I get what Penn Jillette is saying and understand where he is coming from.
However, it's not as simple as that. His comparison to a truck is not feasible. If you see a truck coming, that's a tangible assertion. Faith is not. I don't think a person who truly believes and really does want to save me through God is a bad person. But how many times do you want someone telling you a truck is going to hit you when there's no evidence a truck is there.
Besides, I've been accosted by proselytizers that have no interest in saving my soul and just want to let me know I'm going to hell. There's also a point where you've heard it all before and you get sick of it?
Christians have a right to proselytize and I have a right to tell them to leave me alone. I also have the right to ban their ass if they come here to do it.
However, it's not as simple as that. His comparison to a truck is not feasible. If you see a truck coming, that's a tangible assertion. Faith is not. I don't think a person who truly believes and really does want to save me through God is a bad person. But how many times do you want someone telling you a truck is going to hit you when there's no evidence a truck is there.
Besides, I've been accosted by proselytizers that have no interest in saving my soul and just want to let me know I'm going to hell. There's also a point where you've heard it all before and you get sick of it?
Christians have a right to proselytize and I have a right to tell them to leave me alone. I also have the right to ban their ass if they come here to do it.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." Benjamin Franklin
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