Christianity Thomas on 04 Jul 2009 01:39 pm
Christians are jerks AND God is imaginary
This true story is so sad on multiple levels:
Short version: Atheist finds a wallet. Atheist returns wallet to rightful owner. Owner is effusive in his thanks and starts praising/thanking God as well. Owner introduces atheist to wife, who is also praising God. Owner and wife realize their benefactor is an atheist. Atheist instantly turns into a loser.
Moral of the story: Christians are jerks because they refuse to acknowledge reality. What reality just demonstrated to them is:
1) Atheists are honest people.
2) Atheists do the right thing.
3) Their good fortune is the result of atheist morality.
3) God had nothing to do with the wallet returning.
on 05 Jul 2009 at 12:42 pm 1.Ross said …
I don’t think you got the moral of the story quite right. Here’s what I think you meant:
Moral of the story: At least two Christians are jerks because they refuse to acknowledge reality.
1) At least one atheist was an honest person on at least one occasion.
2)At least one atheist did the right thing on at least one occasion.
3)Their good fortune is the result of one atheist’s morality.
4)God had nothing to do with the wallet returning.
There. FTFY. As an atheist, I just like to avoid generalizations and the us vs. them mentality, just because there are plenty of Christians who are good people and plenty of atheists who are not.
on 05 Jul 2009 at 8:00 pm 2.AntiRoss said …
I have to disagree with the final paragraph of comment #1 because I think that a fair generalization can be made. There are plenty of good people, period; atheist, Christian et al. In this case, though, these people have had their worldview poisoned by their religion. It seems to me to be a very common phenomenon…
on 05 Jul 2009 at 10:50 pm 3.Xenon said …
LOL, I would love to hear the other side of the story. It is desperation when you take a bloggers story as fact and present as a blog topic. Yes, I think it is fair to say there are jerks under every possible religion/worldview/etc. I wouldn’t expect such a childish conclusion from a blog that is suppose to be one on the more analytical.
on 06 Jul 2009 at 3:21 am 4.bahramthered said …
The original story (Happened to me):
http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/forums/index.php?topic=7454.0
on 05 Aug 2009 at 11:49 pm 5.Big T said …
How many good Christ fearing people would have kept the money thinking it was a gift from there fake god. At least if I were to keep the money I know it is because I was a greedy s.o.b. Not because I think god is giving me anything.