THAT SPECIAL DAY WHEN ATHEISTS FEEL A NEED TO GET MORE ATTENTION THAN USUAL
Hopefully I’m not the first – nor the last – to wish all you blasphemers a VERY HAPPY INTERNATIONAL BLASPHEMY RIGHTS DAY! I hope it’s everything you want it to be – and nothing that you don’t want it to be. I realize that every day is blasphemy day at your house, but what the hell; get out there and do something extra blasphemous today! After all, this is that one special day of the year when you and your buddies can shove a little more of that extra-special blasphemy into the faces of all of us non-blasphemous folks.
Perhaps you could pick up a few used Bibles at the Goodwill store, scoot over to the nearest church, and build a nice fire in the parking lot. Make sure to invite a bunch of your blasphemous friends – and have them bring Bibles too; then you can have a real bonfire – with weenies and marshmallows!
If it’s raining, or you’re not into fires, you can always just make a poster or two and head over to the the mall with a few of your atheist pals. Use your creativity; your poster can say anything from something non-offensive like “Free Speech” or “Freedom From Religion!” – to the most vile and immoral thing(s) your narrow, little Godless mind can imagine. Hell is the limit!
If you’re a confrontational blasphemer, just look for the nearest Christian(s) and shout all kinds of anti-Christian – or other blasphemous – stuff at them. (If you’re having a hard time picking out the Christians, move your little party out to the mall parking lot and watch for cars with Christian license plates (or other “Christians inside” indicators) to arrive. For the greatest impact, make sure you and your friends start screaming at them as soon as they open their car doors. You could even split into teams and keep track of which team causes the most Christians to slam their doors and drive away.
At any rate, have a wonderfully blasphemous day. After all, it is your day; It is a day to celebrate, and worship whoever, whatever – or nothing at all. Burn Bibles, Korans, or even the American flag – if you also hate your country. You can use as much profanity and say as many vile and abhorrent things as you want to – as if you don’t do that every day of your life anyway.
Unfortunately, not everyone around the world has the right to say what they want, behave the way they want – or worship the God(s) of their choice; some countries punish blasphemers with fines, imprisonment, torture or death. Ironically, many of those countries are the very same countries that you and your pals are so quick to defend – along with their religions – as soon as you believe that conservatives, Christians – or America itself – have somehow offended them. Kinda like you offending us.
Thankfully, you live in a country where your bitterness and hypocrisy can be on display 365 daysa year. Holy Zeus!
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Hopefully, you won’t have any trouble discomfiting Christians today.
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How’s this for blasphemy: reason is the only means for man to grasp facts about reality. I think I’ll advocate reason today, and any of its consequences.
I actually agree that a lot of atheists go out of their way to make people uncomfortable, but use me as an example of the exception. I’ll never needlessly burn a bible — what does it prove? I’ll never gaggle with atheist friends to bash Christians — I have a lot of Christian friends. I don’t even bring up religion to speak of with friends unless they demonstrate an interest — even then I’m very kind about it.
Not sure whether you read my post, “Why do Atheists Ridicule Christianity?” but unfortunately – particularly as it relates to high-profile atheists – my experience as a conservative blogger has led many a bitter atheist to my “doorstep.”
While I have (and will always) defend the right of anyone to believe – or not believe – as he or she sees fit, I will never understand the bitterness of the Bill Mahers and Christopher Hitchenses of the world; their minds must live in very dark, lonely places indeed.
What exactly does “I’ll never needlessly burn a Bible” mean? When would one NEED to burn a Bible?
Forget leftist atheists, they are the worst scum on the earth — just continue to watch out for your freedom and wallet to make sure they didn’t steal them.
I would never violate freedom of thought, which means religions (or lack thereof) — freedom of thought is a necessity of man. Men can make error, and therefore, he must be left alone to seek the truth in this regard and reap the rewards of finding it; he must also be allowed to error and suffer the consequences. When men are forced in any manner or fashion, then he is susceptible to the errors of those ruling over him. So, instead of one isolated, minor case of error, force propagates the effects throughout the jurisdiction of said force. And since force and reason are antithetical, there is no rational remedy for the error imposed by force, once the error is established and upheld.
Like jackcurtis said I would burn the bible for heat under the most dire of circumstances.
