Comments on: Dealing with Theists http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/05/27/dealing-with-theists/ Helping Mankind Overcome Religion Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:09:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Blessed http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/05/27/dealing-with-theists/#comment-3137 Blessed Sun, 27 Nov 2005 03:28:24 +0000 http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/05/27/dealing-with-theists/#comment-3137 Christianity is not a religion but a personal relationship with the Almighty Creator, who is a loving, giving, merciful, and forgiving God. To the person who purchased the bumper sticker about Jesus still being dead after 2000 years: You got jacked. You should get your money back. :-) Jesus loves and died for atheists too.

Christianity is not a religion but a personal relationship with the Almighty Creator, who is a loving, giving, merciful, and forgiving God. To the person who purchased the bumper sticker about Jesus still being dead after 2000 years: You got jacked. You should get your money back. :-)

Jesus loves and died for atheists too.

]]> By: George Skillman http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/05/27/dealing-with-theists/#comment-154 George Skillman Sun, 05 Jun 2005 01:45:12 +0000 http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/05/27/dealing-with-theists/#comment-154 I only worry about fundamentalist Christians because they are the ones threatening my way of life. Yes, the fundamentalist Jews and Muslims are equally wicked, but they are still a much smaller minority. I have three bumper stickers on my car: 2000 years and he's STILL dead. Give it a rest. REPENT! Renounce fundamentalism! Don't woship evil murderers! Don't worship Yahweh! The problem with this last one is that most people don't know who Yahweh is. As I'm sure all of you DO know, Jehovah is a bastardization of the best guess we have of what god's name was to the ancient Israelites, "Yahweh". In my dealings with theists, I tell them I agree on one thing with fundamentalists. You should read the Silly Babble (Holy Bible); how else are you going to know what it's full of? And then I give them my version of a Bible study, pointing out the most wicked or silly things in it. Here's one of my favorites that I suspect many of you haven't come across: Leviticus ch 12, vr 2-5 When a woman conceives and bears a male child, she shall be unclean for seven days .... The woman shall wait for thirty-three days because her blood requires purification.... If she bears a female child, she shall be unclean for fourteen days as for her menstruation and shall wait for sixty-six days because her blood requires purification. I can only surmise that modern day fundamentalists that don't believe this code of ethics applies today are guilty of moral relativism. I tolerate people's religions and respect religions that seem to bring happiness to people and give them a moral direction, even though I think practitioners of such religions are delusional. I do NOT, however, respect people that believe god is literally the evil being described in the Bible and then declare it righteous to worship him, just as I do not respect fervent members of the Nazi party. George Skillman, San Jose, CA gskillman@hotmail.com

I only worry about fundamentalist Christians because they are the ones threatening my way of life. Yes, the fundamentalist Jews and Muslims are equally wicked, but they are still a much smaller minority.

I have three bumper stickers on my car:

2000 years and he’s STILL dead. Give it a rest.

REPENT! Renounce fundamentalism!

Don’t woship evil murderers! Don’t worship Yahweh!

The problem with this last one is that most people don’t know who Yahweh is. As I’m sure all of you DO know, Jehovah is a bastardization of the best guess we have of what god’s name was to the ancient Israelites, “Yahweh”.

In my dealings with theists, I tell them I agree on one thing with fundamentalists. You should read the Silly Babble (Holy Bible); how else are you going to know what it’s full of? And then I give them my version of a Bible study, pointing out the most wicked or silly things in it. Here’s one of my favorites that I suspect many of you haven’t come across:

Leviticus ch 12, vr 2-5

When a woman conceives and bears a male child, she shall be unclean for seven days …. The woman shall wait for thirty-three days because her blood requires purification…. If she bears a female child, she shall be unclean for fourteen days as for her menstruation and shall wait for sixty-six days because her blood requires purification.

I can only surmise that modern day fundamentalists that don’t believe this code of ethics applies today are guilty of moral relativism.

I tolerate people’s religions and respect religions that seem to bring happiness to people and give them a moral direction, even though I think practitioners of such religions are delusional. I do NOT, however, respect people that believe god is literally the evil being described in the Bible and then declare it righteous to worship him, just as I do not respect fervent members of the Nazi party.

George Skillman, San Jose, CA
gskillman@hotmail.com

]]> By: worldling http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/05/27/dealing-with-theists/#comment-91 worldling Tue, 31 May 2005 14:53:42 +0000 http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/05/27/dealing-with-theists/#comment-91 I'm a great believer in making fun of religion. Ridicule is the first impulse of the rational mind in the face of unreason, and it should be encouraged. Don't get yourself beaten up, though!

I’m a great believer in making fun of religion. Ridicule is the first impulse of the rational mind in the face of unreason, and it should be encouraged. Don’t get yourself beaten up, though!

]]> By: boywonder http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/05/27/dealing-with-theists/#comment-87 boywonder Sun, 29 May 2005 21:39:29 +0000 http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/05/27/dealing-with-theists/#comment-87 I never said anything about my atheism to anyone when I was younger. I wasn't a closet-case or afraid, I was just still formulating a strong personal conviction (trying to see all the angles-or would that be angels?LOL!). I went from that to overbearing quickly, though. All my friends know I'm an atheist and are probably tired of hearing it. Some of my family still doesn't know, but that is because those individuals are very religious and I have nothing in common whatsoever with them. And Delta, Texas looks like a dream world compared to Indiana, just to put it in perspective.

I never said anything about my atheism to anyone when I was younger. I wasn’t a closet-case or afraid, I was just still formulating a strong personal conviction (trying to see all the angles-or would that be angels?LOL!). I went from that to overbearing quickly, though. All my friends know I’m an atheist and are probably tired of hearing it. Some of my family still doesn’t know, but that is because those individuals are very religious and I have nothing in common whatsoever with them.
And Delta, Texas looks like a dream world compared to Indiana, just to put it in perspective.

]]> By: Delta http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/05/27/dealing-with-theists/#comment-84 Delta Sun, 29 May 2005 07:09:45 +0000 http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/05/27/dealing-with-theists/#comment-84 Oh yeah, I know I like seeing my name up there. It makes me feel like a celebrity :)

Oh yeah, I know I like seeing my name up there. It makes me feel like a celebrity :)

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