Under a Gibbous Moon

I got a fair amount of hate for my Atheism as a religion post. Not one to leave well enough alone, I came upon this article. In part, it reads:

Faith-based atheism? Yes, alas. Atheists display a credulous and childlike faith, worship a certainty as yet unsupported by evidence—the certainty that they can or will be able to explain how and why the universe came into existence. (And some of them can behave as intolerantly to heretics who deviate from their unproven orthodoxy as the most unbending religious Inquisitor.)

It’s an interesting read, though much of it I covered all ready, though his has bigger words. So, to all you Atheists out there, remember: You’re hate just proves us right.

Of all of the worlds religions, the one that I find the most bizarre is Atheism. The reason for this is that the adherents of this religion claim that, in fact, they practice no religion. This is truly baffling, while I don’t claim to be the most religious person, from my own experience Atheism has all the hallmarks of religion.

1. They all share a common belief system, that there are no gods.
2. They try to convert those who don’t believe as they do.
3. Failing the above, they ridicule and or otherwise hostile to “nonbelievers”.
4. They have their own televangelists (i.e. Richard Dawkins).
5. They have their own “churches” and gatherings.

Now many Atheists will tell you that belief in religion is merely an atavistic compulsion that they have evolved beyond but it is apparent to all that observe them that they have formed their own religion around not having a religion.

According to an similarly titled article on Wired.com, Pam McLaurin, who is a teacher for the Big Sandy Independent School District, has refused to undergo the  fingerprinting that is mandated by the state of Texas in order to get a teaching certificate, because she believes that being fingerprinted is the “Mark of the Beast” spoken of in Revelations.

She is now suing, saying that the requirement infringes upon her right to the freedom on religion enshrined in the First Amendment. Now it strikes me to be very simple. There is nothing that the school district is doing that restricting her freedom to believe and practice her religion. It just says that if you wish to teach the children of Texas that you undergo fingerprinting and background checks to make sure that you are not a pedophile, serial killer, or some other deviant. The constitution does not entitle any particular person to any particular job.

She can always go work somewhere else, maybe find a Christian school that shares her beliefs (I imagine that some Christian schools also do similar checks to weed out criminals). It reminds me of a story from my college days.

During one year’s Day of Silence, a women in a friend’s speech class refused to give her oral presentation because she was participating in the protest. The professor failed her. She attempted to fight it via the proper channels but was informed that she had the right to hold her views and to protest but she also had to accept the consequences of her decisions.

Somewhere along the line, people have come to think that because they have the freedom to do something that it also means that the are free from the consequences of those choices.

This comes courtesy of The Smoking Gun.

A science teacher, Robert Rosseau, at the Christian Academy of San Antonio formed a “secret society” with himself as the “Director”. How to get in? Why you had to have sex with him. Rosseau used bible verses upon impressionable young girls to convince him that this was ok. He was also apparently charismatic enough to get his to recruit for him.

The subtext of this case is what is interesting. What happens when you try to combine science and religion? You get people molesting little girls.