Following their dirty weekend in Marbella, Adam and Eve return to the garden
Following their dirty weekend in Marbella, Adam and Eve return to the garden only to find that God got bored waiting for their return and made a couple of imposters instead.
And then there was all that stuff about the apples… Nasty business, that was!
Christians regularly impugn the characters of atheists without ever considering the implications of their own tactics
Whenever a Christian threatens you with Hell, no matter how smugly they do so it pays to consider just what they’re telling you about themselves. I don’t just mean the shameful delight they take in the prospect of another person’s suffering, that’s clear to anyone. I mean the implication of their choice of threat.
What does it tell you, tell the world about them when they suppose that threats of Hell will be enough to make you bow down before their imaginary God?
Christians regularly impugn the characters of atheists without ever considering the implications of their own tactics. When a Christian threatens you with Hell, what are they really telling you?
If you were God for a day what would you do?
If you were God for a day what would you do?
How would you use all that power?
How would you fill those 24 hours?
How should we react when Christians lie about us whilst simultaneously claiming the moral high ground?
I don’t imagine many people will be surprised to learn that Christians are just as capable of dishonesty as every other group of people. We’re all human and humans are fallible, after all. But how should we react when they lie about us whilst simultaneously claiming the moral high ground and insisting that non-Christians can’t understand morality?
What should the result be when the smug Christian conveniently forgets the commandment not to bear false witness against his neighbour?
In this case the liar in question, an American right wing Christian (a group disproportionately heavy with liars, in my experience) lied about me online and named me, even using deliberately selective screenshots to enhance his deception. The stupid thing is that it was so completely unnecessary. Just a cheap shot of the sort you’d expect to find in a school playground. Certainly not worthy of adult discourse.
I’m retaliating appropriately. I’ve decided to tell the true story on line, complete with screenshots that show the larger conversation and that explain the real story of what happened between me and Luke Villarreal.
Yes, it’s petty.
No, it’s not my finest moment but it is honest, unlike Luke and it’s only a few minutes long.
Go on – learn the truth about yet another Christian #lyingforJesus. You know you want to!
In what context could stoning a raped woman to death ever be justified?
In the Bible, Jesus tells us that God’s law shall never pass away until Heaven and earth are no more (Luke 16:17/Matthew 5:18). The Old Testament book of Deuteronomy literally translates as ‘the law repeated’. This law, the law of the old testament as written in the Hebrew bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy) is the only law that Jesus, a Jew would, could have been talking about. And so it is to Deuteronomy that we turn when asking how to deal with rape victims.
Luke and I don’t see eye to eye on very much but we do show that it’s possible to discuss and argue, passionately at times and still remain cordial and genial at the end.
This is a discussion/debate with Luke Villareal, an American Christian. We had a few technical problems resulting in fairly poor video quality on my end and no image at all from Luke. However that beats our first attempt during which we couldn’t get anything to record at all.
The rule was that we both get to record it and we both can publish it online as we see fit but without any edits. There is one small edit in the original where I cut out about a minute of ‘dead air’ whilst I attended to my dog. Other than that the video is completely unedited.
Luke and I don’t see eye to eye on very much but we do show that it’s possible to discuss and argue, passionately at times and still remain cordial and genial at the end. Let us know in the comments what you thought of the points raised and especially let us know if either Luke or I managed to change your mind about anything.
Christians seem not to share that dislike of dishonesty and dictatorial arrogance
I have no problem with religious believers. Religion is their right. I’ve defended that right many times and no doubt will do so again. I do have a problem with control freaks and liars. Unfortunately many Christians seem not to share that dislike of dishonesty and dictatorial arrogance – in fact they empower and even embody it!
God wants us to use our brains – the brains that He gave us
A friend of mine seems to think that I’m channelling the words of God. I don’t.
I don’t believe God is real but I’m going with it anyway because I promised her that I would. Here’s the second pronouncement for what it’s worth.
God wants us to use our brains – the brains that He gave us. He wants scientists to continue to uncover the mechanism of His creation and He wants the religious to stop pretending it’s not true.
A personal revelation of God? Really? For me? OK, bring it on!
A colleague told me that God will reveal Himself to me before 5pm on Friday June 28th!
Church won’t excuse your bigotry,
You’re only there ’cause you agree!
Church won’t excuse your bigotry. You’re only there ’cause you agree!
The God free guide 