1. Bible Theme Park Faces Opposition in Tennessee

Comment #181073 by STLstrike3 on May 16, 2008 at 11:44 am

Do you think they'll have an attraction where you can stone a prostitute?

Maybe a little dinner theater where you get to raise a glass at Lot while he fucks his daughters?

2. I Am Evolution

Comment #179055 by STLstrike3 on May 12, 2008 at 1:07 pm

Poetry. Sweet... poetry.

3. Atheists are nice people who will roast in hell, says Cardinal

Comment #177920 by STLstrike3 on May 10, 2008 at 12:40 am

I look forward to the day when O'Connor joins me in hell because he forgot to repent when he thought about little Billy's wee-wee in a naughty way when he was 6.... I mean 60.

4. Citing Faith, Bush Defends War Actions

Comment #177916 by STLstrike3 on May 10, 2008 at 12:38 am

Holy shit. Can January 20, 2009 *possibly* feel farther away than it does after reading this depressing piece?

Bill Maher said it best, "Maybe a president who didn't believe soldiers went to heaven when they died would be a little less willing to go and get them killed."

5. Resentment Over Darwin Evolves Into a Documentary

Comment #165236 by STLstrike3 on April 21, 2008 at 8:43 am

Perhaps the Times should rethink it's relationship with Stein? I'm sure if they decline to publish his freelance work in the future, he'll cry foul, even though they'd be perfectly justified in wanting to keep the words of a dishonest propogandist off their pages.

6. School bars same-sex partners at formals

Comment #162261 by STLstrike3 on April 16, 2008 at 1:05 pm

So, I presume that if, while a young man is dancing with his lady friend to "Lady in Red", and she whispers into his ear that she just converted to Islam, I presume Biblical standards would prevail, and he would be within his rights to bash her face in with a rock for being a heretic, yes?

Deuteronomy 13:6-9

7. Religious education as a part of literary culture

Comment #160770 by STLstrike3 on April 14, 2008 at 11:29 am

A wikipedia entry on Zeus describes him as:

"(A character) in Greek mythology (who) is the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus, and the god of the sky and thunder."

A wikipedia entry on Jesus describes him as:

"... the central figure of Christianity, revered by most Christians as the incarnation of God, and is also an important figure in several other religions."

While I appreciate that the entry doesn't say (although I'm sure it's been hacked many times) "is the Son of Our Heavenly Father," note the syntax.

Teachers refer to Zeus and Apollo as gods in Greek mythology. Our consciousness has not been sufficiently raised, although it desperately needs to be, to refer to Jesus Christ as a god in Christian mythology.

Either that, or respect those (and I'm sure there are a few) individuals who still worship Zeus as a god in the Grecian faith.

8. My quest to get de-baptised

Comment #152739 by STLstrike3 on March 31, 2008 at 12:32 pm

Would it be easier to request excommunication?

If not, perhaps I could write a letter to Pope Benedict to the effect of:

Your Holiness:

I was baptized into the Roman Catholic Church way back when, and as a member of the Church, I just wanted to drop you a line and take this opportunity to say that if Jesus *does* ever come back, assuming he really ever was here, that I'll crucify him again myself. But I'll use an aluminum cross and fasten him with zip ties. That bastard has been reponsible for more bloodshed, pain and anguish than Hitler himself.

Have a nice day.

Ad majorem dei gloriam.

I'm sure I'll get something signed in blood saying I am no longer welcome to eat stale bread in church anymore.

9. I suppose it's due ('Expelled' review)

Comment #149225 by STLstrike3 on March 25, 2008 at 9:27 am

This movie will do only one thing. Give the IDers "evidence" to point to when making their baseless claims. They will ignore the fact that the film itself makes no useful points, and if backed into a corner on the issue, will probably fall back on the "oh we're such the persecuted minority" argument.

Absolute rubbish.

10. New Atheists Are Not Great

Comment #145135 by STLstrike3 on March 17, 2008 at 9:55 am

I seriously needed compazine to even make it 2/3rds of the way through this piece of apologetic drivel.

Did you all find that, at nearly every "point" that he made, that you wanted to interject and force him to reply?

"Such invective clings like chewing gum to atheist polemics and raises the question of why these people are so worked up about a creator they don't believe exists."

Um, perhaps because the followers of this god are responsible for keeping enclaves of our society in the dark ages and hindering scientific progress by brainwashing their litters of children into the same delusion about a sky fairy?


"So when atheists invoke natural law standards, they embrace the Creator they most wish to deny."

Lies. The creators of this religion would have made tree ornaments out of my testicles if I had attempted to explain such "natural law standards" back in the day.

"He (D'Souza) describes how Christian principles of free choice and human dignity laid the groundwork for democratic political systems built on inalienable human rights."

How does D'Souza continue to get away with this ridiculous lie? When he printed a version of this comment in USA Today, I almost swore off newspapers forever. When D'Souza speaks, I literally get nauseous. Someone that stupid should not be making more money than I do.

