Bad Math Tries to Prove God Exists

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Of all the professions in the “STEM” fields, mathematicians are the most religious. Compared to physicists, astronomers and biologists, about half of all mathematicians have some from of faith, while people who study the physical world, unsurprisingly, barely register on the faith radar.

If you are wondering why that is, look no further than this website, which purports to have a mathematical proof that God exists. Here’s the basic breakdown:

  1. God is defined as a uncaused causer
  2. Infinite regression isn’t logical
  3. The Universe must have some from of logic
  4. The only explanation is God.

Of course, the formula this guy uses is a little more complex, but when it all boils down to it, it’s the same pathetic First Cause argument you’ve heard a hundred times already, and it’s just as unconvincing. You see, the first point of the argument, that “God is beyond the laws of physics”, means precisely squat. The notion that there can be an “uncaused causer” violates the very principle this individual uses to prove their premise in the first place. Simply asserting something does not make it true. I would just turn around and argue that the Universe itself could be proof that there needn’t be a first cause to begin with.

Incidentally, there’s no proof that this Universe isn’t part of an infinite regress of other Universes. We simply don’t know. That’s the problem when you are using something as mysterious as the Universe as your basic proof. It’s way beyond our current and perhaps future comprehension, so it isn’t something I would recommend you try and use as rock solid “evidence” of something.

When you see this kind of pathetic math, then you know you’re talking to a believer desperate to try and prove the unprovable. They want their God to exists outside of the known laws of the Universe, but yet somehow still be bound by its logic. All that is being accomplished here is the equivalent of a word game, and when you boil it down, even their own definitions make no sense. If there is no infinite regress, it does not follow that there is therefore a power beyond logic to resolve this definitional problem. It simply means that your formula is incomplete. It’s back to the drawing board, boys.

I suspect that so long as people hold on to superstitious, they will continue to try and use every tool at their disposal to try and prove that the Universe was the product of what amounts to a magic trick. So long as there are bad faith arguments, so too will there be bad faith mathematicians eager to prove the existence of their imaginary friend.

Reformed Baptist Pastor Set Free After Rape Conviction

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The wheels of justice do not always turn. Sometimes, they get stuck in the mud, and there’s no getting out of it. In Wisconsin, a pastor by the name of Tom Chantry had been sexually abusing his constituents for nearly a decade before prosecutors finally attempted to bring this man down. His first trial ended in a hung jury (although the only holdout was found guilty of perjury). In the second trial, he was found guilty and sentenced to 25 years, only to later have the case thrown out on a technicality. His victims, already exhausted from both trials, declined to go through the experience again, and so the case was dismissed without prejudice (which means that they may try again at a later date).

I should stress that the church, Christ Reformed Baptist Church, had been established by his father, did everything it its power to cover up these crimes. You can read all about it more in detail on a blog called “Thou Art The Man“, which goes into detail about how much of a coverup there was:

Little did I know when I began covering this story that I was dealing with a corrupt inner corp of ARBCA men who tightly controlled the reigns of power within the Association. I had gathered enough information to believe the charges against Chantry were credible and I naively believed that Reformed Baptist pastors would all be godly, upright men who cherished the truth.

As a result, this organization has essentially collapsed, as members have left the church in droves, especially when it came to light that church elders had known that Chantry had been abusing kids for years before it all came out. Naturally, like all sinister and secretive organizations, they believed that abuse is an internal affair, and subsequently should be dealt by church authority. The public, it seems, disagrees.

What I find unsurprising and frankly disturbing is how much effort these kinds of churches put in protecting pedophiles rather than their own congregants. Sure, their membership is decimated, but there are still believers out there that support these kinds of institution. What would it take for people to stop giving money to these people? Obviously raping kids is not enough. Do they need to shoot a bunch of puppies in the face on a daily basis before people finally realize just how evil they are?

Scorsese Says New Jesus Film Isn’t “Preachy”

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Christians are always falling over themselves when it comes to praising their main guy. There isn’t a second on this planet where one of these poor brainwashed idiots won’t say his name, declaring him to be a “prince of peace”, and other such nonsense. As far as having a glowing reputation, there are few that benefit as much as this bearded weirdo.

