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Now here's a guy quick with the FinalCut Pro (or whatever the tool may be). The movie meister behind "God's Wonderful World" spun viewer suggestions into a Part II, featuring more of the horrors that take place under the holy nose of a "God" who just sits up there nodding and drooling, not lifting a finger to help his suffering creations.

(Warning to viewers: "God's" disasters, diseases, predation, and other cruelties make for some upsetting grue.)

The important thing to note in "God's Wonderful Circle Of Life!" is that none of the scenes (except, perhaps, the poor chicken on fire?) depict suffering caused by humans who have "forgotten God" and are thus caught up in "sin". The tornadoes, pestilences, floods, and animal-on-animal slaughter depicted are all part of God's holy and perfect and intentional creation – or at least, so say the religionists.

The great irony in all this? It's religionists' beloved claim that Charles Darwin was some amoral proponent of tooth-and-claw struggling for survival as a blueprint for society. When any reading of that proper Victorian gentleman's words shows that he advocated nothing of the sort.

Let me see if I've got the claims straight: Darwin observed the reality in which most living things suffer and die horribly from causes including drought, disaster, disease, and just plain being ripped to shreds by predators. Holy God, meanwhile, created and maintains that vicious reality. Therefore, Darwin was immoral and God is all-merciful loving sweetness.

Human brains with the logic circuits of a kumquat: More human "sin" or more of God's perfect creation? You tell me, believers.

Over on Debunking Christianity, I watched this video (whose creator says he was inspired by a Debunking Christianity post). (Warning: While the images stop short of presenting the real world at its goriest, they will put some pretty ugly scenes into your dreams.) 

Nice work. My hat is off to its creator.

I certainly appreciate the intent behind the video, but it's not nearly as powerful a message as it could be. Much of it is images are people harming people. That may still be an argument against "God cares" where more thoughtful believers are concerned, but the more simple-minded ninnies will just bleat "That's the evil that man causes through sin. See what happens when we ignore God?"

So let's see a version that shows the overwhelming evidence against "God cares" without handing apologists the easy escape route of "man's sin". A video focused on natural disasters, horrific diseases, hideous parasites, birth defects... Damn depressing stuff to even think about, let alone watch, but it'd send the powerful message that reality is full of horrors and injustices that have nothing to do with imaginary "sin", and that "the Magic Man loves us" is a mighty stupid fantasy.

Anyone know of such an existing video? I'd love to feature it.

(Note: I'd hoped to leave the above as a comment on Debunking Christianity, but that site seems one of those that goes out of its way to make posting difficult. After a couple of failed attempts I gave up.)

It's beyond cheesy. It's what cheese calls cheesy. Is it for real? Is it a put-on? Either way, I love it!

Read all about the best Jesus song ever at Cabel's Blog - with link to more music by Sonseed, the smiling perpetrators shown! My thanks to Cabel.