Al Stefanelli

Archive for February, 2012

Georgia, The Ten Commandments and Legal Loopholes

“What would Jesus do?” – Bracelets, bumper stickers and T-Shirts everywhere  When one thinks about the core values of Christianity, the things that should come to mind are honesty, integrity and forthrightness. When one looks at the way some who represent Christianity, the things that actually come to mind are dishonesty, a lack of integrity [...]

Christian Doctrine Proves Their God Cannot Exist

“God Is Dead” – New York Times, Jan 9, 1966 The most common argument that Atheists are asked to defend is to provide proof that god does not exist. This is known as “Proving a Negative.” Technically, it is defined as an “Argument from Ignorance.” Essentially, it is a logical fallacy in that a claimed [...]

Hipster Jesus, A New Bible And The Re-Marketing Of Belief

“We don’t need to edit God. We need to let him be the author of our new lives.” – Stephen James There is a growing trend toward reinventing the bible and constructing a new Jesus. I am not referring to the “Conservative Bible,” which had all the “Liberal” bits cut out, or the one put [...]

The Parallels of Radical Muslims and Christian Extremists

“We are at war against infidels…I ask all Islamic nations, all Muslims, all Islamic armies, and all heads of Islamic states to join the Holy War. There are many enemies to be killed or destroyed…the final aim of which  is to put Koranic law in power from one end of the earth to the other” - Ayatollah Khomeini  [...]

OMG! Dawkins Converts To Christianity!!!

“I think the probability of a supernatural creator existing is very very low.” – Richard Dawkins Well, that’s what you’d think after reading some of the tripe that has hit the net, airwaves and radio over the past few days in response to the debate he had with the Archbishop of Canterbury. This is just [...]

The Christian Aversion To Socialized Medicine

“Riddle me this” – The Riddler  Christians should be the group of people who should be most supportive of socialized medicine, but they are not only against it, they are doing their very best to undo the changes already made in the United States. I am not ignorant to the teachings of the character portrayed [...]

A Near Perfect Reply To Creationists

“We are stardust, we are golden. We are billion year old carbon…” – Joni Mitchell Sitting here in bed with the empty canvas of a blank Word document in front of me, I struggle today to bring you some original thoughts. Why? Well, yesterday my good doctor removed a one-inch section of my sural nerve [...]

The Abuse, Neglect And Murder Of Children

Happy shall he be, that taketh and  dasheth thy little ones against the stones - Psalm 137:9 When we hear the words “Child Abuse,” many images come to mind. The Catholic church notwithstanding, most of the time when we hear these words we think of decidedly irreligious motivations. Scenes from popular television programs and public service [...]

Yes! It’s Rape!

Feminism directly confronts the idea that one person or set of people has the right to impose definitions of reality on others.  - Liz Stanley and Sue Wise I got a call the other day from my friend, RJ Evans, who hosts American Heathen Radio, of which I am one of the co-hosts. He told [...]

God Hates Women

It does not profit a man to marry. For what is a woman but an enemy of friendship, an inescapable punishment, a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a domestic danger, delectable mischief, a fault in nature, painted with beautiful colors  - St. John Chrysostom (Bishop of Constantinople)  I’ve written a lot lately about the issues in [...]