Most Youtube atheists are probably familiar with Tony48219 whose real name is Anthony Powell. He used to rant and rave against atheists and evolution from his now deleted Youtube account.
Well, he always seemed crazy, and it turns out he wasn't acting. He did the unthinkable on Friday, and murdered a fellow acting shop student (Asia McGowan, a 20 year old talented and beautiful girl who Tony most likely had a failed crush on).
H/T The Atheist Blogger
The guy was clearly angry in his videos, and delusional. For example, VenomFangX is probably the easiest creationist to refute on Youtube and yet Tony denies that atheists disproved anything he spewed, which is total nonsense). VenonFangX, for those who don't know, disables ratings on his videos, and doesn't allow comments that easily refute his bull crap either.
No one is blaming his form of Christianity for the murder, or the fact that he liked VenomFangX or the fact that he denied evolution. No that isn't it. The guy was a whacko. But his craziness is probably why he liked VenomFangX and why he denied evolution so readily.
As far as I can tell, this murder suicide had nothing to do with his hatred of atheists, but rather his own psychological problems, nothing more and nothing less.
BTW, here is The Amazing Atheist refuting VenomFangX on evolution and the Big Bang, etc. Ok, I know The Amazing Atheist does appear like a Tony type at the beginning of his video, but when he gets down to the nitty gritty, he pretty much rationally destroys everything VenomFangX says.
April 15, 2009
April 12, 2009
Happy Easter and Merry Passover
I still have laryngitis. Two years now. Nothing else seriously wrong with me, except I'm 5'11" and I weigh 212, which is OK for a football player, but I'm not a football player. And most of the extra 25 pounds I can afford to lose is located where it looks like I swallowed a bowling ball. I just wanted to let everyone in on a secret:
April 10, 2009
How Can Any Thinking Person Reject Evolution?
I'm lazy today, so I'm just going to link a couple of videos. The first one is fascinating. I can just see Answers In Genesis scam artists looking at it, while veins start popping in their heads. Of course, all the while, they will scramble for angles (ie. lies and utter bullshit) to try to refute the obvious:
H/T Atheist Media Blog
And since Edward Current made a video on the subject of evolution, I have to display it here on my blog:
Even Current, who is a complete satirist, couldn't mock evolution 100% while mocking being a Christian 100%. It is amazing how so many people, especially in the USA reject evolution. It is tragic actually.
H/T Atheist Media Blog
And since Edward Current made a video on the subject of evolution, I have to display it here on my blog:
Even Current, who is a complete satirist, couldn't mock evolution 100% while mocking being a Christian 100%. It is amazing how so many people, especially in the USA reject evolution. It is tragic actually.
April 4, 2009
Can An Atheist Not Accept Evolution?
Short Answer: YES.
Long answer: Not really.
Though there are quite a few different definitions of atheist out there, I like to keep it simple. An atheist is someone who answers NO to the question "do you believe in God?"
Most atheists I know take the question more seriously though. I go further when explaining my atheism. I see no evidence that God exists, just like I see no evidence for Leprechauns, the Tooth Fairy, or an invisible monster under my bed who does absolutely nothing. But the way I qualify my atheism isn't a requirement to be an atheist.
When it comes to evolution, many idiot theists (not to be confused with non idiot theists) think that evolution means not believing in God. Totally untrue. Almost all atheist accept evolution, but many people who accept evolution also believe in God. Evolution does mean that the New Testament cannot be literal, but most wilfully ignorant morons just won't have it that way.
But getting back to evolution and so called atheists I've run across on the internet who say they are agnostic towards evolution, in today's day and age, I have to discount these individuals as strictly emotional atheists (who haven't thought things out).
Back prior to the scientific discoveries of the 1700's and onwards, there were atheists. How they explained how life on earth changed, or even got here, must have been a doozy of a question for them. I think some of the early Greek atheists had some sort of atom theory, where atoms joined up creating life (without the evolution part). God was not needed and atoms just formed together to create man and other life forms as we see them today. Do some atheists consider this possibility today? I don't know. But if they do consider this, I guess they don't have to accept evolution 100%.
