‘Van Helsing’: yet another wingnut liar

December 11, 2008 in Political Animals | 3 comments

As I’ve pointed now more times that I can count, the most common tactic the wingnuts employ is the bare-faced lie. Here’s an example of blatant mendacity from a blithering idiot that styles itself “Van Helsing”:

The farce Washington governor Christine Gregoire initiated by allowing militant atheists to put up a sign denouncing Christianity next to the Christmas display in the state capitol has reached a new extreme of tastelessness.

Well, let’s just compare this hooey with the reality, shall we? Here’s the sign in question:

The message in full reads:

At this season of the WINTER SOLSTICE may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.

Read it once or twice.

See any ‘denouncing’ of Christianity? Any mention of Christianity at all?

Nope.

Any ‘denouncing’ is an invention of the feeble minds of fuzzy thinkers like ‘Van Helsing’. Unless, of course, you think that a sign suggesting that we might want to engage in the dread sin of reason is itself a denunciation of religion.

And what does that say about religion?

  1. Frank on December 11, 2008 at 11:45 pm

    I’m somewhat surprised and disappointed that an atheist group is resorting to the same tactics of proselytizing as their religion-loving opponents. I personally have no desire to “convert” anyone over to my godless way of thinking — I don’t think you can teach people common sense anyway. I’ll leave those Christians alone if they leave me alone — although it is a little amusing to see them get their chonies all in a bunch.

  2. socketplug on December 12, 2008 at 9:05 pm

    I sorta disagree. The sign says

    Religion is but myth

    and Christianity is a religion. So it is saying by extension that Christianity is a myth (along with all other religions).

    As an atheist I agree with what the sign says, but if I try to put myself in a fundamentalist Christian mindset where any question of the Bible or God is wrong then I could see how they could take offense.

  3. meatbrain on December 12, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    If one is of the mindset that “questioning” = “denunciation”, then one isn’t taking offense… one is manufacturing offense.