The Comedic Style of Atheists

I've talked before about how some of the things that Richard Dawkins says makes it look like he's rehearsing for a future stand-up comedy career. Actually, a good number of atheists work really hard at developing their comedic tendencies. Here's a line of atheist comedy gold.

“Atheism is a belief-system the way not collecting stamps is a hobby.”

Isn't that funny? On a more sombre note, atheists believe that joke to be true. If it was true (it isn't) it would make it nearly impossible to explain why atheists:

. Have radio shows where the host and h/her guests talk about not collecting stamps.

. They write books by the hundreds and blogs by the thousands about not collecting stamps.

. They hold summer camps for their kids to teach them the skills of not collecting stamps.

. Atheists spent years (literally) holding conventions and meet-ups trying to come to a consensus on whether they are people who do not believe in collecting stamps or whether they are just not stamp collectors.

. They hold conventions and invite special speakers to describe how they became so zealous about not collecting stamps.

. They organize support groups for former stamp collectors.

. They write blogs describing their personal journey toward a life that entails not collecting any stamps at all. Not even at Stamp Collector's special celebratory times of the year.
. At those special times of the year, non stamp collectors protest loudly and do whatever they can to try to dampen the enthusiasm of those who enjoy collecting stamps. The joy of Stamp Collectors really seems to both the non collectors.
. Despite all this, these non collectors will tell you that they never even think about stamp collecting. It's hard to tell if that's supposed to be one of their jokes or more likely, it's one of the many lies they tell themselves to support their "non hobby." Snerk!

. They evangelize almost non stop to get stamp collectors to stop doing that.

. They talk about how stamp collecting should be eradicated because it poisons everything.

. They work themselves into a frenzy, call lawyers and file lawsuits whenever they think the government is supporting people who collect stamps.

. They claim that not collecting stamps makes them better individuals than those who do collect stamps.

. They claim they are more intelligent than those who collect stamps.

. They compile arguments for why not collecting stamps is the best and most rational way to live.

.They develop points of dogma and codify behaviours to which others who don't collect stamps should adhere.

. They fight with each and call each other names about how best to not collect stamps.

. They put up billboards telling who ever will listen how irrational it is to collect stamps and that collecting stamps makes a person violent and dangerous. They call the Postmaster General names.

. They agonize over the presence of racism, sexism and homophobia that seems ubiquitous in characters of those who don't collect stamps.

. They revere their leaders and quote what their leaders say about not collecting stamps.

. They take particular delight in mocking and ridiculing those who do collect stamps.

And finally, here's what happens when some non stamp collectors decided to form a group of nicer non stamp collectors than your general, run-of-the-mill, brute beast non stamp collectors. When a less nice non stamp collector told the Chief of Nicer non stamp collectors that he couldn't kick the not as nice non collectors out of the in-group, the really nice non stamp collector said, and I quote;

“Yes we can! Non stamp collecting + is our movement. We will not consider you a part of it. We will not work with you. We will not befriend you. We will heretofore denounce you as the irrational and immoral scum that you are. If you reject these values then you are no longer one of us. And we will now say so, publicly and repeatedly. You are hereby disowned.”

signed,

Richard Carrier – Chief of the Nicer non stamp collectors.

In reality, atheists maintain a religious belief system so fervent that no amount of evidence could change their minds.

Perhaps atheism is more laughable than you think.