Superheroes vs. the Westboro Baptist Church

sv_libertarian writes "They've faced down humans time and time again, but Fred Phelps and his minions from the Westboro Baptist Church were not ready for the cosplay action that awaited them at Comic-Con. After all, who can win against a counter-protest that includes robots, magical anime girls, Trekkies, Jedi, and... kittens?"

Comments

Still doing that?

[Paxinum]

I can't believe people still are religious in public. That is like telling everyone you have aids. FYI: I am from Sweden.

Re:Still doing that?

[BSAtHome]

And you also get upset when theists call you asshats, am I right? (Do you never wonder why?)

Actually, no, I do not get called an ass very often. And for those instances it does occur, I generally do not feel offended, but rather confirmed in my world view. For what it matters, I really do not care about your belief, and I sure as hell will express my views about it.

Honestly, I think the arguments for the existence of God are more compelling than the opposite, but doing your dickwad atheist bit isn't a good counterargument.

Well, forwarding an argument without presenting the arguments is kinda weak. In my opinion, you would rather have 2 plus 2 being 5 for any large values of 2, regardless of the obvious futility of doing so blinding your eyes.

Dawkins has made being-an-asshole-to-theists his raison d'etre, but it neither makes him right, nor even sound particularly smart. His arguments are laughably bad when he strays outside the area he knows (evolutionary biology) and into a region he knows nothing about (theology). To be fair, though - he's still not as stupid as the Westborough fuckers.

Beware of the spaghetti monster. It is coming to get us all real soon now. Repent while you still can and get some tomato sauce with that if you please.

Re:Still doing that?

[ShakaUVM]

>>His argument is that it has been evolutionary beneficial for humans to be nice to eachother so thus the argument that we need religion to behave is false.

Arguments from evolution are nearly as bad as arguments "...because God told me so." You can prove nearly anything using evolution - road rage? Why, that's territorial ape-man behavior!

Again, he's completely ignorant of history. You can conduct natural experiments, as it were, by comparing and contrasting the evolution of societies with and without the Abrahamic God, and also how culture change after missionaries enter their culture. It's a fascinating study, and one that is at complete odds with his theory.

Humans are actually very good at being very bad to anyone outside their immediate family.

Re:If Trekkies and Jedi can work together

[Velex]

Agh, I hit the moderate button but I'd already posted some stupid comment that pales in comparison to yours, so I couldn't moderate you +1, Informative. Anyone else want to do the honors?

Re:Worthless summary

[spire3661]

Freedom of speech also means that you are to respect your fellow man's views, regardless of how unpopular they are, for it may be your views next that become sanctioned. Freedom of speech is far more than Government vs us. IT is a principal that every man's voice deserves a chance to be heard.