So I was watching FOX news the other day....
Yeah, I know. I'm just asking to be upset.
But anyway, I was watching FOX news. They had a special on the threat of militant atheism. Fair enough, I suppose. Militant anything can be bad. However, their definition of militant atheism bugged me. They were talking about Richard Dawkins, and the fact that his book was on the NY Times bestseller list. Apparently, this is militant atheism. Having a popular book.
They went on to interview a priest from the Vatican. He talked about militant atheists, and how they frequently called Christianity "silly".
Am I missing something here? To be a militant Christian, you have to gun down doctors or harass funeral-goers. To be a militant Muslim, you need to fly planes into towers or blow up cars. To be a militant atheist, you need to call Christianity silly, and be an author.
Whaaaa?
I think Christianity is silly. Am I a militant atheist? I hope so... that will piss off all of those Muslims who had to blow themselves up to get the same title. It was a cake-walk for me!
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I suggest you refrain from watching such "news" for a while and refrain from such negative emotion.
Mmm I do try, but I can't help myself. I've got to keep up with current political news for my tutorials, and I try to read centre, left and right perspectives. I inevitably get sidetracked and end up watching some Faux News.
*sigh*
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