"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....
I guess the Mormons don't like people bashing at there doors Saturday mornings either. Go figure.
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Brilliant! I want to do that! Maybe not in my neighborhood, because I might get shot at, but damn, that looks like fun.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely loved this. This was Brilliant! It goes to show you how tolerant the religious of our country are when you turn the tables on them! Evangelicals are probably much worse! I wonder if I'm allowed to hit people with brooms like they did to this guy the next time someone comes to my door preaching the good news. Thanks for posting this Dave. This was hillarious.
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ReplyDeleteI would love to see this guy make more videos. Nick and I were rolling!
Athiest Evangelist! LOL!
"What is an Athiest Evangelist?
ReplyDeletewhat does he have to say?
"Nothing"
If their is no God then their is nothing...but death "annilation"
Life is not really life!
This guy is very witty and very funny! I agree with everyone here! This left you wanting more! I looked it up and his name is John Safran. His website is www.johnsafran.com if your interested in more. This was a good piece of work!
ReplyDeleteOMG...I was laughing so hard at that. I actually got my Christian fiance to come watch it and he thought it was hilarious too! lol...
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ReplyDeleteThis was one of my favourite parts of that series.
ReplyDeleteIt 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'.
Wow...that one old codger attacked them with his rake! Classic.
ReplyDeleteLike YAZZ sang "The Only Way is Up"--and with that said, Up is England. As the states are brainwashed more so with religious extremism than England! Had he knocked on doors in my rural area of Georgia, he would have been assaulted, beaten, and who knows what? Though, I'd hugged him silly!
ReplyDeleteI used to believe that Religon was a disease, but after reading DR.Arthur Janov's recent book "Primal Healing" I come to see Religion is just an ideational means of repressing awareness of pain. In advanced cases it leads to or manafests as psychosis. Fequently, it is a substitute for other drugs to supress pain.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
Anony, thanks for the mention of Dr. Janov! I did some quick lookups and found this quote:
ReplyDeleteOnce 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.