Questions Your Pastor Will Hate
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“Why did God not like Cain’s vegetable sacrifice but loved Abel’s cooked meat?” Answer…Vegetarians are weak Christians.
“Who was Cain afraid would kill him when God put him out of the Garden for killing Abel? There were mom, dad, bro and himself on the whole planet at the time.” Answer…He must have known his sisters were going to have kids with dad, no not that. He was speculating. Cain wasn’t thinking very clearly that day.
“Why would God stop the whole earth for a day so Israelites could finish a genocide against the enemy?” I mean, I can see stopping it so there is more time to hug, or feed the hungry, or plant the crops, but more time to kill? Dumb story. Answer…God hates sin and had to kill the bastards, he just needed more time than he planned on.”
“How come the horses in the Exodus die twice in the Ten Plagues and still survive for Pharoah to mount a final attack against the Israelites, and then die again.” Answer…Where do you get this stuff?
“Why, no matter what, is it always the human’s fault and God never gets any blame for not making good on his promises?” Answer…It’s a mystery. Have faith. God’s ways are not your ways.
“Why does the Apostle Paul, who writes most of the New Testament, NEVER quote Jesus, tell a story of his life or death, discuss a miracle or teaching?” Answer…Where do you get this stuff?
“Why does neither Mark nor John know anything about Jesus birth, while Matthew and Luke do but tell contradictory stories?” Answer…Because the Gospels are like four people who see a car wreck…
“Why does Paul only say Jesus was born of a woman like everyone else?” Answer…Paul was concerned about the risen Jesus, not the earthly one. He was too busy to check up on the details.
“Did Paul ever spend five minutes with the real human Jesus?” Answer..well no, but Paul’s Jesus is the risen Jesus, it doesn’t matter.
“Isn’t it strange the man who writes most of the New Testament and tells us all how to live, think and believe about Jesus, never met him, while the Twelve who did, vanish into thin air and write nothing/” Answer…You ain’t from around these parts are you boy.
“How come Jesus never wrote anything himself while alive, but then writes perfect Greek after he is dead in the form of the Book of Revelation?” Answer….He finished his PHD in Heaven.
“If Herod killed all the little children under two to get at Jesus, who escaped, can we not say the little children had to die for Jesus before he died for them?” Answer…No we can’t, sheesh.
“How come Herod couldn’t follow the Star of Bethlehem himself to find Jesus, but sent others to report back when they found him?” Answer…He was busy.
Jul 04, 2007 @ 21:17:24
Most of these objections and many more besides appear in a “book” about 1,800 years old.
Written by Celsus, probably at the request of Emperor Marcus Aurelius — it’s On the True Doctrine, a discourse against the Christians. Translated with introduction by R.J. Hoffmann, Oxford Press, 1987. Used starting at $14 on amazon.
“For who are we to believe — a rabble of mistaken [jewish-xian] prophets or the [Greek] philosophers?” p. 108
Jul 09, 2007 @ 12:13:42
Very good :) Nice questions!
Jul 10, 2007 @ 02:52:56
“Why did God not like Cain’s vegetable sacrifice but loved Abel’s cooked meat?â€
Abel gave the FIRST and BEST of his flock. While Cain simply gave some some of his fruit. It’s pretty obvious when you read the story.
Feb 16, 2011 @ 23:48:32
Actually it’s because God had it out for Cain from the very beginning. He never really liked the sorry son of a bitch.
Jul 10, 2007 @ 03:06:18
Also, if “my” pastor hates these easily answerable questions then he really needs to study more before calling himself a pastor.
Jul 11, 2007 @ 11:44:35
Funny! Yeah, I can see why some christians would have a hard time. However, I wouldn’t. Your assumptions are based from interestingly popular assumptions that do escape obvious truths. For the sake of time, lets start with one –
if God made Man, and Man is of the nature of the world, then death is not something that God will prevent because of simple emotion. The fact is that we are of Nature, and severely and abnormally evolved compared to the rest of the natural world – BUT, we are very dependent upon nature itself. Does this mean that God doesn’t exist? No – it simply means that there was a force beyond our comprehension that brought the animal of Man to the forefront of life on this planet. but nevertheless nothing more than a complicated animal. The Bible says that man was God’s creation – made in His image. It does not say that we are separate from nature.
