Ok. I think three posts in one day is a record for me, but the stupidity just won’t stop, and if I have to experience this mental pain, someone else has to suffer, too. My current intellectual migraine began at Daniel Florien’s site, Unreasonable Faith, (a great site… one of my favorite atheist blogs) where I found an excerpt from MS. ELIYZABETH YANNE STRONG-ANDERSON’s book, BIRTH CONTROL IS SINFUL IN THE CHRISTIAN MARRIAGES and also ROBBING GOD OF PRIESTHOOD CHILDREN!!
(See? You can’t make shit like this up.)
Oh, and apparently the all caps thing signifies that what she is saying is VERY IMPORTANT AND WRITTEN BY HOLYSPIRIT. The thing is, if this was just one blathering idiot, I wouldn’t be too concerned, but this kind of thinking is gaining popularity as more and more born again women are deciding that sperm is magic. For instance, I stumbled across this tribute to stupidity:
This woman has been homeschooling these poor children for the past eight years. She and her husband have decided that birth control is wrong. They have “decided years ago to receive who He wanted to give us.”
I’m having a hard time thinking about where to start. Some things are so overwhelmingly stupid that they defy comment, but I feel like I have to try. Let’s start here. Has anyone beside me noticed that there are nearly seven billion people on earth? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to notice that we don’t have infinite resources, and that the ones we have are sorely tested by our current population. But that doesn’t matter to these people. More soldiers for the army of Christ. More ignorant, scientifically illiterate fear mongerers to spread repression, dysfunction, and Bronze Age superstition.
I’m too aggravated by this to say anything more. Argh.
Let me get this straight. A married couple decides to have a big family teach their children things like, “you shall love your neighbor as yourself” and this causes you to become so angry that you can’t speak. Are you sure that they are the ones with the problem?
Posted by Russ | March 12, 2009, 5:36 pmYes. You have it exactly straight. Have you read any of the other posts on this blog? How about the one where I write that religious indoctrination is the equivalent of child abuse? Have you checked out Endhereditaryreligion.com? It’s in my links. Yes, Russ. I am of the belief that the combination of environmental irresponsibility, the teaching of Bronze Age superstitious, misogynistic, authoritarian dogma, and the blatant biogtry displayed by the couple at that website is worthy of great anger. They are teaching their children to be ignorant bigots. I find that horribly offensive.
Posted by hambydammit | March 12, 2009, 5:56 pmThis is the fruit of your religion – hate. Hate toward a loving family that you do not even know.
The fact is that home schooled children outperform government schooling hands down in every area of study. Yet you see a couple raising their children according to their time tested beliefs in a free country as offensive unless they teach exactly what you believe. It is the atheists who are intolerant, judgmental and predigest – not people of faith.
In the United States there is (for now) the freedom of religion and generally that means Christianity for that is our heritage. If teaching Christianity makes people ignorant salves, why is the most Christian nation also the most successful, influential, powerful, free and wealthiest nation on the face of the earth? Why haven’t the atheist nations bypassed us if hatred is the answer as you propose?
Posted by Russ | March 12, 2009, 7:05 pm“If teaching Christianity makes people ignorant salves, why is the most Christian nation also the most successful, influential, powerful, free and wealthiest nation on the face of the earth? Why haven’t the atheist nations bypassed us if hatred is the answer as you propose?”
Someone apparently doesn’t pay attention to the reality. Not surprising.
Posted by KaylaKaze | March 12, 2009, 8:58 pmRuss wrote: “This is the fruit of your religion – hate. Hate toward a loving family that you do not even know.”
Oh, please. Don’t make me actually write out the whole “atheism cannot possibly be a religion” thing. It’s been done by thousands of people all over the world. Hint for the future: It’s going to be a lot easier for people to take you seriously if you stay away from gratuitous overstatement.
Russ: “The fact is that home schooled children outperform government schooling hands down in every area of study. Yet you see a couple raising their children according to their time tested beliefs in a free country as offensive unless they teach exactly what you believe. It is the atheists who are intolerant, judgmental and predigest – not people of faith.”
Actually, I’m glad you bring this up. It’s a great example of a couple of fallacies. Russ, congratulations. You’re going to be the subject of my next post…
Posted by hambydammit | March 13, 2009, 12:47 pm“atheist nations”? And which nations would they be? Oh I remember from the evangelical bigot-speach of my youth, every nation that isn’t us, right?
Myopic vision much? Can’t you see that we’ve been put into such a horrible state by a former “leader” that believes this same crap?
Over the cliff you go with the rest of the furry little evangelists…
Xenophobic dolt!
BTW for the home schooled crowd:
xenophobia |ˌzēnəˈfōbēə; ˌzenə-|
noun
intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries
Posted by Jeff | June 18, 2009, 12:14 amWhat in the world are you talking about, Jeff?
Posted by hambydammit | June 18, 2009, 1:13 amSpeaking to KaylaKaze’s post:
“If teaching Christianity makes people ignorant salves, why is the most Christian nation also the most successful, influential, powerful, free and wealthiest nation on the face of the earth? Why haven’t the atheist nations bypassed us if hatred is the answer as you propose?”
Someone apparently doesn’t pay attention to the reality. Not surprising.
end KaylaKaze’s post
I get incredibly tired of the view that we (US) are THE nation and that we have THE religion. I’ve been abroad and believe me the rest of the world tends to agree, we tend not to see past our borders and when we do we see BAD…
Thats what in the world I was talking about. If you read the other posts before commenting you would have understood.
Posted by Jeff | June 18, 2009, 8:48 amI see, and I do understand now. For future reference, it does help to mention who you’re responding to, or at least quote the point you’re referring to. I don’t re-read threads every time a new post shows up, and I don’t think most other people do, either.
Sorry for my snappiness and confusion. Thanks for contributing.
Posted by hambydammit | June 18, 2009, 11:17 amhambydammit, I apologize for mine as well.
Posted by Jeff | June 18, 2009, 11:44 am