Have you ever noticed that when theists defend their deity they sound very much like abused women?

“I know you think he’s no good, but you just don’t know him like I do. See, there’s this little boy in him who comes out every third Saturday and just wants to be loved.”

“He wouldn’t treat me like this if he knew how much I loved him.”

Now guys, can you understand why god is so shitty toward his own people? Would you be nice to a woman who acted like this? Think about the woman you’re married to now. She wouldn’t stand for this shit. So maybe if the Bride of Christ put her foot down, Yahweh would get his shit together, too.

Yes, some people have compared it to an abusive relationship. Special pleading, all day and night. If it was anyone else, he'd be considered evil, but because it's Jesus/Yahweh, it's ok. Because reasons. Well, mostly because he's too powerful for someone to bitch slap him and make him behave.

Interesting.


I always thought they were just fucking stupid.

As usual, nothing to see here...

(May 13, 2016 at 8:11 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Interesting.


I always thought they were just fucking stupid.

well, some are.

Ha ha...Maybe more along the lines of Katherine Jackson justifying Joe Jackson's tough love: 
"Michael, hush! Everything your Daddy's done, he's done for y'all kids...Everything. Everything!"

Yeah, Stockholm Syndrome has come up frequently after listening to some theists.

Christian apologists seem to spend a lot of time explaining why we deserve whatever we get, and that we should be grateful for any reprieve or show of kindness between the beatings.

(May 14, 2016 at 1:52 am)robvalue Wrote: Yeah, Stockholm Syndrome has come up frequently after listening to some theists.

Christian apologists seem to spend a lot of time explaining why we deserve whatever we get, and that we should be grateful for any reprieve or show of kindness between the beatings.

It's a cycle of insanity. They start with that crazy shit in the By-Bill and try to explain it. The more they try to explain it, the more they betray how crazy it sounds. Than they have to explain it more making it more crazier. Then they tell us that the fact that it sounds crazy is proof that it came from god because if we could understand it with our brains it would not be profound enough. AAaargh!

(May 13, 2016 at 7:55 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: Have you ever noticed that when theists defend their deity they sound very much like abused women?

Abusive parent might be the more correct term. Which culminated in Drich's abysmal thread on beating children. That's what many of evangelicals believe. I beat you within an inch of your life because it's for your own good. Tough love.

Evangelicals, because to my knowledge they're the only ones not yet accepting the age of enlightenment and the general rules of human decency. Also because they're the only ones putting much stock in the OT. All the other denominations or derivates thereoff, rather subscribe to humanism, and I have no problems with their kind of belief.

(May 14, 2016 at 10:08 am)abaris Wrote:

(May 13, 2016 at 7:55 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: Have you ever noticed that when theists defend their deity they sound very much like abused women?

Abusive parent might be the more correct term. Which culminated in Drich's abysmal thread on beating children. That's what many of evangelicals believe. I beat you within an inch of your life because it's for your own good. Tough love.

Evangelicals, because to my knowledge they're the only ones not yet accepting the age of enlightenment and the general rules of human decency. Also because they're the only ones putting much stock in the OT. All the other denominations or derivates thereoff, rather subscribe to humanism, and I have no problems with their kind of belief.

Yes, that is another way of looking at it. Christians look at their god as both a parent and a husband. I've always wondered if there might be an etymological connection between husband and husbandry.

I agree, not all Christians act like the ones we see here at AF. I am fortunate to live in a town where the Christians believe god wants them to be kind to others. It would serve no purpose for me to disabuse them.

I hadn't read the Drich thread. Speaking of Drich, I was just over there with Steelcurtain and them talking about ass gaskets. Those papers they provide to cover public toilet seats. So Drich is an ass gasket for god.