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If you watch this video, it comes to a point where the politician is backed into a corner, and the only thing that people can do is laugh at him. His creationist beliefs are ridiculous:

Ridiculous.

There is a popular cartoon floating around the internet this week that says:

If Christians pick and choose only the good parts of the Bible… didn’t they already have morals prior to reading it?

This is a point that Christians and other theists seem unable to grasp. Either you believe and follow the Bible - the word of God - in its entirety, or you pick and choose. As soon as you pick and choose, you have created your own morality. How do you create it? How do you decide as a Christian that you will ignore the parts of God’s Word that condone slavery, misogyny, racism, homophobia, etc.? How do you make the claim to be smarter than God?

This article was mentioned in the comments and deserves to be read by both theists and atheists alike:

Intelligent Design Made Mankind?

It is a humorous look at the “Intelligent Design” argument and demonstrates how very silly the argument is.

The video is entitled: “Neil DeGrasse Tyson Destroys Bill O’Reilly.”

Is that how you want to play this game? Because if it is, here is a list of things from the past that scientists didn’t understand… If that is how you want to invoke your evidence of God, then God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that is getting smaller and smaller and smaller.

Even more important is the character of the person who would invoke such an ignorant argument. Tyson goes on:

What would bother me is if you were so content in your answer that you no longer had curiosity to learn how it happened. The day you stop looking because you are content that God did it, I don’t need you in the lab. You are useless…

When you learn learn how it happened, you are learning the truth. Those who follow religion apparently have no interest in the truth.

Have you ever asked yourself this question: Why are atheists so hated in the USA? How could a religion supposedly based on love harbor so much hatred for another group of fellow human beings? Here is the answer to this question:

Why are atheists so hated in the USA?

You will never think about Christianity or Atheism in the same way after reading this.

An article on CNN today:

Santorum wants to impose ‘Judeo-Christian Sharia’

Plainly put, Rick Santorum wants to convert our current legal system into one that requires our laws to be in agreement with religious law, not unlike what the Taliban want to do in Afghanistan.

Santorum is not hiding this. The only reason you may not be aware of it is because up until his recent surge in the polls, the media were ignoring him. However, “Santorum Two” was out there telling anyone who would listen.

He told a crowd at a November campaign stop in Iowa in no uncertain terms, “our civil laws have to comport with a higher law: God’s law.”"

Also:

So, what type of nation might the United States be under Rick Santorum’s Sharia law?
1. Rape victims would be forced to give birth to the rapist’s child. Santorum has stated that his religious beliefs dictate that life begins at conception, and as a result, rape victims would be sentenced to carrying the child of the rapist for nine months.
2. Gay marriages would be annulled. Santorum recently declared that not only does he oppose gay marriages, but he supports a federal constitutional amendment that would ban them, invalidating all previous gay marriages that have legally been sanctioned by states and thus callously destroying marriages and thrusting families into chaos.
3. Santorum would ban all federal funding for birth control and would not oppose any state that wanted to pass laws making birth control illegal.
4. No porn! I’m not kidding. Santorum signed “The Marriage Vow” pledge (PDF) authored by the Family Leader organization, under which he swears to oppose pornography. I think many would agree that alone should disqualify him from being president.

The more you read about the man, the more angry any intelligent person becomes. And the thought that this man has people who vote for him is frightening. Just think about the content of this article:

A Long List of the Most Terrible Things Rick Santorum Has Ever Said

Example:

On contraception: “Many of the Christian faith have said, well, that’s okay, contraception is okay. It’s not okay. It’s a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be.”

Also relevant:

Santorum’s wife’s abortion was different, you see.

This page explains why all rational, intelligent people fight against religion:

What atheists are really concerned about

Rick Santorum demonstrates why religion must be dismantled.

This article shows how disgusting religion gets:

A Clash of Cultures in the Holy Land

It wasn’t the first time that Doron Matalon had been verbally harassed on the way home. A young soldier, she had boarded a bus on Wednesday not far from the military base where she served. Shortly before reaching her stop, a 45-year-old man accosted her and demanded that she move to the back of the bus.

The man was demanding that Matalon comply with unwritten rules prescribed by ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel, decrees which require women to sit at the back of the bus or use different pedestrian routes or sidewalks than men do.
Matalon, however, had no intention of abiding by the edicts and refused to move — out of principle as she told the Israeli daily Haaretz. And because the back of the bus was stuffy. The man immediately began insulting Matalon, calling her a whore, and others quickly joined in the harassment.

