Mojoey sure went through hell for Hemant’s book

April 29th, 2007 • atheism, chatter, intolerance

Hemant‘s book I Sold My Soul on eBay was released recently and generally, reviews are positive. However, his eye was caught — as was mine — by Mojoey’s interesting day at the airport while in possession of Hemant’s book. Hemant gleefully outlines the rather bizarre day Mojoey recounts.

Funny what happens to a guy with an Atheist book but people keep quiet (believe me) when you walk around with books emblazoned with the words “The Devil”, “Satan”, “Lucifer”, or “occult”. I do get the occasional odd stare but no one ever outright asks “Are you a Satanist?” so I could come up with some witty retort. It makes me wonder why people are seemingly more afraid of those who outright state “there is no God” than people who seek to destroy that God and their religion completely. Maybe the “great” Satanism scare of the 1980s was too much for the masses?

The words of a spiteful God in comics

April 29th, 2007 • 1 comment beards, christianity

There are a number of good sites that produce comics based on atheistic views such as Saint Gasoline and Dan Harlow. I just found a new one in my Google Reader tonight and it’s called lolgod or would that be LOL god? I’m not really sure. This one in particular caught my eye about hating men with long hair (Jesus included). However, 1 Cor. 11:14 words it a bit more kindly:

1 Corinthians 11:14
Doth not even nature herself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

So are we to truly shame those men who bear long hair? Even Jesus? Granted, we do not truly know if Jesus had long hair during his proselytising days but we all know he is portrayed as having long hair. If the word of God is to be infallible, why is his most beloved messenger and son portrayed in such a way that would have Christians shame and demean him? And if this were true, we would hold the same against his 12 disciples since we are led to believe they too had quaffs of shoulder length — or longer — hair. If I were a person of the Christian faith, I’d be outraged that our saviour is portrayed in such a way that we are to shun and shame him. How does this even make sense?