Category: Bible readings

The bastards got me

Integrity and intellectual honesty can lead a person out of the dogmatic prison of Christianity and the blatant profiteering of religious organisations

This is by far the longest poem I’ve ever written. It’s available on video at my YouTube channel here but I wanted to put out the text itself.

It’s not exactly brilliant poetry although I hope it’s not actually terrible. It is heartfelt though. This narrative poem describes my journey into and out of Christianity. Here I describe the cynical, opportunist exploitation of the evangelist, preying upon the desperate, the grief stricken and the depressed. I explain, at least in principle the not so subtle ‘carrot and stick’ trap that leads people to abandon actual knowledge in favour of bronze age stories written by people who genuinely didn’t know where the sun went at night.

Finally I explain how integrity and intellectual honesty can lead a person out of the dogmatic prison of Christianity and the blatant profiteering of religious organisations.

You can download the PDF below or go to the resources section of the blog. I hope you find it helpful.

The bastards got me poemDownload

Possibly the most reasonable Christian yet

A combination of mild heat exhaustion and a little too much Southern Comfort left me a little slower than usual in my thinking.

Stefan might be the nicest, most reasonable Christian I’ve ever had the pleasure of speaking with.

Unfortunately I didn’t give him the discussion he deserved. A combination of mild heat exhaustion and a little too much Southern Comfort left me a little slower than usual in my thinking. Stefan was gentlemanly enough not to mention it though.

To be honest, part of me would prefer not to post this one but there’s no integrity in that. The agreement was that we post it on YouTube and it would be dishonest of me to renege on that agreement after the event. Oh well… nobody’s perfect!

Proof that the Bible talks bollocks!

Proof that the Bible talks bollocks!

Are you an atheist?

Do you know your own mind?

Then here is absolute proof for you that the Bible talks bollocks!

Discussion with another Eastern orthodox Christian

Is religious belief sufficient reason to dismiss the experiences and validity of others?

Meet Joshua. He’s an Eastern Orthodox Christian with some interesting ideas. I had high hopes for this one although it didn’t turn out quite as I’d expected. What’s your opinion?

Joshua was very keen to prevent me from actually making my points, even when he’d asked specific questions. However I have several videos that will explain what I meant. They’re linked below…

Regarding human irrationality and religion
https://youtu.be/MJewkA6EMkU?si=2wPqfubO5FYhni5X

Regarding my trans son
https://youtu.be/iH9a6bsh_to?si=nr0_Xk5SeosHLJy6

Regarding Numbers 31
https://youtu.be/Qo37EBgFmmc?si=1XZNDAPUqhEPBFIn

Regarding God’s genocide
https://youtu.be/QdRPv_ya3S4?si=-454QDwFX2-QWOMZ

Regarding Christian morality
https://youtu.be/uGGETu8FfXc?si=nwQit10QErxjTkcB

Part 2 with Jonathan

It is my belief, which I told Jonathan several times throughout the discussion, that he simply is not equipped for this type of discussion.

This is both the longest and the most infuriating conversation I’ve had with a Christian. It’s definitely what you might think of as ‘long form’. It is my belief, which I told Jonathan several times throughout the discussion, that he simply is not equipped for this type of discussion. I have advised him to learn the basics of his religion and to actually read his Bible.

In the second half he demonstrates his utter contempt for anyone who doesn’t agree with him, his dismissal of any notion of equal rights and just how much he deserves the rarely applied (but in this case very well deserved) label of ‘Christofascist’.

His misogyny, racism, homophobia and xenophobia are expressed with a smug pride that has to be seen to be believed.

If we give people like Jonathan an inch they’ll drag us all straight back to the bronze age!

Discussion with an Eastern Orthodox Christian

Atheism is not a belief system.

Meet Jonathan Stephan, an Eastern Orthodox Christian from America who has some very particular views on atheism and the utility of Christianity.

Paul & the Gospels

Paul hadn’t met the guy either,
But no-one who’d known him could write,
So Paul just repeated in letters,
What he’d read in old scriptures one night.

The rapture: before and after

But then I learned about the much more serious human tragedy that ensued

Two videos…

This week saw yet another in a very long line 0f failed raptures. There have been prophets and other assorted scoundrels promising apocalyptic rhapsodies since before that ancient Pharaoh had his minions put the first sandstone blocks together like ancient lego-based experiments in geometry.

At first I thought this was just another amusing interlude. Another crank claiming to know the end was nigh. That was my attitude when I posted this video…

But then I learned about the much more serious human tragedy that ensued. So I made this…

Genocide for Jesus

So many Christians are supporting the current genocide in Gaza.

Here’s what I don’t understand… So many Christians are supporting the current genocide in Gaza. They claim it’s what their Jesus wants to happen. But that makes no sense to me.

I don’t see how anyone who’s read Matthew 25 can possibly think this is what their Jesus would want!

Real abuse from the God of Abraham

God is not a good role model

There is no more abusive character than the Abrahamic God than in the whole of fiction.