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Monday, July 31, 2006

God speaks - who's pulling the strings?

Living in Texas, one can't avoid the fervor of religiousity in this state. Driving around the DFW area, one can easily spot several billboards that are part of the GodSpeaks movement. These ad-agency style comments are presumably meant to draw people closer to God, a Christian God, of course.

Here's a few of these billboard comments and my rebuttal to them:

"Tell the kids I love them. "
rebuttal - You're God, why can't you tell the kids your damn self?! Are grownups the only people who can be captured under your spell?!

"One nation under me."

rebuttal - which one of you are we talking about. A nation under Allah or even the literal old Testament God would be like living in Hell to most people. Get your act together and give us a clear, non-schizophrenic message before trying to be a "uniter".

"The real Supreme Court meets up here."
rebuttal - this is again part of the religious fanatic's approach that the rule of God supercedes the rule of man. Why don't we stone people to death anymore (at least in civilized societies with secular populations)? Stoning is clearly endorsed in the Bible. It's because we have walked away from the shallow ignorance of the Bible enough to realize that stoning is barbaric and inhumane. For a peek at other injustices from the words of the King James version of the Bible, take a look at the Skeptic's Annotated Bible section on injustice:
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/inj/long.html


I could go on and on, but what use is there? I would love to put together a group of Brights/athiests to spearhead an advertising campaign against the dull minded Christians who seem to have enough money to perpetuate their falsehoods and superstitions well into the modern era.

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