Avery Walker: an embarrassed theist?

[Rex_Goodheart]

Listen up, Avery... I'll tell you why your Melinda Barton hit piece had no place on Raw Story and why your half-ass defenses are unacceptable.

It is INCONCEIVABLE to me that you would have allowed a list of "outrageous Biblical claims" on your political website, for fear of alienating your Christian audience. Now, I'm not trying to suggest that Christianity is the opposite of atheism, but it is inconceivable that you would have allowed some editorial author to list some tenets of Christian belief just to call them "outrageous." The Resurrection is outrageous to any non-believer, but I can not for a minute believe that you would allow that assessment to appear on your site.

The Barton editorial, plain and simple, was a reflection of your own biases. You offered up atheists as sacrificial lambs in a weak moment when YOU wanted your own philosophical opinions to be expressed. The fact that you later defended Barton's strawmen as "logical flaws" only demonstrates that you share her views and that you're on the same plane of miscomprehension.

Take Raw Story and shove it, really. If I wanted lame philosophical discussions from third-rate apologists I'd visit reasonstobelieve.org.

[Dhalgren]

1. Well said! Hear! Hear!