Why do Bible thumpers

[skitch]

automatically assume a person is Satan or being provoked by Satan when you bring up contradictions in the Bible...or even more so..try to tell them something that could make them think a little more?

By the way, i'm now known as the spawn of Satan's loins.

skitch

 

[scylis]

can't be spawn of something that ain't there, i say.

 

[koalabear]

Ask them. We have some here.

 

[juicygirl]

Its because they are idiots who have no strength in their faith.

Scylis, is there anyway to help you to feel less numb? Something I could do my loyal defender.

 

[scylis]

help me remember my frickin' password, that's what you could help me with!



if i could remember it, i'd change my little dude there, but i don't so i can't.

i shall try again this very instant, mkay?

 

[juicygirl]

'kay. I lust after that ubercool purple light saber. Or is it pink (giggle lol. ) I just love a man who can take me far far away.

 

[scylis]

how's that?

i gave up and got a new account to the email addy that i actually use.

 

[Velius]

Most bible thumpers are automatonic drones who have to be led by a faith that has persecuted others prejudicely for thousands of years (not to mention all the intrigue and underhandedness perpetrated by greedy priests (the majority)) to feel secure. Cretins like that don't deserve to even have an opinion, IMO. Any religion that tries to scare you into giving them money and prejudging others is pathetic and should be cast aside. Currently I don't follow any religion, partly because I have convictions from science and logic. I unofficially worship Gaia though.

 

[metal_minx]

if people like born agains are bible thumpers then does that make me, a strict atheist, a "on the origins of man" thumper?


eww that joke stank...

 

[AzureAngel]

Try being "The Beast Incarnate" for a day.

It's easy to fall back on the Satan Argument when there's no better available explanation. Eh.

 

[juicygirl]

Much better scylis.

 

[mistressastra]

I was told if I didn't look to god and accept him, I loved satan. What, it had to be one or the other? What if I have no affection or belief in either? Geeez......

 

[Velius]

Indeed, Christian based religions are so much crap you can almost feel sorry for them. Almost.

 

[DevilBoy79]

automatically assume a person is Satan or being provoked by Satan when you bring up contradictions in the Bible...or even more so..try to tell them something that could make them think a little more?

By the way, i'm now known as the spawn of Satan's loins.

skitch

its annoying my grandfather was a penticostle minister, back in his younger days, it happens alot with him,when these type of people come around, but i gotta give him this much he never used to preach straight from the bible, but yet still knew what to say

 

[OpposingBalance]

Most bible thumpers are automatonic drones who have to be led by a faith that has persecuted others prejudicely for thousands of years (not to mention all the intrigue and underhandedness perpetrated by greedy priests (the majority)) to feel secure. Cretins like that don't deserve to even have an opinion, IMO. Any religion that tries to scare you into giving them money and prejudging others is pathetic and should be cast aside. Currently I don't follow any religion, partly because I have convictions from science and logic. I unofficially worship Gaia though.

intrigue is good!
as to the rest, yea, i no longer proscribe to an organized religion either...

 

[Velius]

Intrigue is good, but at the expense of innocents (mostly) it is pretty lame. Exploiting peoples' fear is profitable, but arguably rather immoral.

Now, I don't claim to be the best of people in the morals department, but some of the shit that the Christian/Catholic/whatever church has done is pretty screwed.

 

[MechaBlade]

automatically assume a person is Satan or being provoked by Satan when you bring up contradictions in the Bible...or even more so..try to tell them something that could make them think a little more?

Because they are evil.

No, actually because they are dumb, close-minded, and scared.

I makes me so mad when someone says they'll pray for someone who's an atheist. It's actually a compliment that feels like an insult.

 

[Charlotte Blanchard]

I have always believed that people who follow a religion are people who need to be told a certain moral rule set usually because they are not capable of simply coming up with their own, which you would think is an intuitive instinct. They are also people who need a "forgiver" someone to slap them on the hand when they are naughty and then say "it's okay." I think maybe that is it, that "God" makes it okay. He will always forgive you, while in reality, most people won't and probably shouldn't. I never had parents with me to teach me "this is right" and "that is wrong" and yet, i am still able to know for the most part which is which. For me, the only sin is to hurt myself or others, and everything else is just made up nonsense.

 

[Unclebill]

Originally posted by Velius
Indeed, Christian based religions are so much crap you can almost feel sorry for them. Almost.

Why single out Christianity? It's no worse than any other I can think of and not as bad as some strains of Islam which teach treachery and murder as virtues. Look what it's done for the Arabs' civilization.

What religion doesn't have as it's primary purpose the control and direction of the minds of the followers?

 

[Bidin~Time]

It must be a bitch to have to delete God or references to God from expletives when you're angry. Since you don't believe in a Deity, I assume you would just automatically erase all references from your vocabulary. Wouldn't you?

Just asking


emi

 

[riff]

I am Satan.

 

[Route66Girl]

Ah, religion

One of those subjects you're never supposed to bring up at the dinner table.

Why do believers condemn/go into fits over non-believers?

Because they believe, that's why. They think the world is as it exists according to their religion. They think they know what's going to happen, and what causes pain and misery. They don't like it, and they want to see it stop.

I'm not religious. I suppose, in definitive terms, I'm agnostic.

But I can understand why people who believe wholeheartedly in their religions get so upset. All you have to do to understand them is go to what you, in your life, believe in. What do you believe in?

Everyone believes in something, without proof or sound reasoning. Maybe you believe in love, or your family, or maybe your political philosophy... doesn't matter. Whatever you believe in that others can challenge.

How many times do you run across someone and think, "My God... this person is so lost, so ignorant. How can they DELUDE themselves like that?" How many times do you find yourself lost in an argument of ideas, only to run into verbal blockades that send you scrambling... not to facts or figures, but to your gut feelings and instincts. I know this is right. I just know it. What you're saying is wrong.

Sure, religious people run to their scriptures to explain all. Just as atheists do, except their scriptures are different. And their absolution is different. But it's all essentially the same thing, really. Beliefs. Show me someone who says there's no proof of a god, and I'll show you someone with no proof that there isn't one, either.

And who's to say holy books hold no significance?

I don't know about any of it. Concerning God, religion, scriptures and related philosophy, there's a great big "DUH" over my head.

But there are still things I believe in, outside that realm, with no proof whatsoever. All I have to do, when I meet someone who believes in something so vehemently that they chastise me for living against their code, is remember my own irrational beliefs. Then, I understand exactly where they're coming from.

 

[Velius]

Goddess, I tried that at one point...It didn't work very well. I eventually said I just don't care and stopped trying.

 

[JazzManJim]

automatically assume a person is Satan or being provoked by Satan when you bring up contradictions in the Bible...or even more so..try to tell them something that could make them think a little more?

By the way, i'm now known as the spawn of Satan's loins.

skitch

Why is it that when people encounter a person with a strong religious faith, they feel the unerring need to "make them think a little more"?

By the way, I'm known as the religious person who makes most athiests wet their pants because they don't think enough.

 

[RawHumor]

Re: Re: Why do Bible thumpers

By the way, I'm known as the religious person who makes most athiests wet their pants because they don't think enough.

I was going to respond to this thread, Jim, but it's kinda like replying to a "Why do all NFL fans masturbate with a cheese grater?" type of thread. The "debate/argument/topic" was over before it began, so I didn't even bother.