I LIKE BEING A MONKEY'S UNCLE!
By Dano
I don't know about anyone else but I like the fact that I am related to the monkeys. It takes the pressure off, by having a sensible, believable, alternative, to accepting, that my ancestors were made out of dirt, 5 thousand years ago, by Bible God, and each succeeding generation of us men have not lived up to his expectations.
It is a source of comfort to me to know that the Neanderthals (A species of man that we coexisted with) are not mentioned anywhere, to have been sent to hell for not believing in Jesus. There is much evidence on file to suggest that they certainly had brains as large as ours if not larger, and they were no less worth "saving" than we are.
Of course I am aware of the fact, that the Christian Bible has the earth, and everything in it, being invented by Bible God about 4 thousand years before he came up with the idea that he needed to have a son, a half God, half mortal, so to speak, that he could arrange to have murdered as a sacrifice to himself, as atonement for all of the sins his "other children, were so fond of committing.
To get back to the central idea of this post: Thanks to the thousands of brilliant scientist living and dead, who did the research that fills millions of books detailing our journey, from simple compounds in a primordial watery soup, to homo Sapiens (Thinking Man), I know that generations of my ancestors go back, about 4 billion years, about 4 billion years before it was necessary to believe in a totally irrational concept, in order to get to go to heaven and avoid hell.
Wherever those billions and billions of living, feeling, thinking creatures went, when they died (And my instincts tell me, that a force powerful enough to have created our universe and maybe others, would not waste a life), WHEN I DIE I WILL JOIN THEM!
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I don't know about anyone else but I like the fact that I am related to the monkeys. It takes the pressure off, by having a sensible, believable, alternative, to accepting, that my ancestors were made out of dirt, 5 thousand years ago, by Bible God, and each succeeding generation of us men have not lived up to his expectations.
It is a source of comfort to me to know that the Neanderthals (A species of man that we coexisted with) are not mentioned anywhere, to have been sent to hell for not believing in Jesus. There is much evidence on file to suggest that they certainly had brains as large as ours if not larger, and they were no less worth "saving" than we are.
Of course I am aware of the fact, that the Christian Bible has the earth, and everything in it, being invented by Bible God about 4 thousand years before he came up with the idea that he needed to have a son, a half God, half mortal, so to speak, that he could arrange to have murdered as a sacrifice to himself, as atonement for all of the sins his "other children, were so fond of committing.
To get back to the central idea of this post: Thanks to the thousands of brilliant scientist living and dead, who did the research that fills millions of books detailing our journey, from simple compounds in a primordial watery soup, to homo Sapiens (Thinking Man), I know that generations of my ancestors go back, about 4 billion years, about 4 billion years before it was necessary to believe in a totally irrational concept, in order to get to go to heaven and avoid hell.
Wherever those billions and billions of living, feeling, thinking creatures went, when they died (And my instincts tell me, that a force powerful enough to have created our universe and maybe others, would not waste a life), WHEN I DIE I WILL JOIN THEM!
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True Christians have a far more noble fountain from whence they descended. We were originally created by the Almighty God - created in His image. We did not have to evolve to a higher state, but from the beginning, were created by God as perfect as humans can be. Even though we fell from our created state of perfection in the first man Adam, our Maker brings us back by His uplifting grace. But atheists, as descendants of the apes, have never and will never reached the level of perfection in which God originally created all mankind.
If atheists were human, and weren’t descendants of the apes, they might be able to perceive the beauty of the existence of God, and might have a chance at receiving God’s grace. But alas, animals don’t have that ability and God has no intention on saving animals.
http://atheist-fools.com
To quote Douglas Adams, "Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"
It is enough for me to know that I am an intrinsic part of this world. I love knowing that we evolved from primates into what we are, and as we progress we will become even better. Evolution is a beautiful and natural process. As former Christians we do not need to believe in a God to fill in the gaps. We are willing to find concrete answers and accept that this is our only life and live it to the fullest.
That is beautiful.
Now you can have you sadomasochistic cretin of a fool God. I'll take my evolution thank you very much.
Love your post man!
Yeah, he made that pretty damn clear in Leviticus. That's one blood thirsty, death-loving deity you got there. I can see by the "love" in your comment why you would want to spend an eternity with him at the Great Zombie Pinic in the Sky. You know, birds of a feather and all.
