I have kind of talked about this before. Religious persecution. What a silly concept. I recently watched a YouTube video. It talked about how atheists attacking religion is “offensive”.

One of the worst parts about discussing theism with theists is the picking and choosing. Any time I point out a scripture that proves their ideas wrong, they argue that its the Old Testament so it doesn’t count, or that it is just a metaphor, and not literal.

Ah, Noah’s Ark. Most people remember this story from childhood. God decided that human kind was so evil, that they needed to be wiped out. He would save Noah and his family, as well as the animals, to repopulate the earth. We all have the mental image of a box shaped ship with giraffe heads poking out the top. There are two schools of thought about this story. One, and most logical, is that it’s nothing more than a story. Like Mother Goose, it’s here to teach us some moral concept. The other, and flat out idiotic school of thought, is that it, and everything else in the bible is…

For the sake of challenging myself, both as a writer and as a complainer, I thought it would be interesting to discuss the positive traits of religion. I’ll try to talk about the good religion has done, instead of ridicule it like I normally do. Now, keep in mind, religion is still asinine, but today, I’ll try to limit my objections and focus on the positives.

I have a new complaint. Shocking, I know. Have you noticed how people add “ism” to things they don’t understand? I often see creationists use the not-at-all-made-up words “scienceism” and “evolutionism”. The idea is that they’re trying to bring science and evolution down to their level. Here’s the problem. Just because YOU don’t understand something, doesn’t mean no one else does.

Hey religious people: You know how you’re paranoid and worried that people like me are going to come into your homes, take your children and undo your brainwashing by taking them to our science camps, turn your churches into brothels, and forbid you from worshiping your sky faerie? Well if you don’t want that to happen, you kind of have to earn it by proving that you’re not dangerous. The first step is to control your crazies and stupids.