The "Stupid things Christians say" Thread

[SteelCurtain]

Your mom thought God was a trickster djinn in a lamp waiting to twist your wish into a pretzel?

[KevinM1]

My uncle evidently thinks posting "Like for Jesus, ignore for Satan" pictures on Facebook will get him brownie points with the big man.

My brother does that, too, but mostly with prosperity gospel bullshit.  It's embarrassing.

[Nope]

Your mom thought God was a trickster djinn in a lamp waiting to twist your wish into a pretzel?

My mom was a crazy loon. LOL I have heard other Christians make similar statements. When I was a Christian, such comments frustrated me. Now they just seems silly.

[robvalue]

This is some scary insane stuff!

The problem is that religious people sometimes seem to encourage each other to be more and more deluded. They receive positive feedback for statements which we would think sound like the onset of mental illness.

Then it becomes difficult to pick out the ones who are actually ill and need help from those who are caught up in the social dynamic and just enjoying the attention they get. I dread to think how much illness goes undiagnosed.

There are people on this forum (I won't name them) who I do seriously worry are suffering from some sort of mental illness, unless the things they claim to experience are all just made up for our benefit. But other theists are unlikely to suggest such a thing because it would undermine themselves.

[Minimalist]

Your mom thought God was a trickster djinn in a lamp waiting to twist your wish into a pretzel?

My mom was a crazy loon. LOL  I have heard other Christians make similar statements. When I was a Christian, such comments frustrated me. Now they just seems silly.

They were always silly.  Now just are simply able to recognize it as such.

On a fundamental level, theists are silly people.  Just consider the sheer nonsense they profess to believe.

[ignoramus]

I s'pose that's not all that different from what my mum used to do. When I was a young boy, she had a kitchen full of ladies and one minute I can hear collective crying, the next minute I hear collective laughter. She was reading the "tea leaves". Except in this case, it was greek "Turkish" coffee. You know how you turn it upside down and let the sludge form lines as it runs down. The real scary part was mum actually believed in what she was saying 100%.

[Jenny A]

[Mr.wizard]

My mom doesn't really give me a hard time about being an atheist, aside from a couple of little remarks here and there. Yesterday I was at her house and she asked me a strange question, "I know your an atheist but do you believe in the constitution?", I was like what? She said " Well since the constitution talks about god I figured you wouldn't believe anything it says.". I nearly fell out of my chair but I had to remain calm because I really can't blow up on my mother like would some regular joe.

[Randy Carson]

When my husband was deployed I made the mistake of telling my mother that I was praying for strength, patience and wisdom. She immediately told me not to pray for those things because god would do horrible things in my life to teach me those values. Strangely enough, she wasn't the only person who expressed terror at asking for things like strength or patience. Apparently, some of these people believe if you ask for patience, for example, then god would  create events in your life that would frustrate or even harm you so that you will learn patience.

I would encourage you to pray for anything...and let God answer as He sees fit.

However, I see the logic of their counsel.

How does one learn patience if not by trial?

[Randy Carson]