Dear Believer
by Dan Barker Dear Believer, — You asked me to consider Christianity as the answer for my life. I have done that. I consider it untrue, repugnant, and harmful. You expect me to believe Jesus was born of a virgin impregnated by a ghost? Do you believe all the crazy tales of ancient religions? Julius Caesar was reportedly born of a virgin; Roman historian Seutonius said Augustus bodily rose to heaven when he died; and Buddha was supposedly born speaking. You don’t believe all that, do you? Why do you expect me to swallow the fables of Christianity? I find it incredible that you ask me to believe that the earth was created in six literal days; women come from a man’s rib; a snake, a donkey, and a burning bush spoke human language; the entire world was flooded, covering the mountains to drown evil; all animal species, millions of them, rode on one boat; language variations stem from the tower of Babel; Moses had a magic wand; the Nile turned to blood; a stick turned into a snake; witches, ...
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Dan (Who thinks that Catholic priests, cardinals, and popes should be embarrassed every time the put on their funny clothes and pretend to be doing the work of the lord)
Onanite
What's the thought process here? Does Jesus actually sit there and think "Hmmm... I'd like to give 'em hope, should I appear 100 feet tall in downtown Chicago and tell them all is well, or wait 'til some kids spills the Cheetos and arrange them to resemble me?" With management like that, no wonder the world is screwed up, lol.
This is the 21st century baby, give us bigass widescreen miracles in THX Dolby surround sound!
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