It's a tough call, because we see such nonsensical buffoonery from Christians all the time....but on the other hand, if I had to mock how the typical Christian fundy distorts the Atheist position, I would likely come up with somethin' just as outrageous. Ooo! Ooo! LMAO!
Ick, no thanks!
Check out Ray's web site by clicking on his name.
It is beautiful. It is perfect. It is a masterpiece. It is "Autism," pure and simple!
Dan
I'd like to talk to Ray,
the True Christian who said this: True Christians have a far more noble fountain from whence they descended. We were originally created by the Almighty God
I went to your blog, Ray, and started to suspect you were a True Christian when I read the hatred, racism, and lack of intelligence you display on your posts.
Geeez!
Just a short time browsing and reading some of the rants and I knew I was either going to get really pissed or start laughing. Fortunately I did the latter and got the hell out of fantasy land.
So your god doesn't save animals? Good thing it doesn't actually exist.
Unkind regards,
A heathen lady who saved a puppy this very afternoon, and who vastly prefers the "aroma" of the monkey house to the nauseating stink of Christianity.
The atheist response to Christianity only exists, because of Ray, and the "dirt worshippers".
Ray: "There has never been an ape during the history of apes that achieved the ability to perceive the existence of God and to worship Him."
Well, I suppose we are now going to have to carve out a special niche in the homo sapient group, for those Christian fundies, who fall below the intellect of the mere monkey. And, while we are at it, how many times throughout history, have monkeys conspired to take over the world, and commit mass murder? None. It took god worship, to get the ball rolling; I think Ray and the fundies need to go to the zoo to learn some moral fortitude.
People like Ray don't accept evolution, because they are so unevolved themselves, and I don't mean to imply that I think he's a throwback to apes or even further back to monkeys. This would be an insult to our primate ancestors anyway. I mean that he has failed to evolve in his thinking from when he was a child and was spoon fed both fire and brimstone threats as well as pie-in-the-sky promises of an ideal ever-lasting existence, if only he accepted without question what he was being taught. We ex-Christians have evolved through questioning and reasoning. We don't have all the answers to each one of life's mysteries; but fundies like Ray are convinced that they do. Being delusional is a sad thing. I like not knowing everything, it gives me an exciting challenge to explore our universe physically and with thought. This is what's never-ending. I am willing to guess that there are extra-terrestrial races out there who are millions of years ahead of us in science and technology and even philosophy, but still have not figured it all out.
In any case, yes, I think it's cool that we come from primates who are like today's apes or even monkeys. They're cute, noble and even beautiful and graceful creatures. What's so wrong with this? Why do fundies snicker and mock the idea that we had a common ancestor with the creatures we see in the zoo?
Whatever you do don't go away. Sooner or later you will want to know the truth because of what it is. I read your recent responses and know you are only repeating what people have told you. I was like you once and understand.If you really believe what you post then you should be able to prove it to us all and more importantly to yourself. When you finally see the light we will be here for you.
Good day.
I like being connected to all the living things on this planet. We are all descended from survivors, as none of our ancestors died in childhood, or were too ugly to get to have sex. ;-)
I think of the millions of cycles of reproduction and change and evolution my DNA had to go through before it got to me, and how it changes and lives on in my kids.
It is really cool stuff when you think about it.
He is an asshole, I know that much.
Being an exchristian I used to think similarly(to my enduring shame)as he. So I know what I'm talking about when I say he's an asshole.
ancestor with apes, and uses that
intelligence to discern and
analyze (perhaps over a period
of many years) the faults and
nonsense of organized religion, and
uses that information to break away from it, or someone like you, who blindly accepts it all and goes brain-dead for the rest of
his life?
By the way, after reading your
letter, I don't think you have to worry about someone thinking you've descended from an ape. I
don't think any ape would want to claim you as a relative.
You appear to just another God-sucker who is totally ignorant about the drivel he is spewing.
Please go and read your Bible, from Genesis down to say, Joshua and tell us whether your God is not the fiend that he has been portrayed to be. Would you like me to quote some of the Bible passages that portray your God as an asshole, a genocidal maniac, a capricious malevolent psychopath, a jackass with a huge dependency on humans etc etc?
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