10-21-2012, 07:01 PM
While nobody likes the sort of fundamentalist religious type who threatens you with fire and brimstone for stepping out of line, self-righteous atheists who smugly harp on about how "You'd never see an atheist murdering babies" and who dodge the bullet every time you point out that regimes like Soviet Russia were atheistic with the post pathetic excuses in history are equally annoying as the Bible-bashers.
So, to sort out the idealogical issues once and for all, I propose that every few years all the atheists and all the believers select a couple of champions to duke it out in gladiatorial combat and whichever side wins gets to choose what we believe until the next tournament. Anyone who doesn't like it can take it up with the arena lions.
... Actually, this would be an awesome way to do our elections. Think of how many politicians we could get rid of!
So, to sort out the idealogical issues once and for all, I propose that every few years all the atheists and all the believers select a couple of champions to duke it out in gladiatorial combat and whichever side wins gets to choose what we believe until the next tournament. Anyone who doesn't like it can take it up with the arena lions.
... Actually, this would be an awesome way to do our elections. Think of how many politicians we could get rid of!