"A Sabbatical?" or "My Anti-Testimony"
I first posted this "testimony" to the web on July 27, 2001. If you too have found Christianity specifically, or religion generally, to be less than satisfying for any reason, please consider posting your own "testimony" to this site by clicking here , or message me by clicking here. I t is invariably a shock to Evangelical Christians to come across someone who has turned his or her back on the “faith was once delivered unto the saints.” Most believers will quickly dismiss an ex-Christian by piously pointing out that anyone who turns away from Christ was never a real believer. Or, as an insider might say it, “They were never born again.” There is Biblical support for the assertion. 1 John 2:19, which addressed the problem of First Century apostates, states that: “They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us....
Once again, simple, obvious points made of the ludicrousness of christianity! But boy, how they defend it, and look at us like we're nuts!
ReplyDeleteavie, we all have our myths, things that work for us but would mean nothing to the next guy. To attempt to force our stuff on others is sheer bullying.
ReplyDeleteThat is why the single most irritating thing xians do is "share". They have no intention of sharing; they intend to transmogrify their victims into something they aren't.
I am fond of Nietzsche and Ayn Rand. I like Satanism--I have just finished reading The Secret Life of a Satanist by Blanche Barton. These things have made me better and stronger, but I could not care less if my neighbor shares these things with me. Imitating others is cheap and vulgar.
xians come in here all the time, distressed out of their wits that there are people who do not share their notions. Who I am and what I think is precious to me, but the word "precious" is not in their vocabulary. Neither is the word "I"
Quote: "xians come in here all the time, distressed out of their wits that there are people who do not share their notions."
ReplyDeleteRight, and do you think for one second that any Religionist would give half-a-rat's ass if someone started a "Trees Don't Exist" website? Seriously, would people waste time and energy rebuking such an assertion? Would they go back-n-forth trying to "define" a "tree"?...trying to PROVE the existance of trees?
The first point being---that if someone REALLY, REALLY...and I mean R-E-A-L-L-Y believed that something undeniably existed---something like "trees", for instance---then they wouldn't give the non-believer the time of day. The second point being---that because this is clearly NOT the case with people who deny "God"...e.g.."EX-Christian.net", this pretty much shows that there's at least SOME insecurity on the behalf of the believer. Of course, they'll never admit it, because they have "Faith".
BTW, the reason this analogy doesn't go both ways, is because there are no conditions attached to "non-belief". The non-believer stands to gain nothing; the believer stands to gain eternal life....which is a contradiction, BTW.
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ReplyDeleteShocking Youth Message Stuns Hearers - So Shocking the Preacher Was Never Invited Back
"avie, we all have our myths,"
ReplyDelete...Which is a myth, something we should be courageous enough to look at straight on, see that it's untrue, purge it, and move on.
Why does it sound wise when someone like boomslang slams all people who believe in a god and proves it by their desire to contradict things they think are irrational? Isn't this website exactly that approach?
ReplyDeleteLogic is not a part of "non-belief" I guess...reason which works in one direction seems a little too self serving to be considered objective...
I'm not saying it's not okay to wear a shirt that says "I believe people shouldn't believe _________ for the following reasons"...but I just can't imagine that feeling like a worthwhile statement to anyone...but here we are...
Since I can't really make heads or tails of the critique of me, and/or, this website, I'll run with this:
ReplyDeleteAnon: "Logic is not a part of "non-belief" I guess"
Please tell me how you arrive at this. Also, if you wish, I can try and explain why I'm a skeptic and how logic plays a role in it.
So tell us a bit more about yourself, Anon... True™ Christian?...True™ Muslim?...what?