Genesis

Welcome to the inaugural post of Stupid Atheist Tricks. This blog is all about misconceptions atheists seem to have about us religious types, especially Christians. It seems like we are lumped into the same group as the right-wing fire-and-brimstone fundamentalist types. Not all Christians are necessarily against abortion, gays, or even rock and roll music; there are moderates and even some of us are relatively liberal. But that doesn't seem to matter; all that seems to matter is that people can lump us all together into one big group that they can easily hate. I'm not really sure how I feel about that.

Worse, it seems that some atheists have decided to go militant. On a number of discussion boards that I've been on recently, and even on Facebook, there seems to be a moratorium on reasoned debates and they have been going straight for the jugular. It's been sort of weird that the religious types have been using science and other facts in their arguments and that atheists seem to be using more visceral and anecdotal arguments; the usual roles have been switched. This is sort of amusing, in an ironic sort of way, as atheists have always said that atheism is the more logical and rational choice.

This is not to say that certain religious groups are not going to come under fire on this blog. Yes, the Westboro Church is in my sights. After all,if I'm going to point out some of the misconceptions I'd better point out some of the groups that base their logic on those misconceptions. The point of this blog after all is to address the misconceptions, not attack atheists; there's no fun in that. So if I'm appearing to attack atheists a bit much, I'm really not; I'm attacking the misconceptions of the atheists as much as possible.

Expect this blog to cover a lot of weird ground. I'll be looking at the Russian and Chinese Revolutions, Genesis, homosexuality, and a lot of interesting ground in the Middle East. In short, if you have the patience, and can deal with some weird takes on religion, expect to read some great posts. At least I hope there will be some great posts; I'm always optimistic. So, let's have some fun, shall we?