Over the past month or so, I've come to realise how atheistic the internet is. I appreciate that the content of the internet is down to who uses it and who uploads what, but there definitely seems to be a bias towards atheism in most of the secular websites I look at. Usually ones which show videos of people falling over, clips of the best bits from favorite tv shows, and silly, addictive games, often have videos of Richard Dawkins or some other atheistic evangelist, or worse 'parodies' of Christian, primarily creationist videos portraying all Christians as two dimensional characters who think that science is witchcraft. I don't have a problem with them airing they're views (although I do disagree with them), but my main issue is how aggressive they tend to be. I'm not saying that every Christian is right or perfect in every way: I realise that the crusades were as good an example of religious extremism as we have seen in recent years, from people claiming to be doing the work of Allah by killing hundreds of people (which I believe is not what the true nature of Islam is).
I'm fed up of reading/watching/hearing the views of people who just insult a faith, often because they latch on to an argument given by their talismanic leader Dawkins or some other, but in fact have no idea of what they are talking about. I don't agree with some people's understanding of creation or another area of faith, but as long as they are just expressing what they believe, fair play to them. It takes a lot to stand up and say what you believe in these days, especially in the forum of the internet.
So kudos to you all and don't be drawn into the slanging match and start trading insults with critics.

Update:Thanks to Ian at Youthblog who has shown me this response to evangelical atheism.

Ok, so I'm in a slightly better position than last time, cos I've left myself with more time to do my work, but I'm completely uninspired and finding it really difficult to do anything. It's really stressful, cos I'm just staring at the blank space in the word document with no idea of what I'm doing. Worse still, I've realised that aside from the 10,000 words i've got to write in the next 2 weeks, I've also got to write an assessment of myself and my progress and make sure all my time sheets are in order. It's all a bit poo really. I'm not even going to start on the whole Chill side of the stresses. I'd better get back to that expanse of white that is my assignment.

I'm finished. I can't believe it but I'm actually finished. I think for the first time in my life, I've handed in two pieces of coursework ON TIME! I'm not sure if I ever got one in before, but two in two weeks-that's remarkable! And they were essays-3000 words each! I'm rubbish at them, and I only just got within the word count, but it still counts. I got less than 7 hours across the two nights before the deadline on both weeks, but I got it done. I think to celebrate I'm going to go to bed.
YES!!!

As I prepare to go to bed at 4 o'clock in the morning, for what I fear won't be the last time in the next 2 weeks, I'm reminded of every time when I was at school I left my homework to the last minute. Evidently some things don't change, but of course coursework for a degree brings it to a new level. I often think about what I would say to the 10 year old me, who couldn't be bothered to write a paragraph about castles. I can't help but think about the way I'd be able to manage work would be a lot better if I'd built up gradually. I'd better get some sleep, I've got to be up for work in 3 1/4 hours.

Wow. Looking at my last post, evidently its taken me longer to get back than I thought it would. I could tell you what I've been up to in the meantime, but a)it's not that interesting and b)I'm not sure if anyone reads this that wouldn't know. But what the heck - lets get the ball rolling again.
I started uni back in September. Except its not really uni; I go in 2 days a fortnight and its not at a university. It is a proper degree course, but its mostly based on the practical youth work I do. Also, I get to say I go to university in Oxford.
Also, my girlfriend's moved to a different country. I try not to take these things personally, but I can only take so much...
Anyway, if anyone's out there, I'll try to do a bit better with the blogging from now on.