One of the big interests on the part of socalled smart people is Religion-not their admiration, but rather their disdain, contempt and in some cases, hatred for it. In fact, it’s kinda seen as a badge of honor, if you’re supposedly smart, to be a non-believer.

In recent years, thanks to the efforts of Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and others, Atheism seems to have made something of a comeback. Books, radio and tv interviews, and in some cases, even publicly held debates against believers have been mounted by the Unfaithful.

Much of these debates I find to be boring, but the one debate, which is easily accessible on YouTube, made me take pause. It was held at King’s College in NYC, and had on the pro-religion side Dinesh D’Souza; and on the anti-religion side, Christopher Hitchens. Both had put out books arguing for their side around that time.

I have to say, that while I enjoy much of what Hitchens has to say, he got pawned by D’Souza in this debate. When D’Souza mentioned all the atrocities done in the name of Atheism, Hitchens tried to backpeddle from his strident advocacy of Atheism; when he tried to bully D’Souza by hogging the mike, D’Souza rightly noted that the Atheist position is to basically try to dominate the public square and the terms of debate.

For me, it’s a no-brainer-anyone, and I mean ANYONE, who tries to make he case that Religion is a net negative for Humanity and that Atheism is a better choice, I have but one question:

What has Atheism EVER done for Humanity, in the positive?

I mean, here in the USA, it’s a documented fact that both Slavery and the Civil Rights Movement was started and seen through to its end in one case and success in the other, by the religious community, not the atheist one.

Wilburforce, a devout Man, was the driving force in getting Slavery abolished in the UK; where were the Atheists?

When Black folks were getting hosed, and dogs set on them, and being blown up in churches, etc et al, where were Atheists? Where were they on that Pettis Bridge on Bloody Sunday?

Was it Atheists who stood with the Solidarity Movement in Poland against the Soviet Union? As I recall, it was a religious Man, Pope John Paul the Great, who did that.

Hitchens likes to kick dirt on Mother Theresa, but I don’t recall him pulling up stakes to help lepers in Calcutta. Or any other Atheist for that matter.

Let me be frank. Atheists, taken as a group, have NEVER stood up to be counted when it mattered the most. It’s easy to talk smack from the comfort of your cushy jobs and comfy homes, but when it comes time to the showdown, Atheists have a marked track record for not showing up.

So, on the Eve of Jesus Christ’s birth (PBUH), I call out the Atheists-what has your kind ever done for Humanity? Seems to me all you’ve ever done, aside from basically being freeloaders on the freedoms and achievements of believing folk, is destroy lives. Atheism, in aggregate, amounts to desolation, pain and death.

If you disagree, holla back.

Now adjourn your heretical asses…

The Obsidian