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While I am not advocating this of course, the man told his mule to do something and whacked him with a 2 by 4 piece of construction wood. And the mule complied with his request. The man then told his friend,  "You see! My mule is teachable and not stubborn. But first, you have to get his attention".

While I am not advocating this of course, the man told his mule to do something and whacked him with a 2 by 4 piece of construction wood. And the mule complied with his request. The man then told his friend,  "You see! My mule is teachable and not stubborn. But first, you have to get his attention".

I wanted to convey to atheists/agnostics/nonreligious/religious the notion that atheism breeds immorality. And bestiality is considered immoral by a very large amount of people for good reasons (harms animals, harms people[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02512.x/abstract], etc. etc.). And the topic of "Atheism and bestiality" is a "rhetorical 2 by 4" that gets people's attention. Conservapedia's "atheism and bestiality" article has nearly 100,000 page views.  

I wanted to convey to atheists/agnostics/nonreligious/religious the notion that [[Atheism and morality|atheism breeds immorality]]. And bestiality is considered immoral by a very large amount of people for good reasons (harms animals, harms people[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02512.x/abstract], etc. etc.). And the topic of "Atheism and bestiality" is a "rhetorical 2 by 4" that gets the attention of atheists. Conservapedia's "atheism and bestiality" article has nearly 100,000 page views.  

Now do I wish that atheists often weren't as stubborn as mules? Yes.  Nevertheless, I believe they are and so I sometimes use "rhetorical 2 by 4s" that gets their attention.

Now do I wish that atheists often weren't as stubborn as mules? Yes.  Nevertheless, I believe they are and so I sometimes use "rhetorical 2 by 4s" that gets their attention.