The Atheist Camel Rants Again!: More Arguments and Observations from the Atheist Front

238 Pages·2011·1.16 MB·English

Copyright © 2011 Bart Centre
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 1460933915
EAN13: 9781460933916
E-Book ISBN: 978-1-4392-8744-6
Library of Congress Control Number: 2011902801
Cover concept by Susanna Sharp-Schwacke
Bart Centre
as Dromedary Hump
Dedicated to atheist activists and freethinkers
past and present who have paved the way
for freedom of thought.
“I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me.
If they hold thought to be dangerous—if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I
attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men.”
—Robert G. Ingersoll, The Ghosts
Contents

Introduction

1. “Atheism = Communism = Immorality”: The Mantra of the Theistically
Confused

2. The “Religion Section” Gets Proper Placement

3. Your Bling Belongs to Jesus

4. Swine Flu End -Times Fulfillment

5. Gay Marriage and Imported Religious Ire Coming to a State Near You

6. In Defense of a Christian Bigot

7. The Holy Foreskin Obsession

8. “Christianity Will Outlive Everything”

9. What Kind of God Punishes Knowledge? Guess Who

10. Have We Had Enough of Their “Christian Love” Yet?

11. Eating God’s Body: Has Christianity Any Originality?

12. What’s More Christian Than Praying for the Death of the President?

13. Blaming the Godless Messenger

14. Deicide Is Dead! Long Live “Faithicide”

15. Pity the Persecuted Christians

16. Conversation with a Devout Catholic Hairdresser

17. News Flash: “Great Debate” Finally Decides God Question!

18. What’s behind Christian Inventiveness with Word Definitions?

19. Uncle Tom Atheists: Part of the Problem—No Part of the Solution

20. Religion Is a “Beautiful Thing”
21. The Proselytizing Play Book

22. Geocentrists Are the True Christians

23. Racism, Ignorance, and Hate on Loan from God

24. Lessons of the Post-Rapture Pet Rescue Business

25. Christian Idol Worship: What Are They Thinking?

26. “Atheism Is a Product of Irrationality”

27. Order in the Natural World? “God Did It!”

28. The Camel’s Coming-Out Party

29. Anne Frank Had It Coming

30. Why Religious Fanatics Want to Be Hated

31. If Spiritualism/Religion Is Good for You, How Come It Kills Its Adherents?

32. Why Religionists Can’t Take Non-Belief for an Answer

33. How About Just a Little Theist Integrity?

34. Flag Ceremony Co-Opted by Religionists: Is Nothing Secular Sacred?

35. Befuddled God: Good Thing He Has So Many Interpreters

36. Religion in the News: A Busy Fortnight for the Righteous

37. “Hey, Little Suzie Is Having a Tourette’s Episode! Who’s up for an
Exorcism?”

38. “Where Are All the People?” The Young Earth Argument from Ignorance

39. Crediting God, Chance, or Self-Determination: Hump “Witnesses” for
Reality

40. ”Youth Pastor Wanted”: Gump Was Right—Stupid Is As Stupid Does

41. Oral Roberts Dead at 91: Obituary for an Iconic Shaman

42. Reflections on an Atheist’s Christmas

43. What Are Atheists Apologizing For?

44. Loving the One You Fear: The Peculiar Christian Dilemma

45. The Obscenity of Christian Apologetics

46. The Open-Minded vs. the Empty-Headed

47. Christianity and Morality: By Revelation or Evolution?

48. “Drive a Spike through My Hand…I’m Feelin’ Christ-like Today”

49. Militant Atheist: “To Be or Not to Be?” That Is the Question

50. “Stop Reading Anti-Religion Books!”: A Religionist’s Appeal for Tolerance
of the Intolerable

51. On the Bible, Disgust and Revulsion

52. Those Damn Arrogant Atheists!

53. Application for God Status: Résumé Attached

54. Welcome to Capitulation to Creeping Theism 101

55. The Eternal Question That Proves God—but Only for the Deluded

56. Sex, Scandal, and the Impotence of the Catholic Hierarchy

57. Thanking God

58. Debating YEC: Is There Any Greater Waste of Intellectual Energy?

59. Letter to Recovered Theists

60. The Efficacy of Debate and Atheist Proselytizing

61. Interview with an End-Times Prophesying Preacher

62. Observations and Speculation on the Pathology of the Hyper-Religious

63. Hump Internalizes the King of Kings

64. The Ten Commandments As the Basis for US Law

65. Myth of the Angry Atheist

66. Make Everyone Draw Muhammad Day an Annual National Stand Against
Tyranny

67. Texas Makes Bid for Title of Most Religiously Oppressed State

68. End Priestly Celibacy? Let’s Hope Not

69. “Dear Beloved in Jesus, Do I Have a Deal for You!”

70. “God Loves You, and God is Good”: Oh, Really?

71. Hump’s Dog Explains Her Trip to the Other Side

72. For God So Loved the World That He Gave His Creations Flesh-Eating
Bacteria and Ebola

73. The Holy Prophylactic: Let Jesus Be Their Condom

74. The Comfort of God’s Orderly Creation: The Horror of a Random Universe

75. Those Damnable “New Atheists”

76. The Beauty and Nobility of Misery and Suffering: A Disturbing Revelation

77. A Camel’s Prayer: Please Join Me in Worship

78. Those Damn Homos Are Changing Word Definitions! Stop Them NOW!

79. Christians Against the Jedi Religion and Smurfs: Maybe They Fear the
Competition

80. CS Lewis: Deluded, Deceiver, or Dolt?

81. God Does Rehab: Seeks to Save Image and Fan Base

82. Let There Be Hell on Earth

83. The Hideous Grind of Life—The Wondrous Effect of Faith

84. One Nation, under Jesus, with Liberty and Justice for All Christians

85. Breaking the “Promoting Family Values” Code

86. The Thing behind the Curtain

87. The Invocation

88. Close Encounters of the Religious Kind

89. Quandary over US Catholic Attrition? Maybe They Should Ask an Atheist

90. Probability or Purpose? How Will Your Religious Friends Explain This?

91. “We Need an Atheist Church”: Here We Go Again

92. Prayer Requests: The Desperation of the Deluded

93. “The Vast Majority of Muslims Reject Violence”: Let’s Define “Vast”

94. Taking Atheist Activism to the Extreme: Crossing the Line to Big Brotherism

95. Praise the Lord and Lose the Lard: Jesus Fat Camp May Be Your Kid’s
Salvation

96. Is Jesus Worthy of Our Respect?

97. Bye, Bye, Black Bird…Hellloooo Jesus!

98. When Atheist Reason Succumbs to Hysteria We Become Like Them

99. Surrendering the High Ground: The Pitfall of Religious Debate

100. A Final Word on Christian Ideals and Values

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