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THE MILLENNIAL CATHOLIC:
“the post-Christian atheist knows God exists, but he desires He should not.”- Ven Arch Fulton Sheen
Monday, January 25, 2016
Sunday, January 24, 2016
The Evil of Socialism
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THE MILLENNIAL CATHOLIC:
I never thought I'd have to say this in this day and age but…
Why are people thinking socialism is a good idea or have a favorable view of it? According to Reason magazine, over 35% of people in my age group like the socialist view. Oddly, enough they don't like it as much if you call it a government managed economy even though they mean THE EXACT SAME THING!!!
Worse still, some of my friends are supporting a presidential candidate that not only admits he's a socialist but makes no attempt to hide the fact his policies are socialist.
Just how bad is socialism? And by that I mean, ignoring the fact it lost the Cold War, it fails every single time it's been tried, and even those who once lived under it don't want it ever again?
THE MILLENNIAL CATHOLIC:
I never thought I'd have to say this in this day and age but…
Why are people thinking socialism is a good idea or have a favorable view of it? According to Reason magazine, over 35% of people in my age group like the socialist view. Oddly, enough they don't like it as much if you call it a government managed economy even though they mean THE EXACT SAME THING!!!
Worse still, some of my friends are supporting a presidential candidate that not only admits he's a socialist but makes no attempt to hide the fact his policies are socialist.
Just how bad is socialism? And by that I mean, ignoring the fact it lost the Cold War, it fails every single time it's been tried, and even those who once lived under it don't want it ever again?
Saturday, January 16, 2016
The Most Futile Lawsuit an Atheist Can File
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To the surprise of absolutely no one, this is not the first time this atheist tool has tried this garbage.
Those who follow idiotic lawsuits will recall in early 2002 a California man tried to sue his daughter's school over her saying "under God" in the Pledge of Alliegience. While he did win over the local courts, the circuit court overturned the ruling after it was discovered he did not have legal custody of his daughter, thus could not sue on her behalf.
The idiot lawyer in the news story IS that man.
In fact, to show how futile this lawsuit is, let's look at some past history relevant to this issue:
In law, there exists a concept called standing, defined as the ability of a party to demonstrate to the court sufficient connection to and harm from the law or action challenged to support that party's participation in the case..in other words, having the legal right to sue.
In 1923, the concept was first formed when the US Supreme Court heard a case called Massachusetts vs Mellon. In the case, two men sued to prevent certain government expenditures because they claimed said expenditures violated the Tenth Amendment. The Court ruled against both because neither man could prove they suffered any particular harm.
From that, it was believed no taxpaying citizen had the right to sue against what they felt was improper use of public funds…until 1968 when the Court created what became known as the Flast Test.
Now, any atheist reading this should NOT get cocky and think they've found a loophole because a) the majority of legal scholars admit there are VERY FEW scenarios where plaintiffs would pass the Flast Test and b) two atheist groups tried this argument in front of the Supreme Court…and both lost their respective cases.
An individual suing the State doesn't look too promising either. In 1970 a man named Stephen Aronow was the first man to file a suit against IN GOD WE TRUST in US currency. Citing the previously mentioned cases, an appeals court ruled he had no standing to sue.
"But wait," a blathering atheist fool will object. "How do you explain the motto has the word God in it? Isn't that promoting religion over atheism?"
Nope.
McGowan v. Maryland says a law might sound religious but as long as it has a secular purpose, it doesn't violate the law.
In other words, the person in the article claiming the phrase is causing harm is full of it because a) legally, he doesn't have the right to sue and b) even if he did, no one is forcing him to have paper currency in his pocket.
Next thing you know, atheists will sue the Constitution because it has the phrase "in the year of our lord" written in it.
Oops…better not give them any ideas: they've shown what idiots they are.
A new lawsuit filed on behalf of several Atheist plaintiffs argues the phrase "In God We Trust" on U.S. money is unconstitutional, and calls for the government to get rid of it.
