Thursday, May 21, 2009
Religion Gone Patholigical
Recently, a minor event has been happening in the archives of my blog. I've been trolled by people pretending to be Jesus freaks. Or, giving them the benefit of the doubt, actual Jesus freaks. Its hard to make a distinction between someone that in love with Jesus and some pretending to be in love Jesus. And don't even get me started on the freaks who are in love with Jesus, but really just want to get Mary alone for about 5 minutes.
Anyway, to best summarize the incident, in a way that will not bore you.
1.) There is a someone who works in my "High Technology" park that sports an "Evolution is a Lie." Bumper sticker.
2.) I find such a statement so ridiculous that I rant and rant, pointing out that people have in faith in something that can never be proven, but attempt to contradict some of the most strongly-forged and time-tested theories science has to offer. I point out that in a science-related field, I wouldn't trust their credibility for shit.
3.) Nothing happens because nobody reads this blog. (Hi, Mom!)
4.) 9 months later I'm getting hate-comments from Jesus freaks.
After phasing out anonymous comments and enabling moderation, the debate got civil. They prefer to believe in a life where there are supernatural beings. I do not. The two of us will not change our mind.
Once I clarified that my position in this statement is not "anti-religion" but "anti-anti-science", we found common ground. The Vatican acknowledges evolution. To deny what we know is truth in hopes of it making your faith more "correct" is not only stupid, its a failure of faith. It shouldn't need justification or proof for you to believe in it. That's why its called faith.
So today I stumbled on a rant from scienceblogs.com that discusses how "Religion Gone Pathological" is a problem. These are parents felt it was better to pray while their children died of cancer and diabetes. It is not that these parents are considered hateful or immoral -- they obviously loved their children very much, and were heartbroken by their loss -- but they are killers just the same. Willful ignorance brought about the death of their child. Juries found that a REASONABLE parent would've known something was wrong, and sought out a doctor.
Anyway, it makes my little hate screed look like Miss California doing her bikini walk. And since I didn't write it, it gives any internet defenders of religion a much bigger fish to fry if they're offended by it. Even I felt his "Damn you all" attitude (implying that religious moderates are enablers of religious extremists) was a bit too "far" to just publish online. At the same time I admire his gung-ho attitude. It takes a lot of courage to put your name and face out there next to a rant like that.
Anyway, to best summarize the incident, in a way that will not bore you.
1.) There is a someone who works in my "High Technology" park that sports an "Evolution is a Lie." Bumper sticker.
2.) I find such a statement so ridiculous that I rant and rant, pointing out that people have in faith in something that can never be proven, but attempt to contradict some of the most strongly-forged and time-tested theories science has to offer. I point out that in a science-related field, I wouldn't trust their credibility for shit.
3.) Nothing happens because nobody reads this blog. (Hi, Mom!)
4.) 9 months later I'm getting hate-comments from Jesus freaks.
After phasing out anonymous comments and enabling moderation, the debate got civil. They prefer to believe in a life where there are supernatural beings. I do not. The two of us will not change our mind.
Once I clarified that my position in this statement is not "anti-religion" but "anti-anti-science", we found common ground. The Vatican acknowledges evolution. To deny what we know is truth in hopes of it making your faith more "correct" is not only stupid, its a failure of faith. It shouldn't need justification or proof for you to believe in it. That's why its called faith.
So today I stumbled on a rant from scienceblogs.com that discusses how "Religion Gone Pathological" is a problem. These are parents felt it was better to pray while their children died of cancer and diabetes. It is not that these parents are considered hateful or immoral -- they obviously loved their children very much, and were heartbroken by their loss -- but they are killers just the same. Willful ignorance brought about the death of their child. Juries found that a REASONABLE parent would've known something was wrong, and sought out a doctor.
Anyway, it makes my little hate screed look like Miss California doing her bikini walk. And since I didn't write it, it gives any internet defenders of religion a much bigger fish to fry if they're offended by it. Even I felt his "Damn you all" attitude (implying that religious moderates are enablers of religious extremists) was a bit too "far" to just publish online. At the same time I admire his gung-ho attitude. It takes a lot of courage to put your name and face out there next to a rant like that.
Labels: crazy people, fuck conformity, kids, science
Friday, August 24, 2007
This is very important so listen carefully
I'm going to read this comic over every day until I feel comfortable saying what I think. Both here online and to the people in my life.
Labels: free expression is vital to the growth of every human being, fuck conformity, life is short, thoughts, web comics, xkcd
