So I’m watching O’Reilly factor tonight. He has two gorgeous blondes on the show with him and they’re going to have an intellectual conversation about the Atheist Billboard that we’ve all seen decrying The Myth of Christmas.
Blonde number one did some research about this billboard, she claims that the organization’s website puts forth the following argument.
"atheists feel alone at Christmas. They feel closeted, they can't come out to the people that they love at Christmas time who are Christians."
then the Blonde in the red top "Christians feel alone at Xmas, because they have to be tolerant of every religion except Christianity". Is that similar to how a smart person has to be tolerant of a stupid bimbo when she says something stupid at a dinner party. We smart folk just ignore the foolishness that the airhead goes on and on about. It’s more polite, wouldn’t you agree.
A few minutes later Blonde in red top says this "In a recent poll 91% of Americans say they believe in God or a universal spirit". Then, towards the Atheists "Get over it" O'reilly: "Get over what?" .. Blonde in red "Get over the fact that an overwhelming majority of Americans don't believe in your billboard". Why do the Atheists bother her so much? Can she be so intolerant of another point of view?
Well Blonde in red, congratulations on fighting on behalf of the majority. Look, right now I'm leaning towards Atheism and away from Christianity. The idea that there is no supreme being just seems to be more believable to me than believing in God almighty. You do know, that even though the Christians believe in "an invisible guy in the clouds that listen to your prayers, judges your sins, but forgives even murderers who ask for forgiveness", an atheist is viewed as foolish for believing that there is no guy in the clouds that can save lives of dying cancer patients if he chooses but doesn't save every single one, but, the ones that god doesn't save, his ambassadors on earth (priests and pastors) sell you on the fact that "god called her home". Does that mean that the cancer patient that achieved a remission wasn't "called home" by the invisible guy in the clouds.
Look, I envy Christians their beliefs. I envy them that they have the faith to believe the stories that I find difficult to believe. I do not put you down for having faith in, to me, completely ridiculous stories. The fact that Christian holidays and stories completely mirror those of pagan religions that are older than Christianity is totally lost on most Christians. The fact that Christians have such contempt for any other religion (in most cases) speaks to the value of ignorance in breeding faith among Christians.
While I currently have more faith in the idea of Atheism than I do in Christianity, I also believe that the billboard encouraging Christians to see the ridiculousness of the Jesus birth as myth is in poor taste. While I'd not do it myself, I don't think that the Christians should get very upset. After all 91% of all Americans believe the Atheists are wrong. Perhaps the 9% 
are onto the more believable story. My question for the 91% that believe in God, why worry about what less than 9% of people believe? Be a little tolerant of the minority opinion. Your mom, and your priest, will tell you it’s the Christian thing to do. Tolerance is a virtue after all.
0 comments:
Post a Comment