Just about every religion demands that women take this kind of abuse. If it is not the Jews, it’s the Muslims with their hijabs, their burqas, their honor killings, etc. If it is not the Muslims, it is the Catholics and their refusal to allow women to be priests. If it is not sexism it is racism. If it is not racism, it is homophobia. ALL of this disgusting discrimination is constantly coming from religion. Why is that?

Here is the graphical version:

Dogs can speak English!

And here it is in plain text:

Dogs can speak English!

This ability is supernatural, so you can never discover it using science. You can’t dissect dogs to find out how this ability works. It is outside the scope of your ability to study or even understand.

Furthermore, dogs intentionally hide this ability from humans. Dogs only speak when humans aren’t around, and they have the ability to know if humans are eavesdropping in any way. So, you will never catch them in the act.

You can’t prove that this isn’t true. It’s entirely possible that it is. So, do you believe that dogs can speak English?

If not, why?

As you read this, you realize two things. First, we all know that dogs do not speak English. Second, we do not need to prove that this is true. If someone wants to assert that dogs can speak English, they must provide evidence that the assertion is true. If they cannot, their assertion is merely amusing.

This is exactly the same situation we find whenever a theist talks about God. The theist assertion is that God is supernatural and outside the scope of our ability to study or even understand. Furthermore, it is asserted that God is invisible, silent and cannot be detected in any way by science.

Since this is the assertion, the only way that anyone with any sense would believe it is through evidence. If any sensible, intelligent, rational person is going to believe in God, there must be evidence.

Since there is no evidence for God, the assertions of theists should be merely amusing. But they are not. Unfortunately, theists combine their God-nonsense with a desire to make many people miserable, to inhibit the freedoms and civil rights of millions, to stop the progress of science, etc. In other words, God-nonsense is extremely dangerous to society as a whole. For this reason, God-nonsense is not benign - it is a cancer. It should be eliminated.

For more information see God is imaginary.

This article about the Pope’s recent proclamations is remarkable. It demonstrates that the Pope is completely blind to reality and his own hypocrisy:

Pope calls for worshipers to remember ‘essence’ of Christmas

“Today Christmas has become a commercial celebration, whose bright lights hide the mystery of God’s humility, which in turn calls us to humility and simplicity,” the pope said after recalling the story of Christmas.

Humility and simplicity? This from a man who lives in his own gilded city, waited on hand and foot while sitting on his golden throne and holding his golden staff? The statement is unbelievable in its hypocrisy.

This is not the first time the Pope has done this. See this video for details:

If you look down through the list of comments on this post, you will come to a comment that says:

So when will the atheists and maintainers of this blog be proving God does not exist? I have been visiting time to time for a year, but nothing is ever offered.

The problem is that this logic must apply to all “gods” if it applies to any “god”. E.G.: When will anyone be proving that Zeus does not exist? A few comments down we find this explanation of the faulty logic:

If you are saying that Zeus exists because no-one proved otherwise, then you are saying that all gods exist. Now that’s a remarkably stupid statement and one that would put you at odds with the one-true god line of Christianity.

So, let’s assume you are saying that Zeus does not exist. Fine, you just took the position that Zeus does not exist because no-one proved that he exists. Will you apply that standard to the other 10,000 gods also worshiped by man, or do they exist for you and, again, you’re not a true Christian?

At this point, unless you are being intellectually dishonest, you must take the same position and standard with all gods, including yours. Hence, you must prove your god exists or make it clear that you believe every and any god ever proposed by any man exists. You won’t have proved anything, but you would be consistent.

So, which is it, Ian. Does Zeus exist or not exist and using the same standard, what do you have for your god?

This video demonstrates the mental block that most religious people have on this issue:

The following post was seen in the comments and deserves examination. It shows how wishy-washy Christians can be. This conversation represents one level of Christianity. A Bible-literalist would answer another way, and a more casual Christian would answer still another.

Unlike many of the people that post here, most of the Christians I know are nice people. However, they don’t realize that they don’t actually believe in the bible nor do they really follow the teachings of Christ. If you have a conversation with them, it goes like this.

