Some Christians have this odd idea that only they are happy in the world. They know the Truth about God and the Universe, therefore they are happy. Everyone else can't know the Truth, otherwise they would be Christians; therefore they must be unhappy. This is arrogance at it's best, folks.

James Andrew Hatfield writes:

Atheists create this grand world of their own where they're not responsible for their actions, and happiness is brought by material goods and other worldly, temporal things.

Hatfield's basis for this assertion is... nothing. He offers no arguments or evidence, just a nasty slur against atheists whom he's never met or talked to. I know many atheists and I've never met one even half-way described by Hatfield's screed. I'm sure they exist, just as I am sure that it describes some theists, but the generalization about all atheists isn't something that a serious or competent person would do.

James Andrew Hatfield, by the way, wants to be a politician. I think he's off to a good start.

I'm convinced the reason [atheists] attack us Christians is because of one simple fact: They're not happy. This is, for the most part, because Christians are happy. Why are they angry at us for being happy? Well, it's pretty simple. We don't need money, folks. We don't need money to make us happy; we don't need a fancy car, or a big house. Fame and fortune don't mean a thing.

Right. Atheists never attack Christians because of Christian hypocrisy, ignorance, arrogance, or anything like that. The only reason atheists attack Christians is because they are happy.

And what would be the reason for Christian attacks on atheists, like Hatfield's?

Furthermore, what about all those theists who are consumed with fancy cars, big houses, fame, and fortune? Atheists are a minority in America and it's likely that most of those who are materialistic (which seems to be most of America) are theists, not atheists. Speaking for myself, my spending habits are almost completely taken up with books. I don't spend money on fancy cars, fancy clothing, vacations, expensive furniture, or anything of the sort. I buy books to read and to write about.

What we have here is an excellent example of Rillion's Law in action: "The amount of knowledge a person has about a particular subject is inversely proportional to his or her tendency to make universal, authoritative statements about it."

What is Evolutionism? In a nut shell, everything that has ever happened is random chance.

What does James Andrew Hatfield know about evolution? In a nutshell, absolutely nothing. Nada. Zero. Zilch. Evolution proceeds according to natural laws, not randomness. Evolution is no more random than chemistry or geology. People who know something about science realize this.

Of course, abject ignorance about atheism didn't prevent Hatfield from pontificating on the subject, so why should ignorance about evolution keep him from talking about that, too? Hatfield says that atheism is "pure lunacy," but the only real lunacy is attacking a group of people when you so obviously don't know anything about them. People like James Andrew Hatfield make me despair that there will ever be anything of value to find in the writings of conservative Christians.

 

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