However, if you’re a non-believer, Jesus just isn’t that impressive as a moral teacher. For starters, the man was always speaking in riddles. Most of the time, it was difficult to really pin his morality down, since there was always a confusing parable waiting to be recounted. Even religious folks are often unsure of what exactly the man was trying to say, though it doesn’t stop people from trying, often to pathetic results.

Well, I am not a child, and I am not one of the apostles, but let me admit it publicly, “I don’t think I understand Jesus’ parables.” And you know what? I think that is EXACTLY what Jesus wants. In fact, confusion is the goal of the Jesus’ parables. Did you know that? So if you are confused by what Jesus says in His parables, you are on the right track.

That’s some high level of copium right there. Morality is based on clarity, not interpretation. If I tell you that murder is wrong but them refuse to define murder, it doesn’t serve any higher moral purpose to state that.

So when brilliant filmmaker Martin Scorsese says that he’s releasing a new movie about Jesus that is meant to “take away the negatives associated with religion”, he doesn’t realize that his golden boy is actually quite lame when it comes to being a great moral leader. I can name on one hand the positive messages he conveys, while running out of digits for all the weird, inconsistent, and even morally repugnant things he says.

Everyone like to blame organized religion for corrupting the message of religion, but this is honestly just a copout. The founding documents of the three major Abrahamic faith are quite irredeemable, and it’s not surprising that any organization that adopts the Bible, or the plagiarized Koran as their primary foundation is bound to reflect the evils of these ancient tomes.

It’s sad that in Martin’s waning years that he is wasting his time making Christian propaganda. Unless he wants to completely rewrite the character, Jesus isn’t the kind of guy you should be basing your life on. He was purposefully aloof, occasionally violent and seemed more interested in fulfilling prophesy than actually doing any good. He left zero moral impact on the community he was trying to change to begin with. It was only decades after his supposed death that anyone started to pay attention to what he had to say, and even then, it was only when the religion was officially adopted by the very empire that had previously rejected it.

So, at best, the most positive thing I can say of “the prince of peace” is that more people have died in his name than any other human in history. Is that really something to be proud of?

Christian Nationalists Want Gay Kids Attacked

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Christian Nationalists are a cancer on American society. Not only do they want to transform the country into a theocratic hellhole by using the legal and political system, they also want children to join them on their violent crusade to rid the world of people who don’t share their zealotry.

You see, when it all boils down to it, when you can’t win an argument with someone, you terrorize them. Christian nationalists pine for the days when people were ritualistically beaten for being different. For instance, in this podcast called “Crosstalk”, the host and guests were tripping over themselves reminiscing about the good old days:

“There used to be a day and age, we beat up the kid at school who had two dads. And we weren’t jerks for that,” Szall says laughing. “That’s just what we did.”

Ah yes, those halcyon days when people were getting their asses kicked because they were loved by two same sex parents. These were also the good old days when people were dying of easily treatable diseases, and when black people had to ride in the back of the bus. I’m sure they would love for those nostalgic days to come again, wouldn’t they?

Since Christian Nationalists are so busy trying to infiltrate the government to impose their worldview, they naturally assume that other groups are doing the same. The fact that more and more Christians support same sex unions has convinced them that it’s a giant conspiracy, and they think that by allowing children to violently attack vulnerable minorities, more people will come around to their way of thinking.

If this all sounds familiar, it should. This is the kind of Brownshirt politics that extremists love. In the 1920’s, when Hitler needed an army of thugs to terrorize the populous, he claimed that this force was the only solution to the mounting problem of communism. These mindless zombies would routinely beat and kill anyone in opposition to their twisted beliefs. Ironically, the leaders of the Brownshirts were eventually murdered for their efforts, as Hitler was convinced that they would eventually try and usurp him.

This is what happens when you try an use violence to enforce your beliefs. Live by the sword, die by the sword. Will America wake up from it’s coma and put a stop to these dangerous cretins before it’s too late? If history is any indication, that’s a resounding “NO”.

