The Worst Insult Ever

Have you ever read 'I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell'? Well I haven't but I have heard a great deal about this book and I did read the customer reviews on the back cover of this book. They vary from talking about the author as a hero and saying that he is the most disgusting person alive. But one such quote caught my eye. It said something along the lines of ...

"I use to believe in God, but after reading this book I know He does not exist. Because no just and decent God would create a human being like you"

Wow. I mean ... WOW. Just let it sink in. I can think of no worse insult you can say about someone. My mere existence on this planet is valid proof for you that there isn't a God because I am such an abomination? Crap.

Usually when people change their mind about God or religion it is due to either obtaining new information about their religion, an alternate religion or science, or they go through some dramatic experience that effects their belief system. You know... something horrible happens in their life and they lose faith in God because God should have prevented it. Or even the opposite... a non-believer could experience something miraculous and see that as evidence of something greater... some supernatural entity that watches over us.

But never have I heard of the existence of a single human being causing the demise of one's faith. There is literally nothing worse you can say to someone other than "You are such a horrible example of a human being that I no longer believe in a God." Not I have lost my faith in humanity, which lets face it.. is a pretty fickle concept in many of our minds. There have been many moments in my life where I have lost and gained back my faith in humanity. Its a day by day theoretical battle. But I have lost faith in the possibility of a God? In the possibility of a supernatural force of good? In the possibility of a creator? Now that is a pretty intense insult.

All I have to say to the author of "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" is that this woman, who ever she may be, fully believed in a God whilst knowing of the existence of people such as Hitler, or Saddam Hussein or Stalin... people who have caused genocide and have gone down in history as some of the most evil human beings to ever exist. But still her faith remained intact. No, it wasn't them who made her question her beliefs. It wasn't them who shook the very foundation of her faith. It was YOU. You and your stupid book killed her belief in God. Now what do you have to say for yourself?!?