
"Hypatia" by Charles William Mitchell, 1885
In 415 CE, the Great Library of Alexandria was burned to the ground by a mob of christians led by the future saint Cyril, after they mutilated and killed its last curator, Hypatia, in broad daylight on a public street. She was flayed alive with abalone shells. Their reasons: The library contained information contrary to the word of their “god” and its keeper was a literate woman.
Most estimates place the library’s collection at 500,000 to 1 million scrolls, by far the largest collection of knowledge in the ancient world. The complete works of many of the ancient world’s greatest scientist, philosophers, and artists lost forever. Others decimated, leaving a bare handful of scraps to survive for future generations.
Imagine if you will, there was a guy named Shakespeare back in the day who wrote these two plays: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “As You like it.” Apparently there were others with names like “Hamlet” and “King Lear” as well as some historical dramas but we know nothing else about him. And there were some scientists with names like Newton and Einstein but nothing they wrote survives so we have only their names. Multiply this by a thousand and you can begin to estimate the damage done to our species that day.
This act of utter barbarity was the christian faith’s greatest accomplishment for the vast majority of their history. Something they took unabashed pride in, at least until recently. There is now a massive effort on their part to lay the blame for this act at the feet of others: The Romans, even though they OWNED the library at the time and simply would have torn it down if they chose, even the muslims who didn’t exist yet.

How little these “people” have changed.
They tortured and killed Mathew Sheppard then claimed it was a robbery even though his killers admitted in open court they killed him because he was gay and that’s what god wanted. They bomb health clinics, assassinate doctors, then “denounce” the killers from one side of their mouths , straight faced, while claiming the real crime is that the victims died before they could be saved. They said the same about young Mr. Sheppard.
When Timothy McVey bombed the Oklahoma City Federal Building in service of Jesus, the entire Christian community began a massive disinformation campaign to claim he had been seen with an “Arab” on several occasions to make people think it was a muslim plot. Interesting behavior for a self-proclaimed christian fundamentalist and white supremacist; so much for not bearing false witness against thy neighbor, eh?
The latest item in the news, the killing of Dr. Tiller is just the most recent example of a wave of christian violence that even includes fellow christians. Dr. Tiller was himself one, and let us not forget the recent gun-rampage in a church that the wider christian community deemed “Too liberal.” That’s right, the black shirts are now going after the brown shirts.
The self-proclaimed christians I have met in my life have been, almost without exception, the ones most likely to lie, cheat, steel, and commit acts of unprovoked violence. They believe the world is about to end (they have ALWAYS thought that) and that it is their duty to their god to ensure this takes place as quickly as possible: To include encouraging nuclear war to help bring it about. Some kill, some praise the killing, and some just keep their mouth shut but you know what, I have NEVER heard a christian meaningfully denounce another’s murderous bullshit. When they do it’s always to say: “Too bad the guy we just killed hadn’t been saved yet.”
And yet, dispite this abysmal track record, christans feel they have a right to force others to live by THEIR rules. Especially obnoxious since hardly any of them do. They feel they have the right to ban movies, books, etc. They want their religious laws to be the laws of the land, affecting people who do not belong to their religion.
Why do I hate christians? In short, they are savages and hypocrites.
Addition: Okay, I will confess that last line was harsh. I do know people who call themselves christians who are decent individuals. Trouble is, so very few are individuals at all. Taken as a group however, my comments stand.
I actually took this down for a while last night after a particularly weird exchange but you know what, Fuck these worthless, sniveling, dumb animals. This is how they operate, they threaten and attack people because they can’t reason and that’s what they have to offer.