It’s been a while since I needlessly dissected a Violent Acres post. V has pretty good lately about not saying needlessly stupid and inflammatory things and sticking to topics on which she can actually offer insight. Unfortunately, that streak came to an abrupt, abrupt halt today.
Let us begin. You might want to grab a half-caf soy mochiatto – it’s a long one.
The problem with Atheists is most of them are snobs.
The problem with self-important bloggers is that they think that stereotyping people is daring and edgy journalism.
Atheists think they’re being clever with their spaghetti monster analogies and fairy tale rhetoric, but at the end of the day, they come off sound like condescending pricks.
Condescending like somebody who once had: “abdicate your responsibility to me. I’ll think for you” as the catchphrase for their website? Is that in the ballpark of the kind of condescending prickery you’re alluding to here?
Furthermore, any group of people claiming superior intelligence that willingly engages in the fight of a losing battle automatically loses credibility.
I’m actually inclined to wonder if this is satire now. If it is, and I’m being suckered, I’m happy to be at the butt of a joke like this. I’m pretty sure anybody who devotes a good portion of their life to internet rants about the flaccidity of modern social institutions couldn’t actually criticize another group for fighting losing battles, could they?
However, Atheists are too dumb to realize they’re fighting a losing battle, so they persist with the lecturing and the withering stares. Atheists have singled handedly ruined coffee shops with this crap.
Ahahaha. Stupid atheists in Starbucks with their Macs and their square black glasses and their complicated coffee orders. Look at them, all smug and dismissive.
I’m officially declaring people who continually complain about annoying people in coffee shops more annoying than the aforementioned annoying people.
That was clear, right?
I, myself, have not been able to claim belief in a higher power for many, many years. However, I can still see the value in Religion. Perhaps growing up without a strong parental figure in my life made me recognize the possible value of a loving Father figure up in the sky watching out for me. And hey, I try my best not forget that sometimes we all need something to believe in.
Congratulations for being able to “see the value of religion”. That’s super that growing up without a parental figure enabled you to see the how religion could have something going for it. Now finally people will stop describing that Mother Theresa as a selfish asshole and give her some of the praise she deserves.
Most Atheists have the tendency to thumb their noses at Jesus, and then log onto World of Warcraft so they can pretend to be an orc for a couple of hours. They sneer at the Bible, but have no problem playing endless hours of vampire role playing games. The message is clear. Fantasies are OK as long as they include gratuitous violence and some sort of porn.
This is doubtlessly the stupidest paragraph in this entire post. Equating playing World of Warcraft to worshipping Jesus is ridiculously insulting to both parties. Are board games allowed? Can I pretend that I’m a tiny metal dog or a thimble without getting fitted for a choirboy’s robe? What about Halloween?
Hey genius – fantasies are OK as long as the people involved know that they’re fantasies. It has nothing to do with gratuitous violence and some sort of porn – which is pretty redundant anyway.
It’s no wonder Religious folks don’t take them too seriously. Even the Quiet Intellectual Atheist comes across as if he’s only denying belief to be aversive. It’s hard not to pity the guy addicted to nonconformity like an addict to a needle.
Holy leaping logic, Batman! No wonder you’re so angry! You assume that even people who are QUIET about their beliefs are just doing so because they’re “addicted” to nonconformity. Is it at all possible that they simply don’t believe in a higher power based on empirical observation and philosophical insight?
Nah, it’s probably the addiction. Let’s just go with that.
Personally, I don’t mind Religion. Religious leaders, on the other hand, really get my goat. But in my experience, when you approach someone by saying, “Hey. I don’t mind Catholicism. It’s just the creepy priests fucking altar boys that gross me out,” members of the congregation are more apt to listen.
In all fairness, I think we should applaud V here. Not everybody was willing to come out and say that priests fucking altar boys was disgusting and shameful and creepy. Bonus points go to her for impressively separating the entirety of a Religion from several high-profile cases.
“Hey, I don’t mind Black people. It’s just the serial rapists preying on young women that get me angry.”
My only real issue with Religion (and ultimately, it’s a fairly small issue) is that it teaches people to be good for all the wrong reasons. Whether it’s the fear of a vengeful God and eternal life spent in the flames of Hell or the possibility of winning a ticket into Heaven accompanied by a boat load of virgins, people are still behaving well to escape punishment or to win everlasting life.
I agree with her on this.
Ideally, people would be good because it’s the right thing to do. Not because they want good Karma to come back on them and not because they’re hoping for a personal cloud to lounge on in the sky, but because doing the right thing is its own reward. I’d like to live in a world where people aren’t secretly hoping for a payoff for every single good dead they’ve ever done.
I’d like to live in a world where large-rumped coeds dance endlessly around me singing Ricky Martin’s Livin’ La Vida Loca and offering me cool sips from a coconut shell full of breast milk.
Mine could actually happen though. Especially if my lactation specialist is as effective as the infomercial advertised.
But then again, most of society today seems almost completely lacking in any moral compass whatsoever. So if ‘God’ does his part to scare some little bastard out of stealing my fucking car, I guess I can’t complain too much.
Any Atheist who does seriously needs to reevaluate his priorities.
Yeah, Atheists. Can’t you stop contemplating the mystery of human existence and look at the big picture, here? Decent people (and V) are getting their cars stolen by religion-less heathens. Maybe if you spent less time in coffeeshops and more time out of coffeeshops, this wouldn’t be a problem.
How dare you hold a belief, you close-minded bastards.
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