Oh, My Pop-Culture Jesus: The Myth that Atheism Will Fix the World

I love being a theologian. Studying theology is just awesome, but some hazards come from working for God. I don’t get paid much, people assume I’m a prude, and drunk people in bars like to tell me why I shouldn’t believe in God. Telling someone in a bar that you are religious, let alone a religious scholar, is a very dangerous thing to do. The two biggest questions I get are “why do you believe in God?” and “are you okay with pre-marital sex?”

We… aren’t going to talk about that second one.

*Face palm*

The “do you believe in God?” question is often followed some kind of accusation that if there was no more religion then there would be no war, no violence, and all would be right with the world.

While most atheists I know are extremely wonderful and reasonable people, I have encountered a few that are rather militant, whether they are drunk or not. And this idea that without religion everything would be better really pisses me off.

I’m not denying that religion has its problems, but many times in history religion has been used as a smoke-screen for less noble motives like taking money, land, power, etc. But still this implication that our world would be better without religion comes up a lot in our society.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Things we are thankful for here at Lady Geek Girl and Friends:

-       The Thanksgiving Day Buffy episode. Watching it should be a tradition for any nerd family and remember, “to commemorate a past event you kill and eat an animal. It’s ritual sacrifice. With pie.”

-       Fanfiction. Wish your favorite character was gay, that men could get pregnant, that Harry Potter would go to Gotham City, or that cancer could be cured by running up a flight of stairs? Well then, you better damn well be thankful for fanfiction.

-       Milk. It makes cookies enjoyable.

-       The Wonder Woman Comic. Just about the only female character to walk away from the DC Comics reboot unscathed.

-       The Walking Dead. One of the only zombie stories that features characters that act like real people.

-       Joss Whedon. Marvel couldn’t have found a better man to direct.

-       Once Upon a Time. The best new TV show on basic cable.

-       Dr. Who. Who yesterday celebrated his 48^th anniversary.

-       For William Shatner. Just because.

-       For Lisa and Meg. The only two recurring female characters to survive Supernatural.

-       For Minecraft. Making it possible to waste our lives more than ever, but have one hell of time while doing it.

-       For Ancient Aliens. They were totally at the first Thanksgiving you guys.

-       For South Park. For the joke above.

-       For all politicians against Protect-IP/SOPA.

-       For the original Transformers cartoon. For being a sanctuary from Michael Bay. 

-       For Avatar. It may just be Pocahontas in space, but it’s not a franchise, reboot, or a remake, and for that we are grateful.

-       For A Very GaGa Thanksgiving, which premieres tomorrow at 9:30 pm on ABC.

-       For the writers here at Lady Geek Girl and Friends. Thank you for providing us with awesome articles to read.

-       For our few viewers, subscribers, and followers. It’s people like you that make us want to keep writing.

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