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jesterspace Says:

Nov 18, 2009 - Yes. Thats the problem... we've gained more knowledge than bronze age tribes..

jesterspace Says:

Nov 18, 2009 - Yes. Thats the problem... we've gained more knowledge than bronze age tribes.. remember... you're using a computer. Science works.

IaintNoGood Says:

Nov 18, 2009 - It seems that your god's "reason" for committing genocide did not work out too well eh. What a fucked up god you have. Not only was his plan to rid the world of this supposed sin you speak of flawed, but it apologized for having such a fucked up plan! LMGDAO And how about that rainbow? What a nice gift for killing everyone but 8. *snicker* Your ilk believes such incredibly asinine nonsense.

IaintNoGood Says:

Nov 18, 2009 - Sorry but I am not blaiming your god thingy for anything. The holy book of horrors clearly does however. The holy book of horrors says your god commits genocide, orders genocide, condones or orders rape, misogyny, adultry, slavery, torture, slaughter of women, children babies, xenophobia, homophobia, etc.. Now as I said I do not believe in your god thingy or your holy book of horrors but you do, which means you worship a sick twisted tyrant. :-D

UsernameIhaz Says:

Nov 19, 2009 - I must say this is well put. from what i notice Christian's are some of the most closed minded judgmental people you can meet.

pmcollectorboy Says:

Nov 19, 2009 - I don't need to watch your video. You've got your whole speech right there in the side box and it's VERY WELL DONE. The differences between the religions are all due to semantics. Just pure semantics. I used to be a fervent Christian as well. But I still believed in science, so it wasn't actually the Bible that caused me to turn to atheism. Just the pure randomness of life. The overriding guilt I used to feel is now gone. Completely gone!

pmcollectorboy Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - Oh wow. None of my posts to tiffanybaybay's diatribe are going through. Technical malfunction?

TheEarthFirst Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - PM - I dont know what happened, some of the other videos did the same thing to me last night. but this morning some of my replys were there. it's also possible she banned you. Someone did to me once eventhough I was just being nice and dicussing.

SuperEcoGirl Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - You have a right to your opinion but please don't assume Christians are the Christian you were. You were a naive judgmental Christian probably pentecostal or fundamentalist given your strong belief in creation. You took the Bible literally. Most Christians I know believe in evolution, science and chemistry etc and did when you were a Christian too.

SuperEcoGirl Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - 1 star for such a naive one-eyed generalization.

jaredtgrand Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - You must consider that Christianity in America is quite different from Christianity nearly anywhere else. Here you must subscribe to beliefs and that is it. When you really invoke the spirit, the master of all that we see things shine different. It is a paradigm shift entirely. These silly opinions and "spreading the faith" are byproducts of something nasty for sure. Christ is not republican or a creationist or a constitutionalist, or a intellectual. Christ was sinless.

zackkline Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - buddy you are lost, you overgeneralize religion to god

MsBREATHOFLIFE Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - laintnogood,U know u are right about the book of horrors,u should be scared.U know the devil could care less if u take up 4 him or notjust so long as u don't turn around.U may think that u don't serve anybody,but u serve satan with all yr heart u don't even know it.U are wrapted around satan's finger he danges u like a yooyoo,1 of these days u will die, satan will have a hayday with u becuz u were a former christian.God thingy said, Be not rash with yr mouth, let not thine heart be hasty

MsBREATHOFLIFE Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - #2Laintnogood,God thingy said,Be not rash with yr mouth, let not thine heart be hasty to utter or say things before God,for God is in heaven and yr on this earth. Maybe u don't know this but yr arms are to short to box with God.u will lose,God did'nt condone these things man did when he gave the world over to the devil. becuz of 1 mans sin, sin entered into the world.But u know as well as I that the last Adam came to set u free.U should cash in on it u won't lose.

pmcollectorboy Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - Yeah. Making a very convincing argument for God there. That's sarcasm, btw.

pmcollectorboy Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - Yeah. I'm done looking at that nonsense. Tbaybay's constant rejection of scientific evidence was giving me a headache. XD I've learned that "evidence" "logic" and "reason" is just not in the theist's vocabulary, so there's no point in trying.

evidence1776 Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - "God did'nt condone these things" really? it seems that he *arranged* for innocent women to be *raped*. 2 Samuel 12:11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

pmcollectorboy Says:

