He was led to a belief in Christ through his own arrogance.
The Discovery Institute, that bastion of psuedoscientific nonsense has a video clip currently doing the rounds. In it they claim that Dean Kenyan, physicist, biologist and creationist was led to his religious convictions by science. But that’s not true. He was led to a belief in Christ through his own arrogance. Here’s why.
This immature, egocentric, childish God craves constant attention. It needs constant praise and perpetual worship as reassurance that it is loved.
It’s possible to understand an individual’s maturity by their attitude towards others. Babies are egocentric, children adolescents, xenophobes and racists are ethnocentric and truly mature individuals are exocentric.
The immature, egocentric child craves constant attention. It needs constant praise and perpetual reassurance that it is loved.
Thou shalt have no other Gods before me!
Thou shalt love the Lord, your God with all your heart!
The God of Abraham, of Jews, Christians and Muslims is an immature child. It is less mature in its morality, its ethics and its perception of others than the warmongering, bronze age nomads who invented it.
There’s a real problem with #faith in #Christianity but that’s not the only issue. Self-censorship is the underlying problem.
There’s a real problem with #faith in #Christianity but that’s not the only issue. Self-censorship is the underlying problem.
It’s not really death, is it? He’s eternal. He’s not dead – he just had a few days off. The self-harm is over now and it’s business as usual in Heaven, with His father (who is also Himself) so nothing was really sacrificed and nothing was given. It’s a bit of a con job really, isn’t it?
The whole thing’s just a big con. Even if you assume the Bible is entirely true – every word – it’s still a con. Here’s why.,..
This is just brilliant. The state of Utah, home to the Mormons has messed up big time. They decided to limit access to immoral books they didn’t like. If only someone had thought it through a bit.
This “Love the sinner, hate the sin” nonsense we hear from Christians is nothing more than a deceitful platitude. It’s a way to treat people hatefully and still pretend to be loving
This “Love the sinner, hate the sin” nonsense we hear from Christians is nothing more than a deceitful platitude. It’s a way to treat people hatefully and still pretend to be loving when called out about it. There is nothing loving about removing the rights of LBQT or trans people. There’s no love in denying access to public goods to non-binary citizens, These are hateful acts.
We shouldn’t attack or hurt people for their beliefs
Ideas are up for grabs but people have rights. We shouldn’t attack or hurt people for their beliefs. They have a right to hold the beliefs they do. It’s unfortunate that so many Christians think that only applies to them. The rest of us can go to Hell where the God of love and mercy will see to it that we’re tortured forever.
If you want to experience the peace that passeth all understanding – you’ll find it much easier to achieve through secular means.
Christians promise an indwelling peace, ‘the peace of the spirit’ when people submit themselves the their Lord, Jesus. It’s this promise of peace that prompts them to claim that atheists are miserable. There’s only one problem – it’s nonsense. I spent 10 years trying to find that peace and I can tell you – it’s a lie.
But don’t despair. If you want to experience the peace that passeth all understanding – you’ll find it much easier to achieve through secular means. Try this instead…
An old school friend of mine, now an Anglican vicar, seems to think that atheists’ morality has no real backing.
An old school friend of mine, now a vicar in the Anglican church has a particular view about the source of morality. He also seems to think that atheists can have no real backing for their morality because it’s not ‘transcendent’ at base. It doesn’t come from the mind of God, in other words. This video is my response to that position.
In answering his question I’ve borrowed shamelessly from Matt Dillahunty, Sam Harris and one or two others but hey ho – it’s still good info wherever it comes from and nobody thinks up everything all on their own. The video’s a bit rough because I made it in a hurry but I think the point holds well enough. Facebook might be interesting tonight!
Many religious people will tell you that it is impossible for humans to behave well without a God belief. In that case, I’m glad they’re religious, if that’s the best they can manage.
Many religious people will tell you that it is impossible for humans to behave well without a God belief. They claim that without superstitious magical thinking people will go around raping, murdering, stealing, cheating and doing all sorts of horrendous things. Whenever people talk about ALL humans they’re really just talking about themselves – the only human they really understand. In that case, I’m glad they’re religious, if that’s the best they can manage.
The God free guide 