Comments on: “Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name…

By: dAnimal

dAnimal — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:37:05 +0000

I’m going to come out on the side of the religious folks on this one. If we’re going to believe that there is good and evil in this world, why not believe there is some kind of embodiment of it, some root cause that we can personify? Just because someone believes in the devil doesn’t mean they believe in the horns-and-a-tail, pitchfork version that David Cross mocks in “Shut Up, You Fucking Baby.” I don’t think it’s any sillier believing in the Devil than using the concept of Gaea or the earth as our “mother,” something even athiests have a tendency of doing.

If the interviewer had asked “do you believe there is a lake of fire where people are tortured for eternity by a guy with horns and a tail and his evil demons, and bad people go there after they die if they don’t accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior,” I don’t think so many people would have said yes.

By: MFB

MFB — Mon, 31 May 2004 08:57:12 +0000

But if you don’t believe in an awesomely powerful, despicably evil, and wholly non-natural entity, does this mean that you don’t believe in your own Attorney-General?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 29 May 2004 01:51:57 +0000

Actually, the whole “I know God is protecting me thing” fits rather nicely into the conservative viewpoint. Victims are pretty much always to blame for their own problems. They weren’t faithful, hard-working, etc. enough, see? They didn’t earn God’s protection so why should the have ours?

By: Uncle Mike

Uncle Mike — Sat, 29 May 2004 00:36:35 +0000

It’s nice that some people still believe in that invisible man in the clouds.

What I found most surprising was the percentage of people who believed that the story of creation (as well as Noah) was literal, word-for-word truth.

The world created in 6 days? Two of every species of animal on earth crowded into one boat? Absolutely 100% true, yup yup yup!

Geez. Even my most religious friends will concede that these are nice stories, but certainly not scientific realities.

By: tom

tom — Fri, 28 May 2004 19:31:26 +0000

on a related note, i just saw a CNN report on summer travels. they were interviewing random people at the airport on whether they are fearful of flying after Ashcroft’s announcement the other day.

CNN approached one lady:
CNN- “After Ashcroft’s announcement of immenent terrorist attacks, are you fearful of flying today?”
lady- “No.”
CNN- “Why not?”
lady- “Because I have God on my side. He will protect me.”

i almost did a spit-take and sprayed my coffee on the t.v. by her logic, that would mean that the 3,000+ people that died on 9-11 must’ve all been atheists. and if that were the case, i think this 90% of god-fearing people would’ve probably said “good-riddance. that’s what you get for not believing in the lord.”