So, try this on for size – If death angers you, then who do you blame if there is no God? Remember, though this fact has been perverted, the truth is that the greatest atrocities of all time were created by those who opposed religions of peace. They, by their own grandiosity, intended to be the top of the living. So, if this is true, and it is – then religion is not the problem, but rather the natural tendency to dominate others by mob rule. And the only opposition to mob rule by animalistic domination is that of some religions.
In final, if God does exist and man dies, what is the purpose of God? Perhaps the next evolution of man is the spiritual state, as there is no further advancements to us that would actually benefit us. The spiritual person fights and struggles against their nature, while the un-spiritual celebrates every natural tendency. Isn’t it possible that the seriously complicated abilities of this animal of Man also provides the abilities of greater thought, ability and nearly psychic communicable that far supersedes any intention of evolution? Isn’t it possible that the next “evolution” is one that takes these abilities and combines all of the strengths of these for a new benefit of the existence of the animal “man”?
If there is a God, who would he want in his realm? Those who can evolve (natural selection?), or those that are prone to stay the same, and even prone to self corruption.
Imagine this in true sincerity, and you will find you stand challenged right where you are in your own thoughts. Are all you are is the evolved animal on a dead end path? Or is there a chance that the spiritual exists, and man through his animal state tends to complicate the issue – or flatly deny the possibility to protect his pimply existence upon the face of life – nothing more than a bag of meat and a consumer of resources; while others are drawn to the new evolution.
I see why you defend that we are just bags of meat. Good luck with that.
~ fellow animal
Oct 12, 2010 @ 13:44:04
How can you honestly say that the people who opposed religions of peace created all the atrocities? That is a bold faced lie. Religions that claim they are peaceful have spread more hate in the world than anyone else. If you listened to one word you preached about love and acceptance, people wouldn’t have to hide their religions, sexual orientations, or ethnic backgrounds. Open your eyes to the hate Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and most other religions have created.
Jul 11, 2007 @ 23:35:04
Simply silly questions an an exercise in futility as there is no god.
Jul 12, 2007 @ 09:23:06
They’re futile for you and me, but serve to teach others who believe in such nonsense.
Jul 13, 2007 @ 14:22:24
nice questions…and if I ever decide to go to church, then I might just be tempted to ask them….but I agree with Martin, an exercise in futility, as there is no god…but good questions
Jul 13, 2007 @ 14:59:59
no no, you’re wrong. the truth is God made you make these questions, to get the right answers from the ones who saw the Truth! For he is wise and merciful, the king among kings…
yes… believe me
Jul 13, 2007 @ 15:25:18
“So, try this on for size – If death angers you, then who do you blame if there is no God? ”
The way I see it, if there is no God to blame, we blame the center of morality we create, us. Death, in and of itself, is a natural effect, since, as you have pointed out, we are of Nature. It stands to reason, therefore, not to blame the workings of a deity, be it God or Zues but to lay the responsibility where it belongs. If it is mankind that causes death, we blame the individual(s) that have caused it and if there is a more natural cause, we blame the thing in nature that caused it, be it cancer, infection or degenerating cells (i.e. old age). By blame I mean, find, identify and define the cause, not simply point an accusatory finger.
“Remember, though this fact has been perverted, the truth is that the greatest atrocities of all time were created by those who opposed religions of peace. They, by their own grandiosity, intended to be the top of the living. So, if this is true, and it is – then religion is not the problem, but rather the natural tendency to dominate others by mob rule. And the only opposition to mob rule by animalistic domination is that of some religions.”
