Saturday, September 16, 2006

My imaginary friend's better than your imaginary friend...

Ah, children, children - put the toys down, and listen.
It seems that Pope Benedict the whatever (I really can't be bothered looking up his number - somewhere in the teens. Does it matter? Really?) has condemned Islam. And done it rather strongly, quoting a Byzantine Emperor who described Islam as "evil and inhuman". This, remember, is a man who genuinely believes that a small cracker and a cup of watered-down cheap red wine transform into human flesh and blood whenever the correct magical words are spoken over them. Although, oddly, he'll never let said supposedly transformed items be taken away for testing, which could confirm his claim beyond the scepticism of the likes of me. It's also a man who believes that condoms are evil, and it's preferable to let AIDS spread throughout Africa - and lie about the causes of AIDS - than allow consenting adults to wear them whilst having sex. So clearly a sick mind. Some may say an evil mind (however, let's leave that for another blog - I will, some day soon, discuss the case of whether or not there can ever be a "moderate" theist, and whether the word "evil" can be applied to them all... When I can really be bothered.)
However, as is ever the case when superstitions clash, reason can't be brought into the fray - it would undermine both sides equally. So the whole "debate" becomes a matter of name calling - "My god's better than your god", and doesn't get us anywhere (as an aside - a simple way to defeat a theist in an argument: ask them for evidence. They get very confused - you're not supposed to do that...)
Ultimately, then, the whole charade becomes rather laughable. Or it would, were there not large numbers of wealthy and powerful people supporting either side, and large numbers of deluded and desperate people seemingly willing to die for either side. Then the stake becomes the future of the world. And the retreat from reason seems more frightening.

1 Comments:

Blogger Neil said...

Lashings of intolerant sanity. Great stuff again, Puskas!

4:48 PM  

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