Don’t Follow Your “Dreams”

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One a quiet night in Ipatinga, a medium sized municipality in Brazil, an old man had a revelation. He dreamed that a mountain of gold was located under his kitchen. Now, most of us would interpret this as merely a trick of the mind. After all, who wouldn’t want to find a treasure right where they live? Unfortunately for him, instead of laughing it off, he took this to be a sign from God. For months, he began to dig a massive hold under his kitchen floor.

The hole had reached a depth of 40 meters before tragedy struck. While he was removing water and mud from his massive excavation, the old man slipped, falling to his death. The fire department retrieved his body, and from the condition of the corpse, it was obvious that he had suffered a great deal before expiring.

Is there a lesson to learn from this? Well, let’s start with the fact that there is a finite amount of gold that can be mined. Some estimates suggest that we might “run out” of minable gold by 2050. Let’s also keep in mind that dreams are no substitute for mineral surveys. Lastly, even if there were a God, I highly doubt that this entity gives a flying crap about that shinny metal we’re all obsessed with.

The Good Atheist Podcast: EP 347

This week, we discuss orphanages in the US that were regularly abusing kids, an atheist high schooler that lays the smackdown on his schools religious banners, and France shuts down school over threats by Muslim students.

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Michigan State Rep Declares War on Church of Satan

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As many of my listeners will remember, I have always been a big fan of the “Church of Satan”. As an institution, its primary purpose is essentially to expose the hypocrisy of Christians, and it does so with gusto, primarily by making afterschool programs to compete against the Unconstitutional religious groups that take up valuable time that should be devoted to actually learning something.

The existence of this church has rattled a few feathers, such as Republican Rep. Josh Schriver of Michigan who is making it his mission to bringing it down:

Schriver announced his intention to target churches that he doesn’t believe deserve equal treatment with Christianity under the law…“I actually am working on a policy right now… to really focus on making a distinction between the the church of Jesus Christ and this, quote unquote, Church of Satan,” Schriver announced. “You really have an issue where they’re seen as equal in the eyes of the state, and that doesn’t seem right to me for many, many legitimate reasons. And so removing tax exempt status from non-theistic churches such as the Church of Satan, I think is very, very well in order.”

This moron believes that he doesn’t work for the people who elected him. No, instead he thinks that he works for God, specifically the Judeo-Christian one that murderously hates masturbation, and it’s his goal to rid the country of those pesky religions that he doesn’t like.

Unfortunately for him, it’s almost impossible to remove the tax exempt status of any faith. That’s because the IRS isn’t in the business of determining what religions are “authentic” and which ones aren’t. In fact, so long as an organization complies with the IRS rules concerning tax exempt status, the actual content of the religion is meaningless. You could be worshiping a dead goat for all they care.

Consider how many religious organizations are already violating some of the terms that allows them tax exempt status to begin with. Here’s one of the rules that I know for a fact that the Church of Satan has never broken, while hundreds of smaller churches have:

Under the Internal Revenue Code, all section 501(c)(3) organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office.

So, who is it that deserves to get their tax exempt status removed then? Did I mention he also wants to ban pornography? Good luck with that, you prude jackass.

Prayer over Humanity

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It’s always refreshing to see first hand what priorities religious people have. Take for instance this Imam in Indonesia. During their ritualistic kneeling, the poor man suffered what appeared to be a heart attack. His flock seems not to care too much, and even continue to pray as he slumps over, obviously distressed. A few seem to notice, but they do nothing.

Boy, with friends like these, who needs enemies?

Hate is Bad for your Health

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Did you know it’s unhealthy to be hateful? I’m not being glib. There is strong medical evidence that the act of holding hatred in your heart can actually lead to long term health problems. Don’t just take my word for it, here’s what medical professionals think about this emotion’s effect on our bodies:

Hatred negatively impacts the nervous system, immune system, and endocrine system. Extreme emotions trigger the release of stress hormones in the brain. Over time, these stress hormones lead to increased inflammation throughout the body, resulting in significant health consequences. The more intense an emotion becomes, the more physically demanding it is to contain it. Holding on to hate can be exhausting.