It’s not those that opposed religions of peace, as much as those that oppose peace in religion. Any and all religions were borne of a “cult” (small but devoted following) that had to fight, argue and/or reason its way into legitimacy. It stands to reason, there is militancy in any given religion and no religion is purely peaceful or purely violent, as it would not survive otherwise. In any given religion, there are elements of peace and benevolence and elements of elements of violence and militant diktats. However, our tendency for violence in the religious context, while whether or not motivated by religion is debatable, can be justified by religious edict just as easily as it can be invalidated by scripture. The tendency to cruelly dominate, once in power has been experimentally demonstrated (see Stanford Prison Experiment) and appears to be an insidious albeit demonstrable part of our psychology and (I think) may or may not be codified in our religious history and mythology. True, God is not to blame for that, we are, but my point is if and when this ugly side of humanity does (or has) raise its head we can easily use edicts of *insert deity here* in scripture to rationalize and defend our behavior. The Bible, Qur’an, Vedas, etc., aren’t just instruction manuals but history books as well and and when we read that history, we find that many acts of violence were, according to the respective authors, directly ordered by God (or whichever deity the scripture represents)
“In final, if God does exist and man dies, what is the purpose of God? Perhaps the next evolution of man is the spiritual state, as there is no further advancements to us that would actually benefit us. The spiritual person fights and struggles against their nature, while the un-spiritual celebrates every natural tendency. Isn’t it possible that the seriously complicated abilities of this animal of Man also provides the abilities of greater thought, ability and nearly psychic communicable that far supersedes any intention of evolution? Isn’t it possible that the next “evolution†is one that takes these abilities and combines all of the strengths of these for a new benefit of the existence of the animal “manâ€?”
Every religion provides the answer to “if God does exist and man dies, what is the purpose of God?” Evolution, strictly from the point of our biology and natural selection, only requires one thing out of us, our genes survive to go to the next generation and humans are not exempt from this. However, evolution of the human mind and our conscious understanding of the world is a different matter. If as you say, spirituality is the next step, we have already taken that step for tens of thousands of years and even our closest biological relatives, the Neandertals have taken that step. However, why not center our morality, our rationality and our sense of self worth on something totally new and different, ourselves? This way, when we act, it’s not to appease the sensibilities of a deity but to appease our sensibilities. To help your fellow mankind is not an act devotion that garners the possibility of a reward after you die but an act of kindness that gains the guarantee of a reward now with the knowledge that that person is better from your behavior and may reciprocate your kindness with at the very least a smile. Why not be responsible for our own actions instead of believing it is the will of a deity? Perhaps that is the next step in our social, psychological and moral evolution. Our brains provide us with this remarkable adaptive capability of remolding our external environments and we are no longer (for the present time) forced to change our biological characteristics to survive as a species. The human innovation of culture is a major driving force behind this capability. Therefore, if we can recognize that we can truly rule our lives and our individual worlds and are responsible for the reality we create and if we teach our fellow man and our children this fact, we will create a better world for us, not just destroy each other and the planet in the process or simultaneously.
“If there is a God, who would he want in his realm? Those who can evolve (natural selection?), or those that are prone to stay the same, and even prone to self corruption.
Imagine this in true sincerity, and you will find you stand challenged right where you are in your own thoughts. Are all you are is the evolved animal on a dead end path? Or is there a chance that the spiritual exists, and man through his animal state tends to complicate the issue – or flatly deny the possibility to protect his pimply existence upon the face of life – nothing more than a bag of meat and a consumer of resources; while others are drawn to the new evolution.
I see why you defend that we are just bags of meat. Good luck with that.
~ fellow animal”
We are bags of meat, but bags of meat that can think and rationalize. We are truly remarkable bags of meat that have the power, the ingenuity and that special understanding of a “God” and perhaps that’s why we created God in our image. In the age we didn’t know any better, we created gods that were in the image of the most powerful forces in our world; that’s why the older religions have deities based on or even looking like things in nature. In a more violent era, we created a God that was capable of and committed violence (at least according to the Old Testament histories). Now, we can we understand and rule our environment (to an extent) and we’re still learning, continuing to grow. We understand the power of peace and we’ve created a more peaceful God. In a sense, we are the Creators and we should own up to that, in body and thought. I believe when we make that jump, humankind’s possibilities will be endless, because it is then we won’t have to be worried about who’s killing and who’s dying because of the wrong set of belief systems but we’ll be worried about how humanity, our fellow citizenry of the Earth, will survive and improve.
