Comment by Sarah Emmaly Burgett on April 15, 2011 at 12:35pm

I agree with you on a lot of this.. especially the part about wishing they would just shut up and let me deal with the consequences of not believeing in their god....(burning in hell) If they rely on this theory of the afterlife, why do they feel the need to tell us repeatedly, they should just let it happen...that's their god's job and they should have more faith in his ability to punish. This topic is one I have thought about and discussed with many people, even when I was attending church. Christians believe that it is one of their duties as followers of christ to recruit and spread the lord's word. That's why they are always in our faces with this bull shit... so unfortunately I think there's a never ending supply of it that is yet to come. I also think they enjoy their moment where they get to show off their preaching skills and really speak on behalf of their lord... haha "If god wants to have the whole world following him then why doesn't he work with his followers (people spreading his word in the form of a sale's pitch) and do some magic tricks or something?...if someone used god's power to turn water into wine or make a cripple get up and walk right in front of me... I'd be quite the Jesus Freak" I have honestly raised that question in Sunday school.... needless to say...that was one of the last times I went. haha. So, I feel you on this Delapruch... but I feel like this is something Atheists will always have to put up with.

Comment by delapruch on April 15, 2011 at 9:47pm

@ sarah---yes!  it is always good to hear from a fellow atheist what their own experience is in dealing with this bullshit.  you are exactly right about them wanting to preach and sort of show off their faith, especially to other believers! as if there was some kind of fucking competition as to who has the most and bla bla bla---it makes a rational person exhausted just reiterating such a level of stupidity.  Thank you for sharing your own experience!

Comment by delapruch on April 15, 2011 at 9:54pm

@rich---yes!  you mentioned "god working in mysterious way!"  i love it.  he would have to work in mysterious ways now, wouldn't he?  certainly ascribing human characteristics to a character in a poorly written work of fiction, is most definitely mysterious.  why does such a being need adoration at all?  isn't the need for adoration itself such a petty human one?  you would think something so much more vastly intelligent, powerful, omniscient, etc., would not have the same needs as us.  hmmm...but there i go thinking again.  i am with you on the removal of the genitalia of these child-fucking priests as well.  how a catholic can get up in the morning and look in the mirror and not want to spit on themselves for condoning these pedophiliac fucks, and worse yet, following what they say and listening to them as if they were great teachers?  it is always great to hear that someone is as angry as i am concerning this subject, and i thank you for sharing!

Comment by Ralph Day on April 16, 2011 at 9:30am

''I cannot possibly convey my hatred and contempt for the leadership of the catholic church. ''

 

Rich, would you at least try?  =)

Comment by delapruch on April 16, 2011 at 10:10am

yes!  again, rich, thanks for continuing to punch!  stay in the ring man!  firstly, i would say that as far as i am concerned, no theist is "in their right mind."  regarding christians specifically, we are talking about people who believe that another human being was born of a virgin, walked on water, brought people back from the dead, water to wine, bread and fishes, crucifixion &resurrection---and this fictional character is what these idiots have been killing other people over---for centuries!  to think that there was such a thing as the inquisition...that people were put to death because they may have not believed such bullshit?  no, most definitely, a theist is NOT in their right mind.  not at all.  george w. never should have been having prayer meetings, and mitt fucking romney should never ever set foot anywhere near the oval office---even if it is merely a figurehead puppet position whose master is corporate america.  as far as these catholic clergy members, and for that matter, any clergy in the christian faith---as far as they go, some being good, some being bad---if you use the line of reasoning which sam harris uses so eloquently in The End of Faith, it is the moderates and those that slap this label on anything charitable, who perpetuate the bad---you can''t have one without the other---it all has to go!  to think that human beings are not capable of positive work within our society, without getting a gold star from a fictitious character (s) is preposterous!  what a negative view of the human race these people have.  i also have to say that i would much rather meditate on the actions of individuals whom we know existed, like Dr. King or Gandhi, etc., in opposition to a fictional character.  when someone says "christlike" to me, it is like saying "peter griffin-like"---and even the great family guy character in question is at least animated!  i mean, come on.  lol.     

Comment by delapruch on April 16, 2011 at 10:23am

addendum to previous statement @ rich: also, as the idiots will retort when someone makes a statement about the real actions of individuals who may have been motivated in their own right for religious reasons, but whose impact on our world was so much greater than anything that they read in any of the numerous infamous works of poorly written fiction out there (torah, old testament, new testament, qur'an, book of mormon, dianetics!)---i would ask them if they thought that human beings would not have been capable of these actions, or if they would not have done them if they hadn't been religious.  as we know what they will say already, verbatim, i would ask, especially in Dr. King's case about the unseen workers in the movement, many of the members of SNCC etc., who were pivotal in the campaign for civil rights!  there were atheists, agnostics, socialists, etc. who were very important in propelling King's message.  Christopher Hitchens always has to pull that one out of the bag when debating idiots who always retort with it.   

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