{"id":1457,"date":"2013-01-08T17:52:31","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T17:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/?p=1457"},"modified":"2013-01-08T17:52:31","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T17:52:31","slug":"rape-girl-is-evil-and-thus-deserves-it-matt-dillahunty-disconnects-christian-caller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/2013\/01\/08\/rape-girl-is-evil-and-thus-deserves-it-matt-dillahunty-disconnects-christian-caller\/","title":{"rendered":"Rape Girl is “Evil” (and thus deserves it?) – Matt Dillahunty Disconnects Christian Caller"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Dillahunty, renowned presented of the Atheist Experience, disconnected a Christian caller when they retorted, when discussing a rape case, that the girl was “just as evil as you”, and thus implying that she deserved it.<\/p>\n

To be fair, in many understandings of Christianity, this is the natural conclusion that many must come to, given some of the problematic premises. This is how The Raw Story<\/a> reports it:<\/p>\n

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Hosts of the\u00a0Atheist Experience<\/em><\/a>\u00a0cable access show in Austin hung up on a Christian caller over the weekend after he suggested that God might not stop the rape of a little girl because the victim was also \u201cevil.\u201d\"Atheists<\/p>\n

A Christian viewer from Phoenix named Shane called in to Sunday\u2019s show with the hopes of convincing host Matt Dillahunty and co-host Tracie Harris that the fact that even atheists had a \u201cmoral code\u201d proved of the existence of God.<\/p>\n

\u201cDivine command theory, the religious proposition that God dictates morality is in fact immoral,\u201d Dillahunty explained to the caller. \u201cIt forces you to sacrifice your humanity and pollutes your moral compass because you are stuck doing whatever this God supposedly says is good, whether or not it\u2019s actually good. And we already know that there are, for example, commands in the Bible that are not morally correct.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you\u2019re more moral than your God and you just haven\u2019t figured it out yet,\u201d Harris added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy is God so immoral?\u201d the caller asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think that God exists but if we\u2019re talking about the God character in Bible as God is represented, you know, it\u2019s a pretty horrible, jealous, angry being that advocates slavery,\u201d Dillahunty pointed out. \u201cI don\u2019t know why he\u2019s that way. Maybe he\u2019s just a dick.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou either have a God who sends child rapists to rape children or you have a God who simply watches it and says, \u2018When you\u2019re done, I\u2019m going to punish you,\u2019\u201d Harris agreed. \u201cIf I could stop a person from raping a child, I would. That\u2019s the difference between me and your God.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, you portray that little girl as someone who\u2019s innocent, she\u2019s just as evil as you,\u201d the caller shot back.<\/p>\n

With that comment, Dillahunty disconnected the call.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoodbye, you piece of shit!\u201d he exclaimed. \u201cYou know what? I was a better Christian than you when I was a Christian, and I still am.\u201d<\/p>\n

The entire the\u00a0Atheist Experience<\/em>\u00a0broadcast is available\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch this video from\u00a0Atheist Experience<\/em>, broadcast Jan. 6, 2013.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Oh dear.<\/p>\n