In September of 2025, my work is generating the most income it ever has in my career. Yet, I'm being forced to shut down my successul operation, against my will, due to one cause alone: 95% of that revenue is being stolen by piracy and copyright infringement. I've lost more than $1 million to copyright infringement in the last 15 years, and it's finally brought an end to my professional storm chasing operation. Do not be misled by the lies of infringers, anti-copyright activists and organized piracy cartels. This page is a detailed, evidenced account of my battle I had to undertake to just barely stay in business, and eventually could not overcome. It's a problem faced by all of my colleagues and most other creators in the field.
Whether you realize it or not, words are being redefined in our current society. This post will outline a few of those changed definitions that I've learned over the years. I'm sure you've encountered these many times.
I don't want to be guilty of the same type of mischaracterizations as the predominant critics of Christianity, so I have to say the following does not apply to all of them. However, it does apply to the most vocal and outspoken of Christianity's critics, that is, what you're most likely to read and hear in the media, in books and on the internet.
Bigot: Expanded to include all Christian believers who hold to the Bible as authoritative truth. See the new definition of Hate.
Christian: Anyone who takes a conservative viewpoint. In some cases, this includes anyone who is not an atheist. Person does not actually have to be a member of a church nor make any sort of profession of faith in Christ. Therefore, anything that person says or does represents Christianity.
Critical thinking: Synonymous with Freethought.
Freethought: Freethought means not letting the Bible tell you how to think. Instead, it means letting society, the media, and/or popular book authors tell you how to think.
Hate: What all Christian believers who hold to the Bible as authoritative truth do. Simply believing a certain action is wrong makes the Christian guilty of "hating" the person who commits the act. This hate does does not actually have to include the emotion of hate, physical/verbal abuse or secular discrimination. Simply belief that the action is wrong constitutes hate.
Logic, reason, evidence: Synonyms that are the adult equivalent of "touch blue, make it true". Invoking these terms absolves the user from having to back up their arguments, and automatically makes Christianity false without the burden of presenting sound arguments. Other words used in this context include Bigot, hate and freethought (see above).
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To my regular readers, I offer my apologies for this heavy-handed notice. Unfortunately it has become necessary, so please bear with me!
Please don't copy/upload this site's content to social media or other web sites. Those copies have been a critical problem for me, seriously harming this site and my photography/storm chasing operation by diverting traffic, viewers, engagement and income. "Credit" and "exposure" does not benefit this site or my operation, rather they threaten my ability to cover my operating expenses. Please read my full explanation for this notice here.
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