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Re: Logical Proof that God doesn't exist - Prayer - ExChristian.Net - Articles

webmdave — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:01:44 -0000

Johnny,

That's so wonderful that the Almighty loved your father so much to send a snow storm to delay his passage through the Alps so he wouldn't die on the Titanic.

Now, I ask you: Why didn't God help any of the people who did drown? Better yet, why didn't he simply keep the Titanic from sinking altogether?

Logic and Christianity never mix.

Re: Believe on the Lord Jesus and... - ExChristian.Net - Articles

webmdave — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:36:32 -0000

@ Peter:

How unfortunate you are to have allowed your mind to be imprisoned by superstition and myth. How sad that you are unable to differentiate between reality and fantasy, oblivious to the fact that ancient storybook characters with purportedly magical powers were never real, live human beings. How pitiful that you think that uttering curses and spells are effective in influencing other people's ability to understand reality.

The only place any mystical throne exists, Peter, is in your imagination. Delusional Christians are frequently offended by the things on this site, but for me, I will keep right on living in reality and pointing out that Christianity is bunk no matter how many crippled minds show up to blather their religious nonsense.

Re: Conservative Christian beliefs about masturbation: - ExChristian.Net - Articles

webmdave — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:18:03 -0000

That's ridiculous. Admitting sexual impulses are natural and normal does not immediately equate into condemnation unless you're pulling your pud 24/7. Admitting to reality also does not mean people are going to "surrender to all our desires." Furthermore, jacking off does not cause impotence.

Your entire thesis is idiotic.

Re: Apologetics – Your First Clue that “Something” is Amiss - ExChristian.Net - Articles

webmdave — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:13:30 -0000

Translation of pingpop's comment: "I don't like your attitude, and unnamed smart people believe in god(s). Therefore, I don't require any evidence that my flying, un-dead, god-man is real."

Huh?

Re: Two Stadiums Where Religion Made the World Worse Last Week - ExChristian.Net - Articles

webmdave — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:12:37 -0000

You're more than a little confused, smg45... Right and wrong is already determined by whoever is able to violently take control of the political system. Fortunately the founding fathers of our political system put enough checks and balances in place to keep kooks of various kinds -- including religious kooks -- from being able to seize power.

The only reason we have the FREEDOM to protest Christianity is because the United States is a secular nation, founded upon the principles of government by the people and for the people -- not on the principles of ancient religious dogma.

If Western Society is founded upon Christianity, then Christianity must be the Roman Catholic Church, because Catholicism ruled Europe for 1,000 years! Boy what a party that was. There's no greater example of the transforming power of Christ than the progressive Dark Ages! Whoo - hoo!

Re: Curiosity killed my faith - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

webmdave — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:56:23 -0000

You keep insisting that you are not trying to convert anyone, but you keep right on hammering away at how good your religion makes you feel.

OK, got it. You feel wonderful.

Take a hint and feel free to go away. K?

Re: Curiosity killed my faith - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

webmdave — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:54:36 -0000

Your feelings are your own, understand. Feel all you want. Feel, feel, feel, feel.

I wouldn't deny you your feelings for anything in the world. Have a feeling fest!

But your feelings cannot be shared with anyone else. Your feelings feel good only to you.

Personally, the feelings I enjoy when it comes to religion is a feeling of intellectual honesty. If I have to deny my mind to enter your feelings, I'll pass.

Re: 'Why Believe in a God?' Ad Campaign Launches on D.C. Buses - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

webmdave — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:37:11 -0000

And to add to Monkey's comment, emotional self-validation is all fine and dandy, but no matter how much pleasure having certain thoughts may be, feelings are no measure of reality or truth.

Re: 'Why Believe in a God?' Ad Campaign Launches on D.C. Buses - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

webmdave — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:31:31 -0000

"The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality." -- George Bernard Shaw

Re: 'Why Believe in a God?' Ad Campaign Launches on D.C. Buses - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

webmdave — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:33:32 -0000

To understand:

Lots of people from lots of different religious backgrounds have the kind of experiences you mention. Read: Conversion, Spiritual Epiphanies and Mystical Experiences

Re: The Bible is Bullshit - ExChristian.Net - Articles

webmdave — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:28:11 -0000

My, my. Someone really has his panties all in a wad over his Bible being called bullshit.

