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Angels For Those Who Don't Believe
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Angels For Those Who Don't Believe
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christine-...63062.html?

According to the title of the article, this was written for atheists and agnostics.

The writer uses her very young child's dream of three angels as proof that god exists. There is the required passive aggressive swipe at the atheists she is trying to reach.

Quote:And yet there are others whose withered souls fear those deep waters, so they build blind barriers of protection that keep them safe and buoyant while floating atop the unknown. They too, must yearn for understanding and search in secret...

The comments after the article were interesting.  A few Christians wanted to know why atheists responded if they couldn't be more positive about the existence of angels. The theists didn't seem to realize that the article was "For Those Who Don't Believe."  Also, a lot of theists ignored the writers' rather rude comment about nonbelievers' withered souls while getting upset that the atheists commenters weren't thrilled with the article. 

I thought it would be an interesting article to discuss .  The writer, by the way, does not believe her child had a dream about angels but that she really saw three white, transparent people in her room late at night. 


Quote:My daughter has been told countless times, how her Father in Heaven loves and cherishes His beloved children. Much of her life has been immersed in learning of His Grace and His Glory. I have shared precious details of His Hand guiding every step of her glorious and miraculous journey. She has grown to believe.

And now she has seen His Angels...

It is weird that the mother thought this was credible evidence for the existence of god that she wrote a public article about her child's dream. Maybe she is going to convince her daughter to write a book 
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RE: Angels For Those Who Don't Believe
Quote:And yet there are others whose withered souls fear those deep waters, so they build blind barriers of protection that keep them safe and buoyant while floating atop the unknown.

That's a pretty good description of theists, actually.
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RE: Angels For Those Who Don't Believe
Quote:My daughter has been told countless times, how her Father in Heaven loves and cherishes His beloved children. Much of her life has been immersed in learning of His Grace and His Glory. I have shared precious details of His Hand guiding every step of her glorious and miraculous journey. She has grown to believe.

And now she has seen His Angels...

This quote sounds like the kind of thing you would read in a fantasy book like Game of thrones. Maybe something the red witch would say before burning people at the stake for The Lord of light. These people are so deluded, so out of touch with reality, it's horrible.
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain

'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House

“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom

"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
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RE: Angels For Those Who Don't Believe
Dumb cunt doesn't realize that her precious daughter has figured out that telling stories of angels earns a pat on the head and freshly baked cookies. 

I also wouldn't put it past this Carter person to have concocted the entire story. What passes for Jesus street cred with these imbeciles is vomit inducing.
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RE: Angels For Those Who Don't Believe
Blithering idiots.
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RE: Angels For Those Who Don't Believe
To me, trying to justify your beliefs with a child's dream is grasping at straws. Certainly there has to be something more compelling than this, no?

Insulting atheists for not believing and then offering this up as evidence just tells me that I'm in the right path.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: Angels For Those Who Don't Believe
The only thing I think when I see depictions of angels is "Don't Blink."
...it is common knowledge that the upper third, centered in Flagstaff, is Alta Arizona; the lower third, centered in Tucson, is Baja Arizona; and the middle third, centered in Phoenix, is Caca Arizona. Simple as ABC...

http://www.bandersnatch.com/bajaz.htm
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RE: Angels For Those Who Don't Believe
(April 2, 2015 at 6:37 pm)Norman Humann Wrote:
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  • And yet there are others whose withered souls fear those deep waters, so they build blind barriers of protection that keep them safe and buoyant while floating atop the unknown.

That's a pretty good description of theists, actually.

Yeah seriously, almost perfect. The unfiltered truth as the deep water from which shallow religion protects and insulates
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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RE: Angels For Those Who Don't Believe
(April 2, 2015 at 6:57 pm)Desert Diva Wrote: The only thing I think when I see depictions of angels is "Don't Blink."

That was a scary Dr. Who episode!


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RE: Angels For Those Who Don't Believe
The Angels Take Manhattan was the worst, I can never look at the Statue of Liberty the same again.
...it is common knowledge that the upper third, centered in Flagstaff, is Alta Arizona; the lower third, centered in Tucson, is Baja Arizona; and the middle third, centered in Phoenix, is Caca Arizona. Simple as ABC...

http://www.bandersnatch.com/bajaz.htm
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