I haven’t talked about Hunter Avallone in a long time. That’s probably for good reason. He wasn’t a great conservative and his atheism made him further degrade himself into leftism. For those interested in my past comments:
http://spirited-tech.com/2017/08/02/hunter-avallone-and-christianity/
http://spirited-tech.com/2017/08/18/hunter-avallone-on-islam/
http://spirited-tech.com/2018/03/28/hunter-avallone-jaclyn-glenn/
Here is some recent news on his progression into foolishness:
Furthermore, he has defended the moronic complaints of leftists that Georgia voting laws have consequences that are voter supression. Here is the issue:
Here is some actual good input:
Hunter’s argument is no better than arguing that laws against murder are racist because African Americans are disproportionately affected by such laws.
Hunter has gone to even defend Transgenderism.
We know that these things are just post-modern incoherence:
http://spirited-tech.com/2020/12/08/a-dilemma-for-transgenderism/
He argues in a recent hot takes video that Christianity is harmful to children. He cites from this article:
Christianity teaches children that they are intrinsically evil; they did nothing wrong, but just by being born and being alive, they are evil. This is a terrible thing to teach children, not only because it is false, but because it is the exact wrong message children should be taught, which is that they are intrinsically wonderful, noble, and lovable, and that they have boundless goodness inside them.
Christianity teaches children that there exists a powerful, evil Devil. A most dangerous demon. Beware! This horrible falsity infuses their childhood with needless fear and dread, and teaches them that the world is a dangerous place, with a malevolent demon lurking in the wait. In my own research, I’ve interviewed many adults who describe the whole Satan thing as a decidedly traumatic element of their children, and in some egregious cases, unambiguously abusive.
Christianity teaches children that God killed his own child to make up for our wickedness. In other words, we are evil, and by killing his own child, our evil is somehow wiped away and forgiven. Our guilt is cleansed. But how does that work? If I abuse my wife, and then a cop comes over and kills my son, does that atone for the wickedness I committed against my wife? How so? Only I can atone for my own wrongdoings and harmful actions. If I abuse my wife, I need to make amends in order to earn her forgiveness. I can’t kill our cat instead. And besides, why couldn’t God forgive us without killing his son? Does he require a blood sacrifice, like some pagan ogre? The entire story of Jesus “dying for our sins” makes no moral or ethical sense, and it is an extremely confusing/disturbing tale to tell our children.
Christianity teaches children that those who accept Jesus as their personal savior are good/saved/going to heaven and those that do not accept Jesus as their personal savior are sinful and destined for hell. This can cause children to feel smug, superior, self-righteous, judgmental, and to look down upon and condemn others—be they kids on the schoolyard, neighbors, or even relatives.
Christianity teaches children that masturbation is evil. It is not. It is natural, normal, and healthy. And pleasurable. Teaching children to feel guilty or ashamed of masturbating, teaching them that doing so is disapproved of by a son-slaying God, and can even land them in hell—this is all nonsense, but more than that, potentially abusive.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-secular-life/201408/does-christianity-harm-children
This is a rather pathetic argument. Firstly, these questions are beyond the bounds of psychology and can’t easily be refuted by simply calling them bad. The hand-waving of psychologists isn’t getting rid of the great debate anytime soon. At best, this is just question-begging as to whether any of these things are harmful.
Secondly, what is good for the goose is good for the gander. We should just simply invoke our worldview in order to claim the opposite is child abuse. For example, since original sin and total depravity are true, these psychologists are trying to abuse children by lying to them and pretend that they are good by nature. These psychologists wish to pretend that the devil isn’t real, which causes children to fall into more sins. These psychologists are workers of evil because they attack the heart of the gospel. They think God can arbitrarily forgive and that sin isn’t a big deal. These arguments cut both ways. If you think Christianity is true, then these psychologists are abusive towards children. Much more can be said about the secularist’s worldviews. Things like materialism, homosexuality, etc.
We found that the more highly people endorsed materialistic values, the more they experienced unpleasant emotions, depression and anxiety, the more they reported physical health problems, such as stomachaches and headaches, and the less they experienced pleasant emotions and felt satisfied with their lives.
Thirdly, from the bad objections, you can tell that the authors can’t tell the differences between Protestants and Catholics.