“Do you believe in god?” Yes, of course I do.
“You believe that god created the world?” Yes.
“An entire universe, just for us?” Well, maybe not just for us.
And god created man? Yes
“He created man from a handful of dirt?” Well, no, not like that.
“He created women from a man’s rib?” Well, no, not like that.
“How about the talking snake?” Well, that’s a metaphor.
“The tower of Babel?” Well, that’s just a metaphor too.
“Noah’s Ark?” Yes, that happened.
“Two of every kind? From all over the world, including the continents Noah didn’t know of, and they all had enough food and water, space, didn’t die or eat each other?” Well, it didn’t have to happen exactly like that. Perhaps it’s just a metaphor.
“The virgin birth?” Yes
“Really?” Yes
“Jesus was crucified?” Yes
“He was resurrected?” Yes
“Physically walked the earth?” Well, maybe in spirit.
“Good people go to Heaven and bad people to hell?” Yes
“Murderers who convert on death row go to heaven?” Yes, if they believe.
“Good people who haven’t heard of god or Jesus go to hell?” No
“That’s not what the bible says” Well, my god wouldn’t do that.
“Animals and pets go to heaven?” Yes
“But they don’t have a ’soul’, how do they go to heaven?”
My preacher says they do.
“Do you follow the ten commandments?” Of course I do.
“So you rest on the Sabbath?” Well, no, but I follow the others.
“You sure?” Well, as best I can considering that times have changed.
“Aren’t they the word of god?” Well, things are different now. That was the old testament.
“Do you follow the teachings of Christ?” Yes
“All of them?” Well, my preacher tells us what’s important and what’s not.
“Why do you believe all these things?” I’ve never really thought about it, it’s the way I was brought up.
“Do you believe that god exists?” Yes
“What about the other gods, do they exist?” Of course not.
“But yours does and theirs doesn’t?” I’ve never really thought about it.
“Can you prove your god exists” No, but I want to believe that it is true.
“Why do you go to church?” I enjoy the service and the community.
“What that church?” I tried several others and I didn’t like the service or the preacher.
“So you church-shopped?” Yes, you have to find a church that is comfortable for you.
“Is your religion important to you?” It is about how we live our lives as Christians.
“So it’s more about philosophy or way to live a good life than taking everything in the bible literally?” Err, yes, I suppose it is.

If you are a Christian who is starting to understand that your “religion” is a sham, these videos can help:

• The Top 10 Reasons Why the Bible is Repulsive
• How do we know that Christians are delusional?
• 10 questions that every intelligent Christian must answer
• Prove that Jesus is imaginary in less than 5 minutes

Watching this video (originally posted in the comments), the only conclusion that one can come to is that Christianity is completely immoral:

Christopher Hitchens will endure an eternity of torment in Hell according to the video. That, in itself, is completely immoral. Torturing people is, by definition, immoral.

But the video goes one step further, trying to justify torture. The video states:

If Christopher Hitchens is in Hell, it is because God loves him.

According to Christians, eternal torture is an expression of love. Only a completely immoral body of people could decide that torture=love.

Penn Jillette describes Michele Bachmann’s incredible blasphemy in this video. Hit the play button to see how disgusting mainstream Christians can get on national TV:

It is an insult to religious people everywhere… The idea that you would lightly state that people are suffering and dying in order to prove that God is on the side of a politician is sickening.

The only reason that Bachmann and Rick Perry are able to say this stuff is because of a magic word, and the magic word is Christian.

An interesting discussion on morality:

As soon as you look at the Bible, the idea of religious morality collapses in the most embarrassing ways. The God of the Bible is the most abominable, disgusting, immoral being in the universe by any objective measure.

What is the alternative? Is there objective morality? This page helps to understand how all morality arises:

On Ethics and rational moral codes

Jon Stuart talks about “All-American Muslim” and the reaction to it by Christians:

Kabulvision

There are two things to note here:

1) The show demonstrates that Muslims are just as delusional as Christians and any other religion’s follower. Learn about the delusion of Muslims here.

2) The more interesting part is the reaction to the show by Christians and Fox News:

“This show is harmful, education-wise, to your belief structure…”

Is that not the purpose of education vis-a-vis belief structures - to replace your belief structure with facts.

I don’t like the show Nova because it is harmful to my belief structure that the ocean tides are controlled by monsters.