CUTTING THROUGH ALL THE CRAP

 I was baptised as a Catholic. I attended Catholic schools. I was an altar boy and a sacristan. I was indoctrinated in the idiocy of the Catechism and, at secondary school given a bit of an insight into theology. The result of all this is that I'm an atheist.

Atheism isn't a belief or a 'religion'. It's just a commonsense view that all this belief in deities and the trappings of religion - all religions - is rubbish.

Robert throws into his blog posts regurgitations from Catholic Apologists and Sunday Mass sermons peddling the 'Vatican line' of the month and occasionally publishes treatises from some very clever yet deluded historical theologians. The whole thing becomes turgid and stultified and quite frankly, not worth reading. That's why, today, Richard, another ex-Catholic-educated and indoctrinated atheist brilliantly cut through all this bullshit with a rather concise view of it.

Now I know that I'm a curmudgeon. I know that I can be acerbic. I admit to using irony wherever I can (Donald Trump would mistakenly describe that as sarcasm) but I'm being honest here. Richard cut through all of Robert's bullshit in this post HERE

If you can't be arsed going to the link then, as the post is short, I'll copy and paste it for you.

"Robert admires a Catholic apologist, named Trent Horn*, who likes to use big arguments to prove that Catholics are correct in their beliefs**. Okay, let's take a look at God's number one enemy - Satan. Okay, God creates the angels. Let's assume that he gives them free will so that, if they fuck up, it's their own fault. Remember, if He doesn't give them free will, God is responsible for whatever they do.

Now you must remember that God is all knowing and therefore sees the future (which, incidentally, must make His 'life' a bit boring). As He is about to make the angel Lucifer, he knows what Lucifer's fate will be - Hell forever***. Wouldn't a kind, loving God think, "Ah, look, I just won't make him." Remember that He knows how much Lucifer will suffer.

Anyway, Lucifer rebels and tries to defeat God. This is an impossible task, and not a fair fight, because God can do anything - He's always going to win. It's like the All Blacks playing a primary school rugby team. Hey, no mean jokes about the ABs!

Make no mistake, God is responsible for Lucifer's (now known as Satan) actions. He just won't own up to it.

Brilliant.