{"id":32,"date":"2010-12-07T16:11:14","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T16:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godscomic\/2010\/12\/let-there-be-p-on-earth.html"},"modified":"2010-12-07T16:11:14","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T16:11:14","slug":"let-there-be-p-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godscomic\/2010\/12\/let-there-be-p-on-earth.html","title":{"rendered":"Let there be P on earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">The<br \/>\natheist idiot ideology is at it again. Apparently taking umbrage with a 19-year<br \/>\ntradition of putting a nativity scene and Christmas tree on the lawn of the<br \/>\nWashington state capitol they responded with a placard denouncing Christianity<br \/>\nas a fairytale and also state that many of the Christmas traditions like<br \/>\nchoosing Dec 25 and decorating trees was stolen from the pagans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span>Only<br \/>\nan atheist could be self deluded enough to believe insulting a religion they<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t believe in by sticking up for a religion they don&#8217;t believe in could be<br \/>\nconsidered rational. Reason after all is the god of the atheist and so I<br \/>\nsuppose they do have more in common with the pagan since they both worship<br \/>\ncreation instead of the creator. The last sentence of the diatribe is as<br \/>\nfollows; &#8220;Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and<br \/>\nenslaves minds&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span>They<br \/>\nmake it a point to attack &#8220;religion&#8221;, wait, ok so who am I kidding? I&#8217;ll<br \/>\nre-phrase. They make it a point to attack <i>Christianity<\/i><br \/>\nbecause it&#8217;s more dangerous than the other religions? No. It&#8217;s much more<br \/>\npragmatic than that. They know what would happen if they tried this with<br \/>\nMuslims. Apparently atheists and theists agree on one thing, that it&#8217;s easier<br \/>\nto debate when you have a head. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span>It is<br \/>\ntimes like this that my faiths dictums become truly intrusive especially the<br \/>\n&#8220;love your enemy&#8221; command. C&#8217;mon God, are you sure you didn&#8217;t mean beat the<br \/>\ncrap out of your enemy and then repent?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span>I<br \/>\nmean atheists have been emboldened in recent years not to debate the tribe but<br \/>\ninstead to insult, malign, attack, disparage and crap on those of us who hold<br \/>\nto traditional Christian worldview. During Christmas season what used to be a<br \/>\ncolorful festive time of year that brought a spirit of giving and goodwill to<br \/>\nall Americans has been transformed in to a battle for culture and what we&#8217;re<br \/>\nleft to show for it, if atheists win, is drab lifeless December. Nothing<br \/>\nbeautiful and awe inspiring ever came from an atheist worldview. If religion is<br \/>\na banquet of hope, atheism is Tofu injected Spam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span>Ok atheists<br \/>\ngo ahead and take away the communal spirit of Christmas that at least gave<br \/>\nAmericans some concept to unite around regardless of religious belief! But what<br \/>\nare you going to replace it with? What exactly does your enlightened point of<br \/>\nview leave us Americans as a legacy? You demand our government respect and<br \/>\nacknowledge your faith in nothingness and yet the only time history has ever<br \/>\nseen atheism rule it ended in over 200,000,000 deaths at the hands of Stalin,<br \/>\nMao, Pol Pot, and our North Korean gnome Kim Jong il; All that by the way in<br \/>\nunder a hundred years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span>What<br \/>\nwould an atheist Christmas look like anyway? A consistent atheist December<br \/>\nwould ban all lighting displays I suppose since red and green in December are<br \/>\nconsidered Christmas colors and would be offensive to the ignored mauve and<br \/>\nteal. Black bulbs would be the atheist display because it encompasses all<br \/>\ncolors and that would be their inclusive gift to us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span>They<br \/>\nalready have removed trees and nativities but Santa should be out too and<br \/>\nshould be fought with the same vigor since he is the <i>only<\/i> fictional character of the season we can <i>prove<\/i> doesn&#8217;t exist. I&#8217;ll let you guys break it to the kids. Tinsel<br \/>\nisn&#8217;t biodegradable so nix it because the worship of earth takes precedent to<br \/>\neverything else. Earth is all we get till we die so it ends up being the atheist&#8217;s<br \/>\nnirvana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span>Earth<br \/>\nis it? How pathetic is that? Yet to eliminate Christmas as we have celebrated<br \/>\nit as a nation since it became a national holiday in 1870 leaves us with what every<br \/>\natheistic idea does&#8230;nothing. Their hatred and bigotry toward God and Christians<br \/>\nin general removes even the sentiment of &#8220;peace on earth, goodwill toward men&#8221;<br \/>\nand leaves instead the sediment of an open sewer that poisons anything pure<br \/>\nthat gets in its way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span>They<br \/>\nconsider themselves the enlightened ones by plunging humanity into narcissistic<br \/>\ndarkness where even the sense of the beautiful is sacrificed for the sake of<br \/>\nhuman worship and not offending. Well-done atheists, what a wonderful legacy.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m sure Marx would be proud. Merry nothingness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:200%\"><span>I<br \/>\nhave a gift for ya though. A human brain displayed in a jar of urine. That is<br \/>\nthe art you have given us, and like a good Christmas fruitcake I figured you<br \/>\nwould want it back, it&#8217;s obvious you&#8217;re not using yours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The atheist idiot ideology is at it again. 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