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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Oh and, Mark, just in case you didn't catch it, the flash presentation was 100% facetious, demonstrating the ridiculous logic often employed to support Christianity. But I guess you probably use all those same arguments that atheists laugh at.
I guess he, or rather He, must have been really bored to have gone to all that trouble. It's depressing to realise that we only exist because a deity had nothing better to do one afternoon.
mark martin: One day you´ll understand.
anonymous: The video is an ironic take on fundamentalist "logic", but the message is, of course, atheist.
Me: I like this. It is a bit sarcastic, but not overmuch. :)
If the Bible says that God created the Earth in just six days then it has to be the truth.
Jesus was undoubtedly the smartest man to have ever walked the face of the earth.
What Jesus believed;
he believed that the world was flat
that the Sun revolved over the earth
that diseases were caused by demon possession
that angels and devils existed
he was the virgin birth son of god
that he was god
that you needed faith to believe that he was god
you could move mountains with faith
that he would return soon in that century to claim his victory
that the heart was the center of all thoughts and emotions and he had no knowledge of the brain
that god lived above in the clouds and hell was below
that depending on what you chose to believe god will either send you to heaven or hell
as written by the bipolar Saul/Paul
However, if it is for real...then this is hands down the least convincing, most head shaking in pity presentation i've ever seen. If it's a satire, which I pray it is, then it's brilliant.
The beauty of it is, you could show this to a fundamentalist, and he would enthusiastically agree with it and not realise he was being subtly mocked.
"Edward also sometimes makes animated cartoons and videos, largely for Huffingtonpost.com's Contagious Festival. His latest project is the satire 'The Atheist Delusion'." ~ From Eddie's MySpace page.
So what are you doing here?
But seriously, when satire isn't recognized by the very group it targets, you know THAT is some good satire.
I love this title because Atheism is a delusion.
Atheism is a philosophical position.
Atheism leaves people lost and hopeless.
Guess again, as an atheist I am neither lost nor hopeless.
Jesus gives purpose to life and he can give each of you true life.
Then why in the 12 long years I was in the cult, did he not do so?
Please repent! This website is for the wicked and the lost.
lol,
"It's an OLD Book! We must try to live like this Pooh character. Come, everyone, let's go find hollow trees to live in and a brook to worship with Poohsticks!"
God’s creation of man is different from His creation of all other things. He created man in His own image.
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So Rafael,
If this is true, then let me ask you some questions.
1. Does god have a penis?
2. If so, what does god use it for?
3. If 'man' is made in god's image, then in who's image are women made?
Does your god have both male and female parts?
4. If god is not of this earth and resides 'outside' the universe, then why would god need arms, legs, hands with fingers, feet with toes and when god speaks, does he use his mouth and tongue like we do.
Just exactly which parts of us are made in god's image, hmmm.
ATF (who thinks we have yet another brainwashed fundie here, who likes to vomit their crap onto our site)
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