When someone says "It's against my religion," I hear "It's against my superstition."
The Catholic Church is completely infallible to those who own bibles and not history books.
Most women would never spend money at a business with the hiring policies of the Church, yet they often give when the basket comes around. I don't get it.
When met with an apologetic claim, I ask "why do you think that?" More often than not, it is because they were told to.
The more debates I have with Christians, the more sure I am that they are wrong. I always think that I couldn't be more sure.
"Moral perfection" doesn't equal mass killings in my book, just in the holy book.
Apologists have a lot of certain knowledge about God's nature, power & motivation until a hard question is asked. Then its all mysterious.
I like to think the Arthur Fonzarelli was an aaaaaatheist.
Jesus preaching the Golden Rule is his validation of subjective morality. What I want done to me may not be the same as what you want done to you.
Apologist when posed a yes or no question in which the answer would expose flaws in their argument: "Read this 200 page book for the answer." (Related: What kind of diabolical BS artist can give you the run-around for 200 pages?)
Calling Islam the religion of peace is like calling FOX News fair and balanced.
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Friday, August 30, 2013
Monday, April 1, 2013
The Revelation
Yeah, so remember my Easter post? You should, it was yesterday.
I’ll come right out and say it, I had a revelation. My Easter post was meant as a snarky set-up for a post about the impotency of prayer. Looking back at where I was when I wrote it, I feel like a fool...and yet, I’m very grateful that it was written. It lead me to my revelation.
I don’t know where to begin writing. My hands are just on auto-pilot, so bear with me. (I wonder if this is how the authors of the Bible felt.) The atheist perspective is that prayer can’t be meaningful because people can and do pray against each other. For example, I pray for Team A to win while someone else prays for Team B to win. Since we can't know what the Lord has planned, it's even possible for us to pray against God’s will. I still think this is a valid point, to a degree, but I can’t ignore the coincidence of it. My reader's prayers were answered, they just can't be quantified. God always knew this would be when I was saved and He also knew I would be prayed for. In this way, I know your prayers helped. If you didn't pray for me, you may ask "how do you know I was prayed for in the first place?" I could feel it! No, I’m not that connected to the divine just yet. I read it. I received an Easter email from a Christian that told me exactly what I needed to hear. I have since wrote him back asking for permission to post his letter, in hopes it will touch my many atheist readers like it has touched me. So far, no response. It will have to wait for another post.
You should know that I went to church with my wife’s Catholic family on Sunday. As an atheist, I generally agreed to show up on holidays to spend time with the in-laws, secretly critiquing the homily in my mind. I couldn’t think of anything this time around. Strangely, I drew a blank. The service all happened so fast, very different from how I usually feel it drag on. I left the church an atheist, same as always--but in a daze.
Family dinner was pleasant, the evening went well. I barely had a concept for my life changing. In my interviews with Christians-turned-atheists, I've learned the change is usually gradual. From cult to mainstream to liberal believer to agnostic to atheist. I wonder if the conversion to atheism moves slowly because it is unnatural or against God's will. Either way, the Lord provided me the perspective needed to hasten my reconversion.
Did I have an “a-ha,” or perhaps an “amen!” moment? If I did, it happened between the hours of 11pm and 5am. I woke up with the force of knowledge only an epiphany of this magnitude could deliver. My revelation? It was the first of April. All Fools' Day.
I’ll come right out and say it, I had a revelation. My Easter post was meant as a snarky set-up for a post about the impotency of prayer. Looking back at where I was when I wrote it, I feel like a fool...and yet, I’m very grateful that it was written. It lead me to my revelation.
I don’t know where to begin writing. My hands are just on auto-pilot, so bear with me. (I wonder if this is how the authors of the Bible felt.) The atheist perspective is that prayer can’t be meaningful because people can and do pray against each other. For example, I pray for Team A to win while someone else prays for Team B to win. Since we can't know what the Lord has planned, it's even possible for us to pray against God’s will. I still think this is a valid point, to a degree, but I can’t ignore the coincidence of it. My reader's prayers were answered, they just can't be quantified. God always knew this would be when I was saved and He also knew I would be prayed for. In this way, I know your prayers helped. If you didn't pray for me, you may ask "how do you know I was prayed for in the first place?" I could feel it! No, I’m not that connected to the divine just yet. I read it. I received an Easter email from a Christian that told me exactly what I needed to hear. I have since wrote him back asking for permission to post his letter, in hopes it will touch my many atheist readers like it has touched me. So far, no response. It will have to wait for another post.
You should know that I went to church with my wife’s Catholic family on Sunday. As an atheist, I generally agreed to show up on holidays to spend time with the in-laws, secretly critiquing the homily in my mind. I couldn’t think of anything this time around. Strangely, I drew a blank. The service all happened so fast, very different from how I usually feel it drag on. I left the church an atheist, same as always--but in a daze.
Family dinner was pleasant, the evening went well. I barely had a concept for my life changing. In my interviews with Christians-turned-atheists, I've learned the change is usually gradual. From cult to mainstream to liberal believer to agnostic to atheist. I wonder if the conversion to atheism moves slowly because it is unnatural or against God's will. Either way, the Lord provided me the perspective needed to hasten my reconversion.
Did I have an “a-ha,” or perhaps an “amen!” moment? If I did, it happened between the hours of 11pm and 5am. I woke up with the force of knowledge only an epiphany of this magnitude could deliver. My revelation? It was the first of April. All Fools' Day.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Pop Culture With A Side Of Blasphemy
Atheists can totally celebrate Christmas. If fact, we do it better because we won't be offended by stuff. Speaking of which, here are some of my favorite nativity scenes.
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| via thechive.com |
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| via thechive.com |
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| via thechive.com |
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| via Craftster |
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| via Monster in my Pocket |
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| via Dorkhorde |
And, while not exactly a nativity scene, here's what I have up at the office.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The Infideli Menu
You may remember my hilarious idea of an Infi-deli to serve cold cuts to the godless. After picking up some freelance work in menu design, I thought about what such a place might offer outside of deviled-eggs. I hope this attempt at humor makes you hungry for more.
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