RE: Saluting all the good and great theists we have had on this site.
November 2, 2015 at 7:38 pm
Well, she won't go on the forum, though she loves reading over my shoulder when I'm on here, and making commentaries, but my fiancee is a Christian and possibly more-rational than I am about everything other than religion. Even then, she's happy to sneer at the silliness of most of her fellow Christers, when it comes to being anti-science or believing things "on faith" when there's clear evidence against it. Faith, she says, is reserved for what we hope but do not know; the rest is called knowledge, and faith should never be used in place of knowledge. It's a stance I can respect, even if I don't agree with it.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
