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If God is your copilot, swap seats.
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If God is your copilot, swap seats.
April 28, 2014 at 10:32 am
^ beat me to it
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#12
RE: If God is your copilot, swap seats.
April 28, 2014 at 11:27 am
I don't care if "God" is your pilot or your co-pilot - I'm still not getting on your 'plane.

The analogy still works even if we take the platitudinous pseudo-deepity meaning. If you're going to surrender your life and your actions to some figment of the imagination that someone has sold you under the brandname "God" or "Jesus", I want to keep as far away from you as it's physically possible to get.
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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#13
RE: If God is your copilot, swap seats.
April 28, 2014 at 12:40 pm
Xtians say all sorts of stupid shit and think they are profound.

They aren't.
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RE: If God is your copilot, swap seats.
April 28, 2014 at 12:57 pm
I am fascinated by the Xian mindset of letting go. Humans beings are hardwired to desire control over their environment, so Xians gain control by letting go and leaving it in "god's" hands. They just sit back and accept whatever comes at them, because they believe in divine will.

It's pure insanity.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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#15
RE: If God is your copilot, swap seats.
April 28, 2014 at 1:07 pm
I would tie jesus up, put him in the trunk and drive out to the desert.
then I would bury him and tell him.. "try getting out of this one magic man"
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#16
RE: If God is your copilot, swap seats.
April 28, 2014 at 1:10 pm (This post was last modified: April 28, 2014 at 1:11 pm by Cyberman.)
(April 28, 2014 at 12:57 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I am fascinated by the Xian mindset of letting go. Humans beings are hardwired to desire control over their environment, so Xians gain control by letting go and leaving it in "god's" hands. They just sit back and accept whatever comes at them, because they believe in divine will.

It's pure insanity.

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I really must get around to watching this show someday. I just have a hard time not seeing Bertie Wooster and Prince George.
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: If God is your copilot, swap seats.
April 28, 2014 at 2:30 pm
(April 28, 2014 at 12:57 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I am fascinated by the Xian mindset of letting go. Humans beings are hardwired to desire control over their environment, so Xians gain control by letting go and leaving it in "god's" hands. They just sit back and accept whatever comes at them, because they believe in divine will.

It's pure insanity.

Believing that an imaginary person can fix your life if you just let go if it is insane? Yes. Yes it is.

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Just letting go doesn't always get you to a good place.
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Re: RE: If God is your copilot, swap seats.
April 28, 2014 at 2:44 pm
(April 28, 2014 at 2:30 pm)RobbyPants Wrote: Just letting go doesn't always get you to a good place.

Back when I was a Christian I gave my problems to Jesus a couple of times. I felt better for a few minutes. When I got home from church and all my problems were still there I realized that Jesus is a cunt liar.
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RE: If God is your copilot, swap seats.
April 28, 2014 at 3:05 pm
(April 28, 2014 at 9:37 am)Walker_Lee Wrote: When they said that they did not mean literally. If you thought it was then i assume you think scooby doo is real and can talk. They are talking in reference to a whole life. If a christian is steering there own life they should switch seats and let Jesus drive.

Well there was that one song where a woman lost control of her vehicle, and yelled for Jesus to take the wheel to save her and her baby. Then of course she started singing about it metaphorically.
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10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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RE: If God is your copilot, swap seats.
April 28, 2014 at 4:01 pm
Why jesus is a horrible person to be in any vehicle with.

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