Something here tomorrow.

I’m rarely madder than what I was when I saw this. The smile on her face? It’s a good thing there’s a computer between us.

How HORRENDOUS that Washington decide to treat groups equally and avoid controversy?

Typically pathetic coverage by Fox News, of something that’s barely news. Spin spin spin…

Those filthy atheists that don’t celebrate anything. Those minorities. Ruining our celebration by not putting it on state property! Rah rah rah!

Sigh…

The AMA has already begun a boycott of GAP because their early holiday sales ad didn’t mention Christmas. Enough. That’s right, they listed Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, and the winter solstice in their commercial. But, Christians are offended because Christmas wasn’t mentioned ENOUGH. That’s the most asinine thing I’ve heard since, oh, last December.

“It’s completely dismissive and disrespectful to those who celebrate the meaning and spirit of Christmas …”

“If this is Gap’s answer to recognizing Christmas, we are deeply disappointed.”

My answer? Get over yourselves.

But that’s not all in the early shots fired in this year’s iteration of the War on Christmas. Some in Kentucky are upset that the mayor referred to lighting the holiday tree instead of the Christmas tree.

Would Christ approve of such pettiness? Anyone doing these things is simply a pathetic individual.

In a Massachusetts school, all forms of holiday decoration have been banned. Fox News has declared it the start of the War on Christmas. What? Christmas decorations aren’t the only holiday decorations banned? Whoops!

I grow so weary of the faux-religious persecution that these people dig up every year. I can’t even rustle up a well-thought retort, it’s just too pathetic. Plus, that would just further dignify their rantings and ravings. Just ignore it, just ignore it…

This video goes more in-depth on the treaty itself, but that’s not the focus of this post. It seems fairly obvious to me that it should have been ratified years ago. I have nothing be distaste for the man attempting to argue against rights for children. Anti-family? Giving children their own rights detracts from the rights of their parents? I’d hope that any thinking human can understand why children need rights.

It’s saddening.

But, this is what this post is about.

“My thoughts go to all the children of the world, especially those who live in difficult conditions and suffer due to violence, abuses, sickness war or hunger,” Benedict said.

While urging all to join him in prayer, Benedict appealed to world governments to commit themselves to ensuring the treaty’s goals are met “so that the rights of children be recognized and their dignity ever more respected.”

How ironic, considering that this Pope was once a member of the clergy in charge of shuffling around pedophile priests convicted of molesting children.

How respectful of their dignity. It simply shocks me that they continue to get away with things like this. Hardly a week goes by when I don’t see a news-story showing another priest or otherwise caught in such acts. When are they going to be held accountable? How long before people start to notice these hypocritical statements, how long before these news-stories become more than momentary mentions, or more than mysteriously absent from newscasts?

Hopefully, soon.

A riot after the raising of tuition costs by 34% in UCLA. While I don’t approve of the rioting, watching cops beat down and taze students pisses the shit out of me.

Now here’s a sign that finally addresses all sides of the indoctrination spectrum. As a staunch and solidified hater-on-of indoctrination of all forms, this is something I truly respect.

So of course, everyone that’s religious and likes controlling every aspect of their child’s life quickly made their feelings of horror and displeasure known.

Reverend David McIlveen

It is none of their business how people bring up their children. It is the height of arrogance that the BHA would even assume to tell people not to instruct their children in their religion.

I would totally reject the advertisement. It is reprehensible and so typical of the hypocrisy of the British Humanist Association today. They have a defeatist attitude and are just trying to draw attention to themselves. I think it is totally arrogant, presumptuous and sparks of total hypocrisy. I believe this doesn’t deserve a counter campaign. I will be expressing my public position on it in my own church on Sunday. I will be saying that this advert is another attack on the Biblical position of the family and will be totally rejecting it.\

It is a wasted campaign that will have no impact on family life in Northern Ireland.

What an arrogant, reprehensible, and typical thing for a reverend to say. Everything’s an attack on your precious religion and your little holy book, oh no, how they hate us. This isn’t anything like that. It’s an attack on your brainwashing. Oops, I guess that is your religion.

Gary Donegan

“One positive thing that could come from this is if it opens a debate on faith. I am not offended by it, but perhaps the money used for it could have been channelled better into a humanitarian cause.”

 

Like making sure gay’s can’t get married. That’s where we should be focusing our money, right church?

(Yes, I know that this was only an issue in America, but it’s applicable.)

It’s things like this that make me feel so bad for this world.

To make this post not useless…

The Argument Clinic is an experimental debate website. It functions similarly to other web forums. Anybody can join, propose topics, or enter into a debate for an existing proposed topic. Everybody with a strong opinion is encouraged to participate, and virtually any topic is acceptable. The format and general approach of the debate, however, is different from other debates online or in person. It’s aim is to approach debate in a manner that reaches the truth more effectively than with common debate. This page gives an overview of what these differences are, and why I believe they will be more effective.

Maybe I’ll see you there.