"Religious faith is not in opposition to reason."

If you ever needed someone to say something that let you know they will forever lack the intellectual weapons to spar with you... that sentence should remove all doubt.

11. Bible bashing dying out in Kansas

Comment #103335 by STLstrike3 on December 25, 2007 at 7:47 am

In fairness, it should be mentioned that Kansas City (at least, any area worth talking about) is mostly in Missouri. It's relative isolation from other urban centers (St. Louis being 255 miles to the east) makes it a refuge of sorts for those fleeing the conservative flocks of western Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska.

12. Borders Tags Atheist Book with 'O Come All Ye Faithless' Cards

Comment #100740 by STLstrike3 on December 19, 2007 at 8:56 am

OMG I WANT ONE! But I already bought 4 copies of TGD....

13. This Is Not a Test

Comment #99803 by STLstrike3 on December 17, 2007 at 3:02 pm

Reading pieces like this make me want to take my religious friends, strap them into a chair, read it aloud to them word by word, and make them respond to it.

Christopher is so devastatingly rational in his deconstruction of the media circus surrounding these candidates, that it makes the questions the moderators ask them seem hollow.

Why, oh why, can't we choke real answers out of these pandering fools!

14. Creationists plan British theme park

Comment #99635 by STLstrike3 on December 17, 2007 at 8:24 am

Yay! Now you Brits won't have to travel all the way to Kentucky to watch Christians poop on science textbooks.

15. Creation college seeks state's OK to train teachers

Comment #99270 by STLstrike3 on December 16, 2007 at 7:16 am

"Advanced Creation Studies"? Um.... perhaps I missed something, but doesn't "God did it," pretty much sum up their entire curriculum?

At least it's only "50 students from all over the world" who have signed up to be fed this B.S. I would LOVE to see a map with the geographic distibution of their customers (Texas, Florida, South Carolina, Saudi Arabia).

What needs to happen when these crackpots come up with new ways to distort science is for employers to *immediately* respond, "Teach what you want, but we will not hire anyone who isn't taught real science."

16. Controversial Anti-Muslim Dutch Film Adds to Already Simmering Tensions

Comment #98190 by STLstrike3 on December 13, 2007 at 8:26 am

I think the Koran should be available for all who wish to read that rubbish.

I applaud this guy for what he's doing. He's taking a stick, and poking at the rabid dog in the cage that is Islam.

Poke away, my friend!

17. U.S. Congress Recognizing the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith

Comment #98182 by STLstrike3 on December 13, 2007 at 8:16 am

Would any of you Canadians care to rent a room in your basement to my boyfriend and I? I think it's time for us to get the fuck out of here.

18. Atheists' sign sparks controversy

Comment #97522 by STLstrike3 on December 12, 2007 at 8:41 am

This gives me a warm fuzzy.

19. 'Boycott Worked': Compass Flops - Opening Weekend $26 Million; Narnia $63 Million

Comment #97520 by STLstrike3 on December 12, 2007 at 8:36 am

I was pre-programmed to look for the anti-religious themes, but even so, I thought it was fairly obvious. A totalitarian organization bent on ripping your free will from you, instilling fear in order to control you, but they have to get you while you're a child, etc.

As a movie, I enjoyed it thoroughly. The sequel set-up at the end was a bit to roll your eyes at, but I thought the performances were enjoyable. It didn't have the epic grandeur of LOTR, but it's simpler storyline and shorter length made it easier to digest as a movie enjoyed casually rather than an "event" you have to carve 3 hours out for.

I hope that it makes enough money to support the sequels.

20. Believe it or not

Comment #97484 by STLstrike3 on December 12, 2007 at 7:20 am

Bill Maher said it best when he called himself a "rationalist".

21. Holy Nonsense

Comment #95520 by STLstrike3 on December 8, 2007 at 1:58 pm

The media is afraid to criticize this speech. And it irks me to no end, because it is a silent validation of Romney's marginalization of those who know better than to believe in any of this crap.

"Tell us, Mr. Romney, do Americans who do not believe in a god *not* have a friend in you?"

I would relish watching him stumble over an answer to that question.

22. Why Science Can't Save the Republican Party

Comment #93935 by STLstrike3 on December 4, 2007 at 1:27 pm

OK. I don't understand.

One of the loudest arguments about why we can't tamper with embryonic stem cells is because it is a potential human life.

I realize the technology is decades and perhaps centuries off, but what if, *WHAT IF*, scientists are able to take a skin cell, reprogram it to revert to an original stem cell, and produce a viable embryo from that skin cell?

The good Sam Harris has already made this argument, but this scientific advance has brought us far closer to the reality of scratching one's nose and destroying "potential human life" en masse.

Why are the religious lauding this new procedure as any less "inhumane"?

