Dear Imaginary God: Fuck You & The Imaginary White Horse You Are Supposed to Ride In On

I’m not the swearing type but I figure if you’re gonna do something, you ought to do it right (fyi for those who don’t know, it’s Blasphemy Day).

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September 30, 2009 · Filed Under Atheism

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8 Responses to “Dear Imaginary God: Fuck You & The Imaginary White Horse You Are Supposed to Ride In On”

  1. David Lemmo on September 30th, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    HEREHERE

  2. Paul on October 1st, 2009 at 6:30 am

    I think I missed it.

  3. Kay on October 3rd, 2009 at 1:26 am

    Live and let live, buddy. I respect your right to disbelieve. Please respect my right to believe.

  4. 40 Year Old Atheist on October 3rd, 2009 at 10:35 am

    Kay: Your reaction illustrates why Blasphemy Day came to be. What EXACTLY do you mean by saying I must respect your right to believe? Does it mean that I should keep my mouth shut if I think an IDEA is stupid? Your religious beliefs are ideas. This post is a bunch of WORDS. I am not coming to your house forcing you to not believe. I am writing a post on MY part of the internet and you are coming HERE to view them.

    The Muslim cartoons were exactly the same thing. An artist depicted a cartoon of a historical figure. For that, he and an entire country were subjected to censure and threats.

    When I come to your house forcing you to not believe in something, or force you not to express those beliefs, then you might have a valid argument.

  5. GeorgeRic on October 16th, 2009 at 3:05 pm

     Christianity is the reasonable choice.

        Seekers of Truth: using the logic of science, we check phenomena to see if they are explained by theory. If many phenomena can be explained, we then hold that theory to be true.
         Edwin Abbott, writing his book ‘Flatland‘ to humorously explain contiguous dimensional worlds, shows us a logical explanation for worlds superior to ours. ‘Techie Worlds‘ uses the Flatland Concept to examine far-out Christian teachings such as Trinity, soul, Resurrection, Judgment, etc. While quite ridiculous from a ‘material world only’ view, these teachings make rational good sense in the Flatland context.
    Mankind has long been plagued with reports of the spirit world: miracles, ghosts, possession, pagan gods, witchcraft, occult, devil worship, black masses. Materialists classify all such as superstition and overactive imaginings. Christians shy from such, holding them unnatural because Jesus taught us to love. But the materialist position involves an act of faith that ‘the material world is all that there is’. Their act of faith cannot be proved. Certainly, science cannot possibly experiment with the spirit world. Techie Worlds‘ (available from http://www.amazon.com) shows the belief in higher worlds, also an act of faith, is logical and considered, and shows these strange Christian concepts to be logically possible.
        Pascal’s Wager points out that the Christian act of faith urges us to a better life in this world and can result in great rewards in the next. The unbelieving view permits selfish misanthropic behavior now and denies all future eternal rewards. Clearly, rational self-interest makes belief in a logical, rational, rewarding Christian love to be the wise and intelligent choice.
    GeorgeRic

  6. 40 Year Old Atheist on October 16th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    GeorgRic,
    You have an amazing ability of saying things that have been said a million times before – but making the way you said it sound much more complicated and important than it actually is.
     

  7. Renshia on October 17th, 2009 at 9:39 pm

    The unbelieving view permits selfish misanthropic behavior now and denies all future eternal rewards. Clearly, rational self-interest makes belief in a logical, rational, rewarding Christian love to be the wise and intelligent choice.

    What a load of crap!!!
    christianity permits selfish misanthropic behavior and even encourages it by providing the scape goat of forgiveness. One quick little prayer and your sins are forgiven.. no responsibility for your actions.
    Your all just a bunch of hypocrites, so go shove your christianity up your ass.

  8. Paul on October 20th, 2009 at 7:25 pm

    George, your arguments are, as Mark pointed out, trite, tired, and long ago revealed for the fallacious reasoning they embrace. Your few, short paragraphs above would actually be perfect for a rousing game of “spot the logical fallacy.” You committed at least three that I picked out just scanning the text quickly (strawman argument, argument from popularity, and false dichotomy were the ones I noticed at a glance). I’m sure an in-depth examination would reveal many more. Of course, I shouldn’t blame you, should I. You, like every other Christian apologist on the Internet, were simply parrotting words and ideas you found elsewhere. Try thinking for yourself sometime. You might just like it.

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