Televangelists: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
An old one but a good one, please enjoy
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Give the Devil His Due
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Religious apologists, particularly those of the Christian variety, are big fans of what I have dubbed, the atheist atrocities fallacy. Christians commonly employ this fallacy to shield their egos from the harsh reality of the brutality of their own religion, by utilizing a most absurd form of the tu quoque (“you too”) fallacy, mingled with numerous other logical fallacies and historical inaccuracies. Despite the fact that the atheist atrocities fallacy has already been thoroughly exposed by Hitchens and other great thinkers, it continues to circulate amongst the desperate believers of a religion in its death throes. Should an atheist present a believer with the crimes committed by the Holy See of the Inquisition(s), the Crusaders and other faith-wielding misanthropes, they will often hear the reply; “Well, what about Stalin, Pol Pot and Hitler? They were atheists, and they killed millions!” --- Keep reading at the link.
"...nothing could be more antithetical to Modern non-theistic Satanism than racist ideologies. We embrace a large diversity of individuals from a wide spectrum of political and cultural backgrounds, but we’re all unified by our respect for individual rights and pluralism. It is axiomatic within Satanism that individuals must be judged for their own actions and for their own merits. To unfavorably relegate individuals into arbitrary categories, or to take credit for the achievements of another based upon a shared classification, is to defy the very foundational principles of our ethics. We simply have no place for simple-minded Supremacist, Nationalist ideologues and, what’s more, it’s impossible to interpret our tenets otherwise. "
Before the European Enlightenment, virtually all New Testament experts assumed that handed-down stories about Jesus were first recorded by eye witnesses and were largely biographical. That is no longer the case. Assuming that the Jesus stories had their beginnings in one single person rather than a composite of several—or even in mythology itself—he probably was a wandering Jewish teacher in Roman-occupied Judea who offended the authorities and was executed. Beyond that, any knowledge about the figure at the center of the Christian religion is remarkably open to debate (and vigorously debated among relevant scholars). Where was Jesus born? Did he actually have twelve disciples? Do we know with certainty anything he said or did? The more sophisticated antiquities scholarship becomes, the more it becomes clear that the origins of Christianity are controversial, convoluted, and not very coherent.
Most antiquities scholars think that the New Testament gospels are “mythologized history.” In other words, based on the evidence available they think that around the start of the first century a controversial Jewish rabbi named Yeshua ben Yosef gathered a following and his life and teachings provided the seed that grew into Christianity. At the same time, these scholars acknowledge that many Bible stories like the virgin birth, miracles, resurrection, and women at the tomb borrow and rework mythic themes that were common in the Ancient Near East, much the way that screenwriters base new movies on old familiar tropes or plot elements. In this view, a “historical Jesus” became mythologized.
“Do not withhold discipline from a child,” Thaing said in court documents. “If you strike him with a rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.” … “I was worried for my son’s salvation with God after he dies,” Thaing said in court documents. “I decided to punish my son to prevent him from hurting my daughter and to help him learn how to behave as God would want him to.”
Fuck OFF for fucks sake you Christian bastards. Rapists and abusers sanctioned by a fucking church should not be allowed to get away with even suggesting this sort of shit. Abuse survivors need ALL the fucking protection. Leave them alone.
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“Last week, Pastor Roger Jimenez of Verity Baptist Church in Sacramento, California made news after saying in a sermon that he was sad that the Orlando nightclub shooter didn’t “finish the job,” that the real tragedy was that “more of them didn’t die,” and that the government should really be executing gay people via firing squad.“
Gotta love these Christians, aight?
~M
Even here in the UK Christian’s feel the need to quote the bible at people in order to spew their bile.
“I ask you kindly to refrain from promoting homosexuality further in the public domain.
“I simply can not agree with your blatant promotion of what is immoral and against God.
“Children could walk past that sign and you could have a negative influence on decisions they choose to make in life.
“I also think you’ll find your coffee shop will become much more popular with the majority of residents in Wolverton, who are also members of local Christian churches.
“Please be sensitive to the beliefs of the majority in the future.”
How about fuck you, and we can totally live without your patronage if it comes with a side of homophobia?
~M
Yeah, but, like, a random guy walking into a gay club and KILLING 49 OF MY SIBLINGS AND INJURING COUNTLESS OTHERS KINDA CREATES A HOSTILE LIVING ENVIRONMENT so shut the fuck up
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