{"id":6535,"date":"2009-07-25T10:33:15","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T10:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/07\/atheism-a-threat-to-society.html"},"modified":"2009-07-25T10:33:15","modified_gmt":"2009-07-25T10:33:15","slug":"atheism-a-threat-to-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/07\/atheism-a-threat-to-society.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Atheism: A Threat to Society&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More atheist humor. Yes, it&#8217;s so funny when we&#8217;re portrayed as ignorant hicks who refer to atheism as &#8220;the atheism&#8221; as if we don&#8217;t know how to use the word properly:<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/V8JfaxHeg_Y&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x2b405b&#038;color2=0x6b8ab6\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/V8JfaxHeg_Y&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x2b405b&#038;color2=0x6b8ab6\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object>The <a href=\"http:\/\/proudatheists.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/23\/atheism-a-threat-to-society\/\">blog<\/a> where I found the video didn&#8217;t tag it as humor but it was tagged as &#8220;Atheism Satire&#8221; on YouTube. I thought it was satire while watching it because of the over the top way the Christian pianist talked and the mischievous gleam in her eye.(<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/denyreligion\/status\/2836778565\">via<\/a>)BTW, I agree with this quote from the atheist&#8217;s blog:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The American brand of Christianity is unraveling while its hypocrisy is being weighed by the minds of our younger folks and discovering that questioning religious doctrine is a trait of human nature, not the voice of Satan.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Questioning doctrine is a trait of human nature, we&#8217;ve done it from the very beginning. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnpcb.org\/esv\/search\/?q=Genesis+3\">Satan may have poised the first question<\/a>, but if it wasn&#8217;t something that resonated with us, we would reject it right away. That we continue to do so tells us something about ourselves. Only God can break through that nature and open our eyes to the truth:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnpcb.org\/esv\/search\/?q=Acts+16\">ESV Acts 16:14<\/a> One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More atheist humor. Yes, it&#8217;s so funny when we&#8217;re portrayed as ignorant hicks who refer to atheism as &#8220;the atheism&#8221; as if we don&#8217;t know how to use the word properly:The blog where I found the video didn&#8217;t tag it as humor but it was tagged as &#8220;Atheism Satire&#8221; on YouTube. 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