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Credulity is not a crime for the individual — but it is clearly a crime as regards the race. Just look at the actual consequences of credulity. For years men believed in the foul superstition of witchcraft and many poor people suffered for this foolish belief. There was a general belief in angels and demons, flying familiarly, yet skittishly through the air, and that belief caused untold distress and pain and tragedy. The most holy Catholic church (and, after it, the various Protestant sects) enforced the dogma that heresy was terribly sinful and punishable by death. Imagine — but all you need do is to recount — the suffering entailed by that belief. When one surveys the causes and consequences of credulity, it is apparent that this easy believer in the impossible, this readiness toward false and fanatical notions, has been indeed a most serious and major crime against humanity. The social life in any age, it may be said, is about what its extent of credulity guarantees. In an extremely credulous age, social life will be cruel and dark and treacherous. in a skeptical age, social life will be more humane. We assert that the philosophy of humanity — that the best interests of the human race — demand a strong statement and a repeated, enlightening statement of atheism.
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Category: Humor • Religion
Posted on: September 8, 2006 7:50 AM, by PZ Myers
Hallelujah! You'll want to play this mp3 for any of your religious friends and relatives. The chorus will make them jump up and exclaim…something.
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Comments
Before listening to this song, check out Crooks and Liars first. It is a wonderful juxtaposition. Either that or it's a sign from God. Either way I don't think I need to go to church this Sunday.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/09/08/fred-phelps-goes-after-stewart-and-colbert-mockery/
Posted by: Rob Platt | September 8, 2006 8:03 AM
At my desk, laughing insanely, tears rolling down my face. Thanks a lot.
Posted by: jb | September 8, 2006 8:19 AM
HAHAHAHAHA :) Just what I needed with my coffee as I prepare for another day worin' with cowboys in the Texas oil business... heh...
Posted by: speedwell | September 8, 2006 8:34 AM
That was AWESOME.
Posted by: FishyFred | September 8, 2006 9:44 AM
That is SO going on my IPod!
Posted by: calladus | September 8, 2006 10:31 AM
Thanks for linking to us! -AT
Posted by: Abby Taylor | September 8, 2006 4:25 PM
This sounds like something South Park would do.
Posted by: Keith Douglas | September 8, 2006 5:06 PM
F*ck you up ... with LOVE!
Posted by: zayzayem | September 8, 2006 9:21 PM
Funny, but surprised there was no verse about Job. Now there was one dude that got f*cked up.
Posted by: Craig O. | September 8, 2006 11:07 PM