Comments on: The funny thing about Christianity – it may make people less moral, not more

By: Asher

Asher — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:37:35 +0000

Matthew,

You are right. They are angry, scared and lonely. Checking in here provides some great teaching material on those separated from God. I do feel badly for them.

By: alex

alex — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:35:33 +0000

“Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men”

..so, how would you know, it’d be the Man? because of his beard and he looks like a caucasian bum? if christ existed, he would have been middle eastern. if christ showed up today, how would you know it’s him.

….damn, now that i think about it, even the son of god would have a hard time coming up with the “proof”. unless of course, like somebody suggested, he regenerates somebody’s limb. i guess it would be good enough for me. hail to christ! i’ve been wrong.

I would prolly try to hurt christ though, just to check.

By: alex

alex — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:24:32 +0000

“attacking followers of Christ”

it’s not whywontChristhealamputees!

list the genuwine attempts. otherwise, stfu.
better yet, your own genuwine attempt?

me atheist don’t have to do shit. i don’t believe in the gods, zeus, christ, or allah. you theists do and others like you do crazy shit in de name of yer god. so stop it! you can do what you want, just leave the rest of the country alone.

By: ReligionIsStupid

ReligionIsStupid — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:12:45 +0000

So, provide some proof and stop whining already.

By: Matthew Chance

Matthew Chance — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:22:20 +0000

As far as I can tell, it seems like this forum is made up of atheists collectively seeking confirmation of their beliefs by logically attacking followers of Christ who are genuinely attempting to explain their beliefs.

By: Matthew Chance

Matthew Chance — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:18:00 +0000

I’m curious as to what is the motivation behind all this debate and argument over a dimension that we are not even capable of conceiving. Of course God is imaginary to the non-believer, but to the Christian the myth becomes a reality through experience and relationship with the Lord. Go ahead try it, open a bible and say an honest prayer about whatever pressing issue is on your heart right now. I guarantee you if your heart isn’t too hardened to accept the Lord’s conviction and act on it, it will lead you to the solution of the toughest of issues.

Christ never told us to defend our beliefs, He simply said spread the good news and ignore the haters. It’s a pretty sweet deal, I’m not sure what causes someone to reject it, but I suspect it is something they are holding on to that they are afraid to let go of. When He says, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men” you just gotta drop the fishing nets, jump out the boat, and follow the random dude walking down the beach to see what he is talking about, or you can stay in the boat and see if the fishing is any better than yesterday and rationalize in your head why you made the best decision to stay.

By: Lou (DFW)

Lou (DFW) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:28:45 +0000

201.Xenon (aka Hor) said …

200.DPK said …“you don’t even realize it’s nonsense.”

“No problem there. When I see Lou or DPK linked to a post I instinctively label it nonsense.”

As DPK wrote, “So there you have it folks.” When a comment from Hor, one of his sock-puppets, or one of his ilk is actually analyzed and succinctly replied to, Hor replies by shooting the messenger. But, other than to admit that the comment has validity, that’s about all he has to offer.

By: Lou (DFW)

Lou (DFW) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:44:06 +0000

201.Xenon (aka Hor) said …

“You are not capable of discussion, only ridicule to bolster your low self-esteem.”

As opposed to making unfounded personal attacks like the one you just made?

Hor, do you still not see what it is that reveals your identity?

By: Xenon

Xenon — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:29:23 +0000

“you don’t even realize it’s nonsense.”

No problem there. When I see Lou or DPK linked to a post I instinctively label it nonsense.

I don’t blame you, I recognize your limitations. You are not capable of discussion, only ridicule to bolster your low self-esteem.

Chin up Lou and DPK.

By: DPK

DPK — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:16:49 +0000

So there you have it folks. About as close to an admission from Stan and Xenon et al as you are likely to get. All you really need is to accept
“non-physical axioms” (translation: blind faith) in order to convince yourself of the existence of gods.
So, in their non-physical world, anything they want to believe is true, because it exists outside of the physical universe and therefore cannot be demonstrated to actual exist, but can only be “experienced” through intuition. If you “feel it” it must be true.
But, I wonder why courts won’t accept “I had an intuition that god wanted me to do it” as a defense? I wonder if you would let a priest perform surgery on you guided by his “personal experience” with non-physical entities?
Oh, that’s different right?
The saddest thing about the absolute nonsense you preach is that you are so deluded you don’t even realize it’s nonsense.