The Resurgance of Atheism

Bill O'Reilly asked the question last night: why the surge in atheism? As a statement of fact, I'm not sure he is right. But let's say he is. O'Reilly's explanation is that it has to do with liberals' efforts to discredit Christianity to advance a pro gay, pro abortion agenda.

But it seems to me that self-described Christians have done such a good job of discrediting their own faith, that they need no help from homosexual abortionists.

On Fox each evening, for example, blond haired harridans, all of them wearing golden crosses, unload their random bile. The political influence of the Bush administration is receding, but it will take much more time for non-Christians to separate the moral stench of actions from leaders within the Bush administration from the ideals and values of Christianity. Conservative Republican leaders are still doing their part to keep the skunkiness as fresh as ever, as we see in doings of the Palin family crime wave. The tempest in the tea pot about Obama giving an address on the Notre Dame campus is an example of the hypocrisy of the right, with the claim made that opposition to abortion is the fundamental tenet of Catholicism. I'm sure that would be news to the church fathers as well as the current pontiff.

Perhaps the rise of atheism is a wake up call to those who are Christians as to what really is going on in their own congregations.