Sacramento attorney Michael Newdow filed the lawsuit Monday in Akron, Ohio. He'd unsuccessfully sued the government at least twice challenging the use of the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Throughout much of his lawsuit, the word appears as "G-d."
Newdow claims "In God We Trust" violates the separation of church and state. One plaintiff says his Atheism is "substantially burdened because he is forced to bear on his person a religious statement that causes him to sense his government legitimizing, promoting and reinforcing negative and injurious attitudes not only against Atheists in general, but against him personally."The lawsuit represents 41 plaintiffs from Ohio and Michigan, including many unnamed parents and children who are atheists or are being raised as atheists. Defendants include Congress, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and various federal agencies.
A message seeking comment was left Wednesday at the office of U.S. attorney for Ohio's northern district.
(For the link, click here.)
THE MILLENNIAL CATHOLIC:To the surprise of absolutely no one, this is not the first time this atheist tool has tried this garbage.
Those who follow idiotic lawsuits will recall in early 2002 a California man tried to sue his daughter's school over her saying "under God" in the Pledge of Alliegience. While he did win over the local courts, the circuit court overturned the ruling after it was discovered he did not have legal custody of his daughter, thus could not sue on her behalf.
The idiot lawyer in the news story IS that man.
In fact, to show how futile this lawsuit is, let's look at some past history relevant to this issue:
In law, there exists a concept called standing, defined as the ability of a party to demonstrate to the court sufficient connection to and harm from the law or action challenged to support that party's participation in the case..in other words, having the legal right to sue.
In 1923, the concept was first formed when the US Supreme Court heard a case called Massachusetts vs Mellon. In the case, two men sued to prevent certain government expenditures because they claimed said expenditures violated the Tenth Amendment. The Court ruled against both because neither man could prove they suffered any particular harm.
From that, it was believed no taxpaying citizen had the right to sue against what they felt was improper use of public funds…until 1968 when the Court created what became known as the Flast Test.
Now, any atheist reading this should NOT get cocky and think they've found a loophole because a) the majority of legal scholars admit there are VERY FEW scenarios where plaintiffs would pass the Flast Test and b) two atheist groups tried this argument in front of the Supreme Court…and both lost their respective cases.
An individual suing the State doesn't look too promising either. In 1970 a man named Stephen Aronow was the first man to file a suit against IN GOD WE TRUST in US currency. Citing the previously mentioned cases, an appeals court ruled he had no standing to sue.
"But wait," a blathering atheist fool will object. "How do you explain the motto has the word God in it? Isn't that promoting religion over atheism?"
Nope.
McGowan v. Maryland says a law might sound religious but as long as it has a secular purpose, it doesn't violate the law.
In other words, the person in the article claiming the phrase is causing harm is full of it because a) legally, he doesn't have the right to sue and b) even if he did, no one is forcing him to have paper currency in his pocket.
Next thing you know, atheists will sue the Constitution because it has the phrase "in the year of our lord" written in it.
Oops…better not give them any ideas: they've shown what idiots they are.
Monday, January 11, 2016
Huffington Post..the Secular Fish Wrap
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THE MILLENNIAL CATHOLIC:
For my first article of 2016, I have to admit something right out of the gate:
The religion section of the Huffington Post never ceases to be a source of entertainment for me.
Recently they included this article about why Christians should warm up to atheists…and here's me proving they have no idea what they're talking about.
1. Atheists are generally good people.
Remind me again of a few things:
Who are the ones suing schools to prevent prayer? Who are the ones filing lawsuits against military monuments because they contain a cross? Who are the ones threatening people into not expressing their religious beliefs? Who are the ones expressing the most lies and distortions about religious people?
And lest we forget atheists like Pol Pot, Mao, Castro, Hitler, Stalin and many others.
Before any atheist goes into a "what about Christian so and so"…there is NO Christian an atheist can name that takes away the superb reputation Christians have.
2. Atheists make for good Americans.
Based on what? If my previous remarks were any indication, atheists are not only bad people, they're bad Americans too.