~another fellow animal
Jul 14, 2007 @ 01:59:35
Comment from God
Abel gave the FIRST and BEST of his flock. While Cain simply gave some some of his fruit. It’s pretty obvious when you read the story.
– So Cain’s fruits were not accepted because of quality? Why haven’t I read of another fruit/veg sacrifice in the bible? Leviticus 22 details requirements of sacrifices, but there is no mention of plants. It only refers to flesh.
Comment from God
Also, if “my†pastor hates these easily answerable questions then he really needs to study more before calling himself a pastor.
– I’d be interested in your take on the rest of the questions. You could even confer with “your” pastor beforehand. :-)
Tell the holy ghost I said, “What up!”
Jul 18, 2007 @ 12:14:30
I have some more things I would like anyone to question their pastor about…
1). Why is it OK for you to turn your daughter into a whore? Genesis 19:4-8, Judges 19:22-29
2). When God impregnated Sara was the kid a pre-Jesus? Genesis 21:1-2
3). What kind of God would make a raped woman marry her rapist for 50 shekels? Deuteronomy 22:28-29
4). I heard “Houses & clothes cause leprosy but can be healed with bird’s blood.” I also heard “Ifit’s in the Bible it’s true.” Can I infect you with leprosy and try this theory out? Leviticus 14:33-57
5). Is it true Drinking Temple dust identifies Adulterous women? Numbers 5:21-28
6). Where’s the harm in a little gang-rape…? Judges 19:24-29
7). Do evil spirits come from God? I Samuel 16:14-23
8). Why did the Lord trick a man into sacrificing his virgin daughter to him? Judges 11:29-39
9). Pertaining to question #8, After he did this why was mankind stupid enough to continue worshiping him as a loving God?
10). When God admitted he gave out bad laws for people to follow, why did people continue to follow any of his laws? Ezekiel 20:25
11). Will you please give me all your money? If he says no tell him he is not a Christian. Matthew 5:42, Luke 6:30-35
12). Have you castrated yourself? Well, the Bible says if you are able to do it you should. Matthew 19:12
13). Does the Bible contradict itself? When he says no ask him about the following…
I). Man created before the animals Genesis 2:18-19
Man created after the animals Genesis 1:25-27
II). God can be seen and heard Genesis 3:9-10 Genesis 32:30 Exodus 24:9-11 Exodus 33:11,23 Isaiah 6:1
God is invisible, cannot be seen nor heard by anyone Exodus 33:20 John 1:18, 5:37 I Timothy 6:16
III). God is not the author of evil Deuteronomy 32:4 I Corinthians 14:33 James 1:13
God IS the author of evil Ezekiel 20:25 Lamentations 3:38 Jeremiah 18:11 Isaiah 45:7 Amos 3:6
IV). God cannot lie Hebrews 6:18
God lies by proxy, sending lying spirits Ezekiel 14:9 I Kings 22:23 II Thessalonians 2:11
V). God tempts no man Jeremiah 20:7 Matthew 6:13 James 1:13
God tempts men constantly Genesis 22:1; II Samuel 24:1
VI). Satan kills 70,000 Israelites with a plague because David took a census II Samuel 24:1-17
God kills 70,000 Israelites with a plague because David took a census I Corinthians 21:1-7,14
VII). The Earth will never be destroyed Ecclesiastes 1:4 Psalms 104:5
The Earth shall be destroyed II Peter 3:10 Hebrews 1:11 Revelations 20:11
VIII). Man cannot fall from God’s grace John 10:28 Romans 8:38-39
Man CAN fall from God’s grace Ezekiel 18:24 Hebrews 6:4-6 II Peter 2:20-21
Ya know, if you take away the Bible which is filled with lies and legends from centuries before we had any real knowledge, and you take away the church bodies that have been responsible for countless murders, racism, intolerance, and blocked the way for real progress time and time again the world might be a better place. Of course we’d have to wipe out all the other religions too. But hey, it’s a far more worthy goal than killing and hating for an invisible deity based on something that was wrote centuries ago and has no place in a modern world.
