V ICTIMS OF THE C HRISTIAN F AITH " W ONDERFUL E VENTS T HAT T ESTIFY T O G OD'S D IVINE G LORY" Listed are only events that solely occurred on command or participation of church authorities or were committed in the name of Christianity. (List incomplete) Ancient Pagans As soon as Christianity became legal in the Roman Empire by imperial edict (315), more and more pagan temples were destroyed by Christian mob. Pagan priests were killed. Between 315 and 6th century thousands of pagan believers were slain. Examples of destroyed Temples: the Sanctuary of Aesculap in Aegaea, the Temple of Aphrodite in Golgatha, Aphaka in Lebanon, the Heliopolis. Christian priests such as Mark of Arethusa or Cyrill of Heliopolis were famous as "temple destroyer." [DA468] Pagan services became punishable by death in 356. [DA468] Christian Emperor Theodosius (408-450) even had children executed, because they had been playing with remains of pagan statues. [DA469]...

Christians value and promote the personality fault known as "faith". Faith is the evidence of things not seen, or evidence of purposely seeing things that are not there, you decide. I believe faith is nothing more than an excuse to not use the mental faculties to the fullest. "Real" faith is the ability to believe something regardless of evidence to the contrary, and without really researching the topic sufficiently. A healthy skepticism is foundational to mental stability. Faith is at war with skepticism Faith is the willingness to believe improbable stories without thinking. Faith is the uncontrollable urge to repeat stories that "prove" their faith is justified. Faith is a lack of desire or responsibility to take 3 minutes to check to see if a story is true. The following are some recent common Christian beliefs, otherwise known as Urban Legends: Urban Legend: "The Beast," a supercomputer in Belgium, is Being Used to Track Every Human Being o...

Borrowed from "The Onion". Conan O'Brien can be seen every weeknight on Late Night With Conan O'Brien, repeats of which now air at a respectable hour on Comedy Central. The Onion: Is there a God? Conan O'Brien: Yes. Wait, hold on. No. The former lead singer of Talking Heads, David Byrne is an author, musician, and head of the world-scouring Luaka Bop record label. The Onion: Is there a God? David Byrne: Um... whoa. I'm going to resist trying to go for a flip and funny answer. [Pauses.] I would say yes, but in a form so strange and so convoluted and so unusual for us that we will never, ever comprehend it. John Leguizamo is an actor and monologist known for his one-man shows and appearances in Summer Of Sam, Carlito's Way, and The Pest. The Onion: Is there a God? John Leguizamo: Yeah, but there's not just one God. There's a whole lot of gods, because one God couldn't have possibly made so many mis...

Are you caught up in an unhealthy, compulsive and destructive Christian lifestyle? Do you feel that your Jesus fetish is screwing up your brain and isolating you from the rest of modern society? Do crucifixes, Bibles and songs like "Onward Christian Soldiers" turn you on? The truth is, you don't have to be a Christian. You can recover. There is hope. Many men and woman have reclaimed their brains and walked away from the Christian lifestyle. It's not about hate, it's about hope. The TRUTH about Christianity: The truth is, Christianity is a fusion of an ancient Jewish set of legends and myths, such as all ancient societies had, mixed up with a bizarre little personality cult that emerged in the first century. It has no relevance to modern society, and time and time again the progress of reason and science has shown it to be inaccurate. Symptoms of Christianity: 1)Jesus fetish. Those afflicted with Christianity develop an obsessive fixation on a man known as Jesus ...

I have been in an internet email group discussion with a Christian who maintains that GOD SAYS that sex was not just made for procreation but also for pleasure. While I would never mean to imply that I don't enjoy sex immensely, I will say that my wife and I do not plan on having any more children, so have taken the measures to insure that does not happen. What I challenged him on is his belief that the Christian position is one in which sex for pleasure is revered and honored. Now I too was an evangelical believer, so I am quite familiar with the modern day rhetoric on how good and honorable the marriage bed is, when undefiled and all that. However, the historic position of Christianity for centuries has been one that looked with disdain on the act of copulation, considering it base, earthly, sinful or at least much less appealing than celibacy. Coition is only tolerated when it results in impregnation. If you have sex for fun, even with your own spouse and use birth control, you ...

A speech delivered to the Stomach Club, a society of American writers and artists, Paris, 1879 by Mark Twain My gifted predecessor has warned you against the "social evil — adultery." In his able paper he exhausted that subject; he left absolutely nothing more to be said on it. But I will continue his good work in the cause of morality by cautioning you against that species of recreation called self-abuse — to which I perceive that you are [too] much addicted. All great writers upon health and morals, both ancient and modern, have struggled with this stately subject; this shows its dignity and importance. Some of these writers have taken one side, some the other. Homer, in the second book of the "Iliad", says with fine enthusiasm, "Give me masturbation or give me death!" Caesar, in his "Commentaries", says, "To the lonely it is company; to the forsaken it is a friend; to the aged and [to the] impotent it is a benefactor; they that [be? , are...