As you probably already know, the American comedian George Carlin is dead. I say ‘dead’ and not ‘passed away’ because Carlin was someone who hated the use of euphemisms. He was a controversial comedian with material ranging from politics to religion, and many other taboo subjects. In addition to various Grammy awards and Comedy awards, he is also the honouree of the 2008 Mark Twain Prize for American Humour. As an atheist, I find most of his jokes on religion logical, realistic, and hilarious. What he says makes complete sense: for example, how can we believe in something we cannot see, hear, smell, feel, or detect in any way? And what exactly does this “god” do? Having watched some of Carlin’s work on Youtube, I’ve noticed that there’s always a fuckload of comments from theists and atheists butting heads. What I find funny is that all these theists are really fucking pissed off at this guy, saying he should die, eat shit, burn in hell….etc. but, aren’t these same theists believers of god? As such, shouldn’t they not spew hate/rage at their fellow man just for expressing his freedom of speech? It’s a little contradictory since religion is supposed to promote good conduct and not “this fucker should die because he does not believe what I believe”.
On a similar note, I happened to find this while browsing the web. I do agree that an idiot who actually claimed that god told him to invade AH-RACK does not deserve to be a president, but the fact that he is a “bad” christian does not make sense. How and why would there be a ‘bad’ christian? Correct me if I’m wrong, but christians have all accepted god (or was it ‘Jesus’?) as their saviour and god loves everyone… including these ‘bad’ christians. If all christians believe in god, then god would love them no matter how different they are.
After browsing a bit more, I found something interesting. But since it’s 2 AM and I have work in the morning, all I will mention is that this Donnie Davies fellow thinks being gay is bad.