I say end all wars, save some lives, and if you really have to, drop the nukes on heaven if you can find it.
Jul 18, 2007 @ 16:53:13
Organized religion is organized mental illness.
Jul 20, 2007 @ 12:34:58
“Organized religion is organized mental illness.”
That seems a little harsh. I am just as much of a skeptic as the next person and no longer follow an organized religion or subscribe to the idea that an invisible, non-physically interacting force somehow controls my behavior, destiny, history or that of the world around me. However, to equate organized religion with mental illness is hyperbole. There is rationalization, groupthink perhaps projection and other psychological, sociological and behavioral principles at work when adherents of organized religion defend their religion and its apparent inconsistencies. Often times, that which we are raised on contains our comfort zone and when it is challenged, whether it’s our homes and its integrity or our ideas and beliefs any one of us will feel uncomfortable, even challenged and we may meet that challenge aggressively. However, true mental illness is more insidious and harms the afflicted more and shouldn’t be made light of. While many may not believe or agree with this point, mental illness is a medical condition; there is a malfunctioning of some kind of our most precious organ, our brain, that might be treated or cured through medicine, or managed through our own actions and behavior. Those that follow an organized religion, are just like a person feeling cold, often just enveloping themselves in a “blanket” that provides a need, whether its warmth, guidance, familiarity, etc and just like any other living being will do just about anything to protect that slice of heaven. Some of us have accepted reason and logic as fulfilling that need, while others have other means. However, it’s unfair to both the mentally ill, to the religious and the believer to equate these ideas.
Aug 01, 2007 @ 02:46:27
this is a lot of fun! i enjoy reading people who take themselves way too seriously, battle back and forth about stuff they don’t understand. the problem is that both sides sound dumb and neither is going to pay attention to the other! the truth is, it is easy to make someone else look stupid and call names. so, it turns out this is all futile. (side note: “futile” and “futility”, much like post-modernity, relativism, or existentialism are words people use to sound very smart and/or really skeptical!)
Aug 01, 2007 @ 06:34:51
Roger, I agree wholeheartedly. People that believe in God are mentally ill. They suffer among other things from distorted perceptions of reality, paranoia (that someone’s out to get them – Satan – and that they are under constant surveillance – God.) and some even hear voices in their head.
Aug 01, 2007 @ 20:40:17
“God” said:
>“Why did God not like Cain’s vegetable sacrifice but loved Abel’s cooked meat?â€
>
>Abel gave the FIRST and BEST of his flock. While Cain simply gave some some of his fruit. It’s >pretty obvious when you read the story.
>
Amazing. I’ve heard that answer a billion times; the billion-and-first time I heard it, I got curious and looked for that story in the Bible. Lo and behold, it DOES NOT SAY that Abel “gave his first and best.” It says Abel gave meat and Cain gave crops, and God liked the meat. Go look it up, and stop making up things to make your stupid holy book make sense! If it’s God’s own word, the absolute truth, then accept what it actually says; God probably doesn’t need you to come up with excuses.
Read your Bible from now on- you should be embarrassed when an atheist corrects you.
Aug 03, 2007 @ 03:06:22
my grandparents just disowned me for being an “evil” musician. i just had to share that with someone.
Aug 03, 2007 @ 04:34:26
“Read your Bible from now on- you should be embarrassed when an atheist corrects you.”
that is entertainment.
Aug 05, 2007 @ 18:03:54
Christians use the last quarter of Joshua 24:15 as an affirmation of their dedication to their whatever, but if they were to read the whole verse, it speaks loudly of religious tolerance.
“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
Religion is really a facet of CULTURE. The fact is that even though Christians worship Christ, they are not taking heed to what Christ said. It is indeed a lot harder to put one’s faith and worship into a being that you’ve never seen or heard before, but Hebrews 11:1 states that faith is “the evidence of things not seen.” Christ was seen, heard and even touched.