If only Turkish lawmaker Hasan Bitmez had known of this, perhaps he could have avoided his recent health scare. You see, Bitmez is a politician in his home country, and during one of his recent speeches condemning the actions of Israel in the recent Palestinian conflict, he exclaimed that the “Jews would not escape the wrath of Allah” right before collapsing from a massive heart attack.

A superstitious man might see this as a sign that perhaps their beloved deity did not approve of the message. Traumatic events can often act as a catalyst for change. Personally, I believe that it has far more to do with how much anger and hatred is in this man’s heart. His political career benefits from his near constant animosity towards Judaism, so its doubtful that he will ever be able to let go of his murderous hostility towards the faith. If there is any comfort, it’s that his body is quickly giving up on him as a result of his poor life choices.

I have a suggestion for Mr. Hasan. It would appear that your hatred towards your fellow man has made you unwell. You would do well to take a cozy retirement, and spend time with your loved ones while there is still life in you. I’m sure there are plenty of other Muslim politicians who would gladly take up your abhorrent mantle and openly call for the death of their enemies. You should learn to enjoy the good things in life before it’s all over. Our time on this earth is brief, and despite your belief that another life awaits you, I wouldn’t take the chance that the future affords you much time with the ones you care about. Focus on love. You’ll live longer for it.

Texas Approves Chaplains in Schools

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When are religious people going to stop shoving their faith down our throats? The answer is never. Just ask non-Christian parent at Grapevine’s Independent School District in Texas. The board recently approved the hiring of chaplains at the school, a move that’s angered many parents. During one recent meeting, a number of them were kicked out, or walked out in protest.

They are angry that these men, who have no training as councilors, are being paid with state funds to proselytize to students during school hours. Despite all the protest, the National School Chaplain Association thinks there is nothing wrong with the move:

“School chaplaincy, just like chaplaincy in other U.S. institutions, is perfectly legal and consistently upheld by the Supreme Court. School chaplaincy programs follow specific regulations that prohibit proselytizing, offering services based on consent. Simply put, chaplains don’t represent religion or the church, they represent God.”

That doesn’t mean anything to people who don’t share your embrace of an imaginary lord. The fact of the matter is that the faithful are in the business of converting people and asserting their dominance, and this is just another form if it. It also is an open visitation for lawsuits, which in the end is only going to cost the taxpayers more money.

Why can’t they just keep their religion to themselves, you may wonder. It seems that while one side of their mouths pretends to want to live and let live, constantly going on about how loving their god is, the other side openly prays for our destruction. The Supreme Court has upheld chaplaincy programs only because its members have capitulated to religion. Their oath to the Constitution is a joke, a minor inconvenience in the quest to make America into a Christian nation. They are slowly succeeding, despite the fact that more and more of Americans are departing from religion. This is the reason why they are fighting so hard to shove it down our throats: they figure that unless they take action now, the demise of religion is inevitable.

French Teachers on Strike over Fears of Muslim Violence

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The “religion of peace” has a problem. Various PR departments of Islam are busy trying to convince naïve idiots that the religion is your average, run-of-the-mill faith that is just trying to live and let live. The truth is far more sinister than that. Islam is only interested in one thing: the complete subjugation of free thinking people into their cult of death. It’s in the name itself: Islam means submission, and what good is it when there’s no one to control?

In France, teachers at a school in Paris are on strike, not because they have financial demands, but because they fear for their lives. When one of the teachers of a school near the city of Paris dared to show a nude painting dating from the 17th century as part of their art appreciation class, and the results were catastrophic: mass demonstrations, and threats of violent retribution for the crime of showing this “forbidden” image (which in these parts, we generally just call art).

In order to act even more outraged, students and parents started to spread rumors that the teacher had singled out Muslim students and had made racist remarks. They did this precisely because they knew that by lying, they would stir up sympathy from the left of the political spectrum, which is now dominated by young people who have no real understanding that they are political tools in a clash of civilization. For over a decade, they have used criticism of their faith to be labelled as racist by coining the term “Islamophobia”. When this word is used, they can count on an army of soft headed do-gooders to fall over themselves coming to the defense of Islam, even when the interests of both sides fundamentally conflict.

