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Permalink Reply by Rodrica Davis on December 7, 2010 at 12:56am

lol

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Permalink Reply by Atheist Exile on December 7, 2010 at 9:52am

Hey SomewhereinND,

When it comes to religious folks, I don't care if they're faithful believers as long as they're honest about it. If they claim faith because they want or need God, then I say "Amen". If they claim faith because they know which God is the real one and they know what he likes and dislikes, then I say get the hell away from me! Don't come to me, uninvited, pretending to know what you can't possibly know.

Those who profess their faith honestly admit it is a subjective, personal, choice and without basis in logic or evidence. They don't claim a rational explanation for supernatural claims and they don't presume to claim knowledge of God's mind. Where their motives are concerned, they're not in denial. It's the ones who do make such claims who are being dishonest. They are in denial. Their rationalizations are a house of cards.

Therein lies the crux of the problem. Denial leads to belief systems built upon dishonesty. Certainty is a facade masking a web of delusions -- claims of knowledge nobody can possibly possess. Whereas "honest" believers recognize the subjective, personal nature of their faith, "dishonest" believers do not. They are threatened by disbelief and respond angrily when their faith is challenged. If only all believers could admit that they believe for subjective, personal, reasons -- and not objective, rational, reasons -- then religion would finally become the personal preference that it really is. Fundamentalism would evaporate and zealotry would fade away. There would be nothing (religious) to fight about any more.

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Permalink Reply by Courtney on January 11, 2011 at 6:23pm

I try my best not to respond to these people.
I doubt I'll change their line of thinking and they SURELY won't change mine.

 

I had a girl that would constantly say, "It's such a shame you didn't have the experiences I had with god. It's such a shame he didn't come into your life."
I'd just say nothing.

::shoulder shrug::

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Permalink Reply by Richard Raymond on January 11, 2011 at 7:14pm

Sorry, but these religious quacks have what Darrel Ray calls a "God Virus". They have been so indoctrinated, that after awhile, if you hear the same lie over and over and over again, you subconsciously begin to believe it! It's as if a filter develops in the brain which lets in only religious bullshit and filters out reality!  Try and have a rational reasonable discussion with most religionists and it's like beating your head on a brick wall full of spikes! As the meme develops from childhood you are unable to see any other viewpoint as making any sense.  Your views, backed by the church and right wing wackos seem to be the only true answer to you!  Reality and science are meaningless to these type of people as they continue to live in the dark ages.  It will take hundreds of years of eduction and mass media exposure to even begin to undo the damage religion has done to mankind!

 

 

 

 

 

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