RE: Christians, prove your minds aren't molested by fear.
February 27, 2014 at 12:33 pm
(This post was last modified: February 27, 2014 at 12:45 pm by Mister Agenda.)
(February 26, 2014 at 8:29 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote:(February 26, 2014 at 8:24 pm)Tonus Wrote: I would never have done that when I was a believer. Partly out of a sense of deep respect and adoration for god and Jesus, but yeah... also fear. That would have been like asking the 8-year-old me to say something insulting about my mom. Even if I wanted to, I knew I'd be flayed alive if she happened to hear. And let me tell you, SHE WAS OMNIPRESENT where that kind of shit was concerned.
Exactly. When I was a Christian even the thought of uttering a blasphemy, no matter how insincere, would have made me feel uneasy. But OF COURSE the reason is fear. That's why I offered the challenge, to see which believers here can actually prove their continual insistence that it has nothing to do with fear when it is so obvious to those of us who have made the journey from faith to reason.
A problem with your tactic is that it doesn't account for Christians who won't say Jesus was retarded (etc) out of love and respect, even if they were sure they wouldn't be punished for it. Since there are multiple possible reasons for refusing to say the words, you can't make much in the way of conclusions that fear is the motivation for the refusal.
(February 27, 2014 at 4:30 am)Luckie Wrote: I have crazy wild sex with myself meanwhilst there's pictures hanging on my wall.. does that count?
PS I'd totally do it. The stabbing out and everything. Yeah at first my theist born superstition kicked in but then my logic overrode that.
I'd need a bit more of an incentive to do it. Like ten bucks.
