Saturday, October 22, 2011

The Stupid! It Burns! (Hat trick edition)

the stupid! it burns! What Do Atheists Have Faith In?
Atheists want us to prove, with empirical evidence, our belief in God’s existence, even though they are unable to demonstrate with scientific proof that God does not exist. This slight of hand is a bit disingenuous because we all know that no one can either prove or disprove God’s existence by scientific methods alone. ...

Most scientists would agree that Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was the greatest genius who ever lived. Since he believed in the existence of a Supreme Intelligence behind the universe, it makes one wonder why they feel so confident in denying God’s existence.

Atheists Call Christians Sociopaths
While I have to agree that there are some far out ‘religious’ movements in this country, I have yet to see [fundamentalist Christians] blowing up the atheist headquarters or cutting off the heads of disbelievers, so to compare Christians to terrorists is a bit of a stretch!

What's with all these angry atheists?
Anyway, at some point, these evangelical atheists (quite an oxymoron, isn’t it?) must just be trumping themselves up in an effort to feel superior. These are the same cretins who get upset when a religious group does something public (“Don’t force your religion on me!”) but then put as their email address nonbeliever42@ihategod.com. I haven’t truly believed in God for years and years, but I’ve always felt a grudging respect for those who did. I’ve recently come to see that as a sort of character flaw in myself — that believers have something special that I am missing out on — something to be celebrated, not looked down upon.

As an antidote to the stupidity, Mother Jones interviews Jason Torpy, president of the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers.

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