23. The good that comes from belief

Comment #86786 by STLstrike3 on November 10, 2007 at 6:32 am

This drivel makes me sick. The faithful turn to this one as a last resort when they realize they can't provide any valid data to support the truth value of their religion.

I, also, would like to see the research methods. Show me the data.

I can tell you though, as one of them darn homosexuals, I am a far happier individual without the belief in the threat of the Lake of Fire.

24. Georgia plans service to pray for rain

Comment #86780 by STLstrike3 on November 10, 2007 at 6:25 am

Methinks someone needs a meteorology lesson.

25. Same Flea, Different Name?

Comment #85843 by STLstrike3 on November 7, 2007 at 10:07 am

The flood of these "response" books are the intellectual equivalent of swiping all of the chess pieces off of the board when you're checkmated and shouting "I win!".

26. The Turning of an Atheist

Comment #85637 by STLstrike3 on November 6, 2007 at 2:44 pm

Lying for God isn't really lying, I guess.

Just like those amazingly frequent, "I used to be an atheist, however" buttclowns.

27. Response to Dinesh D'Souza op-ed

Comment #85631 by STLstrike3 on November 6, 2007 at 2:26 pm

I was reading this article on that fine Monday morning, when I nearly choked on my coffee.

I have come to expect waves of anger when reading USA Today's Monday Editorial Page, but the rage that ensued during this article was unparalleled.

This response felt so good to read. In my efforts to craft a concise response to be published in USA Today, I got so pissed off I had to just abandon the whole effort.

I realize that the editor wants to provide all opinions a voice on the page, but why do they let people blatantly lie as D'Souza did? I really really wish we could get USA Today to publish this response.

28. Jesus Camp: A scary movie that should frighten us all

Comment #85607 by STLstrike3 on November 6, 2007 at 11:49 am

I'm not sure if anger, fear, or despair is the emotion that wins out when I see crap like this.

Wrenching free of the malicious programming of the Catholic Church was one of the most grueling experiences of my life, as I'm sure it was for many others like me. It's hard enough for me to help others through that journey who had fairly mild indoctrination like myself.

But this vicious cult behavior is going to create a small army of virtually-impossible-to-repair faithheads that will make Abortion Physician Assassinators look like tolerant moderates.

29. I didn't know the FLEA CIRCUS was back in town!

Comment #85310 by STLstrike3 on November 5, 2007 at 1:16 pm

I really think we should take these books as a sign that the knife of rationalism has struck quite deep. At least, for the minority of these authors who have actually read the work of Dawkins et al.

A lot of these works probably represent a hurried attempt to patch up the holes that reason punched in the oh-so-flimsy fabric of their faith.

Are any of these particularly entertaining? I was thinking about picking up Letter From a Christian Citizen... seems like it might be an easier one to point-counterpoint.

30. Don't write off religion - it can be the key to a stable family

Comment #83886 by STLstrike3 on October 31, 2007 at 2:37 pm

Yet another tired non-argument for faith. Whether or not religion has any benefit in this regard says absolutely nothing about its truth-value. Which, I suppose, isn't all that important to religious apologists anymore.

Pathetic.

31. Pope's 'morning after pill' speech criticized

Comment #83874 by STLstrike3 on October 31, 2007 at 2:05 pm

The Catholic Church, indeed Christians in general, oppose any public health measure that makes intercourse a safer enterprise. They desire the threat of pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and indeed cervical cancer. They have built an empire on fear. Why stop now?

What possible objection could anyone have to the Gardasil vaccination (the one that protects girls from genital warts and cervical cancer)? Oh, that's right... it's the Christians yapping again.

I wonder what the pope thinks about all those Muslim taxi drivers in Minneapolis who refuse to carry passengers with alcohol based on "religious" reasons. Anyone remember that brouhaha? The most sober and rational response to that fray was the answer that makes the most sense here:

If you are unable to perform the duties of your job for any reason, then find another job.

32. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?

Comment #83864 by STLstrike3 on October 31, 2007 at 1:49 pm

Poetry. Sweet poetry.

33. The New Atheists

Comment #49528 by STLstrike3 on June 12, 2007 at 9:29 am

Can anyone provide me with the source for these data below? I would desperately like to obtain a hardcopy:

"After all, unbelievers are concentrated at the higher end of the educational scale--a recent Harris American poll shows that 31 percent of those with postgraduate education do not avow belief in God (compared with only 14 percent of those with a high school education or less). The percentage rises among professors and then again among professors at research universities, reaching 93 percent among members of the National Academy of Sciences."

34. Television evangelist Falwell dies at 73

Comment #41823 by STLstrike3 on May 17, 2007 at 6:27 am

"Yeah, it would be interesting if Mr. God hates fags shows up in Falwell's fineral with a sign saying that he is burning in hell."

Well, guess what? :)

http://www.godhatesfags.com/fliers/Picket_Information.html

Check out 5/22/07.

Wonder if that's going to make it on the news.