For all your angry bluster, you've failed to demonstrate why the teachings in ancient Hebrew mythology should be considered any more authoritative than the thousands of other mythologies, magical stories, and ridiculously ignorant laws of other ancient peoples.

Your indoctrination on gender-based hairstyles is not shared by most of Christianity. I suggest you attempt to educate yourself on the history of Christianity, the evolution of theology, and the political process that was used to hack together a bunch separate ancient writings into what you were brainwashed into revering as a holy book. There's a whole world of learning outside your little bricked-in congregation.

I may not be able to see the wind, but I can certainly feel it on my skin, and at no time do I mistake "wind" for imaginary, immaterial, supernatural fantasies. I wonder why Christians suppose that moving air which cannot be seen with the human eye is clear evidence for the existence of an incomprehensible god? I really don't get it.

Re: 'Why Believe in a God?' Ad Campaign Launches on D.C. Buses - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

webmdave — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:09:05 -0000

I'd love to see Howard Storm's financial statement, wouldn't you? There's big money in religion -- especially when you can convince people that your snake oil will heal them of all manner of ailments.

And when Storm's done raping your wallet, I'll sell you a choice piece of land on Jupiter -- cheap.

Re: You fools... this website is pathetic - Letters to the Webmaster

webmdave — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:05:57 -0000

Get some professional counseling, understand. Your religious indoctrination classes seem to be having an ill effect on your emotional control.

If this site disturbs your peace of mind to such a kooky degree, I suggest you click away.

Re: 'Why Believe in a God?' Ad Campaign Launches on D.C. Buses - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

webmdave — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:01:18 -0000

A minister on TBN? That bastion of veracity and sincerity?

As the saying goes,

"There's a sucker born ever minute."

Re: Curiosity killed my faith - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

webmdave — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:56:33 -0000

I find it interesting that so many of these "Christians" think they were once "like us": drinking to excess, smoking, taking illegal drugs, having promiscuous sex, depressed, etc.

The trouble is, I'm 50 years old and live a moral life and am not particularly interested in abusing my body or my family with the above self-destructive habits and practices.

For someone like "understand," religion is not about truth and reality, it's about curbing his depression and his driving propensity toward self-destruction. If religious delusion for him is a survival tactic, then I completely understand. Personally, the occasional sci-fi novel or adventure escapist movie will lift my mood. I don't need to actually believe the characters in the stories are real.

Re: The Christian Cult: Brainwash And Mind Control In The Name Of The Lord? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

webmdave — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:30:01 -0000

Heidifapp said, "This is the only life you get and then you disappear."

Finally, a fundie who realized the truth, albeit realized unawares.

Every living organism on this planet , from the simplest to the most complex, is alive for a time and then disappears. Christians such as heidifapp just cannot seem to fathom or accept or admit that a human being is just another example of a living organism.

The fundie-trained mind believes that human life is transitory and therefore pointless. The reality is that since our lives are temporary and irreplaceable, human life is of the utmost value.

I wonder if the fundie pet owner believes the lives of his or her cats and/or dogs are pointless.

Personally, I don't think my life is pointless, even though my life is not eternal.

I pity the fundie.

Re: Monks brawl at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, site of Jesus's crucifixion - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

webmdave — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:30:51 -0000

Yeah, it happens ever few months.

What a bunch of morons.

Re: "A Sabbatical?" or "My Anti-Testimony" - ExChristian.Net - Articles

webmdave — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:31:23 -0000

Hi Ty,

You can contact me directly using the contact form at http://exchristian.net/message.php

Re: Reason: the best counselor - ExChristian.Net - Articles

webmdave — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:34:26 -0000

With people like Cecil, the entire argument about evolution is irrelevant. It is a distraction.

Cecil, you demand irrefutable scientific evidence to back up the claims of Evolution. You believe you have tidbits of evidence that contradict evolution. Therefore, because you do not believe the evidence for Evolution is persuasive, you reject the claims of Evolution.

Read this next sentence carefully: I applaud your natural skepticism and your demand for irrefutable evidence before putting your faith in Evolution.

