From this point forward, what doctors should do to convince kids it's not good to take drugs is, instead of comparing fictionalized brains in a don't-do-drugs educational film, have them listen to Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson speak for a couple of minutes, and once he leaves, tell the class, "Okay, kids, if you don't want to ever sound like that, lay off the drugs!" I think that'd be about as persuasive of an argument as any!
When speaking at the Vero Beach Prayer Breakfast last Friday, Robertson had some interesting choice words for his audience, as he said the following:
"I'll make a bet with you. Two guys break into an atheist's home. He has a little atheist wife and two little atheist daughters. Two guys break into his home and tie him up in a chair and gag him. And then they take his two daughters in front of him and rape both of them and then shoot them and they take his wife and then decapitate her head off in front of them. And then they can look at him and say, 'Isn't it great that I don't have to worry about being judged? Isn't it great that there's nothing wrong with this? There's no right or wrong, now is it dude?' Then you take a sharp knife and take his manhood and hold it in front of him and say, 'Wouldn't it be something if this [sic] was something wrong with this? But you're the one who says there is no God, there's no right, there's no wrong, so we're just having fun. We're sick in the head, have a nice day.'"
As unintentional as it might have been, that finalizing line was pitch perfect! Who's sick in the head again, Mr. Robertson? Read what you said and then get back to me. Thanks...
For as graphic and disturbing as Phil Robertson's speech was, where he appears to be most off-base is with regard to his belief that atheists can't have any sense of "morality." It's his belief that since atheists don't believe in "God," they don't believe in the concept of right and wrong - that even things like rape and murder are wrong. What Robertson seems to be missing, besides most of his brain cells, is that the concept of morality is not dependent on a belief in a higher power. The Bible may say, "Thou shalt not kill," however, even if one has never read the Bible, there's a 99.9% chance they know murder to be wrong. Who's likely to be more genuinely "moral" - a person who needs a supposedly sacred text to tell them murder is wrong and if they partake in this act, they could be punished with an afterlife in the fiery pits of hell, or a person who doesn't need this book and induced fear of eternal damnation to know such an act is wrong? I may not be an avid reader of the Bible, but I know right from wrong. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to say, "Gosh, if I shoot and kill an innocent person, that would be like bad and stuff." Robertson's final line really is quite humorous, because here he went at length to paint a very grotesque and disturbing image of an atheist family to try and showcase their lack of morals. However, the facts are that this family was fictional, and derived from his "Christian" mind, these vivid, graphic, and disturbing thoughts of his were not.
"...We're sick in the head..."
Yeah, speak for yourself, there, Phil...
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/phil-robertson-hypothesizes-about-atheist-family-getting-raped-and-killed
When speaking at the Vero Beach Prayer Breakfast last Friday, Robertson had some interesting choice words for his audience, as he said the following:
"I'll make a bet with you. Two guys break into an atheist's home. He has a little atheist wife and two little atheist daughters. Two guys break into his home and tie him up in a chair and gag him. And then they take his two daughters in front of him and rape both of them and then shoot them and they take his wife and then decapitate her head off in front of them. And then they can look at him and say, 'Isn't it great that I don't have to worry about being judged? Isn't it great that there's nothing wrong with this? There's no right or wrong, now is it dude?' Then you take a sharp knife and take his manhood and hold it in front of him and say, 'Wouldn't it be something if this [sic] was something wrong with this? But you're the one who says there is no God, there's no right, there's no wrong, so we're just having fun. We're sick in the head, have a nice day.'"
As unintentional as it might have been, that finalizing line was pitch perfect! Who's sick in the head again, Mr. Robertson? Read what you said and then get back to me. Thanks...
For as graphic and disturbing as Phil Robertson's speech was, where he appears to be most off-base is with regard to his belief that atheists can't have any sense of "morality." It's his belief that since atheists don't believe in "God," they don't believe in the concept of right and wrong - that even things like rape and murder are wrong. What Robertson seems to be missing, besides most of his brain cells, is that the concept of morality is not dependent on a belief in a higher power. The Bible may say, "Thou shalt not kill," however, even if one has never read the Bible, there's a 99.9% chance they know murder to be wrong. Who's likely to be more genuinely "moral" - a person who needs a supposedly sacred text to tell them murder is wrong and if they partake in this act, they could be punished with an afterlife in the fiery pits of hell, or a person who doesn't need this book and induced fear of eternal damnation to know such an act is wrong? I may not be an avid reader of the Bible, but I know right from wrong. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to say, "Gosh, if I shoot and kill an innocent person, that would be like bad and stuff." Robertson's final line really is quite humorous, because here he went at length to paint a very grotesque and disturbing image of an atheist family to try and showcase their lack of morals. However, the facts are that this family was fictional, and derived from his "Christian" mind, these vivid, graphic, and disturbing thoughts of his were not.
"...We're sick in the head..."
Yeah, speak for yourself, there, Phil...
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/phil-robertson-hypothesizes-about-atheist-family-getting-raped-and-killed
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