I Hate Atheists!

Divine Insight · Post by **Divine Insight** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:18 pm

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Zzyzx · Post by **Zzyzx** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:41 pm

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Many people are very emotional and use that as a basis for their decisions.

When emotion rules, reasoning is out the window, information is irrelevant, critical thinking is absent. All that matters is FEELINGS.

Divine Insight · Post by **Divine Insight** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:27 pm

Zzyzx wrote: .
Many people are very emotional and use that as a basis for their decisions.

When emotion rules, reasoning is out the window, information is irrelevant, critical thinking is absent. All that matters is FEELINGS.

That's basically the point that Jaclyn Glenn is trying to make in this satire video.

Do you think satire videos like this do any good to raise awareness of this?

Or do they only serve to insult Christians who feel like "Jessica for Jesus".

Jaclyn Glenn is clearly not "Jessica for Jesus". On the contrary Jaclyn Glenn is a very active atheist. She's been on stage with Richard Dawkins and even has her own personal video interview with him. She attends and speaks at atheist events all the time.

In this video, she makes an extremely convincing "Jessica for Jesus".

But do these kinds of satire videos do any good? Or do they just insult people who do indeed feel like "Jessica for Jesus"?

Zzyzx · Post by **Zzyzx** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:25 pm

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Divine Insight wrote: But do these kinds of satire videos do any good?

Satire, if well done, can be an effective means of communicating ideas. The key is "well done".

Divine Insight wrote: Or do they just insult people who do indeed feel like "Jessica for Jesus"?

Insulting often raises resistance; however, it can "cut to the quick" and expose sensitive areas to awareness. Many of our debates probably insult "true believers" but expose the underlying presumptions to awareness (perhaps for the individual's first such experience).

Bust Nak · Post by **Bust Nak** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 6:06 am

Isn't ironic exaggeration an important aspect of satire? The "Jessica for Jesus" character is not an exaggeration at all, her lines were lifted straight from typical comment sections of anti-atheists articles.

Divine Insight · Post by **Divine Insight** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 3:12 pm

Bust Nak wrote: Isn't ironic exaggeration an important aspect of satire?

I'm not sure that exaggeration is necessary for satire. It can be used, but I don't think it's necessary.

Bust Nak wrote: The "Jessica for Jesus" character is not an exaggeration at all, her lines were lifted straight from typical comment sections of anti-atheists articles.

I agree. Jaclyn Glenn deserves an Oscar award for her extremely convincing performance. She didn't over dramatize it at all. There is no doubt that there are many Christian women out there who feel precisely as the Jessica character she portrayed.

I just wonder if it serves any useful purpose? Aside from being hilarious satire to those who know the real Jaclyn Glenn.

But would it raise awareness in any Christians who actually think like "Jessica"? Probably not. They would probably just respond like Jessica and say, "Oh those hateful atheists are making fun of Christians again, it just breaks my heart"

Haven · Post by **Haven** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 3:34 pm

Doesn't she say "Jezebel for Jesus," not "Jessica?"

Divine Insight · Post by **Divine Insight** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 6:26 pm

Haven wrote: Doesn't she say "Jezebel for Jesus," not "Jessica?"

By golly you're right! My eyes have been failing me for quite a while and I have to wear reading glasses. Now my ears are starting to fail me and I'll have to start wearing a hearing trumpet. I'm obviously in the process of biological decay.