Comments on: Sand of Christ

By: AnonyMouse

AnonyMouse — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:21:56 +0000

I certainly wouldn’t support the Blankets of Christ business. There’s unintentional fraud (the sand), and then there’s intentional fraud (the blankets). If I really wanted to extort money from Christians, I’d sell them Smuggies.

On the other hand, I would happily start an “Atheist Blankets” business. “Each one of these blankets is hand-blessed by the Webmaster, an ordained minister of the First Church of Atheism…” Yep. I’d sell atheist holy water and Darwin fish necklaces, too.

Unfortunately for me, unlike Christians, atheists aren’t that gullible.

By: Scott M.

Scott M. — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:06:33 +0000

When I first read this, I thought the believers were buying a blanket to donate to charity and I was all on board for a humanist running a blankets for Christ gig. I was thinking the needy get a blanket, I get to choose the charity, and the believer gets to feel “closer to God”.

But on re-reading it, I understand it as a form of lying to people. The people are buying a blanket for themselves but they’re hoping for something extra because it’s a Christ blanket. So my conclusion is it would be wrong to sell a blanket of that type of anyone.

By: Geaux Ghoti

Geaux Ghoti — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:45:39 +0000

I just dropped this answer over at Atheist Revolution and since the question originated over here, I thought I’d tag you with the same response:

The fact that THIS is considered by some Atheists to be a “moral dilemma” is exactly why the religious masses have such an easy time arguing that we are not capable of being moral. While I have no desire to have the religious myths perpetuated at all, I also have no desire to deceive someone, even if it’s for a “good cause”. I may not agree with the religious masses, and I may even think they are fools for believing as they do, but that does not give me the right to make fools of them, make fun of their religion in such a way, or perpetuate the myth they believe in so strongly. To them, this would be the same thing as selling glass as diamonds or aluminum as silver. Aside from this, I have to ask myself, what charitable organization would want to be associated with such an act…

By: MaggieMae

MaggieMae — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:14:07 +0000

Thank heavens! Now I know where to go when I need some new inventive vampire repellant. Lestat will never suspect holy sand! *evil laugh* Okay that’s a lie, I like Lestat so I wouldn’t want to repel him.

Seriously I think if people are stupid enough to fall for that crap, they deserve what they get. As for the YMCA having any involvement, I don’t know that they know about it but it wouldn’t surprise me. Don’t forget YMCA stands for Young Men’s Christian Association. They used to offer Bible classes as part of their fitness program. That fact was pulled off the Y’s site by the way in the history section. It could be too that the company is donating the money to the Y but not telling them where it’s coming from as far as the “scheme.” Also “a portion of the proceeds” could be as little as one penny on every buck sale. That sort of thing drives me nuts!

Anyway I don’t see any problem with the blankets as long as there was no false advertising.

By: GODdamnJESUSfreak

GODdamnJESUSfreak — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:28:47 +0000

OH you silly atheist make me lol!

By: partoba

partoba — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:39:34 +0000

The same phenomenon is currently happened in here, that the preacher is saying that it’ll be more holier to do the ritual with a blessed oil(?). And those people keep believing it’s true. I don’t get it!

By: Lee Picton

Lee Picton — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:05:11 +0000

My husband wears a stainless steel capsule around his neck that looks exactly like that. Only the top screws off so he can get to his supply of nitroglycerine inside. It’s all in the marketing, folks. I suspect the nitro holder company actually makes a profit – but then they are selling something that is truly useful.

By: Codswallop

Codswallop — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:20:14 +0000

Nope, bad idea, for the same reason that doctors should not be in the business of dispensing placebos: it erodes credibility. You can’t build a truthful structure on a huge lie.

By: Alex Fear

Alex Fear — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:39:09 +0000

Gadgets for God

By: Jack Carlson

Jack Carlson — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:22:36 +0000

Blankets are too expensive. The faithful don’t need real blankets. Every year there’s a church that sends me a piece of paper printed to look like a rug. They claim it’s a prayer rug and expect a donation in return. We could crank out thousands of those pieces of paper for the cost of a single blanket.