to her and said, "Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike
up a conversation with your fellow passenger."
The little girl, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total
stranger, "What would you want to talk about?"
"Oh, I don't know," said the atheist. "How about why there is no God,
or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after death?" as he smiled smugly.
"Okay," she said. "Those could be interesting topics but let me ask
you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same
stuff - grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns
out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?"
The atheist, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence,
thinks about it and says, "Hmmm, I have no idea." To which
the little girl replies, "Do you really feel qualified to discuss
God, Heaven and Hell, or life after death, when you don't know shit?"
And then she went back to reading her book.
I saw this on Facebook recently. I did not say anything to the person who posted it, because I don't want to be the bitch who trolls other people's walls. And the tolerant, open-minded part of me thinks it's great that we can state our beliefs on Facebook in short story form.
But.
According to this post, NO ONE should talk about anything unless they can explain why the poop of various mammals looks different. Can the average priest/minister/rabbi/imam/otherreligiousleader explain that? Really? And what in the hell does one have to do with the other? I mean, does understanding the bowels of animals have anything to do with the Bible? (Note to my vehemently atheist readers: don't answer that).
Aside from the animal poop, the story is still ridiculous. Atheists don't go around striking up conversations with people about their beliefs; it's Mormons and Evangelicals and Scientologists who recruit, not atheists. Most atheists don't even admit they're atheists because of how horrified their social/family/professional circles would be if they did. Also, how many little girls travel alone on airplanes any more? And how many non-creepy men would start a conversation with one?
This post isn't celebrating a belief in God or religion, it's attacking atheists. "Flights go quicker. . .blah, blah," what a pompous dick this atheist is, amirite? It's skipped to that point in an argument where you just yell, "Well, you don't know shit!" because you can't think of another coherent point or because you just want the damn argument to be over. I guess what bothers me even more than the attack on atheists (who, btw, haven't started any wars outlawing church or done anything to anybody except disagree) is how clever the writer thought (s)he was being.
If the writer was truly clever, the premise would have made sense and the little girl would have had some proof of God, heaven, hell or at least a way to shut the stranger up without resorting to "logic" that undermines anyone who doesn't have a degree in large mammal medicine. Or the whole point about the differences in animal shit would be a metaphor for the different ways people interpret God and faith. But instead of making actual points, the story ends with a silenced atheist.
And are we really supposed to believe that this pompous atheist, who initiated such a loaded conversation with a CHILD, would shut up because she implied that he doesn't know shit? Think of any pompous asshole you know of any religious persuasion and ask yourself if the little girl's retort would shut him/her up.
I swear, this Facebook share makes the "Click like if you love Jesus" one look like a nuanced theological discourse.
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