Another possibility I've heard is alien life forms either seeding the planet, or coming here and colonizing a long long time ago. Even if you buy into that theory, it still means that aliens had to evolve to get to the point of coming to earth.
Today, knowing what we know about biology and the age of the earth, it is ridiculous for an atheist to not accept evolution, yet there are still some who do....at least they claim to be atheists.
Long answer: Not really.
Though there are quite a few different definitions of atheist out there, I like to keep it simple. An atheist is someone who answers NO to the question "do you believe in God?"
Most atheists I know take the question more seriously though. I go further when explaining my atheism. I see no evidence that God exists, just like I see no evidence for Leprechauns, the Tooth Fairy, or an invisible monster under my bed who does absolutely nothing. But the way I qualify my atheism isn't a requirement to be an atheist.
When it comes to evolution, many idiot theists (not to be confused with non idiot theists) think that evolution means not believing in God. Totally untrue. Almost all atheist accept evolution, but many people who accept evolution also believe in God. Evolution does mean that the New Testament cannot be literal, but most wilfully ignorant morons just won't have it that way.
But getting back to evolution and so called atheists I've run across on the internet who say they are agnostic towards evolution, in today's day and age, I have to discount these individuals as strictly emotional atheists (who haven't thought things out).
Back prior to the scientific discoveries of the 1700's and onwards, there were atheists. How they explained how life on earth changed, or even got here, must have been a doozy of a question for them. I think some of the early Greek atheists had some sort of atom theory, where atoms joined up creating life (without the evolution part). God was not needed and atoms just formed together to create man and other life forms as we see them today. Do some atheists consider this possibility today? I don't know. But if they do consider this, I guess they don't have to accept evolution 100%.
Another possibility I've heard is alien life forms either seeding the planet, or coming here and colonizing a long long time ago. Even if you buy into that theory, it still means that aliens had to evolve to get to the point of coming to earth.
Today, knowing what we know about biology and the age of the earth, it is ridiculous for an atheist to not accept evolution, yet there are still some who do....at least they claim to be atheists.
March 30, 2009
Family Guy: Brian Comes Out As An Atheist (Watch It Now)
OK, hurry up and watch the videos before Youtube takes it down. Great stuff from Seth MacFarlane (the new atheist God). Brian doesn't come out until the second video. There are two story lines as you will find out
UPDATE: THEY ARE GONE NOW. My friend at Yoism has put together an edited version that just contains the story line to do with Brian's atheism, just click this link and watch it (he took out the Star Trek stuff).
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The line that cracked my up the most happens around the 5 minute mark in the following video. Mayor Adam West gives reaction to the fact that an atheist lives in Quahog "Arrr shocking to say the least. I'd rather have a terrorist living in our midst. At least they believe in a God. Even if it's a SMELLY BROWN GOD." :
LOL @ Logic For First Graders being harmful to God.
I had to find the last part again as Youtube removed the one that goes with the first two. This one begins near the end of the second video, so you'll be viewing around 3 minutes of that video over again:
I kinda hate making these posts because I know the video will disappear ASAP. But I'm trying to do the atheist community a favour, and that outweighs everlasting blog content.
UPDATE: THEY ARE GONE NOW. My friend at Yoism has put together an edited version that just contains the story line to do with Brian's atheism, just click this link and watch it (he took out the Star Trek stuff).
:
The line that cracked my up the most happens around the 5 minute mark in the following video. Mayor Adam West gives reaction to the fact that an atheist lives in Quahog "Arrr shocking to say the least. I'd rather have a terrorist living in our midst. At least they believe in a God. Even if it's a SMELLY BROWN GOD." :
LOL @ Logic For First Graders being harmful to God.
I had to find the last part again as Youtube removed the one that goes with the first two. This one begins near the end of the second video, so you'll be viewing around 3 minutes of that video over again:
I kinda hate making these posts because I know the video will disappear ASAP. But I'm trying to do the atheist community a favour, and that outweighs everlasting blog content.
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