Christians that are reading this and that read books on how to “walk the walk” are really selling themselves short and taking the cheap way out. I’d wager that if a person were to take the same amount of time that it would take to read a book by a christian author and instead spend it in prayer time, most of the time keeping your trap shut and being still before God, your walk would blossom, and more than likely, you’d find yourself enjoying life more and bullshitting about your halo a lot less, and at the same time, growing in leaps and bounds.
Aug 08, 2007 @ 16:18:37
Still laughing at deucalion’s refutation… FYI, firstborns ARE considered first and best.
Aug 11, 2007 @ 03:50:21
So let me get this,
You are all rejecting all possibility of a God based on comments you have on a set of book that no one pretends that they are written by God himself, but told by ancient prophets and then passed on thought hundreds of generations, (not as a historical facts but as the story of a religion as seen by the people, ignorant peasants that were only telling myths) to finally be selected and edited by an emperor who didn’t know anything about Christianity.
Forget about those who take the book literally, if you consider yourself so logical and rational, can you really dismiss the existence of God just by proving that you are more rational that these writers (that isn’t much given that the principle of rationality wasn’t discovered a few centuries ago).
Aug 11, 2007 @ 09:56:13
Yes, yes I can.
Just because I cannot absolutely disprove something does not give any more credence to any claim that an all powerful god controls the universe and has all the magical attributes that you’ve decided he (not she) has.
Ask yourself this, why is god male? The answer? Because you’ve applied that attribute to him without ever bothering to prove that this is actually the case. Why? Because god(s) were invented by men.
Aug 12, 2007 @ 03:24:42
Actually we don’t have proof either way, so you can’t prove that God doesn’t exist either.
And about the second part, getting hung up on stuff like the gender of God is absurd, we should understand that God is only personified so people can imagine Him. It’s only necessary determine the gender for people who are so narrow minded that they can’t imagine anything but material (is it male or female !?). That’s hardly an argument to rule out the existence of God.
Just think beyond the material need of people for a God to be reassured that their lives aren’t pointless and to blame for everything bad in their lives, for people who are more intelligent that is not enough, but just because people imagined God the way they like too doesn’t mean that you should refuse anything that you can’t see. You would be just as material and limited as they are.
Aug 14, 2007 @ 15:17:37
God may or may not exist, end of story. Same with Buddha, Shiva, Allah, The Naked Goddess, etc, etc. But I’m like Ghandi “I like your Christ, but I don’t like your Christians”. If I’m not mistaken [and I might be] that’s one of his quotes.
Aug 14, 2007 @ 23:01:44
If you can’t prove god exists and you can’t prove god doesn’t exist then why believe he exists?
Aug 15, 2007 @ 20:13:41
I find it interesting that so many people are so sure of themselves, when they know so little of the world. True, we have learned science and logic, but take a philosophy course. Just ponder the idea that reality isn’t as simple as we think it is. How the hell can we actually be sure of anything if we can only interact through our limited senses. Now, I do not mean for people to abandon all beliefs because “nothing can be absolutely proven.” I am just presenting the thought that no one actually knows the Truth. Nor can we.
Aug 15, 2007 @ 20:45:57
Unless all my senses are lying to me, the god that has been invented by man, is without a shred of doubt to me, non existent.
If my senses do lie to me, I have no way of knowing it.. so why should I waste time pondering things that are completely beyond me?
BTW, this should be continued on the forum
Aug 16, 2007 @ 20:39:17
QUOTE: Ask yourself this, why is god male? The answer? /QUOET END
I have that answer for you. God is referred to as male, because the word God is a Masculine noun in old Greek and Latin. It does not say that he has a dick, you idiot!
I Don’t Believe in god, but stupid questions like that are simply too ignorant to ignore.
Aug 17, 2007 @ 01:32:45
Definitions of words are based around the common understand of it’s meaning. If a word is masculine, it’s because that’s how people perceive it.
Don’t be an idiot.
Aug 17, 2007 @ 02:30:15
When a word is a Masculine noun, it firstly isn’t a definition, and secondly it does not suggest the noun to have a sex. Please spare me and other readers from this ignorance.