To be fair, being a good American is a broad term and the article itself doesn't set many parameters…but that doesn't mean I can't!
According to statistical evidence, atheists:
-are less likely to donate to charities
-are less likely to be blood and/or organ donors
-are less likely to sign up for the armed forces
-are less likely to do volunteer work
In fact, the only study I can find that shows atheists being more generous fudged the numbers and did not include the same amount of children per religious persuasion…and the majority of children were Muslims and conducted it in a nation that does not have a Muslim majority.
3. Atheists are valuable for religious conviction.
BWAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!
Heretics make much better opponents to religious belief than atheists: at least in the heretics case, their stand has some basis in solid belief.
For a quick clarification, heresy is a belief or theory at odds with established belief. Atheism isn't a heresy, however: since it involves violating the First Commandment, it more qualifies as apostasy.
Let me give an example:
You can believe Jesus is the only way to salvation but if you believe Jesus wasn't divine, then you're promoting a heresy. If you believe He wasn't divine but you're basing that on your rejection of Jesus, then you're an apostate.
Why would someone in a faith care for the view of someone who rejected it?
Speaking of rejection, some might wonder about the meaning of "fish wrap" in the title. In the Catholic media, there exists a paper called the National Catholic Reporter…nicknamed the Distorter and Fish Wrap because it deviates from Catholic teaching so much it's only good for wrapping fish.
And that's why I'm surprised people still read the Huffington Post or subscribe to it. I have yet to find anything useful or informative in it.
But with sources like that..is it any wonder atheists are such idiots?
THE MILLENNIAL CATHOLIC:
For my first article of 2016, I have to admit something right out of the gate:
The religion section of the Huffington Post never ceases to be a source of entertainment for me.
Recently they included this article about why Christians should warm up to atheists…and here's me proving they have no idea what they're talking about.
1. Atheists are generally good people.
Remind me again of a few things:
Who are the ones suing schools to prevent prayer? Who are the ones filing lawsuits against military monuments because they contain a cross? Who are the ones threatening people into not expressing their religious beliefs? Who are the ones expressing the most lies and distortions about religious people?
And lest we forget atheists like Pol Pot, Mao, Castro, Hitler, Stalin and many others.
Before any atheist goes into a "what about Christian so and so"…there is NO Christian an atheist can name that takes away the superb reputation Christians have.
2. Atheists make for good Americans.
Based on what? If my previous remarks were any indication, atheists are not only bad people, they're bad Americans too.
To be fair, being a good American is a broad term and the article itself doesn't set many parameters…but that doesn't mean I can't!
According to statistical evidence, atheists:
-are less likely to donate to charities
-are less likely to be blood and/or organ donors
-are less likely to sign up for the armed forces
-are less likely to do volunteer work
In fact, the only study I can find that shows atheists being more generous fudged the numbers and did not include the same amount of children per religious persuasion…and the majority of children were Muslims and conducted it in a nation that does not have a Muslim majority.
3. Atheists are valuable for religious conviction.
BWAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!
Heretics make much better opponents to religious belief than atheists: at least in the heretics case, their stand has some basis in solid belief.
For a quick clarification, heresy is a belief or theory at odds with established belief. Atheism isn't a heresy, however: since it involves violating the First Commandment, it more qualifies as apostasy.
Let me give an example:
You can believe Jesus is the only way to salvation but if you believe Jesus wasn't divine, then you're promoting a heresy. If you believe He wasn't divine but you're basing that on your rejection of Jesus, then you're an apostate.
Why would someone in a faith care for the view of someone who rejected it?
Speaking of rejection, some might wonder about the meaning of "fish wrap" in the title. In the Catholic media, there exists a paper called the National Catholic Reporter…nicknamed the Distorter and Fish Wrap because it deviates from Catholic teaching so much it's only good for wrapping fish.
And that's why I'm surprised people still read the Huffington Post or subscribe to it. I have yet to find anything useful or informative in it.
But with sources like that..is it any wonder atheists are such idiots?
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