I was wondering how many times a day, weeks, years would you take insults, called a liar and every other evil on the planet? Truth be know you are displaying the deception working in your life. to your own detriment.

! John 5: 9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

Sure hope your Bigger than I think you are, a lot bigger than the universe! Isn't Freedom great you can take your self to the Gallows, if your not bigger than the Universe. Sexular Humanism it helping you either, lies to the Max.

As Gandhi said...
"I like your Christ..but not your Christians, they are so unlike Christ."

great quote, that should convict Christians to think about their actions... too bad it won't...

That was one of the first quotes that made me fall in love with Gandhi. He was such a wise man.

Well there was nearly 1000 years of darkness in which the power of Christianity was unrivaled while science, philosophy and intellectual thought were shunned...

This is quite well linked to one of the arguments most atheists have about people from any religion treating them as crazy for not believing in a god. There are thousands of different deities out there yet most people now a days only believe in one if they believe in any. If that monotheist let's say, doesn't believe in 1000 gods because they think those religions to be ridiculous, an atheist simply shares those exact same opinions for 1000+1 gods.

How much respect would a christian show someone who was trying to impose the will of Mercury into our law books? Or how about someone who wanted to supplant the teaching of the theory of the shape of the earth with the theory of the world-turtle(s)?

Well put Undo. Its just further proof that organized religion force people to accept a narrow-minded world view.

What? I'm just saying that there might or might not be a God. If there is, great and if not, oh well. I'm basically neutral.

You got it wrong. Atheism is the exact NON-ARROGANT dichotomy to religious belief. Atheist fully admit that there are unanswered questions regarding life , how we got here and how we came to be.. We fully admit to NOT KNOWING...Unlike what I call "RELIGITARDS" ... they claim to HAVE the answers...ALL THE ANSWERS... Personally I believe it's all random..I know Atheist who could give you scientific theories regarding the Big Bang and how we formed form cosmic dust... But Arrogance is certainly not a part of Atheism. You have to claim to know everything to be arrogant.. I simply DO NOT believe in the almighty SkyWizard.. No I have not suffered any more trauma and heartache that anyone else..No I wasn't molested by a church pastor... I simply don't believe in deities. Does that prove he doesn't exist..certainly NOT.. But believing in deities doesn't PROVE they do exist...

Take comfort though..This Atheist is 39 and still can't sleep with an open closet door..because ...well..yes..I do believe in the "Closet Monster:...have I ever seen him..No... But I know he's there.

You realize the way you said that was kinda arrogant right?

HAHAHAHAHA.....I don't know how you posed as me..But that's awesome. Sorry..still an atheist. LOL!

How is it arrogant to admit that you don't have the answer and you are comfortable with your beliefs?... It is arrogant that the religious population believes that a book written thousands of years ago , during a time where science was unheard of and life and existence was mired in superstition should dictate and dominate us til this day.. it is arrogant to believe that one has all the answers. We don't have the answers. We don't know.... But at least atheist don't just MAke up stories and say.."Well there was a guy named Noah..40 days and 40 nights of rain.. Every animal on the planet was there..carnivores didn't eat herbavores....THere was this talking snake that made the chick eat the apple....I mean... talk about arrogance. I'm sorry if my being comfortable in my disbelief comes across as arrogant..but the fact is, only a person who wishes to make atheist seem arrogant because it's the only way to discredit and ignore their valid points , because it makes folks of faith feel ridiculous, would see it that way.

Anyway..at least younger people are walking away from this crap.

I am myself a devout agnostic, its not what you say its the way you say it.

Or it's how you READ it.

Right because calling all christians retarded isnt arogant at all. Im not trying to make you wrong all im saying is be open to the posibility that your lack of an answer is not the only answer, if that made sense, it does in my head, but my head can be a strange place.

I don't think all Christians are retarded, most are very educated, they just lack the one thing that should make them Christians: love. But very good point.

"We fully admit to NOT KNOWING...Unlike what I call "RELIGITARDS" ... they claim to HAVE the answers...ALL THE ANSWERS"

I didn't think this statement was meant to generalize all christians, just the ones who claim to have all of the answers.
If I am incorrect then, yes, this is a very arrogant statement.

Atheism doesn't mean lack of spirituality.

The hard truth is atheism is relative, much like religious belief.

You're right, the biggest problem with a lot of extreme factions of belief, religious or otherwise, is speaking in a way that alienates the listeners.

How ironic. The thing that christians lack is the thing they "promote" the most.

The typical lacking quality I see in most devout christians I meet is unwillingness towards being open minded and considering alternate theories of how existence came to be.

hahaha, awesome

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I think my friend put it best when he said that religion was the precursor to science and in the development of man's science religion was made obsolete. Unfortunately a few thousand years later we still have some people who haven't got that message, their religion evolved yet they didn't.

I believe in a higher being, I guess you could say i'm unaffiliated, if a find a religeon that suits my needs and ideals i'll join, maybe rastafarian?

Word, let's hope you're right

Why must there be a second class citizen? Would you opress the children of the opressers simply out of revenge? What every happened to the dream of a place where all children of all races can live in peace and harmony without the worry and stress of hate. Im sorry that you still carry this hate in your heart.

