I came across this amazing racist blog that ties the African-American urban community's struggle with violence as somehow to atheism. Yes, I can recall all the wailing family members shouting "oh Satan, why?!" and "Life has no meaning anyhow!" at crime scenes as family members are held back by police officers and tape amidst the flashes of sirens and the sight of blood stained pavement.
http://nikitas3.com/5164/atheist-monument-quotes-a-shocking-source/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=atheist-monument-quotes-a-shocking-source
"And the more they love Obama and reject Christianity – in the black inner cities – the more murderous is the neighborhood"
Yes, this person actually said that.
My reply went something like this,
"Yes, all the Baptist Churches in the Englewood neighborhood here in Chicago are atheist covens, as well as all the Christian burials for the slain sons and daughters of economic oppression. We have a Jewish mayor, you know. If you rode through these areas you'd see there ARE NO JOBS, NO PLACES TO WORK, a broken transit system and an overall societal view that black people are lesser than we white folks.
I am going to post this, and expose you and I hope that you're flooded with black, white, latino Christians as well as the growing number of atheists out there to let you know you are a blatant racist, probably toiling in a haze of Rush Limbaugh soundbites in your heavily-armed fortress to keep out Obama's Gun Collection Agency. You are a blind, racist bigot using an errant pile of Iron Age literary garbage (Holy Bible) as a shield to protect you from those you are FORBIDDEN TO JUDGE ACCORDING TO THE SAME BOOK."
Scott Duke
(because Hajduk would be too hard to pronounce or read, I'm sure)
Other gems from this post include assertions like "Atheism is a rejection of any type of spiritual life in favor of only a material existence. Atheists are the ultimate materialists and they tout this, that we must live only for today and to heck with tomorrow. That is why atheism thrives in the world’s socialistic cities, which are the global home of unfettered materialism – jewelry, clothes, expensive cars, sumptuous residences, luxurious living, love of money etc. Atheist materialists are perpetually obsessed with more “things” and having more fun and pleasure."
I'm sorry but, if you even at a quick glance observe the super-rich of the Conservative, say, the Koch Bros. for instance, would they not be the absolute most gluttonous, materialistic scum of the Earth? That question is of course easily answered with a resounding "Yes.", just by their assumption that their wealth was so vast and powerful they could buy a campaign with Grover Norquist at the helm. But to further my counter-point I point you to another interesting fact about these uber-wealthy domineering maniacs, below.
"His collection of maritime memorabilia includes model ships, antique nautical instruments, and paintings of ships and seascapes.[7] A 2005 show at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston featured his various collections, including both the America³ and the ship it defeated, Il Moro di Venezia, displayed on the front lawn. (Koch had bought Il Moro after the competition.) The show was also criticized, however, for glamorizing Koch at the expense of the museum's educational function. Koch had helped finance the show, including paying the cost to move the boats from Rhode Island.[15] He previously owned the former French Class America F1 - IACC F1 renamed later USA-2.
The boats were in Rhode Island because Koch had placed them with a small maritime museum there. Despite the considerable expense of building them, he said "they have absolutely no value" once their racing life is over.[16] Koch, a native of Wichita, Kansas, donated the ship he used in qualifying for the America's Cup races, The Jayhawk, to the Wichita Boathouse. He also supplied money for the city to use in repairing the yacht.[17]
On June 26, 2011, he purchased a 130-year-old photo of the legendary outlaw Billy the Kid for the amount of $2.1 million at a Denver auction. It is currently the only authenticated photo of the outlaw known to exist.[18]
At his Colorado ranch, Koch has a collection of military vehicles, including a M42 Duster antiaircraft gun."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Koch_(businessman)
Are any of you Conservatives reading wonder why you're ostensibly racist, bible-and-gun clinging hate-mongering, anti-choice, anti-gay, anti-science Fundamentalists? I find it strange that this collage of the rich and the "pulled up by the boot-straps" party has among it such insane writers. At the bottom of the blog there is a request for donation as well as a hope to making the blog the "#1 Conservative Blog" in the sphere.
Now, if this is just a very edgy staff member at The Onion toiling in ghost blogging as a Conservative racist demon then I will just ask that you read it objectively without judgement and again, assume safely this is a widespread mentality. Still reading out there, Oregon Paramilitary?
