A Christmas Roach Clown (Because Stupid knows no season)

Posted on December 8, 2018 by A Bit Of Orange

Every now and then you see a news story which you are almost certain was originally from the Onion, or Babylon Bee, or other satirical news sites and somehow accidentally got spread as real news by people who didn’t check the source. It seems like these stories are happening with increasing regularity since the Cubs won the World Series and Trump was elected president of the United States. I mean, both of those are news stories which, if not for a full year of stories leading up to them, would easily have been dismissed in just the way I am describing.

This is a rabbit trail, but follow me here. Imagine you were in a coma since 2015. You had accidentally wandered into the theater showing Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, fully expecting to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Your brain, unable to deal with the blunt force trauma, blacks out and you wake up in time for Christmas 2016.

“What did I miss?” you ask.

And someone replies, “Well, the Cubs won the world series and Donald Trump is President of the United States.”

Would you believe it? This is what I am talking about. Continue reading →

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Is Ken Ham a Stumbling Block?

Posted on December 7, 2018 by A Bit Of Orange

Political commentator and Olympic ribbon dancer Matt Walsh recently started a firestorm on social media when he decided to prove to his followers how stupid and opposed to science Young Earth Biblical Creationists are by proving how he himself knew nothing about the Young Earth Biblical Creation position. He not only didn’t do any research before calling out Ken Ham and all like-minded persons on the old social medias, but he seemed OFFENDED at the suggestion that he take the time to see what Answers In Genesis actually SAYS before calling them out for being a national disgrace.

Looks like SOMEONE is thinking about applying for a position at CNN. All Walsh needs to do is start referring to President Trump as “The Orange Nazi” and he’s got a spot at the big desk next to Don “Citrus” Lemon. But I digress. Continue reading →

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Proof of God 5: A Universe from Nothing | Podcast

Posted on December 6, 2018 by A Bit Of Orange

Logic and laws of science tell is that the universe cannot be infinitely old, so, how did we get a universe? Only one answer makes sense of things. Rent-A-Friend 2000 tells you how!

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More BackWalsh Debunked (Or at least gawked at in confusion)

Posted on December 6, 2018 by A Bit Of Orange

Not long hence, a man in a car uploaded a rant to YouTube about matters with which he was remarkably ignorant, yet, somehow also passionate.

Then, about a BILLION other people saw this and decided to do exactly the same thing. One of those people was Matt Walsh. His rant was about the perplexing stupidity of Young Earth Biblical Creationists, and it did a very good job at illustrating some key logical errors. Specifically, it showed how a bewildering majority of people attacking Creationists seem to have NO IDEA what it is we actually believe. As Matt goes on his tirade, he shows, over and over, that he has no idea what Creationists think, and also that he has not taken any time to think about what HE thinks about what they think, which they don’t.

I hope you followed that, because I am not going over it again.

So to help you, my friends, I thought I would address some of the recurring issues that are frequently part of these tirades against Creationists, and help correct what seems to be a mountain of misconceptions. Having said that, I realize I will be only dealing with the tip of the iceberg, but one must start somewhere.  Continue reading →

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The Backlash from Matt Walsh (The Backwalsh)

Posted on December 5, 2018 by A Bit Of Orange

A few weeks before the writing of this article, conservative author, speaker and toaster strudel enthusiast Matt Walsh decided that the excitement over the mid-term elections has been simply too much for him, and he chose to lighten the mood for his followers on social media by spending time explaining how stupid Biblical Creationists like me are, in case they had somehow not heard directly from Bill Nye about the matter.

It seems that various Christian bloggers and podcasters were inspired by Walsh’s attempt to take Ken Ham down a peg and joined in the social media attack against not only Ken Ham personally, but all of the rest of us Young Earth Creationists by proxy.

I know you are waiting on the edge of your seat to hear what arguments they used to show the weakness of our position, but it seems that the best they could offer was ascribing to us a collection of mental and emotional deficiencies as well as an apparently weak faith which is incapable of sustaining the simplest of questions leveled at the Bible.