Now, ask yourself this question: Should you demand less from the claims of your religion? In other words, why has your religion won your devotion, belief and unwavering faith without persuasive, testable, and incontrovertible evidence?

If Evolution were disproved today, that would do nothing toward providing evidence that your religion is true. Disproving scientific theories do not add evidence that invisible, immaterial, deities are flying around in the atmosphere looking for habitation in human pulmonary organs.

I think if you were to apply the same reasoning to your religion that you use to reject the scientific theory of evolution, you'd find much less reason to accept the magical claims of your religion.

To reiterate: With fundamentalists like Cecil, it behooves them to battle for their faith in the arena of complex scientific theories. Many people barely understand the theories or even the real definition of the word theory. Many people think of a theory as a guess in the dark and a fact as something with more authority.

Cecil: A fact is less than a theory. Here's a fact: Water boils when enough heat is applied to it. To explain why the water boils, you'll need a theory. Since you don't like theories, you'll never be able to comprehend why water boils.

That's what theories do for us, Cecil. They help us understand why things are the way they are. Your religion doesn't help anyone understand anything.

Answer these questions using your religion:

Why are planets round?
Why do planets revolve around stars in elliptical orbits?
Why is the progression of time slowed by gravity?

Answer from religion: Because God made it that way.

The answer from religion is not an answer. It is an excuse to remain ignorant and stop seeking answers. Thanks to religion, Europe suffered through 1,000 years of the darkest time in history. Disease, ignorance, poverty and wretched living conditions prevailed for centuries because scientific inquiry was demonized by your religion.

Regardless, if it takes irrefutable evidence for you to believe in one thing, why does it take no evidence for you to believe in something else?

Think about it.

Re: The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a fiction - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

webmdave — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:59:13 -0000

You're right!

Every person who has ever left a cult should have no need for any support. Even if the person's family members are all cultists. Even if the community where the person lives is full of cultists. There could be no possible reason for a former cultist to need any support.

In fact, the very idea of someone leaving or escaping a cult and then seeking a support group is proof positive that the cult was actually "THE ONE AND ONLY TRUTH™."

Tim, come back and comment when you've actually spent five minutes thinking about this topic.

Re: Love the SInner - Hate the Sin - ExChristian.Net - Articles

webmdave — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:08:22 -0000

Love and obey the Christian God of your own free will, or you will find yourself being tortured against your will forever and ever and ever in a fiery pit of everlasting torment and horror.

Everlasting billions of years of torment for the temporal sin of disbelief: That's Bible-god justice.

Eternal retribution for disbelief: That's Bible-god mercy.

Torment beyond your wildest nightmares: That's Bible-god love.

Threats of never ending horror for disblief: That's Bible-god seduction.

Ron, your Bible-God is a sick SOB. It is a worse Nazi than Hitler. At least Hitler's victims were allowed to eventually die. Your god's vicitms are kept alive and tortured forever.

Anyone who would willing follow such a perverse dictator is a stain on humanity. Fortunately, the only place this "GOD" exists is in the demented imaginations of people like Ron whose logic has been crippled by superstition.

Re: Poor Apologetics -- 3 Videos - ExChristian.Net - Articles

webmdave — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:11:03 -0000

Nothing comes from nothing, except GOD, which according to religionists is supremely something.

Raul,

As soon as you admit to the possibility that anything might exist without having been created, your whole argument is in the toilet. If you have no problem believing in the self-existence of an incomprehensibly complex, intelligent, entity, then what is so difficult to understand about the concept of a self-existent universe? Surely the entire universe is less complex than this imaginary GOD of yours, right?

As to your comment about how the universe is not eternal -- do you have absolute knowledge and evidence in regard to that little apologetic tidbit? If so, WOW! I'd love the opportunity to take a look at your supporting math.

Re: In the Land of Queen Esther: The Unauthorized Sarah Palin Story (Part One) - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

webmdave — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:25:11 -0000

She already has been giving her speeches in tongues!

And with all the incoherent babbling that's been coming out of her pie hole, she is in severe need of an interpreter.

Re: You fools... this website is pathetic - Letters to the Webmaster

webmdave — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:27:17 -0000

P'waise the Lawd!

Re: You fools... this website is pathetic - Letters to the Webmaster

webmdave — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:26:48 -0000

Scott, it's a joke.