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Comedienne Julia Sweeney Talks About Giving Up On Religion

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by godlessgeek-2009 August 21, 2007 2:25 PM EDT
"How do you know that there is no God?"

I''m not saying I know for sure, I''m saying I don''t have any reason to think there is. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

"Who are you so angry at?..."

That just incoherent, rambling, and bigoted. I''m not angry. I''m an extremely pleasant person until someone gets in my face rambling about how I deserve to burn forever for the horrible act of not believing in something for which there is no evidence.

"Have you ever really investigated the evidence for God?"

What evidence? I haven''t seen any. C.S. Lewis''s arguments were quite weak and logically inconsistent.

"Where did love, that hate you feel, and other emotions come from?"

Chemical reactions in my brain. It''s quite easy to induce these feelings in the lab using nothing but chemistry.

"What about the sun%u2019s position in relation to the earth."

Could one planet among trillions and trillions of stars and planets be in the right place to support life as we know it? Absolutely. It would be more amazing if it didn''t happen. The reason were here to ask these questions is that the planet is conducive to our type of life.

"Evolution is not a fact it is only a theory and you%u2019ll have to do better than that to win me over."

I never actually said anything about evolution, but if you can''t be bothered to get your nose out of your apologetics books and read an actual science book, there''s not much I can do about it.
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by esh9900 August 21, 2007 1:14 PM EDT
How do you know that there is no God? You would have to know everything and that would make you God. Now, if you say you do not know if there is a God that at least makes sense.

Who are you so angry at? You say that you have a live and let live attitude so it can%u2019t be other people. Could it be God? You can%u2019t be angry at something that doesn%u2019t exist.

Have you ever really investigated the evidence for God? Smarter atheist than you, like C.S. Lewis, could not help but be convinced. It is overwhelming. Where did love, that hate you feel, and other emotions come from? What about the sun%u2019s position in relation to the earth. If it was just a smidgen off we would either freeze or burn up. Could that have happened by chance? And there is so much more if you care to look.

The thing is that you have no answer for any of this. Evolution is not a fact it is only a theory and you%u2019ll have to do better than that to win me over.
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by nornerator August 21, 2007 5:50 AM EDT
It is natural for a rational person to want irrational people to stop thinking irrationally.

At the very best, religion is a silly idea that some people cling to as a crutch to get them through the rough times, similar to a drug.

But at its worst it leads to massive violence, hatreds, genocide, and theocracies.

It is so silly that the theists look at atheists as if we are the bad guys and shouldn''t make fun of their beliefs.

But come on, can you honestly say you wouldn''t make fun of someone if they believed in the easter bunny or santa claus. Not only is the idea of religion silly and foolish, but people who buy into religion tend focus their lives on it so much. They focus their lives around an idea that is very silly just so they can cope with the fact that when they die, they no longer exist, no heaven, no hell, just nothingness.

In addition to that, religion slows the progress of science, costs the lives of many every year due to suicide bombing, terrorists, blockades on life saving research.

Plus can you really trust a person to make good decisions if they believe that aliens souls inhabit our bodies, or that eating the flesh and blood of a Jewish zombie will get you into heaven? I mean, if a person holds such irrational beliefs like this so close to heart how can you trust this person to make rational decisions?
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by metalfan666 August 21, 2007 3:16 AM EDT
God is supposedly all knowing and all wise - all that has and will ever happen was not only foreseen, but planned. if this is truly the case than god must be a sadomasochist. He created all of existence, man the devil and planned for all sin to occur. He then reincarnated himself as a man god to save his creations from the sins he not only knew they were going to commit but planned for them to commit them. Thus, he must have planned for his creations to sin so he could send himself back as a man god so he could be tortured and killed before he resurrected himself and went back in to heaven to be with himself again.
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by kevin501424 August 21, 2007 2:02 AM EDT
The bible says for the wages of sin is death.
But God manifest into human flesh to die so we can live. so our sins can be wash by his blood. Thank God for calvary.
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by metalfan666 August 21, 2007 1:55 AM EDT
Christians who are slaves should give their masters full respect so that the name of God and his teaching will not be shamed. If your master is a Christian, that is no excuse for being disrespectful. You should work all the harder because you are helping another believer by your efforts. Teach these truths, Timothy, and encourage everyone to obey them. (1 Timothy 6:1-2 NLT)

If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve for only six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom. If he was single when he became your slave and then married afterward, only he will go free in the seventh year. But if he was married before he became a slave, then his wife will be freed with him. If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave, and they had sons or daughters, then the man will be free in the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master. But the slave may plainly declare, ''I love my master, my wife, and my children. I would rather not go free.'' If he does this, his master must present him before God. Then his master must take him to the door and publicly pierce his ear with an awl. After that, the slave will belong to his master forever. (Exodus 21:2-6 NLT)
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by metalfan666 August 21, 2007 1:51 AM EDT
However, you may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat your slaves like this, but the people of Israel, your relatives, must never be treated this way. (Leviticus 25:44-46 NLT)

When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property. (Exodus 21:20-21 NAB)

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ. (Ephesians 6:5 NLT)
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by metalfan666 August 21, 2007 1:48 AM EDT
more bible quotes showing its true ethics morals and values

Kill Homosexuals
"If a man lies with a male as with a women, both of them shall be put to death for their abominable deed; they have forfeited their lives." (Leviticus 20:13 NAB)

Death for Adultery

If a man commits adultery with another man''s wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death. (Leviticus 20:10 NLT)

Death for Fornication

A priest''s daughter who loses her honor by committing fornication and thereby dishonors her father also, shall be burned to death. (Leviticus 21:9 NAB)
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by metalfan666 August 21, 2007 1:44 AM EDT
3) More Murder Rape and Pillage (Deuteronomy 20:10-14)

As you approach a town to attack it, first offer its people terms for peace. If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the people inside will serve you in forced labor. But if they refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town. When the LORD your God hands it over to you, kill every man in the town. But you may keep for yourselves all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder. You may enjoy the spoils of your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.


4) Laws of Rape (Deuteronomy 22:28-29 NLT)



If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to divorce her.


What kind of lunatic would make a rape victim marry her attacker? Answer: God.
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by metalfan666 August 21, 2007 1:41 AM EDT
Burn Nonbelievers



"Suppose you hear in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you that some worthless rabble among you have led their fellow citizens astray by encouraging them to worship foreign gods. In such cases, you must examine the facts carefully. If you find it is true and can prove that such a detestable act has occurred among you, you must attack that town and completely destroy all its inhabitants, as well as all the livestock. Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the street and burn it. Put the entire town to the torch as a burnt offering to the LORD your God. That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt. Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction. Then the LORD will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a great nation, just as he solemnly promised your ancestors. "The LORD your God will be merciful only if you obey him and keep all the commands I am giving you today, doing what is pleasing to him." (Deuteronomy 13:13-19 NLT)
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