I guess they are saving up all of their logic, reason, evidence, and rational arguments to use against…

Mormons? Agnostic Lesbians? I don’t know. But whatever they are saving it up for must be important because they did not waste a DROP on this discussion. Continue reading →

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Matt Walsh is a Big Idiot, and So Did I!

Posted on December 4, 2018 by A Bit Of Orange

In a recent series of video rants, conservative Catholic commentator and collector of copper coins from cold countries (like Canada) Matt Walsh went on a wild spree of letting us know that Young Earth Biblical Creationists are stupid, and Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis is a bad, bad man. Naturally, this encouraged a lot of people who call themselves Christians to stand up and say, “Hey! Matt Walsh! I notice that you have given NO examples of Creationists who think as you describe, and have ascribed to Ken Ham and AiG beliefs which they have actively taught against for decades! So I too, now, also agree that Creationist are stupid and Ken Ham must answer for his crimes!”

And I was all, “…wait, what?”

One such Christian blogger and social media socialite took to the blogosphere to explain in her own words why people like me are idiots. She claimed that she USED to be as big a fool as I am, due to her “Fundamentalist Upbringing” but has since seen the light thanks to people like Hugh Ross and good old Matt Walsh, and as Proverbs 18 says, “The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.”

And I was all, “DANG! She quoted the BIBLE at me! I guess Ken Ham IS the devil…” Continue reading →

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Matt Walsh is a Big Idiot, and so can YOU!

Posted on December 3, 2018 by A Bit Of Orange

Not too long ago, conservative philosopher and millionaire playboy Matt Walsh chose to take to the Social Medias to explain to the world that Young Earth Biblical Creationists are mouth breathing, science-hating, inbred morons. I’m not sure what motivated this series of videos and Tweets. I suppose he wanted to do something special for the Thanksgiving Holiday other than the traditional “Historical Origin of Thanksgiving” which Rush Limbaugh contents himself with every year at this time.

Admittedly, this was a refreshing change of pace.

However, what Matt Walsh (good intentioned as I am sure he was) failed to explain in any detail is WHY Biblical Creationists are wrong. On the contrary, it SEEMS that he managed to prove with his various arguments and examples that he is- at least on this one topic–  a Big Idiot.*  Continue reading →

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Proof of God 4: Proving God with science- or, What does the Number Five Smell Like? PODCAST

Posted on November 29, 2018 by A Bit Of Orange

When skeptics demand “Scientific Proof for the existence of God,” it’s a lot like asking what the number five smells like.measuring-the-five

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I’m a Vegetarian (Podcast)

Posted on November 25, 2018 by A Bit Of Orange

A poem for our friends, with apologies to GK Chesterton.

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50% off “Genesis: Paradise Lost” this Week ONLY! Tell your Friends!

Posted on November 14, 2018 by A Bit Of Orange

If you know anyone who might buy this, or if you’re looking for a good Christmas present which will entertain, educate and inspire, then NOW is the time! Share this with your friends and family, and get one for the atheists you love.

Just go here: https://genesismovie.com/order/

Click on “Get it on Blu-Ray” and remember that coupon code: 50off

This is a special sale to celebrate the anniversary of this award winning film being shown in theaters- and if you haven’t been there, 20 minutes of this film are being shown in the 4D theater at the AiG Creation Museum! It depicts Creation Week like you have never seen it before!

The reviews for this movie on IMDB and Fandango were AMAZING, so check those out if you are in doubt, but I personally recommend it highly, and when I saw it a year ago in a sold out theater, I ran home and wrote a glowing review. Like many of the reviews which didn’t give it a perfect 5 stars, my only complaint was about the theater itself- that the theater wasn’t showing it in 3D like they were supposed to, but the film itself is wonderful and captivating, beautiful and educational. But don’t take my word for it, check out those reviews, watch the trailers at genesismovie.com and pick up a few for Christmas gifts. It’s only a month away.

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