The Reasons why "Just Following Jesus" Doesn't work

[dom.donald]

Well folks, I have patiently read all 134 pages of this. I am astonished, mainly because I have never in my life encountered such religious indoctrination as that shown by Rekeisha. This kind of thing is very rare in Europe! I am gobsmacked. I made some notes along the way:

1) Rekeisha stated that she met God before she knew about Him from the Bible. She claimed that God manifested himself in the form of 'thoughts, ideas and feelings'. She was challenged to demonstrate how she knew it was God and she evaded the question. She said only that she knew it was God because later she recognised him in the Bible.

2) Rekeisha has made more bold assertions than anyone I have ever encountered in my life! If she is so confident she knows everything, I am surprised she hasn't used this knowledge to more good effect. Just think, she could've changed the world!

3) The fact that Rekeisha uses vocabulary which comes from scripture demonstrates her indoctrination. She can not have an debate / discussion / argument without resorting to this ridiculous language. It should be possible to discuss the merits of a particular premise, explanation,  or suggestion without this kind of language

4) Rekeisha hasn't spent too much time considering what angels might be made of. Well fuck me! I wonder if she has come up with an answer?

5) Whenever faced with a valid, pointed question, Rekeisha evades it by responding with a question, usually one that we do not know the answer to, as if that means she is right. She fails to understand that most atheists are comfortable saying "I don't know".

6) Rekeisha has never explained why she believes the Bible to be True ™ other than by assertion

7) Rekeisha mistakenly thinks that it's a sensible approach to make up a wildly fantastic and infinitely elastic story to explain her reality. That doesn't make it grounded in reality.

8) Rekeisha seems to misunderstand the scientific method, and thinks it's based on random ideas by biased scientists, who could be wrong, thereby invalidating everything that science has achieved. Well, I would like to see Rekeisha live in the absence of scientific discovery just for a couple of days. Maybe she would prefer that.

9) Rekeisha seems to be using religion to hide from reality. She can 'submit' to something which absolves her from any responsibility for her own actions, and protects her from the consequences of bad choices. Sadly, it means she will never experience any real self worth, only the delusional sort.

10) Rekeisha thinks that because she has a made-up explanation, that is better than having no explanation. Yes, God is one possible explanation. However, it's not the most likely.

And finally, the main driver it seems behind Rekeisha's faith, is that she NEEDS it. She NEEDS to have an answer to the WHY question. She NEEDS to know why things were fucked up in her life, and NEEDS to know her purpose. Religion offers her the answer - it is to serve God and follow Jesus. Well now she has a purpose, so she feels relieved. It helps her make decisions that she wouldn't be strong enough to make otherwise. Well done you! If you need that, go for it, but don't lord it over us claiming you know things that we don't about reality.

I can not but feel sad that so many people waste the one life they have this way. The sheer amount of wasted time and effort spent on this insanity is mind boggling.


EDIT : oh.. and kudos to Red Beard!