Sorry, women, minorities, gays have been oppressed for so long. It's not revenge. Its atonement. Someone has to atone for centuries of oppression, and that burden falls on the young straight white male who instinctively harbors the same oppressive tendencies .

If you were alive in the 60's you would see how far we have come, and how far we need to go to make-up for centuries of oppression.

What would be wrong with forgetting the sins of the past and moving forward into a full and happy life for all party's involved. Ive been hated Ive been beat down, I dont want retrbution. I just want us all to live together in peace. Is that such a bad thing?

Scars are not forgotten, And you should never forget, We do a disservice to our ancestor when we do.

Scars are not forgotten, And you should never forget, We do a disservice to our ancestors when we do.

We have black history, recently a national holiday, for gays and transgenders under Obama. If you are really arguing for forgetting without atonement than you would have to abolish the holidays that remind minorities that white Americans view them differently, therefore they are different, than we would move forward to your "happy society".

The thing is justice will not be served without atonement.

We do a diservice to oursleves for not learning from that very same past, there should never be a second class citizen, never should one be considered better than the other simply because of how they were born. We are all equal and it would do us good to always carry that in our hearts, all men and women are equal it is only we who attempt to undo what god has already done.

we are all equal. But weren't all treated equally. WE need to equalize OUTCOME, not just opportunity to make up for past inequalities. .

equality will not be brought by changing the nature of the inequality.

And you wonder why scared white people are flocking to the tea party. Its out of fear that they will become the minority and not only lose their privileges but they fear they will be the hated minority. This does not need to be the case. You cannot take out generations of white oppression on people living in the present who had nothing to do with that. All you want to do is continue the cycle of hatred. Everyone deserves to be equal and to have the same rights and privileges.

That "place" is exactly what you called it a dream... not reality.

Because the road is hard should we simply stop and die on the roadside, because seas are rough should we simply drop sails and let the waves drown us? The path is not an easy one, the work is great and difficult but that is no reason to surrender, why can we not press on, why must we surrender the dreams of our fathers when it is to us those dreams were entrusted. We must fight on, we must press forward, if not for ourselves for our children and their children. Beleive that we can make a world free of intolerance and hate, share that beleif everyday with everyone you can, be open every moment of every day to the possibility that we can do this, we can rid our society of its ills, piece by piece and day by day, we can make the world a better place if we choose to. Do not decide to resign ourselves to a toutered and half way fate, but rather choose to fight every day for the possibility of a better tomorrow made by each and every one of us.

lucidlyacting56 Not sure who made the above Comment!

The people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan Darfur, would really like to enjoy the Good Life, or your self, go to One of the War zones, build a beautiful home, settle down and live happily ever after, are you laughing yet? this is wnat your asking!
The world is a War Zone, bhe Bad guy out to make life miserable for the Good Guy and HIs Friends, and this will continue until big brother comes along and wipes up the street with the bad guy!

Well said!

"I have my reasons, but I will say that the completely cynical manipulation of Christianity that's been going on since the 1980's would be enough to turn anyone off from the faith."

Since the 1980's? Come now Saladin im sure you meant 325 AD when the Church decided which stories of Jesus would be canon and which would be forgotten. Christianity has been manipulated since its founding.

Of course, I meant the political manipulation of American Baptist Protestantism by Conservatives since the 1980's.

I just figured everyone would know what I meant. =p

lol i know what you meant all im saying is why stop there? ;P

RAmen.

+^d !

that video's about as brain washing as the catholic church

From the article:

"Very few of these new "nones" actually call themselves atheists, and many have rather conventional beliefs about God and theology."

Of course you don't, and I wouldn't be surprised if you doubted global warming and evolution.

If it doesnt fall into your narrow world view then you would choose to ignore it? Certainly sounds like a christian. Im sure God put those fossils in the ground to test your faith as well.

You always get this backwards.

You think atheists need religion.

Without religion, atheists wouldn't need atheism.

And atheists wouldn't "find God" again if they couldn't turn on a light or call the police.
They would evolve.

Take away electricity and 911 and the atheist will find a way to survive while the religious folk huddle in a corner waiting for their savior.

It only takes Truth to get the Wars and Walls starting from home to the rest of the World

So we can build walls everywhere? Divide the world? And spread war? With the Truth?

Yes the Wall the division between good and evil, truth and lies, soon Heaven and Hell the great gulf, we get to choose! Starting Now!

Very Hard Saying!
Matthew 10: 34Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

What will be left really left the Deceived Elite, NWO Rulers to take the USS America all the way to the Bottom

Yes, all the monsters hiding under your bed will come out and grab you.
But don't worry- Glenn Beck, Bill ORiley and Sean Hanity will protect you.

So promise us you will jump off a cliff when your "gimmie more free stuff" party looses in November. Early Voting Polls show your team is on the way out and fast.

Oohh, that was nasty. You just wished someone death. I'm sure Jesus appreciates that, buddy. :]

Au contraire, what ReverendG said was VERY Christian-like. What he said was extremely un Christ-like, though.

One can only hope!

LOL!

How about you do the same thing if your party of "Give it all to the rich" party wins in November?

Yes there's a prophetic hint to that, like it was horse and buggy up until the late 1800rds
why all of a sudden!

Daniel 12: 4But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.