The Center for Inquiry (CFI) has announced the Grand Prize winner of its Blasphemy Contest, which asked contestants to “submit statements of no more than twenty words critical of religious beliefs.”
CFI president Ronald A. Lindsay:
This entry, using only four words, summarizes nicely one of the key principles of post-Enlightenment thought. Beliefs should be based on evidence and reason. Faith is not a basis for logically sound belief.
Ken Peters’ Grand Prize entry:
- “Faith is no reason.”
Four other winning entries:
- “There’s no religion like no religion.”
- “I wouldn’t even follow your god on Twitter.”
- “The reason religious beliefs need protection from ridicule is that they are ridiculous.”
- “I survived the God virus.”
I may be needing some new Tshirts.
I want the one, “I wouldn’t even follow your god on Twitter.” :)
I’m partial this one myself:
“The reason religious beliefs need protection from ridicule is that they are ridiculous.”
It’s like choosing from the dessert cart, isn’t it? ;)
I want “I wouldn’t even follow your god on Twitter” on a t-shirt.
I’ve said many times that even if there was some kind of incontrovertible proof of the xian god — like he dropped into my living room one day with solid credentials — I still would not bend a knee to that homicidal egotistical asshole.
In that regard, I’m kind of glad I’ve actually read the bible. That story about Job? Man, that is one heck of a good warning against god if ever there was one — because he will screw you over just on a dare.
No thanks.
Speaking of anybody’s god being present in new social media like Twitter and Facebook, I heard this morning that the new Oxford English Dictionary word of the year is [ta-da!]
“unfriend” –
So I’m picturing commemorative shirts like, “Unfriended your god, ramen” or “Face it, your god’s no friend of mine” . . .
Audrey,
LOL at the mental picture of God presenting his “solid credentials” to you in your living room — and you scoffing at them and sending him on his way! :D
Dear God,
I’m unfriending you. Take it personally; it’s not me, it’s you.
:)
“Dear God,
I’m unfriending you. Take it personally; it’s not me, it’s you.”….bwahahaha!
That one would be great on a t-shirt too!
(Yup, definitely a dessert cart.)