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The Real Root of Atheists' Anti-Christmas Rage

nomad5 Wrote: Dec 02, 2012 7:12 PM
Jbrantley: I think you are missing the point: The fundamental question is not how long it took for things to show up, or exactly how they showed up. The fundamental question is this: Was the process directed by an intelligence, or was it random? If it was random, then by definition all the outcomes (including all of us) have no real worth, because a random outcome by definition cannot have special significance. You may argue, "But I have value"; however, your perceived "value" exists only in your mind, and nobody anywhere is obligated to agree with your evaluation of your own worth. Nor are you obligated to agree with theirs. If, however, an intelligence is responsible for all this, then --more--
Why do some atheists embarrass themselves year after year trying to eradicate Christmas from American culture? Why do they make themselves societal hemorrhoids during this hallowed season? Is it because they are crusaders for equality, secularism’s saviors and humanism’s heroes? I’m sure that’s what they tell themselves when they’re pouting on their couches all alone on Christmas Eve after every single one of their friends has dumped them for being a rabid jackass.

I believe, however—and I could be wrong—that the reason some rage against the machine is that they hate God and love their sin, and bringing up Jesus in...

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