You never had a personal relationship with jesus!
Me your humble athiest:I am an athiest, I use to believe in Jesus, but that is silly because, imaginary gods aren't real.
Righteous Dude:Jesus loves you, when you say that you use to believe in Jesus, you were probably just going thru the motions, did you have a personal relationship with jesus?
Me your humble athiest:Yes, but I came to realize that my relationship was imaginary.
Righteous Dude: If you had a real personal relationship yada yada yada
Me your humble athiest:Told him my life story....reasons why I believed...how I came to realize that fear makes us create a lot of imaginary gods and monsters, and that the only real monsters are you and I, and that an imaginary god isn't going to do anything about that...etc.
Righteous Dude:I dont think you had a personal...........yada yada yada
Any good responses?
Righteous Dude:Jesus loves you, when you say that you use to believe in Jesus, you were probably just going thru the motions, did you have a personal relationship with jesus?
Me your humble athiest:Yes, but I came to realize that my relationship was imaginary.
Righteous Dude: If you had a real personal relationship yada yada yada
Me your humble athiest:Told him my life story....reasons why I believed...how I came to realize that fear makes us create a lot of imaginary gods and monsters, and that the only real monsters are you and I, and that an imaginary god isn't going to do anything about that...etc.
Righteous Dude:I dont think you had a personal...........yada yada yada
Any good responses?
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Dave G on -
I always figured that the mysterious ways line was code for "I can't explain it, I don't want to think about it, stop talking about it."
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Permalink Reply by Loop Johnny on -
Most of them say that you can't know the mind of god. Then why do they know how we should live our lives?
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Permalink Reply by Misty: Baytheist Living! on -
God was testing that dude that promised to sacrifice the next living thing to exit his house if he won a war.
He won.
The next living thing was his daughter.
He burned her alive.
Who exactly won that test there? Not the daughter, me thinks........
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Permalink Reply by Joli on -
"When I have asked about things like this, the answer I often get is "God is testing us"."
I would tell them it says in the bible that God does not test us... The devil does
It says this but I can't remember where..
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Permalink Reply by Malcolm on -
He would be awfully boring at parties.
Well, at least he could turn the water into wine.
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Permalink Reply by Henry Lui on -
You know they are going to use this "God's will" and "Free will" crap as an excuse. I have given up in reasoning with die hard believers. It just won't work. :(
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Permalink Reply by Garrison on -
I always thought a warm feeling in your tummy meant you had gas.
If religious euphoria is like flatulence, I'm certainly glad I never had a personal relationship with Jesus.
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Permalink Reply by Doug Reardon on -
Why do atheists always assume that Christians are going to respond to logic, reason, and rationality. They don't give a rat's ass about logic, reason, or rationality. Crazy does not mean stupid, it just means crazy.
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Permalink Reply by Misty: Baytheist Living! on
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Doesn't the responsibility of this relationship fall in Jesus' court? I mean, it's like the 'faith' thing. It is simply a feeling that defies logic, therefore isn't it an inborn trait installed by god? If it isn't there, that makes it his mistake?
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Permalink Reply by Loop Johnny on
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Can I get an autograph!?
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Permalink Reply by Doug Reardon on
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How does one have a personal relationship with the non existent?
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