So a couple are driving in their SUV on a freeway here outside of Seattle yesterday. A pickup truck was driving in front of them with an unsecured load. Suddenly a pickaxe flies out of the back of the pickup and into the windshield of the SUV. The pickaxe smashes through the windshield and goes right between the couple, not injuring either of them.

When interviewed, the woman in the passenger seat says she thanks god for protecting them.

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Now, if I believed there was a god, I'd say it's more likely he just missed.

But, since I don't believe there is a god or gods, I can only shake my head ruefully at the sheer stupidity of such people who think there is a big sky daddy up there looking out for them, and why a middle-aged couple in a Mercedes SUV deserves his protection more than thousands of people in Haiti, or any other extremely pious country stricken by an "act of god".

Some say Seattle is one of the "smartest" cities in the US. I don't think so.

Apart from "god" hating Haitians, Chileans, Chinese, and cops, "god" apparently hates small children.

I'm talking about the little girl, Nadia, who went missing in Florida for 4 days, and was "miraculously" found yesterday.

Why does "god" hate her? Because he left her to rot in an "alligator-infested swamp" for 4 days, instead of guiding searchers to her within hours of her disappearance.

And apparently "god" did the guiding, because the guy who found her said so. On The Early Show this morning, he told the morons on that show [paraphrasing] "God led me right to her". However, after more questions were asked, he said that the family gave more information of likely places she'd go. When there, he found the only possible place she could have entered the swamp, next to a guard rail along the road, and then he spent 4 HOURS searching for her at that point. Great guidance there, "god".

And what about all the children who go missing who end up dead. Where was "god" then? This is the problem with religious idiots. They only attribute the hits to "god", the rest are forgotten about, even though millions are praying to "god" while the searches for those other children take place. This is the epitome of cognitive dissonance. Actually there's no cognition involved. I'm amazed that these people can dress and feed themselves.

I was walking inside an assisted living facility the other day. There was an elderly woman in a wheelchair who had no legs (amputated, most likely, perhaps diabetes, I don't know). Coming from the opposite direction I was walking was a middle-aged woman and three small children. As they were passing the amputee, one little girl (she might have been 5 years old) said to the middle-aged woman, "That lady doesn't have any legs." To which the middle-aged woman replied, "Well that's the way God made her."

I didn't hear if the little girl said anything more, but I would have loved to hear her say, "Why is God such a bastard?" because that would be what I would have asked. Why didn't the woman just say nothing, or "Well that happens sometimes." instead of filling a child's head with nonsense, and wondering what the lady did to piss off god.

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Three mountain climbers on Mt Hood were missing for several days here recently. The body of one was found, the other two were not found after 5 days of searching, then the weather forced the search and rescue teams to stop their searches.

The mother of the one who's body was found was on television afterwards, talking about her son to the rescuers, apparently trying to cheer on the search parties. She said things like "Luke loved to hike, he loved the outdoors, and he loved Jesus."

Well, apparently Jesus hated him, having skipped him off the side of Mt Hood like a flat stone on a pond.

I always find it amusing when biblical apologists try to explain what was really meant by a particular story of the "bible". If god was so all-powerful and all-knowing, wouldn't he had written his book so all could understand it, as is, for all eternity, instead of leaving things open to interpretation?

Here's an example. The test of Abraham. Here, god tells Abraham to prove his faith by killing his first born son. But when Abe finally is ready to actually do it, after agonizing for who knows how long, god stops him at the last second.

To the apologist, this is god's way of testing his subjects to make sure they're really faithful (so much for being all-knowing). In a modern context, this is called psychological terror. We arrest people and put them away for doing stuff like that.

The apologist says that such tests were a normal part of life during that time. So that somehow makes it right. There are reasons we don't do those things any more.

Revenant

BBC Article: http://bit.ly/3wYMjt

Now, before you click on the link, try to think of the most annoying thing you can. Fingernails on a blackboard? People talking at the movies? Obnoxious assholes on their phones at the grocery store?

Ok click the link. I'll wait....

How would you like to get stuck on THAT flight?

Apart from the extremely annoying atmosphere, what are the odds that what they're trying to accomplish will actually work? And people say we're supposed to respect their religious beliefs.

I got yer respect right here, fucktards.

Revenant