Jeff Allen says, "Dear liberals and athiests [sic], My religion is the only thing that keeps me from killing you, are you sure you want me to give it up?"
Here's the thing, Jeff: If you're standing on the edge of a cliff, it's your choice whether you step off or not. All I can do is point out the factual truth that if you do step off, you will fall to your death.
Likewise: Keep or give up your religion as you please. I would prefer you didn't, but it's your choice whether you kill me (or try to kill me) or not. All I can do is point out the factual truth that on the personal level I know how to defend myself and I'm willing to kill in self defense; additionally the police take a dim view of murder and I hear prison is an uncomfortable place to spend the rest of your life (which may be on the short side, as my state has capital punishment for first degree murder). On a social level, it's your choice whether or not to start a civil war, despite my preference that you don't. But keep in mind that liberals, atheists, socialists and communists are slow to anger but fierce when finally roused: as the Thai national anthem goes, we're nice, friendly, tolerant people, but if you pull out a knife we'll finish the job. Again, it's entirely your choice what to start, how it ends might not be so amenable to your will.
I'm not at all interested in relying on bullshit superstitions to maintain civilized behavior. That's why the police have real guns and prisons have real bars.
Ball's in your court, you cowardly little prick.
[h/t to Atheist Revolution]
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please pick a handle or moniker for your comment. It's much easier to address someone by a name or pseudonym than simply "hey you". I have the option of requiring a "hard" identity, but I don't want to turn that on... yet.
With few exceptions, I will not respond or reply to anonymous comments, and I may delete them. I keep a copy of all comments; if you want the text of your comment to repost with something vaguely resembling an identity, email me.
No spam, pr0n, commercial advertising, insanity, lies, repetition or off-topic comments. Creationists, Global Warming deniers, anti-vaxers, Randians, and Libertarians are automatically presumed to be idiots; Christians and Muslims might get the benefit of the doubt, if I'm in a good mood.
See the Debate Flowchart for some basic rules.
Sourced factual corrections are always published and acknowledged.
I will respond or not respond to comments as the mood takes me. See my latest comment policy for details. I am not a pseudonomous-American: my real name is Larry.
Comments may be moderated from time to time. When I do moderate comments, anonymous comments are far more likely to be rejected.
I've already answered some typical comments.
I have jqMath enabled for the blog. If you have a dollar sign (\$) in your comment, put a \\ in front of it: \\\$, unless you want to include a formula in your comment.
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.