Everyone wants a little attention, get noticed, be the envy of the friends and pride of the family, and nothing gets you there faster than impersonating our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. So grow a brown beard, borrow Aunt Rita's red shaw, and take home that “complimentary” white robe from the Holiday Inn Express. It's the alpha and omega of fun. People love Jesus, especially when he brings the candy and eggs at Easter.
A painting of Jesus presenting the Founding Fathers and fellow Americans past and present with the Constitution is a creative solution to the nagging problem of the separation of church and state, according to a press release someone named Julie sent me.
It is also the perfect representation of the fused Tea Party libertarianism and religious right conservatism that we see in the persons of Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann. This painting is not, however, running for president. "One Nation Under God" was painted by Jon McNaughton, a guy who is “an established artist whose new paintings have attracted the international attention of millions over the last two years. This painting video has over 3.3 million views on YouTube alone! Highly detailed religious and patriotic subjects are the focus of his paintings.” Aside from Jesus gifting us the Constitution, the painting features proud soldiers, a black college student reading a weird book favored by Glenn Beck called the 5,000 Year Leap, a Supreme Court Justice ashamed that he is a baby murderer, and a liberal media reporter “biased towards the left and try[ing] to shape the thinking and actions of Americans in that direction.” READ FULL DANIEL DENVIR ARTICLE Atheists often list the fallacies, poor arguments and cliches they are tired of hearing from theists. It can be frustrating to hear them over and over again, especially after such a list has been made clear. However, we recently came accross this post from Christian minister Mark Sandlin who, while coming come a theistic point of view, nonetheless agrees that there are things that believers need to quit saying and for reasons atheists should find refreshingly similar.
Mark makes an important observation about those that use such cliches in his post that should be seriously considered. "I think people who say these things are mostly trying to be kind, grateful and even humble when they say some of them. But if we really do want to be kind, grateful and humble we need to think about these sayings a little more – and then stop saying them." So, in an effort to work together with allies to further foster a more reasonable society, Mark has agreed to let us post his article here. However, we decided to go one step further. We want to expand the list, to make it more comprehensive. Both Mark and RDF think that the best list suggestions would come from atheists because they are so often on the recieving end of the cliche remarks. So please, leave your list suggestion in the comments below. SEE THE TEN CLICHES |