Don't Tread On Me

Cognitive Dissonance

When I finally got around to reading my email this morning, I got to this snippet in the Dec. 29 edition of Wall Street Journal's Best of the Web by James Taranto:

"And what was God thinking when the Angel Gabriel was sent by God to reveal the sacred Quran to the prophet Muhammad?"--Christmas sermon, the Right Rev. John Bryson Chane, Episcopal bishop of Washington, Dec. 25

So, it's more than official now. The episcopal religion is fully and completely apostate. Don't comment about not capitalizing. From now on, they don't warrant enough respect for that. They've thrown out the Bible. They wouldn't understand the identity of Jesus Christ if he raised dead people right in front of them.

Departing from the clear teaching of Scripture on the homosexual issue was bad enough, but this is the icing on the coffin lid.

To say that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob sent the Quran to Mohammad is at minimum terribly insulting, but worse than that it is just plain stupid. To contend that the one True God would establish his authority through a history of 4000 years, many miraculous events, culminating in the incarnation of Himself and proving His identity by fulfilling hundreds of prophecies given hundreds and thousands of years prior, performing hundreds, if not thousands, of miracles, then 600 years later give a book to an illiterate epileptic child molester, with no corroborating evidence is (signs, wonders, witnesses, miracles), at the least, moronic.

Atheism?

This is such a worthy area of thought. I know that I will have to devote several posts to this issue. A caveat is warranted. Any opinions submitted from this point on are not intended to attack anyone unless they become a troll. As long as you stick to the issues and avoid ad hominem attacks, you will be permitted to argue on this thread.

I suggest you go and read the complete text of the Imperial Firearms Advisor’s post, before you comment here. I choose to deal with certain portions of Kim’s post, but you should be fully informed before considering my opinion.

Du Toit:
“But Kim, you ask, you're a devout atheist. How can you preach religion as a code of behavior? And doesn't observance of religious behavior lead to a theocracy?”

Comment: "devout atheist" I find that funny, and only definition 3 saves Kim from embarrassment.

1. Devoted to religion or to the fulfillment of religious obligations. See Synonyms at religious.
2. Displaying reverence or piety.
3. Sincere; earnest: devout wishes for their success.

But never mind all that. The question is, which society would we rather live in? Do you want to live in a world where people all around you believe that there is no higher power that they will ever have to answer to, or do you want the people all around you to believe that whatever they do is going to be judged and that they ought to keep this in mind when dealing with others around them?