Cyber-Smiting The Godless
21 October 2009
Quake in thy boots, ye unbelievers:
Australian atheists are under attack, with the websites of both the Atheist Foundation of Australia and the Global Atheist Convention knocked offline in a major cyber attack yesterday afternoon.
The “distributed denial of service” attacks flooded the websites with traffic, forcing them offline about 5.20pm yesterday.
As of this morning, the foundation had still not been able to restore the websites.
The attacks may be related to the Global Atheist Convention, which is being held in Melbourne in March next year. Speakers include Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion and comedy writer Catherine Deveny.
See more from the Sydney Morning Herald here.
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Who would have thought the gods would hire mercenary anarchists to smite their enemies? Or could this kind of thing have been done in-house, depending on which sect was involved?
It could have been any one of the various Angelic orders, I suppose. They have a long track record of intervention with, or occasionally without, the consent of the Supreme Being. I guess the overheads for non-physical beings are somewhat less than for humans, so the economic pressures may not be strong enough to consider outsourcing. Most angels are also fairly constrained as to actions, and generally have little opportunity to demonstrate free will. On balance, I’d suggest it was an inside job, as I can’t see God (a god, gods) really needing to put this out to tender.