Rant By Proxy

[bloodyrosemccoy]

I love PZ Myers,* I gotta say. He’s bombastic, aggressive, hyperbolic and can at times be a colossal douche.

He can also tear your logical fallacies up one side and down the other.

Every once in a while I get really steamed and want to point out some of the errors people are making in what we will generously call their thinking. But dear Jesus Prime in a tasteless magic cracker, it’s hard to keep up with this relentless pile of stupid. So I link to PZ because he says everything I’d have said, except perhaps with a bit more hyperbole.

There. I’m glad I got that off my chest.


*Yes, you’ve heard the name in the news recently: he’s getting mentioned along with the news that the Vatican has released its list of the worst sins EVARZ. And according to the Vatican, PZ Myers made news as one of the worst sinners in all of history—worse even than, to borrow a phrase from Eddie Izzard, genocidal fuckheads. What is this heinous crime, you ask? Well, PZ tossed a cracker in the trash. And not even a very tasty cracker, at that.

The backlash is enormous.

Comments

[beccastareyes]

I think Phil Plait (another science blogger who has a friendly rivalry with Dr. Meyers) discussed the issue as well. I like the quote he gave:

I understand that if you are a devout Catholic, you truly and fervently believe the cracker has become the actual body of Christ. But honestly, is spitting it out — an example specifically stated in the article — or even driving a rusty nail through it a worse sin than actually murdering millions of living people? I’ve read the Bible, and from the Sermon on the Mount it doesn’t sound to me that Jesus was someone who would think that way.

I guess the argument is that a god most known for putting a part of himself through a rather painful death for the good of humanity would be more willing to have people commit sins against himself than sins against their fellow humans.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

I love Phil Plait even more than I love PZ! He's so cuddly.

And yes, that's a pretty damn good point--yours especially. I kinda thought Jesus was more worried about people who weren't part-God, myself ...