Monday, March 14, 2011

God is so good!!


The goal of this blog is to end the use of religion to justify bigotry and stupidity.

This girl defines it.

I'm sorry, but does anyone else think it a little blasphemous to think that God would answer your specific prayers to kill a bunch of people?

Do you really think God's going to open atheist eyes through a 9.1 earthquake, multiple serious aftershocks, a bunch of tsunamis, and a failing nuclear plant?


Pamela Foreman:

God is not vindictive, nor is he your personal slave. The idea of him answering your prayers and killing at last count more than 10,000 people just because you asked him to teach atheists about himself is kind of ridiculous, no?

The fact that you can take a tragedy as horrifying as this one, and talk about how amazing it is, and how you can't wait for it to happen again everywhere else is not only disturbing, but downright unchristian of you. Thank you for making it harder for Christians everywhere to express their faith without ridicule. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Earthquake Myths

Okay, okay, two posts in one day, how dare I,  but a facebook friend posted this picture here:


I was astonished to see how many people claimed the earthquake was because God was mad at the Japanese for Pearl Harbor. I would like to point out a couple things here real quick:

1. God is not the United States' personal smiting machine. He did not smite the Japanese for Pearl Harbor. He doesn't care about American politics, and no loving God would kill a whole bunch of innocent people just because Americans said so. Furthermore, arguing that this is karma, and telling people to not bother praying for the Japanese is a little far removed from the whole love thy neighbour thing, isn't it?

2. Boobs, lust, homosexuality, the Haitian slave revolt,  Obama and/or abortion have nothing to do with earthquakes. Earthquakes are caused by this little thing called plate tectonics. It's not a theory anymore, it's proven. If I don't wear a bra, the world won't end. 

3. Earthquakes don't distinguish between religions, sexual orientation, gender, or skin colour. Therefore, they are not sent by one particular God to get back at one particular group of people. That would mean that the earthquake would selectively shake the ground under certain homes and people, but not others. As we know, this doesn't happen. Earthquakes hit everyone. Therefore, God did not send them to smite anyone.

4. The idea of us knowing what God thinks and does and his motivations behind things is blasphemous regardless of your faith. God is supposed to be omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. Meaning, he's smarter than us. We can't understand why God does the things he does. To do that, we'd have to have the same level of intelligence that he does. And we don't. That would be like your dog trying to explain nuclear physics. Not gonna happen.

So if we could maybe stop with the whole "GOD IS SMITING YOU!" and act like rational adults, that would be great. Thanks!

The Stupid Reigns Supreme.

I know, I'm sorry, I promised myself I'd post to this every day, but you know, life gets in the way what with moving, and being pregnant "for like a year" as my 11 year old cousin put it, and a new puppy. Doesn't mean I haven't been watching.

I'm going to quote from a post made by Pastor Paul Holt of Magdalena's First Baptist Church. That's right, a local boy. He posts it on his new blog, dated March 8th and titled False Scripture. You'll have to forgive me for not wanting to link to his page from here.

I know I am asking for trouble with this one. That alone should be a warning. The islamic (sic) "scripture" known as the koran (sic) was not inspired by the One (sic) true God, but rather (by Mohamed's own testimony) was dictated by a demon I firmly believe that the Lord God of Abraham and of Issac and of Jacob (Israel) would have us speak the truth. Jesus is the Living Word (sic) of God and will not tolerate any other gods. Even if those that worship these false gods would threaten our very lives.


Sooo. Did anyone else face palm after reading this? I mean, I laughed so hard I thought my water broke.

Okay, I'm going to start with the first bit here: according to the Qu'ran, the angel Gabriel dictated the book to Mohammad. Last I checked, Gabriel was God's messenger in all three of the Abrahamic religions -- meaning Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The Qu'ran clearly denounces the Trinity, stating that the Holy Spirit is God's messenger, Gabriel, and that Gabriel gave the Qu'ran to man.

2:97 Say, "Anyone who opposes Gabriel should know that he has brought down this (Qu'ran) into your heart in accordance with GOD's will, confirming previous scriptures and providing guidance and good news for the believers"


So unless Gabriel is a demon, Pastor Holt is talking out of his ass again. Which shouldn't really come as a surprise to those that know him. I'm pretty sure Jesus wouldn't be too pleased with his hateful rhetoric. I mean, he did teach the concept of loving one another, even if they're mean to you, didn't he?

There's also the offensive line there that implies that all Muslims are out to get Christians. He's totally right about that. Muslims are pure ebil, and their religious goals involve killing Christians, Jews, and kittens. I mean, the Qu'ran says so:

2:62 Verily! Those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians and Sabians, whoever believes in God and the Last Day and do righteous good deeds shall have their reward with their Lord, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve


Oops, no it doesn't, I must have misread. It says that you shouldn't hurt Christians and Jews. I believe it refers to them as "People of the Book."

I suppose the only logical conclusion here is that Pastor Holt is about as familiar with the Qu'ran as he is with the bible: not at all. I do have to wonder how he managed to survive into his 40s in the United States with such a poor grasp of basic reading comprehension.