The Atheist Blogger

Today was moving day. I moved my entire small bedroom at my mothers house into her car (well, 50% of it anyway) and we drove 56 miles to a town called “Egham”, popularly referred to as “Eggs ‘n’ Ham”. This is the location of my university, Royal Holloway University of London and also the location of my new house, which I will be staying in for the next 2 years.

The house is a 4 bedroomed semi-detached with a nice large lounge and a plantless garden (hey, it saves me from moving the lawn). The kitchen is less than satisfactory for 4 people, but I can imagine us all relaxing after the lounge, laptops on our laps, programming to our hearts content (we are all computer science nerds).

However, one major problem loomed in advance of our move. The problem of setting up internet. The house in question had had every service other than water and electricity cut by the previous students moving out (for obvious reasons). This means the phone doesn’t work, which in turn sets the internet activity for the house to nil.

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I got some negative feedback after I jokingly filled in the atheist thirteen meme as if written by a fundamentalist Christian. People said I was taking the easy way out, and that it wouldn’t have cost me anything to ask a fundie to do the thing for me. I took the criticism, responding only that I had once been a Christian and so I knew what it was like to believe etc. However, I’ve recently been reading the blog “Debunking Atheists” for amusement, and decided to ask the main contributor “Dan” if he would answer the meme for me. I modified a few questions to better suit a theist answering them.

Here is his response.

Q1. How would you define “atheism”? A branch or another name of the religion, Secular Humanism.

Q2. Was your upbringing religious? If so, what tradition? I was raised in an atheist’s/atheistic home.

Q3. How would you describe “Intelligent Design”, using only one word? “vague”, I prefer ‘Biblical Creation’

Q4. What scientific [endeavor] really excites you? Discovery of any kind, without the subjectivity of scientists that are atheists.

Q5. If you could change one thing about the “atheist community”, what would it be and why? Their belief of no God. Why, because of the end result on Judgment Day.

Q6. If your child came up to you and said “I’m joining the clergy”, what would be your first response? I would ask to be more specific. A bishop or minister? If his soul couldn’t live without anything else then he would have my blessings. If he means priesthood in the RCC (Roman Catholic), I would ask why he would want to be a part of the largest pedophilia group/society in the world. I would ask why does he wants to help people into hell. I would rather him be an atheist.

Q7. What’s your favorite theistic argument? Anything Jesus said, like the sermon on the mount. He is the pro!

Q8. What’s your most “controversial” viewpoint? That a building or Church isn’t necessary for Salvation and/or denominations are man made.

Q9. Of the “Four Horsemen” (Dawkins, Dennett, Hitchens and Harris) who is your favorite, and why? Dawkins, putting his foot in his mouth in Expelled. The Movie was hilarious. Why, because Dick makes me laugh.

Q10. If you could convince just one atheistic person to abandon their beliefs, who would it be? My Dad

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