Let’s keep a few things in mind to give context to this fight. More than 40% of French Muslims support the idea of replacing our legal system with their own twisted one, called Sharia. The situation in most western countries is exactly the same. This is a worrying trend for democracies, who rely on the people to reach a consensus as to how they wish to be governed. The values of that society must be maintained in order for it to survive. The fact that one religious group so thoroughly despises these values should be of great concern.

There is a special word for the deceit used by Muslims when it comes to pretending to share the same values as your neighbor: taqiyya. This is a religious concept that eases the psychological torment of constantly lying to people that are not part of your “clan”. It is this belief that allows extremists to live covertly and unassumingly in our society.

It should be noted that the only way to truly know who honors our society’s commitment to free speech is to continue to express it, and wait for the overreaction from those that do not share these values. What we shouldn’t do as is follow in the example of Denmark. The country is trying to criminalize or censure any behavior that “offends” the worthless religion of Islam. If anything, we need more insults, not less. Let the religious psychos reveal themselves, so that we can see through their lies of wishing to live together with us in peace.

Iowa Capital Satanic Display Causes Outrage

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It’s been a banner year for Satan. Not only has he been helping to shut down countless school promotions of religions, but in his spare time, he’s been helping to freak out some poor Iowans, but making them have to put up a display in order to contravene the nativity one that was allowed in the Capitol Building.

The state Governor was less than enthusiastic, but as her Republican colleagues reminded her, the very first amendment of their beloved Constitution does not allow for the establishment or specific endorsement of one religion, and so in order to have their display, there would have to be allowance for others.

“Today, faithful Iowans gathered in the Capitol rotunda to display the Nativity and pray for peace,” she wrote on social media. “Free speech is a right afforded to all. But how we use it matters. Today’s event is proof that in the battle between good and evil, good will always prevail.”

The way religious people speak always drives me crazy. This isn’t a battle between good and evil; it’s a fight to keep religious nonsense out of government. The whole reason this satanic display exists in the first place is to act as a counter to all the Christian propaganda that pops up every holiday season. These morons actually think that the folks who put up the Satanic display praise the dark lord. They can’t fathom that it’s simply epic trolling.

How can we ever win when people are that deluded? Sometimes it all feels like a gigantic waste of time trying to change their minds. Still, there’s bound to be a few people that realize the hypocrisy at work. It might be the push they need to throw off the shackles of this ancient superstition. That’s all we can hope for at this point!

Denmark Criminalizes Koran Burning

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Denmark is failing as a nation. It is failing for the same reasons many other European countries are struggling right now: the rapid influx of Muslim immigrants has ramped up sectarian tensions, and now, as a response, the government has reacted in the most cowardly way possible to the mounting violent rhetoric of Islamic fundamentalists: they are kowtowing to the faithful, ensuring that hurt feelings take precedence over liberal values. So, now if anyone has the balls to express their free speech right by burning the Koran, they face up to two years in jail for causing a disturbance that could lead to violence.

The purpose of the law is to counter “the systematic mockery” that, among other things, has contributed to intensifying the threat of terrorism in Denmark, the Ministry of Justice said.

Allow me to translate this sentence, as it failed to properly provide context to what is happening: in order to prevent Muslims living in their own country from committing violent acts of retribution, the government has decided that instead of honoring its commitment to free speech, it would rather cower to a religion that respects neither free speech nor secularism. What are we fighting for, if not our own downfall?

Denmark had previously gotten rid of its blasphemy laws, but it seems now that their society is regressing, thanks to an immigration policy that puts their own values at risk. This means that the counter-reaction of the population will undoubtedly make matters worst. We are sure to witness the resurgence of far right political candidates, who favor anti-immigration stances in response to these kinds of laws. This will be especially true after the next terrorist attack, which given the current political climate, seems almost like an inevitability.

