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Atheists, how would you explain these Christian testimonies?
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RE: Atheists, how would you explain these Christian testimonies?
August 26, 2016 at 3:31 pm
I saw Xenu once.

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RE: Atheists, how would you explain these Christian testimonies?
August 26, 2016 at 3:51 pm (This post was last modified: August 26, 2016 at 3:51 pm by Cyberman.)
(August 26, 2016 at 3:25 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I wouldn't feel a need to explain them any more than I feel a need to explain claims of Elvis sightings or alien abductions.

Yep. I spoke once of a guy who, on learning I'm atheist, tried to get me to explain away some half-arsed personal experience he'd had (something to do with angels, iirc). It took a while to get through that I wasn't the one making the case.
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RE: Atheists, how would you explain these Christian testimonies?
August 26, 2016 at 4:18 pm
I don't need to explain anything. The burden of proof lies with the person making the claim.

I don't care, either. These cults are disgusting and immoral, whether they are based on any truth or not.
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RE: Atheists, how would you explain these Christian testimonies?
August 26, 2016 at 4:18 pm
(August 26, 2016 at 3:31 pm)Bella Morte Wrote: I saw Xenu once.

Prove me wrong.

Was he putting people on space DC-8s that were en route to various volcanos?
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RE: Atheists, how would you explain these Christian testimonies?
August 26, 2016 at 4:37 pm
(August 25, 2016 at 11:32 pm)miguel54 Wrote: An example of a famous testimony is a former Muslim by the name of Afshin Javid. He claims he was a former Muslim extremist who was in a jail cell in Malaysia. While he was meditating, Jesus appeared to him and quoted bible versus. 

This is all over youtube. There are many videos where Muslims have some sort of "supernatural" intervention where they meet Jesus, and then they convert to Christianity. I am sceptical about these claims but I want to know your perspective on how these could be explained? In the videos many of the people cry and look very sincere so I have a hard time thinking they are just making everything up on purpose. I feel that they believe these interventions took place, whether they did in actual fact or not. How would someone with no knowledge of Jesus see Jesus if it was not real?

The vast majority of "inspirational" stories on youtube are blatant lies, written by preachers to try to con people out of more money.  A huge number of them have been debunked.
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RE: Atheists, how would you explain these Christian testimonies?
August 26, 2016 at 4:46 pm
How do you explain the testimony of people who actually lost weight on the Atkins diet? Of course, the dear doctor died of a heart condition because of his own diet. But that doesn’t change the fact that these people actually lost weight.

So there!
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.

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RE: Atheists, how would you explain these Christian testimonies?
August 26, 2016 at 4:54 pm (This post was last modified: August 26, 2016 at 4:57 pm by Alex K.)
(August 25, 2016 at 11:32 pm)miguel54 Wrote: An example of a famous testimony is a former Muslim by the name of Afshin Javid. He claims he was a former Muslim extremist who was in a jail cell in Malaysia. While he was meditating, Jesus appeared to him and quoted bible versus. 
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How would someone with no knowledge of Jesus see Jesus if it was not real?

It's probably all made up anyway, but even if not, you're aware that Jesus is actually a figure in Islam and can't possibly be unknown to a serious muslim, right?
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RE: Atheists, how would you explain these Christian testimonies?
August 26, 2016 at 4:56 pm
Maybe we should give this some consideration. It seems ever so important as compared to OP.

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RE: Atheists, how would you explain these Christian testimonies?
August 26, 2016 at 4:58 pm
(August 26, 2016 at 4:56 pm)abaris Wrote: Maybe we should give this some consideration. It seems ever so important as compared to OP.

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Hm. This is only going to work for really weak-ass farts.
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RE: Atheists, how would you explain these Christian testimonies?
August 26, 2016 at 5:40 pm
(August 26, 2016 at 4:56 pm)abaris Wrote: Maybe we should give this some consideration. It seems ever so important as compared to OP.

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Think of all the testimonies we'd get if people started using Life Savers for butt plugs. How would people who eat Chiclets explain that?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.

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