Comments on: UPDATE: The Lost Ark, Still Lost

By: jimmer

jimmer — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:49:24 +0000

Ray
Ditto here. The absolutely most inane crap that they want to teach in schools is how I identify their agenda. They have no idea how incidious their beliefs have become and how disastrous those beliefs can be for our freedoms. They stand side by side with the terrorists in making our country prone to fear. And also ripe for a messiah. Which by the way is what they are waiting for.

By: Ray Garton

Ray Garton — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:00:26 +0000

Great clip, Jimmer! I am a big SEINFELD fan. Yes, I’m positively quaking in my jammies. The fact is that as the years pass and more and more distance grows between the person I am now and the terrifying, crippling religious beliefs with which I was raised, there is less and less fear in my life. Fear of all kind has drained from my life and I am frequently amazed by how much of it came from religion. Right now, the worst fear I experience — worse than the fear of terrorists, of natural disasters, even of horrible diseases — is my fear for our future here in the United States as Christianity continues to wrap its insidious tentacles around this country and squeeze with all its might. My fear is not of the Christians themselves, and it’s CERTAINLY not of the possibility that their religion of human sacrifice and symbolic ritualized cannibalism and vampirism may be right. It’s the fear of what they want to do to the country I love.

By: jimmer

jimmer — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:57:18 +0000

Gee Ray
I’ll bet you’re as afraid of them finding the Ark as you are of going to Hell. I mean we as Atheists are going you know. But just to lighten it up a bit here is an outtake of Seinfeld. Puddy and Elaine go to a Priest for counseling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-8GIEQjqW8&feature=related

By: Stardust

Stardust — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:22:30 +0000

I suspect that MrIBN is a xian troll.

By: Ray Garton

Ray Garton — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:18:28 +0000

Naomi — I LOVE IT!

By: Ray Garton

Ray Garton — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:17:29 +0000

MrIBN — If you saw fear in my sarcastic, humorous follow-up piece about the search for Noah’s ark, then it’s hardly worth discussing it with you, because you’re an idiot. If people want to read things into my work that aren’t there, it’s out of my hands. But I’m often amused by the things some people see, the phantoms and boogeymen that do not exist in my writing that upset people like you. So, first of all, thanks for amusing me.

There is no fear in that article. You might want to make some adjustments to your sense of humor. Or, if necessary, get one. In other pieces I’ve written for this blog, I’ve expressed — and rightfully so, I think — fear about the progress conservative Christians are making in America as leaders and (ahem, excuse me) “thinkers.” But the idea that I was afraid that these “evangelical archaeologists” had ACTUALLY FOUND THE ARK is so asinine, so far removed from anything I think or feel, that I don’t know whether to laugh my ass off at you or urge you to get help. Or both. I invite you, MrIBN, to peruse my other articles on this blog. I’m sure it will be quite entertaining to see what other nonsense you can read into my work, what other ways you think I’ve “embarrassed the atheist community.”

Oh, by the way, I’m tickled that you capitalized “Atheist.” I was unaware that “Atheist” had become a proper noun like, say, oh, I don’t know, “Christian” or “Jew” or “Muslim.” Perhaps — and this is just a suggestion, mind you — you have misunderstood the concept of atheism. I am a nonbeliever, but I am also a nonjoiner, and — obviously unlike you — I don’t need a group that is labeled with a proper noun to confirm my opinions or boost my weak self-esteem. But I understand that some DO need such a community — it gives them a group in which they can argue and pick fights and fabricate conflicts where they do not exist. This, I’ve found, is one of the functions of church, and religious communities are bursting with “church lady” types like you who cannot live without others at whom they can point their finger to condemn, run down, and complain about endlessly — even when there’s nothing to complain about. Be advised that such behavior is less likely to be tolerated among atheists than it is in churches. To be on the safe side, you might want to pick a church to join so you’ll have a place to go that will be more accepting of your behavior.

By: stardust

stardust — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:04:22 +0000

Thanks Jimmer! I am ordering one of the long sleeved white t-shirts. Awesome!

By: MrIBN

MrIBN — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:11:53 +0000

Interesting. However, assuming 99% of the educated masses already knew this. And this I can promise you – next time it will be bogus as well. So what’s the big deal? Does it really delight you THAT much to point your finger and scream: “I told you so! I knew it, once again the wacky Christians make fools of themselves!” Personally, I don’t give a damn. And you know why? Because it’s the same story/same song. And it’s getting old – I mean VERY OLD.

If one was to look between the lines of your rant, the level of your tone portrays an alarming discovery: Fear. You have indeed “let your pants down.” You covered almost every point but let your backside open for attack. Garton, you have made an ass out of yourself and embarrassed the Atheist community. I could feel the fear in your piece. I sensed that you felt as if THEY “finally found what THEY were looking for.” Like, they actually had you questioning your beliefs… Do you actually think the “Jesus Freaks” could find the ark one day? I believe you do. Unbelievable.

Buddy, you need to shift gears and write about something else for awhile. We can tell you have been shaken. You will learn that forgiveness does not come easy in a world without god.