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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Onanite
I would love to see this guy make more videos. Nick and I were rolling!
Athiest Evangelist! LOL!
what does he have to say?
"Nothing"
If their is no God then their is nothing...but death "annilation"
Life is not really life!
It was called 'John Safran vs God' and it was on Australian SBS TV. The whole series is actually available on DVD.
He basically went around the world 'trying out' all different religions, doing stunts like this.
One other memorable one was when he (an atheist Jew) visited a Ku Klux Klan HQ and spoke with the Grand Dragon there.
He went on to tell him that Hitler was less Aryan than himself.
I was surprised that he wasn't lynched on the spot.
Actually I found it on Youtube. There's a whole bunch under 'John Safran'.
I believe religious parents are more likely to inflict pain upon their clildren ( due to that damnable book, the Holy Bible), but often the pain is inflicted in the womb, through mal-birthing practices (prevelent in the USA), and early childhood. But pain leading to ideational act outs can be caused at any time. Anyone wanting to understand current events, history and their own history, must read "Primal Healing" Look up Janov on the web.
Once people have been opened up to their pain, they are vulnerable to manipulation.
Perhaps understanding that point is a key to understanding how religion manages to gets its hooks into the psyches of so many people.
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