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Ten Reasons I'm Not a Christian
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Ten Reasons I'm Not a Christian
A buddy of mine sent this list he found somewhere and I thought it was worth sharing. I think the author pretty much nails it. Maybe you have some reasons you'd like to add!

10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.

9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.

8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.

7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!

6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have 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 ascended into the sky.

5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.

4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet you consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."

3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.

2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.

1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.


Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.

God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
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RE: Ten Reasons I'm Not a Christian
Haha! For me, that's the short list!
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RE: Ten Reasons I'm Not a Christian
You said you would talk about the reasons why you're not a christian, but you made a hypothetical list of things that you attribute to some other group(s) of people(s) to explain to us why you're no christian?
I think that this list isn't really reflective on why *you* are not a christian.
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RE: Ten Reasons I'm Not a Christian
mehmet! Read the first line of the post again.
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RE: Ten Reasons I'm Not a Christian
(December 27, 2011 at 6:14 pm)aleialoura Wrote: Haha! For me, that's the short list!

Yes, I can see where it would be difficult to keep this list to only ten... Think of all the great things that didn't make the cut!

How about this one:

You consider the Bible to be the word of "God", but your "Holy Book" is so full of contradictions, errors and demonstrable nonsense that it could have been written by a third grader.
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.

God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
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RE: Ten Reasons I'm Not a Christian
Oh? Is is really that simple for you? I guess you had it all figured out. Like, couldn't you just say, "I don't find the idea of the existence of a supernatural deity a bit off" rather than act like you've studied judeo-christian theology in university for years and years to make an educated statement about it?
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RE: Ten Reasons I'm Not a Christian
Some people just don't get humour. Let's try from another angle. Mehmet: if the list was given its proper title of, as I suspect, "You know you're a christian when...", does that make it work better for you?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Ten Reasons I'm Not a Christian
(December 27, 2011 at 6:32 pm)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: Oh? Is is really that simple for you? I guess you had it all figured out. Like, couldn't you just say, "I don't find the idea of the existence of a supernatural deity a bit off" rather than act like you've studied judeo-christian theology in university for years and years to make an educated statement about it?


It's called "humor", mehmet. I know they probably don't have that in Turkey, but in the western world, it's highly popular.

Nobody is claiming to be theologians, but what's so hilarious is that it doesn't take a theologian to see how incredibly stupid it is.

Stop being such a panty prick.
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RE: Ten Reasons I'm Not a Christian
(December 27, 2011 at 6:51 pm)aleialoura Wrote:
(December 27, 2011 at 6:32 pm)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: Oh? Is is really that simple for you? I guess you had it all figured out. Like, couldn't you just say, "I don't find the idea of the existence of a supernatural deity a bit off" rather than act like you've studied judeo-christian theology in university for years and years to make an educated statement about it?


It's called "humor", mehmet. I know they probably don't have that in Turkey, but in the western world, it's highly popular.

Nobody is claiming to be theologians, but what's so hilarious is that it doesn't take a theologian to see how incredibly stupid it is.

Stop being such a panty prick.

It certainly takes an individual to see.
And he spoke of certain things that were related to theology, not to logic or whatever.
If he made an argument about the existence of God, it'd be fitting, to be honest.
And okay, I get the joke ha ha ha.
I'll tell you one of my own so that you don't think I have no humor.
Fadime tells Temel that he should come over tonight to her house because there is no one at home. He goes there, knocks on the door, and there is no one home, just like she said.

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RE: Ten Reasons I'm Not a Christian
OK.but, I don't need to come up with any reasons why I don't believe in Christianity. I certainly don't need to rely on tu quoque fallacies.


It's up to the Christian to provide reasons why I SHOULD share his beliefs. So far, not one valid reason has been forthcoming. I'm not holding my breath.Angel Cloud
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