Essay: PZ Myers vs. C.S. Lewis

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Perhaps if the atheist PZ Myers drank more Slimfast and less beer, he would have had a trimmer figure in this picture.

PZ Myers appears to have a problem with intellectual slothfulness[15] and perhaps his slothfulness applies to his "exercise habits" as well. As of December 26, 2010, Conservapedia is not aware of PZ Myers endorsing any exercise equipment.

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On January 8, 2011 PZ Myers posted on his blog Pharyngula:

“ I usually don't have a beer every day — more like one every few weeks — so it was a bit more than I am used to. It was still an interesting exercise, trying them close enough in time that I could actually form some impressions about what I liked best. I'm not a fan of the spiced beers, and the fruity one was the worst. The pale ales were OK, but they do have a bitter edge that I could live with, but wasn't enthusiastic about. I favored the pilseners best, I think. This taste test omitted any dark beers, though, which is what I usually order.[1] ”

In his classic work The Screwtape Letters the Christian author C.S. Lewis wrote:

“ While working your hardest, quite rightly, on other fronts, you must not neglect a little quiet infiltration in respect of gluttony...Males are best turned into gluttons with the help of their vanity. They ought to be made to think themselves very knowing about food, to pique themselves on having found the only restaurant in the town where steaks are really "properly" cooked. - the demonic character Screwtape in C.S. Lewis's, Screwtape Letters[2] ”

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Health issues of PZ Myers

See also: A reply to atheist and evolutionist PZ Myers and Atheism and obesity and Atheism and Mental and Physical Health and Evolutionists who have had problems with being overweight and/or obese

A 2009 picture of a significantly overweight PZ Myers can be found HERE. A 2010 picture taken in Australia shows PZ Myers drinking ale/beer and he had excess weight in his abdominal area.[3] In 2010, PZ Myers had health problems related to his heart.[4] In addition, medical science research indicates that excess weight impairs brain function.[5][6] Given PZ Myers' biological training and the wide dissemination of the health effects of being overweight in terms of cardiovascular health and brain function, it is unfortunate that preventative medicine was not used in greater measure in terms of his health.[7][8][9]

Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire

See also: Atheism and deception and Atheism Quotes

Charles Baudelaire expressed a common belief concerning atheism and satanic deception in his short story The Generous Gambler written in 1864:

“ He complained in no way of the evil reputation under which he lived, indeed, all over the world, and he assured me that he himself was of all living beings the most interested in the destruction of Superstition, and he avowed to me that he had been afraid, relatively as to his proper power, once only, and that was on the day when he had heard a preacher, more subtle than the rest of the human herd, cry in his pulpit: "My dear brethren, do not ever forget, when you hear the progress of lights praised, that the loveliest trick of the Devil is to persuade you that he does not exist! ”


Atheists and physical and mental health related problems associated with obesity

Some of the medical conditions associated with obesity include: type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and triglycerides, coronary artery disease (CAD), stroke, arthritis, cancer, sleep apnea, reproductive problems in women and varicose veins.[10] In addition, medical science research indicates that excess weight impairs brain function.[11]

Medical science research indicates that excess weight impairs brain function.[12]

According to the Mayo Clinic some of the symptoms associated with obesity can include:

“
  • Difficulty sleeping
  • Snoring
  • Sleep apnea
  • Pain in your back or joints
  • Excessive sweating
  • Always feeling hot
  • Rashes or infection in folds of your skin
  • Feeling out of breath with minor exertion
  • Daytime sleepiness or fatigue
”

Concerning the issue of depression, atheists do have higher rates of suicide than the general population.

Question: How many nanoseconds do you think PZ Myers could last in this experiment?

Question: How many nanoseconds do you think PZ Myers would last in this experiment before succumbing to temptation?

Addendum

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The Wall Street Journal reported: "A comprehensive new study released by Baylor University yesterday, shows that traditional Christian religion greatly decreases belief in everything from the efficacy of palm readers to the usefulness of astrology. It also shows that the irreligious and the members of more liberal Protestant denominations, far from being resistant to superstition, tend to be much more likely to believe in the paranormal and in pseudoscience than evangelical Christians."[14]

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Notes

  1. ↑ http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/
  2. ↑ http://www.mylibrarybook.com/books/676/C.S-Lewis/The-Screwtape-Letters-7.html
  3. ↑ http://www.flickr.com/photos/reuvenim/4426093513/
  4. ↑ http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/08/thats_not_a_heart_its_a_flaili.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28Pharyngula%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
  5. ↑ http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/41/18/25.1.full
  6. ↑ http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2009/08/25/as-waistlines-widen-brains-shrink.html
  7. ↑ http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/41/18/25.1.full
  8. ↑ http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2009/08/25/as-waistlines-widen-brains-shrink.html
  9. ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21121834
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  13. ↑ http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/obesity/DS00314/DSECTION=symptoms
  14. ↑ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122178219865054585.html
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