Comments on: SMH on “Atheism’s True Believers”

By: Michael Kingsford Gray

Michael Kingsford Gray — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:39:47 +0000

Thanks Nick.
Re #1, I also am not sure that no atheist terrorist has yet to be a suicide bomber on an aeroplane. It is possible, as I suggested, that they have in Sri Lanka, but NOT as a result of their lack of proof in a deity! I suspect that we may take these Tamils at their word, and assume that their grievance is political.
And the Tamil terrorists do not indulge in robbery of our earnings via automatic tax deductions. Religious terrorists are directly funded by our taxes.
As you so cogently alluded: it takes religion to make a good person commit atrocious deeds.

#2: That article was very interesting. Did you consider posting it as a news item? Or do you not yet have the authority to so do? Because if you do have the means, then I strongly encourage you to become a contributor, as this article is exactly what we are looking for!

Being ostracised for saying out loud what every educated person is actually thinking! Only in the Church and perhaps the Mafia.
His first mistake was to actually read the Bible.
His second was to understand it.
It’s all downhill from there.
I expect his journey from believer to atheist is about half completed.
Perhaps we should invite him to a meeting?

By: nickandrew

nickandrew — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:08:20 +0000

This is more interesting:

http://www.smh.com.au/national/pastors-ban-sparks-unholy-anglican-stoush-20100212-nxm4.html

… The Anglican church discriminated against him, slandered him and generally behaved viciously towards him because he “questioned the accuracy of the Old Testament”.

By: nickandrew

nickandrew — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:05:15 +0000

Perhaps better to point out that the suicide bombers were all (?) religiously motivated. If being heavily into religion makes you blow up yourself, kill doctors or seek to discriminate against homosexuals, perhaps the problem lies in the religion.