I have a bad habit.
I like picking arguments with theists. I can't help it, but I have only to see an unsupported statement about religion in a blog post before I start turning into Christopher Hitchens. In the discussion that I linked to the other week, he said that he wouldn't like to see religion disappear because then he wouldn't have anybody left to argue with ... :-)
Anyhoo, I've been lurking on two blogs recently, that you might care to peruse if theological debate is the bag that you are into. Apostasy Exposed is run by somebody from Northern Ireland called J Trimble who is a real hell fire and brimstone kind of chap who makes Dr Ian Paisley look like a dangerous liberal. He is outrageously offensive about gays (or perverted sodomites as he prefers to call them) but he has the redeeming feature of knowing far more than is healthy about the more bizarre aspects of the Catholic church (typical post - "Tony Blair, religious convert or pervert"). I seem to be the main commenter on most of his posts, so please drop by and keep him company.
Second up, is the infuriatingly twee Ray Comfort with his blog Ray's Comfort Food. In between some toe curlingly trite observations that wouldn't be out of place on Radio 4's Thought for the Day (of a donated coca cola clock "It is a wonderful blessing to me, and one that I see every day as I go to our ministry"). More entertaining though are the lively debates that ensue on certain topics - he's already nixed the subject of evolution, but there other threads running concerning biblical contradictions where I seem to have proved that God is evil and abortion where us atheists can hardly get a word in edgeways between the Christians arguing about Roe vs Wade, states rights and Republicanism. I'm now shooting for a gun control debate (ho, ho, I am satirical) which might be interesting.
2 comments:
Well, you had a good answer to the thunder and lightening one. I didn't read too far in either - unlike you, I take no joy in religious debate, and reading stuff that makes me mad just makes me feel . . . mad, not in a good way. Does a good argument ever convince anyone to change their minds about their religious (or political) beliefs? But there must be satisfaction in answering back and proving your point.
I used to feel the same as you but I just don't have the energy anymore. Like Nancy says, it just makes me mad now and high blood pressure runs in the family. I just take solace in the fact that I know I'm right and they're wrong and nobody can change my mind.
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