Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: February 26, 2025, 1:08 am

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Dear Christians
#11
RE: Dear Christians
(March 20, 2014 at 2:27 pm)heathendegenerate Wrote: it's hard to understand how the christian god of the holy bib-le says children are innocent and not accountable. I mean, why doesn't he save them from all the terrible things? They haven't done any sinning..they are HIS children. They are without fault. If you think about the christian god.. you realize christians are retarded. How is it possible to hurt children that way?... but again, it's retarded. He doesn't save the children, he doesn't heal the sick..HE isn't anything. He is an idea.. a really shitty one.

If there is a deity why should it make everything nice for you? I think the story of Job illustrates this point very nicely. When Job lost his family and servants the intent was to see how he would react. Maybe those people were simply sophisticated androids and expendable. So although Job thought that he lost fellow humans he was in reality the only human (aka the person with a "soul") in the story. The intent was always to see what he would do when he experienced some major disasters. The other characters were just mirages.

Now consider how someone might react when they experience major disasters involving their loved ones. Do they go off the deep end or do they hold it together? The Bible contains a number of stories that ask that question. But is the question dependent upon the existence of a deity? I don't think so.

As humans we will all experience tragedies. Some will make us angry and vengeful. Some might drive us into severe episodes of depression. We have the luxury of learning from other peoples' experiences. Children will suffer and die horrible deaths. It's the nature of life. So what can the average bystander do to alleviate that? Some people got off their butts and invented medicines and medical procedures to cure the things that cold be cured. Others became part of the system to apprehend and punish wrongdoers who commit deliberate harmful acts.

The bottom line is that we are all "gods" who have the power to contribute to make the world a better place. A person has to be stupid to think that an imaginary invisible celestial deity plays any part in human affairs.
Reply



Messages In This Thread
Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - March 20, 2014 at 12:35 pm
Dear Christians - by Rampant.A.I. - March 20, 2014 at 12:40 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by *Deidre* - March 20, 2014 at 12:50 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - March 20, 2014 at 12:53 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by *Deidre* - March 20, 2014 at 1:01 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Tonus - March 20, 2014 at 2:12 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by heathendegenerate - March 20, 2014 at 2:27 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Wyrd of Gawd - March 21, 2014 at 12:24 am
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - March 20, 2014 at 11:31 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by hobie - March 21, 2014 at 12:14 am
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - March 21, 2014 at 12:16 am
RE: Dear Christians - by Godschild - March 21, 2014 at 12:35 am
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - March 23, 2014 at 6:30 am
RE: Dear Christians - by Godschild - March 27, 2014 at 5:52 am
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - April 3, 2014 at 7:33 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Tonus - April 4, 2014 at 12:37 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Esquilax - March 23, 2014 at 2:26 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by tor - March 23, 2014 at 3:02 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Esquilax - March 23, 2014 at 3:07 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Godschild - March 27, 2014 at 6:04 am
RE: Dear Christians - by Esquilax - March 28, 2014 at 7:59 am
RE: Dear Christians - by Chas - March 25, 2014 at 10:47 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by The Valkyrie - March 25, 2014 at 10:53 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Chas - March 25, 2014 at 11:06 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Aractus - March 24, 2014 at 9:41 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - March 24, 2014 at 10:25 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - March 21, 2014 at 12:34 am
RE: Dear Christians - by Huggy Bear - March 23, 2014 at 12:30 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by DarkHorse - March 23, 2014 at 3:01 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Minimalist - March 23, 2014 at 12:56 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by professor - March 23, 2014 at 2:16 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by tor - March 23, 2014 at 2:18 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Minimalist - March 23, 2014 at 3:02 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - March 23, 2014 at 3:08 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by tor - March 23, 2014 at 3:08 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by professor - March 23, 2014 at 9:12 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Bob Kelso - March 23, 2014 at 9:45 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by tor - March 23, 2014 at 9:16 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by SteelCurtain - March 23, 2014 at 10:00 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - March 24, 2014 at 2:46 am
Dear Christians - by Rampant.A.I. - March 23, 2014 at 10:47 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Drich - March 25, 2014 at 5:08 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by KUSA - March 25, 2014 at 5:38 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - March 25, 2014 at 5:41 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by KUSA - March 25, 2014 at 5:47 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - March 25, 2014 at 5:50 pm
Re: RE: Dear Christians - by KUSA - March 25, 2014 at 6:01 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - March 25, 2014 at 6:08 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by KUSA - March 25, 2014 at 6:11 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - March 25, 2014 at 6:12 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by KUSA - March 25, 2014 at 6:26 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by heathendegenerate - March 25, 2014 at 7:52 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by KUSA - March 25, 2014 at 9:31 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - March 25, 2014 at 10:46 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - March 25, 2014 at 11:23 pm
Re: RE: Dear Christians - by KUSA - March 26, 2014 at 7:15 am
RE: Dear Christians - by My imaginary friend is GOD - March 27, 2014 at 5:55 am
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - March 27, 2014 at 12:08 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by My imaginary friend is GOD - March 27, 2014 at 12:10 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - March 27, 2014 at 12:26 pm
Dear Christians - by Rampant.A.I. - March 27, 2014 at 12:49 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by archangle - March 28, 2014 at 7:47 am
RE: Dear Christians - by My imaginary friend is GOD - March 28, 2014 at 8:38 am
RE: Dear Christians - by ShaMan - April 3, 2014 at 7:40 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - April 3, 2014 at 7:53 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by ShaMan - April 3, 2014 at 7:58 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - April 4, 2014 at 6:26 pm
Re: RE: Dear Christians - by NoraBrimstone - April 3, 2014 at 7:42 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by tor - April 4, 2014 at 12:44 pm
Re: RE: Dear Christians - by KUSA - April 4, 2014 at 8:03 pm
RE: Dear Christians - by Phatt Matt s - April 4, 2014 at 8:25 pm

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Dear God, please soften their hearts... zwanzig 12 1687 August 6, 2023 at 3:31 pm
Last Post: LinuxGal
  Christians vs Christians (yec) Fake Messiah 52 10953 January 31, 2019 at 2:08 pm
Last Post: The Grand Nudger
  Dear Xristards Don't Pick On Muslims Minimalist 20 3313 July 24, 2017 at 1:40 pm
Last Post: Cecelia
  Dear Atheists ParagonLost 111 19929 December 1, 2016 at 12:49 am
Last Post: GOĐ
  Why do Christians become Christians? SteveII 168 38051 May 20, 2016 at 8:43 pm
Last Post: drfuzzy
  Dear god dyresand 14 2382 May 3, 2016 at 8:37 pm
Last Post: dyresand
  Dear Satan dyresand 9 3041 April 30, 2016 at 7:33 pm
Last Post: dyresand
  Dear christians... dyresand 1 1262 April 2, 2016 at 4:02 am
Last Post: Wyrd of Gawd
Question Dear Christians: What does your god actually do? Aractus 144 58138 October 9, 2015 at 6:38 am
Last Post: robvalue
  Dear Theists Silver 79 18242 September 25, 2015 at 11:20 am
Last Post: downbeatplumb



Users browsing this thread: 2 Guest(s)