An atheist student group in Texas has figured out a way to get that awful Bible out of your hands. The group “Atheist Agenda” is having their annual Bible for porn swap on the campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio. Yes you heard me right, you can take your religious book of choice down to the campus at UTSA and swap it for porn; if you’re 18 that is.
The group calls it “smut for smut”, they say that the Holy Bible, the Quran, the Book of Mormon, or whatever is nothing more than pornographic themselves. They’re allowing you to bring in your piece of trash religious text for some good old, down home porn.
Of course Atheist Agenda’s Bible for porn swap stoked the flames of intolerance and ignorance with an in your face approach to atheism. I’m all for letting people believe (or not believe) whatever they want, but is it really necessary to be controversial about it? Why porn? On a college campus they may as well be giving out cash.
Even Allahpundit at Hot Air had to question the intelligence behind this display. Makes you wonder if the kids in the group Atheist Agenda are more about shock value and less about the principles of atheism? If they were true proponents of atheism (or anything for that matter) would they need a gimmick like a Bible for porn swap to bring attention to their cause?
I’m not going to bestow the values of Christianity upon you in this setting; never have. I’m a believer and you can take that for what it’s worth. I’m also someone who feels God gave us the right and the choice to believe or not. Atheists are no more or no less absent of that right. But these students belonging to Atheist Agenda appear to have a different agenda with their Bible for porn swap. It appears to be more about the degradation of other people’s beliefs than it is about propagating their own.
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:14 pm
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/26/liberals.atheists.sex.intelligence/index.html
*Snicker*
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:46 pm
I think it is hilarious and is meant as such. Silly? Indeed. Funny? You betcha!
March 3rd, 2010 at 5:42 am
I don’t think it’s that funny. It does seem like they are just trying to get some controversy. At least they are including all the religious texts in their swaps. People who are true believers won’t turn in their books, so what does it really accomplish anyway?
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:17 am
Not exactly the way to promote the atheist agenda. Even those who are atheists are not completely devoid of morality.
Were I am atheist, I would question the intent of trading in “religious smut” for smut that only keeps us longer than we want to stay and always takes us farther than we want to go.
Larry Flynt is probably laughing right now.
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:39 am
Doanld, I liked what you said. It was very thought provoking.
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:39 am
sorry, Donald, didn’t mean to misspell your name.
March 3rd, 2010 at 7:02 am
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March 3rd, 2010 at 7:12 am
@BellaR,
Thanks!
When I’m not playing the role of the hateful right-winger, I can actually opine thoughtfully.
(That was sarcasm, by the way…)
March 3rd, 2010 at 8:33 am
The irony in the closing comments of this article is that the author states that the actions of the atheist activists appear to focus on the degradation of other peoples’ beliefs than propagating their own, but Shannon is missing something. The short campaign is meant to get individuals to think about how a thinking human being could possibly connect the Bible to pornography. They are in fact “propagating” their ideas. Think about the connection. I’ve never been to seminary but I have been in the ministry, and I’ve read the Bible cover to cover on multiple occasions. One theme that stands out is that the Christian godhead advocates the conversion or destruction of any faith but that of Christianity – throughout both the New and Old Testaments. The destruction wrought in the name of the god of the Christian faith, from Leviticus to Luke represents a theology as destructive and pornographic as any smut magazine.
March 3rd, 2010 at 8:42 am
James Foley, did you actually read the article you pointed to? When liberalism is defined as “concern for genetically nonrelated people and support for private resources that help those people,” that essentially equates “liberal” with tribal. Note the specific statement that the study did not correlate the study with any issue that defines current political liberalism/conservatism. In other words, this was just like any other soft-science study. It means nothing in particular, but it will get you publishing credit for tenure.
March 3rd, 2010 at 8:59 am
Don’t these ‘atheists’ know that pornography is a source of many social problems? Couldn’t they promote something more constructive? And, TimO, I believe that maybe the only thing you have ever read cover to cover is Playboy.
March 3rd, 2010 at 9:52 am
@L. Rivera,
You mean there are articles in Playboy?
Huh. Who’d have thunk?
March 3rd, 2010 at 10:52 am
Donald,
Of course there are articles in Playboy. after all, a picture is worth a thousand words.
March 3rd, 2010 at 11:13 am
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LAG Says:
March 3rd, 2010 at 8:42 am
James Foley, did you actually read the article you pointed to? When liberalism is defined as “concern for genetically nonrelated people and support for private resources that help those people,” that essentially equates “liberal” with tribal. Note the specific statement that the study did not correlate the study with any issue that defines current political liberalism/conservatism. In other words, this was just like any other soft-science study. It means nothing in particular, but it will get you publishing credit for tenure.
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You’re not too good with humor are you?
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:10 pm
@Rowdym,
And to think I’ve been depriving myself of solid journalism all these years.
LOL!
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:32 pm
It’s great. If you have a house full of offensive and dangerous literature you can swap it for some porn.
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:43 pm
TimO I don’t know what Bible you’ve read, but at no time does Jesus Christ advocate the destruction of anything except sin.
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:45 pm
TimO says:
“The short campaign is meant to get individuals to think about how a thinking human being could possibly connect the Bible to pornography.”
Sorry, maybe I’m not as enlightened as you lib porn lovers seem to be, but I just don’t see it.
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:06 pm
@Kieran,
1 Corinthians 1:18
Anytime you want to chat about the Jesus I know, hit me up!
March 4th, 2010 at 2:35 am
Great Idea, hope it cathes on everywhere.
I hope they burn them on the spot.