Oh by the way, folks, oldest entries are deleted to keep the total entry count at 666 because that number is sure to rile up somebody who sorely needs it.
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Today we wish a fond Happy Birthday to Bess Myerson, Miss America of 1945. I've never cared much for the idea of beauty contests. I mean, what sense does it make to decree that one woman is more beautiful than another? And now, folks, let's all join together in three Bronx Cheers for Michael Gerson, the latest in a long line of ignorant religion spastics to claim that atheists have no moral standards. He appears to be blissfully oblivious to the fact that a perfectly valid moral standard, known variously as The Golden Rule, or Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself, originated within non-religious philosophy more than six centuries before being accepted by any known religion, and more than eleven centuries before the advent of Christianity. So, the claim that atheists have no moral standards is kinda like buying a new car and then claiming that car dealers don't have cars for sale. He has also apparently joined the ranks of Christian preachers everywhere who try to steer discussion groups away from any mention of the famous Dilemma of Euthyphro, and to obfuscate the issue if the topic does arise. The Dilemma of Euthyphro, most eloquently stated by Plato, is the logical proof that basing morality on a belief in God is logically self-contradictory. If morality is absolute, then God simply wills us to do good because God is good, and we are free to follow absolute morality simply because it is good, rendering God merely an irrelevant middleman. If morality is dependent on the will of God, then whatever God wills is, by definition, good, and all we're doing is following arbitrary orders because Might Makes Right, thus rendering morality irrelevant. Christian preachers get themselves tangled up in knots over this one, and never have a clue as to how idiotic they're making themselves look. Oh well, Sunday's over. It's a whole nother week before I've gotta submit to such fantasy again. Happy Monday! OrneryPest |
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Oh by the way, if you're one of those insufferable snooty folks who think
you've just gotta have a (gasp) banner (shudder) to link to me,
I suppose I'll let you download this one for the purpose, if you really insist.