Aug 17, 2007 @ 07:13:35
Yes, you’re absolutely right, words are beyond definitions the second they’re declared to be nouns, how silly of me.
Go back to high school.
Aug 19, 2007 @ 16:42:57
You do have some good questions… However science has yet to explain how the universe was created. They have the “big bang theory” as well as several others, however they are all just theories with about as much proof as the bible. Another point worth making is that who created the big bang, or the particles in them or even the energy released by it…
Also on the sub-issue in the comments about masculine nouns there are such things just not in the English language, in German you have masculine feminine and neutered nouns. They actually use three different words for “the” based on which it is.
Aug 19, 2007 @ 16:48:28
Uhh no. The bible has pretty much no credibility, whereas science and theories like big bang have a lot more.
Saying “who created the big bang” is pointless since it just creates more questions, like “who created the creator that created the big bang”? That just makes for an endless question that goes on to infinity.
The very fact that you claim to know the answer proves that you don’t know. The first thing you must do is admit that you don’t know and stop assuming god did it since there’s zero evidence to prove god did any more than the flying spaghetti monster did.
Aug 27, 2007 @ 13:32:51
Comment from ThereisnoGod
Date: Thursday August 16th, 2007, 8:39pm
QUOTE: Ask yourself this, why is god male? The answer? /QUOET END
QUOTE:I have that answer for you. God is referred to as male, because the word God is a Masculine noun in old Greek and Latin. It does not say that he has a dick, you idiot!
I Don’t Believe in god, but stupid questions like that are simply too ignorant to ignore./QUOET END
God created Man in His image. Man has a dick. Thus, God must have a dick.
Or a vagina. Either way, he must have had one of them to have given them to the humans, since otherwise the bible would be mistaken in claiming that we were created “in his image”
Oct 27, 2007 @ 21:26:02
OUCH!!
It’s a little hostile around here.
I get the feeling that most of you don’t believe in God. Well take a hike! No really a literal hike, it’s hard to deny God when you are looking at His creation.
Anyway,
1) God does like meat, but was displeased because Cain did not do as they were both asked.
God likes us to listen and obey.
2) And Cain was afraid of society in general, why would you assume that Adam and Eve stopped having children after Cain and Abel.
3) And yes God does hate sin, but new exactly how long it would take Israel, and provided the exact amount of daylight necessary.
4) Pharohs horses, they die once before the Israelites leave(unless you are referring to the FIRST BORN plague), and once while they are leaving. How did Pharoh have horses after his were killed well the same way you have a car shortly after yours breaks down or is wrecked, he got more.
5) God has always made good on His promises to me. I hope that you realize that most of His promises have conditions.
6) Read romans 15:18&19
7) Witnesses to a car wreck, good analogy. None of the disciples were there so they are likely telling the story as they heard it, furthermore I don’t see any conflict between the 2 books.
8) Uh, what are you talking about? Jesus was born of a woman like everyone else, and Paul speaks of Jesus being Lord and The Son Of God.
9) Yes Paul did meet Jesus and it knocked him off his horse literally.
10) Refer to answer 9, also the some of the twelve did write the others were out saving the known world.
11) It is more likely that he wanted His words to be read and not have the parchment they were written on worshiped. Just look at what has happened with the supposed shroud.
12) Well sir God didn’t tell Herod to kill the little children fear did. So the children died for fear, their deaths did not allow baby Jesus to live, God did.
13) It wasn’t due to Herod’s busyness, he did not know how to read the stars. The three wise men had been watching for the signs, likely most of their life.
P.S. please be careful speaking against God’s people He doesn’t like it. Seriously!!!
Oct 27, 2007 @ 21:38:17
to RDL,
Context!
Oct 28, 2007 @ 04:00:26
You speak for god? Really? Why does he depend on you to inform me and not tell me himself? You’d think the creator of .. *everything* would be able to do that himself.
If god hates sin, why did he create sin in the first place? He created everything, right?
When did he make these promises? Why is he no longer making such promises, and if he is, where can I go to get some from him? (don’t say church, i’ve been, none there).
