Christian America?
Apr 10th 2008, 8:16 am
#152
You Are All Diseased
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Apr 10th 2008, 8:52 am
#153
Militant Ginger
Thread Starter
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Re: Christian America?
It always confuses me as to why those that oppose religion and the bible spend so much time harking on about it.
I've been an atheist for more years than I can remember and in all fairness, I have been known in the past to be as loud as you when it comes to this topic. However, it comes to a point when you just ignore it (and grow up a little). Regardless of what you say, it will never change anything and all you end up doing is start to sound like the very people you apparently despise.
If you don't believe in it, then fair play. Just move on. Find something more interesting to blog about.
Sometimes I feel the very reason why atheists get a bad wrap is not because that we don't believe, it's because some of us just don't know when to shut the hell up.
I've been an atheist for more years than I can remember and in all fairness, I have been known in the past to be as loud as you when it comes to this topic. However, it comes to a point when you just ignore it (and grow up a little). Regardless of what you say, it will never change anything and all you end up doing is start to sound like the very people you apparently despise.
If you don't believe in it, then fair play. Just move on. Find something more interesting to blog about.
Sometimes I feel the very reason why atheists get a bad wrap is not because that we don't believe, it's because some of us just don't know when to shut the hell up.
Apr 10th 2008, 10:12 am
#154
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 123
Re: Christian America?
That describes me to a T.
Protestantism is such a stupid concept anyway. I was an Anglican and that was a religion founded purely so Henry VIII could annul his marriage and plunder the monastaries. Pretty much every branch of protestantism from Lutherism onwards is really just a petty little cult giving lip service to the Bible.
Protestantism is such a stupid concept anyway. I was an Anglican and that was a religion founded purely so Henry VIII could annul his marriage and plunder the monastaries. Pretty much every branch of protestantism from Lutherism onwards is really just a petty little cult giving lip service to the Bible.
BTW..... Read the Jefferson blog, Thank you for the small print comment in the brackets
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Last edited by GMM2003; Apr 10th 2008 at 10:14 am.
Apr 10th 2008, 10:16 am
#155
Septicity
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 23,762
Re: Christian America?
I was a protestant but now I am becoming a Catholic and going through the process of Catechism. I woke up to the fact that all of the protestant faiths are no different than Kabbalah and the Scientology, MAN MADE cults.
BTW..... Read the Jefferson blog, Thank you for the small print comment in the brackets!
BTW..... Read the Jefferson blog, Thank you for the small print comment in the brackets
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Apr 10th 2008, 10:17 am
#156
Account Closed
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Posts: 15,019
Re: Christian America?
one of my girlfriends in the uk is a catholic and the hastle she had when she got divorced. no probs with the legalities of it but with the church...wow that was a nightmare, i couldn't believe all she had to go through, went on forever!
Apr 10th 2008, 10:29 am
#158
Peace onion
Joined: Jul 2006
Location: Denver
Posts: 5,686
Re: Christian America?
Catholicism is:
- Taking money from the poor to buy property. Gotta keep the Vatican opulent, right?
- Sheltering paedophiles.
- Selling indulgences.
- Creating, nurturing *guilt* and infusing the minions with it.
- Inquisitions, persecution of women.
- Arbitrarily changing "divine" concepts. Limbo, anyone?
- Mother Teresa making terminally ill people die alone because her belief system required people to suffer.
- Taking money from the poor to buy property. Gotta keep the Vatican opulent, right?
- Sheltering paedophiles.
- Selling indulgences.
- Creating, nurturing *guilt* and infusing the minions with it.
- Inquisitions, persecution of women.
- Arbitrarily changing "divine" concepts. Limbo, anyone?
- Mother Teresa making terminally ill people die alone because her belief system required people to suffer.
Last edited by Octang Frye; Apr 10th 2008 at 10:40 am.
Apr 10th 2008, 10:31 am
#160
@matthewb76
Joined: Jul 2003
Location: Missouri
Posts: 21,886
Re: Christian America?
Catholicism is:
- Taking money from the poor to give to buy property. Gotta keep the Vatican opulent, right?
- Sheltering paedophiles.
- Creating, nurturing *guilt* and infusing the minions with it.
- Inquisitions, persecution of women.
- Arbitrarily changing "divine" concepts. Limbo, anyone?
- Mother Teresa making terminally ill people die alone because her belief system required people to suffer.
- Taking money from the poor to give to buy property. Gotta keep the Vatican opulent, right?
- Sheltering paedophiles.
- Creating, nurturing *guilt* and infusing the minions with it.
- Inquisitions, persecution of women.
- Arbitrarily changing "divine" concepts. Limbo, anyone?
- Mother Teresa making terminally ill people die alone because her belief system required people to suffer.
Apr 10th 2008, 10:36 am
#161
Peace onion
Joined: Jul 2006
Location: Denver
Posts: 5,686
Re: Christian America?
"Christians believe that a cosmic Jewish zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat an apple of discernment from a magical tree. And they think the idea that a decrease in pirates caused global warming is ridiculous?" - Pastafarian Chelsea in the article 'Pastfarian vs. Christianity'
Flying Spaghetti Monster for the win!
Apr 10th 2008, 10:37 am
#162
@matthewb76
Joined: Jul 2003
Location: Missouri
Posts: 21,886
Re: Christian America?
I see you've been touched by his noodly appendage.
