show on a certain frequency, THAT can be checked.
I can say that you still haven’t proved that the Martian parrots don’t exist but that’s an irrelevant argument now; my only evidence supporting their existence has been shot down, so I have nothing; there isn’t a single reason to believe me.
Likewise, while you can’t prove that some vague, generic non-defined GOD really doesn’t exist, you can certainly test claims that are more specific.
There are a couple of typical tests in this area; the Parsimony test looks at the claim (in Christianity) that God has the characteristics of being all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-loving. We then look at real life and discover, hey, you know what? At least one of those things can’t be true, otherwise life on earth would be very different from the reality in which we live.
The other way – which is the approach used in this article – is to look at the Bible, which is supposedly THE evidence for the existence of the Judeo-Christian god, and see how it stacks up to its own claims.
The beauty of the article cited here is not so much in the arguments but rather in the response of religionists in the comments section: The imperviousness to logic is priceless. Such is the fallibility of human nature, though; we have a great deal of trouble seeing the flaws in our own preconceptions.
Instead of trying to use blunt-force logic, I always suggest to people that you turn arguments around: If you say that “you can’t prove God doesn’t exist” and you think that this is a devastatingly effective argument – then saying that “the earth is 4.5 billion years old and you can’t prove it isn’t true” must be equally effective: They rely on the same logic.
Yes, I know you still won’t get anywhere; religionists by nature are only interested in arguments that support their beliefs. They aren’t really searching for truth. I know this with absolute certainty because as an ex-religionist I’ve already learned that there is no truth behind the tales of religion (ANY religion) and I know that the information that led to discovering my own error is out there and available to all. Those who think otherwise simply don’t want to find out what is real and what isn’t.
But again, that’s just part of human nature. Like it or not, we all have to live with it.
