Ray Comfort: Un-satirizable
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A couple of months ago I tried drawing a comic for the first time in my life — and it showed in the artwork at least. I was trying to show how Ray Comfort’s logic would have worked in the past to conclude that there are wind gods: Comic: Ray Comfort Billboard.
Most of the responses were one of a few types: 1. learn to draw! 2. Right on! 3. Not all Christians are like this! etc. But, a few comments on StumbleUpon suggested that I had setup a straw man to knock down — that Ray couldn’t possibly be making arguments as stupid as I was implying.
Now, I took extra care to try and avoid this charge — I try to honestly represent the position of those I disagree with. But in Ray’s case especially, his arguments are so lame that I really shouldn’t need to exaggerate anything.
Anyway, here’s a quote from an argument that Ray posted on July 7th in his blogpost: The Myth of Creationism -
If you think atheism is scientific and reasonable, let me ask you some questions. Do you believe that nothing created everything? If you do, that’s not only unscientific, it’s unreasonable. This is because your “nothing” isn’t nothing. It is something because it had the amazing ability to create everything.
I’m convinced that his position is unsatirizable.
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I think I see where he is going with this. God is nothing.
You're right. He's apparently saying nothing = something, and something = God. Mathematically speaking, this would mean nothing = God. Logically speaking I'm not so sure, since he's not using logic to begin with.
It's sad that he probably doesn't even realize he's posing the wrong question. When he's asking "Do you believe that nothing created everything?", I think he should be asking "Was there a creation?" or perhaps, "Is there any proof that everything, or anything, was created at all?"
I am writing this post to all atheists who have a vested interest in debunking the myth of Jesus Christ. I am sorry if it bothers anyone that I am not continue the discussions that are going on your blog. Please contact me at the email address below and I promise I will never post on your blog again.
Here's what's up. A number of fundamentalist Christian blogs have come out swinging against a new book by Stephan Huller called the Real Messiah. The most recent being:
http://atheistwatch.blogspot.com/
But there are many others. The only allies he seems to have on the web are a bunch of Jewish bloggers who like him because his mother was a Frankist (see wikipedia for more about this sect).
In any event Huller's book presents evidence that a two thousand year old throne in Venice proves that Jesus was not and never claimed to be the messiah.
Huller is going to appear on CNN in two weeks as part of his promotion of the book. As a big fan of his work I wanted to alert my fellow bloggers about this interview and have as many of us who have read the book to direct questions which challenge the existence of God and the whole Christian-fascist paradigm.
If you are interested in getting more information about his appearance please contact me at mastersonstuart@yahoo.com. If you haven't read the book here is a blog posting to familiarize yourself with his basic points when you do the phone in show:
http://therealmessiahbook.blogspot.com
Thanks again
Stuart
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