Open Air Entertainment Part Deux

The crowd seemed to consist of more theists than "freethinkers" today, but oddly enough, the mood was far more hostile.  The theists did not enjoy being told they would go to Hell because they disagreed on points with the speakers, and many certainly let them know it.

Among the strange things said today:

• Brief Bible Blunders -- Episode #5

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  There are no inaccuracies in the Bible.  I asked whether or not rabbits chew cud and whether or not bats are birds, but I was either unheard or ignored.  Later, a different speaker began arguing with another theist, both of whom used scripture to support their claims.  Some things are impossible.  Nothing is impossible.  Sweet irony.
  
• The Bible describes the Earth as a sphere.  I pointed out the Bible says "circle" [*] and the Hebrew word used in the passage does not mean "sphere."  My claim was dismissed.
• I no longer sin.
  
• I can judge you because I am an apostle chosen by God.  So much for that famous verse, I guess.
  
• A loving God will throw you in Hell.  I am not paraphrasing.  Though they proclaimed they were trying to save us from Hell out of love, their voices always twinged with glee and self-righteousness while they damned us.
• God forcing you to love Him would be like raping you.  He wouldn't do that.  So by that logic, I could lock a girl in a room against her will, tell her I do not want to rape her, but threaten to torture her after a certain period of time has elapsed if she does not willingly submit to me as a sex slave, and that would not be rape.
  
• God only loves those who love Him.  Or something along those lines.  The main point is, God does not love everyone.
  
• I can change the weather through prayer, and I have done it before, but I won't right now because that would be testing God.
  
• Evolution is a fairy tale with no proof.  I shouted "endogenous retroviral DNA" and received the response "retroviruses don't prove evolution" with an "oh please" tone.  Great refutation, I must say.
• Textbooks have to be rewritten every ten years because science completely changes.
  
• Science is fiction.  People started pointing out his megaphone, car, synthetic jacket, electronic earpiece, etc.
  
• The speaker later claimed to be a scientist with a post-doctoral degree from Penn State, which he said was a real school unlike GA Tech.  I suppose the U.S. News and World Report would disagree.
  
• The speaker went on to talk about the Big Bang, atoms, Planck's Constant, the Doppler Effect, and the speed of light, claiming the speed of light has changed because the measurements of it have changed (say what?) and that the decreasing speed of light has decreased Planck's Constant, causing electrons to enter lower quantum states, creating a red shift.  Of course, we can only talk about the Big Bang, speed of light, energy, atoms, electrons, quantum states, etc. because of science.
  
• The peer review process is bogus.  It's morons sitting around talking about moronic things.
• The speaker later demonstrated he did not know the proper definition of "theory."

Beyond this, we got much of the same tripe as yesterday.  I was entertained, but not as much as the first time since people were actually getting mad at them.  Yesterday was more like a side-show attraction with more laughter than anything.  If I get a chance to show up tomorrow, perhaps things will be more light-hearted.