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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Better yet:
"Go now, and die in the way that seems best to you."
Webmaster, I'm fixing to say things to this prick that could be troubling. Any advice?
Ignorant kids playing stupid games with each other is not the same as a grown adult knowingly traumatising and abusing them for their own purpose.
In that case the terms 'victim' and 'predatory' would most definitely apply.
I'm not sure I would have been welcomed back if I posted what I wanted to say. I seem to have fallen into a moral delemma of sorts. On one hand I'm all for freedom of speech, but on the other hand, well, I have a sense of..of..(honor isn't the right word and neither is vengance)...so what do I use to guage my response? How far is too far?
I don't mean to derail the thred topic but the regulars here have given me great lessons and I value their input.
Thanks.
I'd like to delete my own comments now too, but the little bin is gone. :)
Anyway, on the video, I think it points out a good example in atheism's favour.
Christians like to claim that without the laws bible-god has given then we humans have no moral compass to civilise our behaviour.
Yet here is an example where there is no biblical law against something, with even an encouragement to the opposite, yet everybody in modern society, whether secular or religious, considers it as one of the worst crimes.
We don't need a god to tell us it's wrong, we all just know it.
So that makes us more 'moral' than bible-god...
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