Nov 21, 2009 - God the butcher. Psalm 137:9 "Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones."

evidence1776 Says:

Nov 21, 2009 - God the Chef! Ezekiel 4:12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.

pmcollectorboy Says:

Nov 21, 2009 - God the rapist Deut 22:28 "If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not engaged, and seizes her and lies with her and they are discovered, then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife because he has violated her; he cannot divorce her all his days. "

pmcollectorboy Says:

Nov 21, 2009 - God the misogynist Deut 22 : 20 "But if this charge is true, that the girl was not found a virgin, then they shall bring out the girl to the doorway of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death because she has committed an act of folly in Israel by playing the harlot in her father's house; thus you shall purge the evil from among you. "

pmcollectorboy Says:

Nov 21, 2009 - God the LOOPHOLE! Deut 22 : 22 "If a man is found lying with a married woman, then both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman; thus you shall purge the evil from Israel."

pmcollectorboy Says:

Nov 21, 2009 - Survey SAYS? GOD IS EVIL!

pmcollectorboy Says:

Nov 21, 2009 - God the animal killer. Aww heck. God is ALWAYS killing animals. Jesus the animal killer. Matthew 8 : 32 "And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters."

eragon19 Says:

Nov 21, 2009 - Ding ding ding ding!

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Added: May 17, 2007 By: FightingAtheist

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I am an atheist and a former Christian. As a former Christian I look back to what I used to believe. I wonder how I could have been no naive. As a Christian I had very little knowledge about evolutionary biology, physics, geology, and chemistry. Yet I argued about evolution, fossils, and radioactive dating. I claimed to know problems that scientists just happen to miss when developing these thoroughly tested methods. These supposed flaws were pointed out to me by other Christians. Now I have read several books on each of these subjects and understand more than I thought I ever would. I know now that scientist have accounted for these supposed flaws. As a Christian I vigorously denied the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but I was irritated when someone denied the existence of my God. I had an emotional attachment to my belief. My beliefs are now based on logic and reasoning and not emotional feelings. As a Christian I felt insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists said that humans evolved from other life forms, but I had no problem with the Biblical claim that people were created from dirt. I ignored the evidence from millions of scientific tests that pointed to a different theory. Now I study these scientific findings with an open mind. As a Christian I laughed at polytheists, but I had no problem believing in the father, son, and Holy Spirit that are separate yet the same. To me a trinity made more sense that multiple gods. Now I don't believe in any gods. As a Christian I got upset when I heard of the violence attributed to Islam, or any other religion, but not when the bloodshed was committed by my God. I made excuses for my God. For Example: the slaughtering all the Egyptian babies in Exodus and the genocide performed in "Joshua" including women, children, animals and trees. I also claimed that my God was loving and kind. As a Christian I thought Hindu beliefs that deify humans were just silly. I believed Greek claims about gods sleeping with women were absurd. Yet I had no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then flew up into the sky. I realize now that the difference between these beliefs is minuscule. One is just as silly as the next. As a Christian I was willing to spend my life looking for loopholes in the scientifically established age of the Earth, which is a few billion years, but I found nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing the age of the Earth. As a Christian I believed that the entire population of this planet, with the exception of those who shared my beliefs, would spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And I considered my religion "tolerant" and "loving." I am free of the fear of hell now. As a Christian I ignored the textual scholars that showed evidence that the Bible was not a reliable source. However an emotional person rolling around on the floor screaming gibberish was all the evidence I needed. I know now it was just plain nonsense. As a Christian I thought that the double blind studies showing prayer completely ineffective were diversions from Satan. I believed the unanswered prayers were simply God saying "No." I ignored the fact that praying to any god produced the same results. I also ignored the fact that if my god was the one true god, my prayers would be answered more often than other religions which would cause a statistical anomaly that could be measured. I don't waste my time praying now. As a Christian I actually knew little more about my religion than what I heard in church. I did not study the history of Christianity, the early church, how the bible was written, what books were left out of the bible, the mistranslations from the original Hebrew, and the atrocities committed in the name of Christianity. This knowledge was not needed to be a Christian. Studying all of these items and actually reading the entire bible helped me see the truth. I am happy I do not believe in superstitions anymore. I believe actions are more important that beliefs. http://www.evilbible.com/Top_Ten_List.htm

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