Well once I ditched the sky daddy I started taking careful mental notes of the random events that take place in my life. I tried to be as objective as possible. I compared how I would interpret these events as an atheist to how I would have as a Christian. I understand that this is far from a scientific study. Here's the run down.
Atheist interpretation:
After ditching the sky daddy nothing that can be considered retrobution happened. Things were quiet.
Christian interpretation of the same event:
After my drift into atheism God was silent. Either I didn't drift away from Christianity too far or God is being patient. God is just waiting for me to return. He's holding back jugement.
Atheist interpretation of the random events for the next couple of weeks:
Well things are going well for me. Luck has been in my favor. This has been kind of cool. Gee if I were a Christian I would be thanking god right now. This is odd. God is supposed to be cursing me right now instead I've had good luck. BTW I define luck as random chance that happens to be in your favor.
Christian interpretation of the same events:
Wow God has been blessing me recently. Praise God for these blessings!
The car breaks down
Atheist interpretation:
Well it's a bummer the car broke down but fortunately it did so in our driveway so we weren't stuck anywhere, and it's nice that the repair cost was nominal.
Christian interpretation:
Praise God for saving us from getting stranded. Praise God that he gave us the funds to pay for the repair. God is really watching out for us (notice how I downgrade the car breaking down in the first place)
A family member has a nasty accident with a table saw:
Atheist interpretation:
Well there he goes again, not being careful with a dangerous tool. He got lucky this time. It's odd that we have gotten unexpected cash flow to easily pay for the injury (our savings had been depleted from an injury earlier this year).
Christian interpretation:
God protected him once again. Perhaps the accident was a warning to him. God has been so good to us lately just when we needed it most we got some unexpected funds (note how I ignored the depletion of our savings from a previous accident).
I really supposed to have been punished by now. it's odd to see the randomness.
Atheist interpretation:
After ditching the sky daddy nothing that can be considered retrobution happened. Things were quiet.
Christian interpretation of the same event:
After my drift into atheism God was silent. Either I didn't drift away from Christianity too far or God is being patient. God is just waiting for me to return. He's holding back jugement.
Atheist interpretation of the random events for the next couple of weeks:
Well things are going well for me. Luck has been in my favor. This has been kind of cool. Gee if I were a Christian I would be thanking god right now. This is odd. God is supposed to be cursing me right now instead I've had good luck. BTW I define luck as random chance that happens to be in your favor.
Christian interpretation of the same events:
Wow God has been blessing me recently. Praise God for these blessings!
The car breaks down
Atheist interpretation:
Well it's a bummer the car broke down but fortunately it did so in our driveway so we weren't stuck anywhere, and it's nice that the repair cost was nominal.
Christian interpretation:
Praise God for saving us from getting stranded. Praise God that he gave us the funds to pay for the repair. God is really watching out for us (notice how I downgrade the car breaking down in the first place)
A family member has a nasty accident with a table saw:
Atheist interpretation:
Well there he goes again, not being careful with a dangerous tool. He got lucky this time. It's odd that we have gotten unexpected cash flow to easily pay for the injury (our savings had been depleted from an injury earlier this year).
Christian interpretation:
God protected him once again. Perhaps the accident was a warning to him. God has been so good to us lately just when we needed it most we got some unexpected funds (note how I ignored the depletion of our savings from a previous accident).
I really supposed to have been punished by now. it's odd to see the randomness.
I have studied the Bible and the theology behind Christianity for many years. I have been to many churches. I have walked the depth and the breadth of the religion and, as a result of this, I have a lot of bullshit to scrape off the bottom of my shoes. ~Ziploc Surprise