One might need to burn a Bible if other fuel were lacking and a fire was necessary. No, I’m not an atheist; I don’t know how to prove a negative. Publicly in-your-face atheists are simply bigots, aren’t they? Like some Christians are, too? It’s just bad behavior, in that case, something available from many quarters. But it’s notable that Christian organiations deplore Christians displaying bigotry; I’ve not heard of that from any atheists.
Time perhaps, to contemplate the Iranian Christian pastor awaiting execution for refusing to recan his Christianity, though the reports point out that he is not in violation of any Iranian laws or its constitution.
Good post. Interesting world we live in, huh?
“Good post. Interesting world we live in, huh?”
Don’t patronize me; here’s reality:
Forget Jack’s satirical comment about burning Bibles for heat; what exactly did you mean by “I’ll never needlessly burn a bible”, which you wrote before you read Jack’s comment?
look up ^^^
But for clarification, I don’t do things needlessly, which is what group burnings are about. If I needed to burn the bible to attain some objective value (e.g., heat) then I’d do it without pause. As we have it, logs are cheaper and better burning for now. I don’t anticipate that I’d ever need to burn the bible.
Edit: I get it now; you’re accusing me of lying. I was picturing the day after tomorrow, when I wrote my comment about needless burning.
I’m accusing you of evading the question: Jack, (satirically) commented on “burning Bibles for heat” before you latched onto his reference; I simply asked you what your reference was – and? What was your reference?
You people always expose yourselves in the end. Why deny it?
What are you talking about, rat? Deny what? What is it that you think I meant, and that I’m now lying about (or evading if you prefer)?
jackcurtis,
While I’m here, the reason you do not know how to prove a negative is because it’s impossible. A negative is a non-existent — a zero, nothing, nada, nilch, etc. — therefore, it will not leave evidence of its non-existence. With no evidence, there is no proof. The only thing you can disprove is positive propositions. It will have evidence, and one can judge the merits of the provided evidence on rational terms to prove whether the proposition has merit or not. If the evidence withstands a rational scrutiny, then the proposition may be accepted as rational; if, however, the evidence doesn’t withstand rational scrutiny, then the proposition becomes arbitrary.
Everyone here should become familiarize themselves with what arbitrary is and its implications: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/arbitrary.html.
I’ve been visiting this blog for 5 minutes and I’ve already read several times that atheists are (I’m paraphrasing) nasty, arrogant, and hostile… followed by sentence after sentence of vile hatred spewed toward atheists. Perhaps you should step back and read what you’re writing with an objective eye. it’s far more hateful than anything I’ve ever read on an atheist blog.
Peace.
“It’s far more hateful than anything I’ve ever read on an atheist blog.”
Wow, really? BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Went back and “read what I wrote”; the worst thing I said was that atheists have “narrow, little Godless minds” – which truth be told, was part sarcasm, part truth.
If you need to “catch up” on a bit of atheist hatred, visit “Why do Atheists Ridicule Christianity” where I’ve quoted your pals – Bill Maher and Christopher Hitchens.
Listen, I’m not going to respond to a trolling exercise, if you’re planning one; the horse is dead on this post; it’s time to dismount and move on.
If I disagree with you I am a troll? Is this a forum for discussion or merely for like-minded people to show hostility toward others without considering their viewpoints?
I don’t feel like quoting your own text back to you, but virtually every sentence is dripping with hostility. Besides saying I have a “little” mind, you also implied that I hate my country, that I am immoral, abhorent, vile (2 times), that I’m bitter, and that I’m a hypocrite, all of which is ironic coming from a Christian who alleges to follow the teachings of Jesus yet seems to relish in attacking others.
I do agree with you that many atheists make unjust generalizations about Christians, but making unjust generalizations in return is hardly a convincing response. It’s just “circling the wagons.” It’s also not very Christian.
And Bill Mahar isn’t my pal. He’s a person who is free to say what he wants and hasn’t been elected as anyone’s spokesperson.
My troll reference is due to the hundreds of comments we receive from atheists; they start out just like yours (with civility) and end up with name calling, ridicule and derision of all things Christian.
Anyone who reads me with any regularity knows that I write with a bit of caustic humor and satire. As is the case with one of your favorite talk-show hosts, Rush Limbaugh, I do so in large part to get under the skin of our liberal readers.
However, it beats the kinds of vicious attacks we hear from the left with regularity. (See: “Sarah Palin” or “Jesse Helms”, for example.)
I do appreciate your civility.