RE: Exposing the Intellectual Bankruptcy of Atheists Criticizing Religion
December 10, 2015 at 12:08 pm
(December 10, 2015 at 11:56 am)drfuzzy Wrote:(December 10, 2015 at 11:42 am)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: Zeus? ZEUS!?
You Satan-worshiping Pagan, you!
Hey, if I believed any of 'em exist, I could name a dozen gods and goddesses that I would be running to, asking them to save me from Yahweh!!! I love the idea of Athena and KuanYin, Cerrunos and Bridgid, Apollo, Artemis . . . Shiva seems really interesting . . . I'd need some war gods, though, to take on Jehovah. Mars? Kali? -- But Satan doesn't exist, of course!
Athena is a favorite of mine, too. Goddess of Wisdom.
However, you're forgetting that she's also the goddess of warfare:
"Athena (/əˈθiːnə/; Attic Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ, Athēnā, or Ἀθηναία, Athēnaia; Epic: Ἀθηναίη, Athēnaiē; Doric: Ἀθάνα, Athānā) or Athene (/əˈθiːniː/; Ionic: Ἀθήνη, Athēnē), often given the epithet Pallas (/ˈpæləs/; Παλλὰς), is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, mathematics, strength, war strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Minerva is the Roman goddess identified with Athena. Athena is known for her calm temperament, as she moves slowly to anger. She is noted to have only fought for just reasons, and would not fight without a purpose."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena
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.