The broader problem in my opinion, is that progressives are too naïve to understand the threat that Islam poses to modern civilization. The conflict in Israel has created a litany of confusing and contradictory alliances, such as “Gays for Palestine”, who unknowingly betray their gay brethren for the sake of appearing welcoming and open minded. The fact that Hamas has openly called for, and participated in the murder of young gay men seems more than a minor inconvenience. Even a few decapitated heads doesn’t seem to register much of a response from the LGBT community, if only because it threatens to make everyone’s lives messy by acknowledging it. The world is a complicated place. The idea that gay Palestinians often seek asylum in Israel, out of fear that they will be killed by their fellow man because an ancient barbaric tome claims that same sex attractions are wrong, conflicts with the narrative that there is a good guy and a bad guy.

I’ve often said that liberalism is under attack; not by without, but from within. Soft-headed liberals who sacrificed integrity for intersectionality have allowed vile religions like Islam to benefit from their protection, all the while oblivious that their benefactors secretly plot to destroy them. If countries like Denmark are an indication of how things are going, the news is not good.

Religious Terror Attack in Australia had US connection

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In May of 2021, a man named Gareth Train began a correspondence with an American called Donald Day. Day is a premillennialist, a Christian sect that believes that Jesus will physically return to earth, ushering the end time. Day’s correspondence fed Train and his wife Stacey conspiratorial beliefs, including claims that the government is run by Satan and his minions.

When police were called last December the Train property for a routine welfare check on Gareth’s brother Nathan, two of the officers were gunned down in an ambush, with two other officers forced to flee for help. Nathan and Gareth then lit a grass fire in an effort to smoke the officers out, which prompted a neighbor, Alan Dare, to investigate. He was also shot and killed. The two men then posted an online video of themselves, claiming that “devils and demons” had attempted to kill them, but that they had struck first.

What followed was a tense six hour siege which ended with the death of all three suspects. In all, half a dozen people lost their lives, and all because of unhinged conspiracy theories. Now, police in the US have arrested Day for his connection in the shooting.

Premillennialism is mainly an American invention, and ever since the Covid-19, religious groups have been getting more extreme. The toxic combination of Q Anon, MAGA supporters, and the slow decline of religion has created dangerously primed groups of believers that think the end times are just around the corner. When the stakes are risen so high, you can count on things turning violent.

Australia is has enacted strict gun control laws after a massacre that occurred in 1996. When 35 people were slaughtered, the government decided that it was time to enact stricter gun control laws. The results were a dramatic decrease in not only mass shootings, but also in accidental gun deaths as well. The conclusion from this three decades of reform is clear:

Removing large numbers of rapid-firing firearms from civilians may be an effective way of reducing mass shootings, firearm homicides and firearm suicides.

Following this tragedy, there may be more gun reforms on the way. Over 80% of Aussies think that gun laws are still too lenient. It’s almost as though the country wants to do something to stop these kinds of shootings. Isn’t that weird, America?

Day was arrested by the FBI as a result of his involvement in the shootings. How the rest of this plays out remains to be seen.

Activist Gets High School to Remove Sectarian Banners

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The Church of Satan is the gift that keep on giving. When it comes to freaking out religious rubes, there’s nothing quite like “Satanism” to scare the living daylights out of believers.

When high school student Chaz Stevens noticed that his school was displaying a banner promoting a house of worship called “Calvary Chapel Parkland”, he decided that it would only be fair if other “faiths” were promoted as well. He created his own banner graphic, and forwarded it to the Broward County School Board, and stated that since they were proudly displaying a religious ad, he wanted his Satanic “Ministry of Chaz the Bropostle” to have a prominent display as well.

“Considering that the school has accepted a banner from one religious group, I’m hoping our banner will be seen in the same light, especially given that the government emphasizes no favoritism,” Stevens wrote in an email to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Principal Michelle Kefford on Oct. 2.

The school reacted the way all government institutions do when faced with potential lawsuits: they took the original banner down. All it took was the fear of having “satanic” displays everywhere. It just goes to show that sometimes, the only way to fight fire is with fire. Stevens is a gigachad for doing this, but nothing is stopping other atheist students out there from doing the same. All you need is a good idea and a pair of brass balls to boot.

So, what’s stopping you listeners out there from doing the same thing?