"I don't claim to be the smartest guy here. But when I look back at the 25 years I spent in church, I can EASILY refute ALL of the claims and apologetic arguments that I was taught in church. There was one minister at the church who had an…"
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Another Dawkins Zinger - The Story of God (Part 16 of 18)
Started this discussion. Last reply by Onmyown Mar 21, 2012. 10 Replies 0 Likes
I was just surfing through youtube and I ran across a series of videos. The first is entitled "The Story of God (Part 1 of 18) and there are 17 more parts. They were produced by the BBC and they are…Continue
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Tim replied to George Herzog's discussion 'I wonder if I'm classified as anything (as if it really matters)'Tim commented on Brad Snowder's blog post 'The Inequality of Dr Bell'"Concerning connected particles, my theory is that there are higher dimensions that we can't directly experience. The things that we call particles in our three dimensions might actually be lines, planes, cubes, hyper-cubes, or super-hyper-cubes…"
Tim commented on Alan C's blog post 'Who knew? There's a college of bullshit!'"That's almost as cuckoo as a bible college. Can you imagine studying bullshit for four (or more) years? I grew up near Biola Bible College and Azusa Pacific Bible College in Southern California, If you want to some some seriously messed up…"
Tim replied to Dave Mann's discussion 'How should Atheists swear?'"People used to think that when you sneezed, your soul left your body. With your soull missing, the devil could enter your body in place of your soul. In order to prevent that from happening, people would say "bless you" so that God would…"
Tim replied to Real Life James Bond's discussion 'The Problem With Belief'"I agree with your statement, "A true believer cannot be convinced that their belief is wrong OR that science is right." I still have several friends from 40 years ago life who are "true believers". There seems to be two different…"
Tim replied to Unseen's discussion 'Fallout from the Steubenville Rape Conviction...for everyone'"A large portion of the cars in Russia have dash cams installed. They are there to help in traffic disputes. Besides recording traffic accidents, the cameras catch road rage fistfights, crazy drivers, even helicopters and military jets buzzing the…"
Tim replied to Unseen's discussion 'Fallout from the Steubenville Rape Conviction...for everyone'"Have you seen the Russian dash-cam videos on youtube?"
Tim replied to Kairan Nierde's discussion 'Will my Flying Spaghetti Monster Emblem 'out' me?'"I used to work for a very religious manager. She would pray when she got to work. She would pray before going to meetings. She would pray before every meal.
One day the whole group was going to lunch and she saw the FSM on the back of my car. She…"
Tim replied to Real Life James Bond's discussion 'Was Jesus The Wrong Choice?'"Jesus was the holy man that Paul selected. Paul and his teachings were largely responsible for the growth of Christianity. Some people say the the religion should have been called Paulianity."
Tim commented on Pope OoO (Out of Order)'s blog post 'Christ, Got an App for That?'"How about New Age Amish?
“This trade expo shows off every loophole by which the Amish can get their hands on power tools.”
http://blog.makezine.com/2013/02/22/power-tools-retrofitted-for-the-amish/"
Tim replied to futilethewinds's discussion 'Stupid or Crazy?'"I left Christianity 40 years ago. I still have many friends from my past who are still very devout Christians. I don't think that any of them has ever had defend their faith. I have questioned a few of them about their beliefs. When I do, they…"
Tim replied to Val Wuthrich's discussion 'Pope Benedict stepping down. Friends said they wouldn't take the job. I said:'Tim commented on Lisa Gordon's photo
That'll do for me.
"Is there a certain type of person who collects and categorizes things? I've collected a few hundred pictures from Think Atheist and some other websites. I have the pictures put into categories. For example, belief, evil, evolution, intelligent…"
Tim replied to Rob Klaers's discussion 'How to Persuade an Atheist to Become Christian'"The article has so much bad advice, I almost couldn't tell if it was real or if it was a parody. "
Tim replied to RobertPiano's discussion 'Lifespan versus Faith'"By definition, supernatural belief is not subject to logic and reason. In many cases, these beliefs get further and further entrenched over time.The longer that a person has such beliefs, the more willing they become to ignore rational, reasoned…"
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What Darwin Didn't Know
Posted on November 21, 2012 at 1:54am 0 Comments 0 Likes
I watched an excellent show about evolution tonight on my local PBS station. The show was called "What Darwin Didn't Know". The show explains how the science of evolution has progressed over the last 200 years. I would highly recommend the show to everyone.
Extreme Cognitive Dissonance
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 8:35pm 7 Comments 2 Likes
I had a very interesting phone call yesterday.
From the time that I was a child until I was a teenager, I attended a fundy Baptist church. When I was in high school, they hired a new "youth pastor". He was popular with the kids but after a few years he was let go. He wasn't conservative enough for the minister and the deacons. That was about the same time that I stopped going to church and moved 400 miles away.
That was back in the 70's. Ever since then he's…
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- At 12:02pm on January 19, 2011,
Loop Johnny said… - You said:
After 40 years my mother still asks, "Why are you rebelling against God?"
Reply: "Why are you rebelling against Zeus/Thor/etc.? Or wait, they don't exist right?"
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