[Herr Kurm]

I havent laugehd so hard in ages.

An example:

I am a bit troubled. I believe my son has a girlfriend, because she left a dirty magazine with men in it under his bed. My son is only 16 and I really don't think he's ready to date yet. What's worse is that he's sneaking some girl to his room behind my back. I need help, God! I want my son to stop being so secretive!

[cocknose]

"No, everyone is born Christian. Only later in life do people choose to stray from Jesus and worship satan instead. Atheists have the greatest "cover" of all, they insist they believe in no god yet most polls done and the latest research indicates that they are actually a different sect of Muslims."

It even start with a classic!!!

[herkalees]

Ugh, it's shit like this that makes me embarrassed to be a Christian. Like any religion, there are always going to be the overzealous, border-line crazy, people who make others look bad.

[JonoMarshall]

Brilliant, my favourites:

I can sum it all up in three words: Evolution is a lie

If your original Hebrew disagrees with my original King James --- your original Hebrew is wrong. If your original Hebrew agrees with my original King James, your original Hebrew is right.

You are banned. You are not a Christian for Christians don't accuse brothers and sisters in Christ of being non-Christian.

To say the Bible was written by men and may contain inaccuracies completely contradicts the word of the Bible.

Jesus is not a Jew. Jesus was Jewish.

All to be taken with a pinch of salt no doubt...

[steveb]

No salt needn't, Jono. Those baffling opinions are what the writers believe and know to be true which makes them all the more frightening. Not to mention their influence on the US govt. Even some Bushite recently said that (American) atheists can't or shouldn't be regarded as being true Americans.

[proc355]

the romans had the right idea

[datahound]

The hatred inside this people is frightening. They go against every one of Jesus' teaching.

Love thy neighbour. Turn the other cheek. Do unto others.. Blessed are the cheesemakers.

If Jesus wasn't alive now he'd be spinning in his grave.

[steveb]

Ha ha!

[JonoMarshall]

Perhaps they should proceed with the whole 'removal of safety labels in America' thing...

[steveb]

Yeah, I was gonna put that as my signature but I don't want to be renditioned.

[pgo]

Oh, boy, a religion thread! FSTDT is a goldmine of comedy.

I abhor all religion taken in any sort of a literal sense. As Joseph Campbell said, as soon as you concretize your metaphor, then you're in trouble.

One of the main reasons I hate the place I live.

My biggest complaint about "moderate" Christians is that they seem to refuse to take on these insane fundamentalists. We atheists can only do so much to ridicule their insane beliefs - it's only the "moderates" who can really affect change. But I don't see that happening. I see moderation disappearing and fundamentalism taking over. I'm deeply worried about the future of this country.

Originally Posted by steveb

Even some Bushite recently said that (American) atheists can't or shouldn't be regarded as being true Americans.

The only person I remember saying that was the elder George Bush in a debate with Bill Clinton. The current one has actually explicitly said that it is every American's right to worship or not in whatever way he/she chooses. Small sympathy, though.

While Bush's injection of religion into public life deeply frightens me, I feel that he's not really as religious as he claims and that he (and the Republican party as a whole) merely exploits the credulity, gullibility, and superstitions of the fundamentalist Christian movement.

Not that that's alright.

[brooks]

Originally Posted by datahound

The hatred inside this people is frightening. They go against every one of Jesus' teaching.

Love thy neighbour. Turn the other cheek. Do unto others.. Blessed are the cheesemakers.

If Jesus wasn't alive now he'd be spinning in his grave.

he already is