The pound is falling, but God doesn’t care, Apparently.

I thought I’d take a look at the Have your say section of the BBC news website. One of the topics up for discussion was the drop in Sterling. Having glanced through the usual right-wing nutter claptrap you get in these sort of discussion forums (Please see my earlier post regarding the A to Z of right wing on-line commentating), I came across a totally new class of nutter.

And this is what he had to say:

“It is my view that this so-called global economic crisis has been contrived by the Iluminati and those involved in the New World Order in order to create the conditions for the introduction of a universal cashless society and one world government. Shortly will be the emergence of the new world leader that the Bible describes as the anti-Christ. As a Christian I am not worried about the pound because my trust is not in the failing humanistic and material values of this world.”

Erm, right.

So how does someone like this come to the conclusion that a world leader is the Anti-Christ? I am aware of certain evangelical Christians who genuinely believe that Barack Obama is the Anti-Christ, I can only presume this is what this fellow is alluding to.

What kind of brainwashing have these gullible people been through to believe this? And more importantly should they ever bee allowed to access the Internet?

Preaching to the converted.

I don’t know whether the fellow holding the placard is of limited intelligence, but If I was to go around protesting and holding placard’s, I’d make sure I corroborate the “facts” spray painted on it first and not rely on what is preached to me from the pulpit on a Sunday Morning.

I’m sure there are a lot of Christians out there that must despair at this kind of ignorance.

“Probably” Not The News You Wanted To Hear…

Bendy-buses with the slogan “There’s probably no God” could soon be running on the streets of London.

The atheist posters are the idea of the British Humanist Association (BHA) and have been supported by prominent atheist Professor Richard Dawkins.

Professor Dawkins said: “Religion is accustomed to getting a free ride – automatic tax breaks, unearned respect and the right not to be offended, the right to brainwash children. Even on the buses, nobody thinks twice when they see a religious slogan plastered across the side. This campaign to put alternative slogans on London buses will make people think – and thinking is anathema to religion.”

Hanne Stinson, chief executive of the BHA, said: “We see so many posters advertising salvation through Jesus or threatening us with eternal damnation, that I feel sure that a bus advert like this will be welcomed as a breath of fresh air.”

“If it raises a smile as well as making people think, so much the better.”

While I agree that posters of this kind are just as valid as any religious posters, I do have to say…what’s with the “probably no God” slogan?  It sounds like a bit of a cop out to me, particularly for prof Dawkins to lend his name to it, he does annoy me with the way he tries to ram his atheism down you throat well, like fervent bible bashers do with their belief system along with those jolly nice fellows who come round to your door to flog you a copy of the watchtower.

And speaking of complete nutters:

Stephen Green of pressure group Christian Voice said: “Bendy-buses, like atheism, are a danger to the public at large. “I should be surprised if a quasi-religious advertising campaign like this did not attract graffiti.

“People don’t like being preached at. Sometimes it does them good, but they still don’t like it.”

Take note of your own words Mr Green. People don’t like being preached at.

Amen to that.

The Appliance Of Science…

“Creationism should be discussed in school science lessons, rather than excluded, says the director of education at the Royal Society.”

Professor Michael Reiss is or was the director of education at the royal society. He is also a biologist and Church of England minister. I was going to write about this today, but events changed somewhat by the fact that Prof Reiss quit the post today following the controversy over his recent comments on creationism.

Part of these comments were that Creationism should be discussed in Science classes along side Evolution. Prof Reiss said:

“When young people ask questions about creationism in science classes, teachers need to be able to explain to them why evolution and the Big Bang are scientific theories but they should also take the time to explain how science works and why creationism has no scientific basis.”

“I have referred to science teachers discussing creationism as a worldview’; this is not the same as lending it any scientific credibility.”

A number of Scientists have supported Prof Reiss stating that there was an opportunity for  a reasoned debate, but simply put creationism has no place in the science class; it is completely unsupportable as a theory, and the only reason to even mention creationism in schools science lessons is to enable teachers to demonstrate why the idea has no basis in evidence.

In fact the Royal Society reiterated that its position was that creationism had no scientific basis and should not be part of the science curriculum. “However, if a young person raises creationism in a science class, teachers should be in a position to explain why evolution is a sound scientific theory and why creationism is not, in any way, scientific.” It stated.

This is an interesting statement as it seems to support what Professor Reiss had said. But I would suspect that comments coming from a Church of England minister muddied the waters a little bit.

Supporters of Prof Reiss have also said that the Royal society has been diminished by Prof Reiss stepping down, but my view is that the Royal society was diminished the day they let him take up the post.

Creationism must only be taught only within the context of religion rather than science. As for creationism’s lovechild “Intelligent design”, that load of nonsense should never be taught  at anytime, or anyplace, ever.

Attention: Lunatic Atheists…

While I’m at it, here’s picture that is once again borrowed from Impolite Conversation.

I could say some witty remark about how retarded this sign is and the use of Religion, but I think I shall leave it by saying when the good Rev speaks of Lunatics, he truly is the pot calling the kettle black. in more ways than one.

This is exactly how it happened.

Click here to find out…

Borrowed from the impolite Conversation Blog.