Superstition and the idiotic backers of it seek to drive us back to the Dark Ages. If theocratic theistards were in charge of the world, rest assured that the age of book burnings and scientists being burnt at the stake would be very much a reality. Are you going to just apathetically stand by and let it happen? Are you going to sit on your couch and bum around while the lunatic nutjobs that pollute society seek to destroy knowledge because it contradicts their cherished, delusional world views? Are you going to let those demented morons destroy science because of their religious delusions, while you rant about how science must never ever be seen to be anti-religion? Are you going to respect and tiptoe around superstitious nonsense for no reason at all? Are you foolish enough to be a cowardly appeaser and let the superstitious nutjobs step on you head?
For the sake of humanity, I hope not.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Why the fight for reason matters
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That's a nice call-to-arms. I think our biggest drawback is that we have no central organization. No Vatican of Atheism to coordinate our campaign for reason, no central non-profit behemoth that can supply us with pamphlets of truth to hand out on the streets and actively train atheists to engage and successfully debate for what we believe in. They have all this and more. I sometimes feel like we've brought a knife to a Nuke fight.
"The permanence of the stars was questioned; slavery was not."
Shawn: You're looking at it in the wrong way. If you bring a knife to a nuke fight, don't fight. Find someone else with a knife.
What I mean is that atheists in to start speaking out in their lives. They need to engage their family, friends, and neighbors. They don't need to fight them. They need to say, 'hello, I'm here.'
They can correct scientific inaccuracies. They can better explain science advancements. They can ask questions about religious beliefs, pointing out contradictions.
The list is endless. Excuses won't get us anywhere. Action will.
Carl Sagan is now in hell! Do you want to end up there with him?
Josh: I absolutely agree and I spend literally every day doing so. I just remember watching a two hour Nightline Debate between Kirk Cameron and some other creationist and a couple of people from that Rational Response Squad and I was really struck by how well-planned and rehearsed the creationists' arguments and rebuttals were. They came across as more knowledgeable and articulate even though what they were saying was total trash. All because they have workshops and organized meetings on how to argue their nonsense.
Creationist: I find it terribly sad that you've been terrorized into "Faith" in an almighty. The fear of Fire & Brimstone is nothing more than a scare tactic meant to control you. You can't come to a conversation between rational thinking people and expect such a tactic to work. I'm glad I don't get yahoos like you on my blog, bringing down the level of discourse.
"Carl Sagan is now in hell! Do you want to end up there with him?"
Um, 'creationist', when you give us the choice of talking to people like you in Heaven, or Carl Sagan in Hell, I'll take the fire & brimstone.
Oh, and you can't scare people who don't believe in Hell with Hell. Think about it.
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