How can a god be born of a woman? And how can god be his own father and son? Magic?
yeah, as opposed to modern christians who act *so* much like jesus and totally don’t just praise him in that exact same way.. right?
Ghandi said it best: “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
Fuck god. Yeah, I’m saying it. What’s he going to do? *waits* thought so, nothing.
If god did exist, there would be no reason for him to wait till I die to send me to hell, I don’t believe now and I wont ever (until I see some proof), so why bother wasting time? All I’m going to do is convince more people that he doesn’t exist as I’ve done with this website.
Nov 09, 2007 @ 05:45:40
If you want true enlightenment, watch the online film at Zeitgeistmovie.com. Although, this only scratches the surface. The rabbit hole is far deeper than can be imagined.
Nov 12, 2007 @ 00:28:27
Mentally 3:
question:
Which god r u referring to? there are several gods we can speak about, from the bearded ones, to the fat child the indu’s use, to the sooo cool blue with 4 arms. There is also a negative god (satan I guess) Zeus is one of my favorites, Mars, Jupiter, Huitzilopochtli, Ra …………and the list goes on and on.
And I am with you, god has to love meat, especially when u eat it in an Argentinian BBQ…. but according to the bible, he likes other meats too, especially in the female form…. no problem if its underage. Hell, he is god and be can do whatever he wants……. please note that I am using the Cristian/Jewish/Muslim version of it……. in case the three religions share the same god with different name and different psychotic blood needs.
PS. How was cain afraid of society? four people lived in the world according to the bible!!!!! four people, what would he do if he visited Mexico City today? hell……. what about the chaos in Bombay……. I don’t think you give too much thought to that one.
cheers
Nov 26, 2007 @ 13:17:20
Shane, god may not exist, but Buddha did. He was Siddhattha Gautama, who later came to be known as “the Buddha.” So you see, Buddha, like Christ, was a title given to a man…not a name.
Dec 18, 2007 @ 00:41:02
Abel gave God the FAT he’d trimmed off his “first and best” and Cain gave some crops. God liked the fat. Perhaps he was on Atkin’s trying to become a little less “omnipresent” and didn’t want all those carbs Cain was offering?
So Christians, please do what your God commands and trim the fat off that steak and throw it away “as an offering”. Otherwise He might punish you with heart disease or type II diabetes.
Dec 27, 2007 @ 13:01:58
I’ve read a lot of phlosophical B.S. here written by souls who cannot
see beyond themselves. There is a spiritual world out there like it or
not and one supposes that it is a gift of some sort to be able to see
a little bit of it once in a while. Debaters and doctrinal churchmen
need not apply. You probably wouldn’t catch it if it bit you on the ass
because if the pastor of the seminary doesn’t preach it, it just isnt so.
Dec 27, 2007 @ 15:01:57
The bible was inspired by God man was made in Gods image ,search the scriptures and you will find the truth ,the father and the son are one,belive on the name of the Lord Jesus christ and thou will be saved . 2 nd Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name,shall humble themself,and pray,and seek my face,and turn from there wikedways,then will hear from heaven, and will forgive there sin,and will heal there land. I belive in the Father the Son and the holy Spirit . Also i believe in life after as i was there.
Dec 27, 2007 @ 16:05:50
Thanks for that drivel. Go believe in zombie Jesus, just don’t bother telling me cause I really don’t care what you believe in.
Nov 12, 2008 @ 20:06:30
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Mar 29, 2009 @ 21:00:19
Super-Duper site! I am loving it!! Will come back again – taking you feeds also, Thanks.
Apr 04, 2009 @ 09:24:52
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Oct 12, 2010 @ 19:16:35
Very good article. I never delved this far back into the archives.
Nov 08, 2010 @ 23:30:26
I was listening to some awesome musics and reading all the posts on this wonderful site, and then a song came on, and I thought to myself, “This would totally be Gods theme song…”
The Invisible Man by Queen… Just thought I’d share. :D
Nov 08, 2010 @ 23:39:22
That is definitely not a song you hear very often… ;)