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
God, the Output Machine
A question I often pose to Christians is, why does this particular type of God have such an evident inability to intervene in the matters of atrocity? I say "particular type" because it's easily observed such a God carries very specific traits. Pantheists are quick to point out it is only, and wholly love but if you examine the vengeful, and somewhat needy God of the Holy Bible you'll find outright anger, brutal punishment for seemingly benign activity and a blatant disregard for the suffering of children in particular.
This particular line of questioning and my own answers to said questions creates an interestingly-patterned God that is mostly capable of the materialization of something from nothing, creating intricate biological organisms (whether they function properly is of an entirely different line of discussion) and having a few instructions for the conveniently placed infamous couple Adam and Eve. It (I find calling god a "he" to be an absurd practice and incorrect term, strictly reserved for biological gender distinction) decides then in an entirely arbitrary manner, to then give birth to a son (that following this pattern of creation and logic, is also Adam and Eve's darker-skinned cousin) and send him off to eventually be killed for political reasons. Oh, and the very sin we were created with inherently. Why not just leave that part out and need cleansing? The world would probably be a better place if by this theological standard, there were no original sin. If you're reading by the way, God, please, impose your will somewhere on this madness in the Middle East, eh?
God then, after this wonderful line of miracles, psychotic and irreverent babbling, rampant disease, famine, superstition and fear, more or less disappears from the equation after the death of the Christ. Kind of God's way of saying "hey man, he said a few things here and there, that's allllll you on the listening department to catch that. I mean, I gotta listen to you guys all the time!" Well sure then, we'll go along with that line of thinking as absurd as that is for the moment being as some several million people do regularly in practice.
After the time of Christ then and the story of him becoming widespread through totally non-violent, polite, non-invasive, TOTALLY NO CRUSADING HERE INVOLVED we are left with a story about a God who created everything, including creation itself (I include that often to try to draw out someone who can explain why God is all output, with no reciprocation or further involvement) and then more or less stood back and watched his own creations do what they do, and still do to this day, based on literary instructions in a far, far less advanced times. Imagine going to read a wall in a cave in Peru to figure out how to get your espresso maker to work. That's it on, or around the area that the Christian-understood God that he operates. Non-interventionist, despite his most professed creations such as Israel and the United States are complete interventionists.
I am honestly left with again, no other conclusion other than there is no such being that exists, and the above example is just yet another reason the story and method of operation this particular god (of thousands) tends to express it's own existence.
This particular line of questioning and my own answers to said questions creates an interestingly-patterned God that is mostly capable of the materialization of something from nothing, creating intricate biological organisms (whether they function properly is of an entirely different line of discussion) and having a few instructions for the conveniently placed infamous couple Adam and Eve. It (I find calling god a "he" to be an absurd practice and incorrect term, strictly reserved for biological gender distinction) decides then in an entirely arbitrary manner, to then give birth to a son (that following this pattern of creation and logic, is also Adam and Eve's darker-skinned cousin) and send him off to eventually be killed for political reasons. Oh, and the very sin we were created with inherently. Why not just leave that part out and need cleansing? The world would probably be a better place if by this theological standard, there were no original sin. If you're reading by the way, God, please, impose your will somewhere on this madness in the Middle East, eh?
God then, after this wonderful line of miracles, psychotic and irreverent babbling, rampant disease, famine, superstition and fear, more or less disappears from the equation after the death of the Christ. Kind of God's way of saying "hey man, he said a few things here and there, that's allllll you on the listening department to catch that. I mean, I gotta listen to you guys all the time!" Well sure then, we'll go along with that line of thinking as absurd as that is for the moment being as some several million people do regularly in practice.
After the time of Christ then and the story of him becoming widespread through totally non-violent, polite, non-invasive, TOTALLY NO CRUSADING HERE INVOLVED we are left with a story about a God who created everything, including creation itself (I include that often to try to draw out someone who can explain why God is all output, with no reciprocation or further involvement) and then more or less stood back and watched his own creations do what they do, and still do to this day, based on literary instructions in a far, far less advanced times. Imagine going to read a wall in a cave in Peru to figure out how to get your espresso maker to work. That's it on, or around the area that the Christian-understood God that he operates. Non-interventionist, despite his most professed creations such as Israel and the United States are complete interventionists.
I am honestly left with again, no other conclusion other than there is no such being that exists, and the above example is just yet another reason the story and method of operation this particular god (of thousands) tends to express it's own existence.
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