RE: The Reasons why "Just Following Jesus" Doesn't work
March 2, 2016 at 3:55 pm
(This post was last modified: March 2, 2016 at 3:56 pm by TheRocketSurgeon.)
I'm just baffled that she claims I have the Genesis story wrong, since I typed it and (just to be sure) went to look at a Christian website that gave a concise summary of the story. My version was so close that I could have been marked for plagiarism! And yet I'm still told that I have it wrong.
Why is trying to talk about the problems of the Bible like playing "denominational whack-a-mole"? You hit Fundamentalist Interpretation Type A7's version right on the head, and...nope! Turned out it was Fundamenalist Interpretation Type C3. Sorry, atheist, you don't know what you're talking about!
Edit to Add: I do feel a little better, though. I needed that accusation of being an agent of Satan to complete my "Stupid Things Fundies Say" Bingo card.
BINGO!
Why is trying to talk about the problems of the Bible like playing "denominational whack-a-mole"? You hit Fundamentalist Interpretation Type A7's version right on the head, and...nope! Turned out it was Fundamenalist Interpretation Type C3. Sorry, atheist, you don't know what you're talking about!
Edit to Add: I do feel a little better, though. I needed that accusation of being an agent of Satan to complete my "Stupid Things Fundies Say" Bingo card.
BINGO!
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.
