This is incredible, even by creationist debating standards this is beyond crazy. Enjoy!
Those familiar with my site will possibly be aware of Eric Johnson, also known as 'Shrek'. He is the admin of the Facebook page Atheism vrs Fundamental Christianity, which can be found here;
Over the last few
nights, Eric Johnson has gone, for want of a better word, the full
fucktard. Before we go on, you need to see one of the 'rules' of his
page (rules which, incidentally, he copied directly from another page
without asking the owner's permission).
NO one will be
banned.
Seems
rather unambiguous, I think you'll agree.
Yet
Eric has started banning people, and the reason for their removal is
quite, quite ridiculous. Eric only wants 'real atheists' on his page.
When pushed for what constitutes a 'real atheist' he says it's an
atheist who denounces God and Christ, and also spreads atheism in
public. Huh? So this moron wants atheists to proselytize atheism!?
What are we supposed to do, get banners and march in atheism's name?
Apparently so, yes. I'm serious, that is precisely what we must do to
qualify! That atheism has no dogma or doctrine requiring it is
immaterial, that atheism is, by definition, simply the lack of belief
in gods doesn't matter, not to Eric.
This
raised a point; what of those atheists who live in areas where doing
so would negatively affect their lives? We know that in the US there
are many areas where the stigmatisation of atheists can lead to
barring from jobs, ostracism and in some cases physical abuse.
When
this was put to Eric he said that if we truly believed in atheism we
would risk it, otherwise we are cowards. This is all very easy for
him to say, it's not him expected to jeopardize anything. So I asked
would he expect a Christian to publicly proselytize their faith in a
radical Muslim country where doing so could lead to death. Amazingly
he said yes, it would be better to be beheaded than hide your faith.
At
one point he banned me, because I am what he calls just an 'online
atheist' not a 'real atheist', even though it was pointed out to him
that I am pretty much a full time carer, so opportunities to go out
spreading the word of atheism are rare even if I were of a mind to do
so. I'm not, as I don't feel pushing my atheism on others in public
is any more acceptable than others doing it to me, though I would
willingly discuss my atheism with somebody were it brought up, I'm
proud to be a free thinker and not some mindless god drone.
Eric's
response to my protestation is quite incredible, he said, and I
quote;
“I
am talking of real life scenario Ha ha ha. u r like Avatar hero
handicapped, using fake body to prove you are atheist online. Show in
real life like we do Sunday missionary work, go on streets to spread
the good message of Jesus. Like that you do or Not? Only those are
qualified”
I
dunno about you but I find the “Avatar hero handicapped” comment
to be absolutely disgusting, considering he knows my home-life
situation, he also knows my own health precludes much travel even were I not a carer. So such
a comment only instils in me a deeper hatred of this pernicious
little prick.
Thankfully
another member berated Eric Johnson for a day or so and he relented,
allowing me back as an 'online atheist'. I'm no such thing and such a
label is insulting as I am a life-long and proud atheist, I refuse to
be labelled by Eric or anybody else just to suit their bigotry.
Another
member was banned even though they posted photos of their membership
of the American Atheists Association. Apparently belonging to such an
association is simply not good enough, you must go out and proclaim
your atheism to everybody – even if they don't care.
I'm
lucky, I live in the UK where I could probably walk down the street
with a T-Shirt declaring “Christ took it up the arse from Judas”
on the front and “God doesn't exist, grow up!” on the back, and
it would hardly raise an eyebrow. Yet I do not feel I should be
expected to do this simply to prove my atheism. As it is, my car
proudly sports a Darwin's Fish, my lapel is always replete with a
Darwin's Fish badge and I have had frequent conversations with
friends and family about my lack of faith and views on religion –
to the point I've often been told to “Shut the fuck up about God
for once!”. Eric doesn't consider that sufficient.
I've
been members of many Facebook creationist pages over the years and
this is the first time I have seen such wholesale stupidity,
ignorance and bigotry from an admin who is set on culling anybody he
feels like. I would have more respect for him if he were to simply
say “I don't want you on my page” instead of concocting some
abjectly stupid reason such as “online atheist” to hide behind.
I
would urge any readers wishing to annoy this cretinous little moron
to join his page, we need more free thinkers on there to
counter-balance the number of utterly ridiculous fundies. But make
sure you're a 'real atheist' and not one of those cowardly 'online
atheists', because Eric doesn't like them!
Eric
Johnson, if you read this, and I know you are aware of the blog's
existence, you are without doubt one of the most banally stupid,
ignorant, intolerant, bigoted, poisonous little online bullies I have
met. And make no mistake, you are an online bully. You would never
dream of doing in real life what you have done the last few nights,
yet the safety of your monitor shields you from those you abuse. Well
fuck you, Eric Johnson. Fuck you, fuck your ex-Canaanite wargod and
fuck your Jewish blood sacrifice myth.
I'll
be uploading some choice screenshots from the discussion, which
continues even as I write this, when time permits me to edit out
names.
His behaviour reminds me of several fundy extremists on face book. The pattern is rather predictable. It's as though fundamentalism appeals specifically to those not sound of mind exclusively.
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