How To Tell If You're A Lunatic

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

It has come to my attention that there are loonies among us who don't realize that they're loonies. As a public service, I've prepared the following list of indicators to help those unsure of their loony status. Please note that the following list is by no mean exhaustive.

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1. If you have no problem reconciling infinite punishment with finite trangressions, you are a loony.

2. If you believe that the creation stories in Genesis are literal history, you are a loony.

3. If you believe that devils, djinn, kami and so forth are actual beings that need to be placated, you are a loony.

4. If you believe that a Hindu queen was impregnated by a white, six-tusked elephant, you're a loony.

5. If you think bathing in a polluted river is the best way to remove your sins, you are a loony.

6. If you think your child's infection is more likely to be cured with prayer than with anti-biotics, you are a dangerous loony.

7. If you deny biological evolution in favour of creationism, or you support the notion that creationism deserves equal time in school with science courses, you are a loony.

8. If you've ever bought a piece of the True Cross, a splinter of gopher wood from the Ark, or you think the Shroud of Turin is anything other than a painting, you're a loony.

9. If you think there is a gay agenda whose purpose is to overthrow Christianity and 'convert' your children, you are a loony.

10. If anything on this list applies to you and you still think you're NOT a loony...you're a loony.

As I said, the above is not exhaustive. Please feel free to add or amend, or to suggest changes (additions suggested by loonies will be subject to review by non-loonies). Thank you for your time.

Boru

[Bad Writer]

If you think disbelief in claims of the existence of a deity needs to be proven the same way belief in the same does, then you are a loony.

[Neo-Scholastic]

If you think ridiculing the religious beliefs of others makes you sound intelligent...you're a loony.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

If you think ridiculing the religious beliefs of others makes you sound intelligent...you're a loony.

Are you impling that NO religious beliefs are deserving of ridicule?

Let's take the first one on the list. Suppose I steal a loaf of bread to feed a hungry child, an act for which I never, ever express remore or repentence. Under the rules laid down by the God of Abraham, I am in for eternal punishment (and to forestall the inevitable trite objection, it doesn't matter what form the punishment takes - the point is that the punishment is everlasting).

This is an utterly ridiculous belief, and thus merits ridicule.

On a wider note, why is it that religious beliefs should be exempt from ridicule? You never hear someone say, 'You shouldn't ridicule the political beliefs of others' or 'You shouldn't ridicule the literary beliefs of others' and so on. What marks out religious belief doe special treatment?

Boru

[Minimalist]

Only his own.

They're all alike.

[Bad Writer]

If you think ridiculing the religious beliefs of others makes you sound intelligent...you're a loony.

You don't ridicule anything? Do you really find yourself devoid of critique in all things? Religion doesn't get a free pass on this; nothing does for that matter.

[wwjs]

If you judge others only by what they believe/don't believe you're a loony.

[Bad Writer]

If you reserve judgment on all things, not only are you lazy, but you're loony.

[freedomfromforum]

If you think ridiculing the religious beliefs of others makes you sound intelligent...you're a loony.

If you think ridiculing the ridiculous beliefs of others
makes you a loony... You're a loony

[Godscreated]

If you reserve judgment on all things, not only are you lazy, but you're loony.

I'll keep this one handy, I can see it being useful in the near future.

I do take this to mean that Christians can now justly judge the nonbelievers without ridicule from you.

GC