Comments on: Jews: No Jesus, No Reason, Just Whining; They’re Motivated by Anger and Boohoo Victimhood

By: Atheists and Believers LA Times Smackdown | Pacific Jewish Center | Rabbi

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:22:47 +0000

[...] better are the responses by the infuriated Atheists. Using the Jews as his muse, Hemant Mehta writes, Jews are boring, they complain, they are never have a serious conversation about God etc. He then [...]

By: Exodeath

Exodeath — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:44:57 +0000

Jews are the worst because they really got this monotheism thing going. Jewish religions, including christainity and islam, are spiritually sterile!
One God! How narcisstic!
It’s like choosing masturbation over sex!

By: piddlesquash

piddlesquash — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:34:09 +0000

Wow. The intro to this had me fuming in my chair. When I finally got to the point of the article, I was very relieved that the initial intro was only meant to prove a point. And it did. Very well, indeed. If I were an atheist I would be enraged at what was said by Allen. In fact, even though I’m not an atheist, I still think her comments were out of line, unreasonable and an attack on the character of atheists as a whole instead of being a well thought out explanation on why she doesn’t agree with atheism. Very sad.

By: John B

John B — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:11:05 +0000

I am currently in a lengthy bitter debate on a UK newspaper website with regards President Obama and the possibility of being firmer with The State of Israel, something I have long called for, with regards the finding of the Israeli war machine.

I commented on the thread that greed is a problem with regards Israel, well the way I have been viciously attacked, no debate, that I am a racist, that I was attacking unborn Jewish babies etc and that no way could I be a Christian.

Yes the right way would be not to respond any more to this over zealous Jewish poster, but I always feel that allows such people to think they have won. IF there is ever to be Peace in the Middle East, there has got to be compromise, there has to be acceptance about land agreements. I take no sides Hamas are as much to blame as the State of Israel, but I do feel for the numbers of innocent Palestinian people and children who have suffered and still do, the one claim regards their past that The States of Israel will never let go. even though I agree we should never forget.

By: amanda

amanda — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:10:14 +0000

I ? my anger issues.

By: Atheists and Believers LA Times Smackdown « Pacific Jewish Center | Rabbi

Tue, 19 May 2009 22:55:07 +0000

By: reader

reader — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:33:19 +0000

Quote: “#2 Most atheists, especially the ones mentioned, aren’t interested in making metaphysical arguments because it’s a massive waste of time, metaphysics is meaningless wankery.”

Someone needs to tell this to Richard Carrier and his friends at the Secular Web. The entire Secular Web is devoted to the promotion of metaphysical naturalism.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 19 May 2009 07:28:43 +0000

We also do not accept letters that appear to have been sent to more than one publication (including websites, web message boards and e-mail distribution lists).

How convenient.

By: Random links : The Uncredible Hallq

Random links : The Uncredible Hallq — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:16:57 +0000

[...] Finally, the LA Times carries a terribly strange column. It’s main complaint is that atheism is boring, and I sympathize to an extent, but then why does the author bother writing about it? And if discussions of religion are so boring, why did she put out a book on the subject? HT: PZ and Hemant. [...]

By: Eric Wadenius

Eric Wadenius — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:54:08 +0000

I always find it hard to see how any one person with any form of education or knowledge of the world could present such an argument as she does, given that there are entire nations inhabited, and upheld, by these so called “angry atheist”.

Sweden, for example, the nation I live in, where there are about the same percentage of non-believers of the total populus as there are of believers in the US.

Is our entire nation angry because we were spanked with Bibles as kids or had them shoved down our throats in Bible class? Then she has more knowledge than I about that matter.

My view is that when a society is healthy, with equal rights, stable economy and government, feels safe and sprouts a highly educated citizenry, then religion simply fades away…