The Padded Cell

We often hear from religious people that atheists have no moral compass, or code of ethics, because they don't believe in god. In other words, one has to be threatened with cosmic retribution in order to lead a good life.

This leads me to a recent incident which occurred in Vancouver, WA, in which a young white woman claimed that a black woman had thrown acid in her face. Miraculously, the woman who was attacked, Bethany Storro, had just purchased sunglasses and was wearing them at the time of the attack (at 7pm, the sun was already down), so her vision was saved from damage.

Well, it turns out the whole thing was self-inflicted. Apparently she did this in order to get on Oprah so she could witness for Jesus.

Hmm. So, in order to witness for Jesus, she needed to deceive millions of people. Fantastic morals there. However, once the Oprah people made it clear they wanted to talk about the acid-throwing, and not Jesus, Storro pulled out.

Supposedly she is remorseful, for which part, I'm not exactly sure. But a public apology is in order, if she expects to gain any credence with the public.

Some have said she has mental problems. Well, believing in a magical sky daddy is definitely a sign of mental delusion, so I agree there. But billions believe in such a fictitious being, so they must also have mental problems.

In any case, Storro joins a long line of people who are supposedly very religious, yet engage in illegal/immoral activity, such as; Jimmy Swaggert, Jim Bakker, Ted Haggerty, Peter Popoff, Benny Hinn, Ernest Angely, and countless other televangelists and self-proclaimed believers. Apparently religious belief doesn't inherently make one more moral, but it does make them delusional.