For the last few weeks, I’ve been talking to a Catholic on Twitter. We’ve discussed a wide range of topics, and while the conversation never really goes anywhere, it’s been interesting to get a Novus Ordo (Modern) Catholic’s take on things, to compare to my Tridentine (Traditional) Catholic upbringing. Most recently, I said that I was against religion because of all of the bad things it does. He (side note, I don’t actually know if it’s a man or a woman) asked what Catholic teachings say they should do bad things.

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.