Comments on: Scientific Explanation For Supernatural Events

By: Angie the Anti-Theist

Angie the Anti-Theist — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:30:06 +0000

I know how you feel. I believed in a talking snake two years ago.

By: Angie the Anti-Theist

Angie the Anti-Theist — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:29:06 +0000

“then punishing all humanity for his mistake with painful childbirth and being an omnivore” Well said

Since I saw a lot of births as a kid, I think I learned early that God was kind of a douche.

By: Neece

Neece — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:46:44 +0000

Don’t feel bad, Steve. Indoctrination is a powerful weapon used to brainwash children. Look how many people never break free of its insidious hold.

And while I broke free of the church bit at 12, it took me a long time to become an agnostic, and into my late 20’s to finally realize I am an atheist.

It then took even longer to become a skeptic and question more than just religion and god. I’ve only come to full critical thinking in the last few years.

So don’t feel bad. It’s a process for all of us. And thinking Lot’s wife was a salt lick for slobbery cows would make me feel pretty squeamish too! LOL

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:05:24 +0000

I’ve heard a lot of stories from some of my favorite atheists and how they were able to recognize at a very early age the silliness of the stories in the bible and I really wish I’d been that smart as a kid. It took me until I was almost done with High School to start down that atheist path and another ten years to be able to say, “yeah, I’m an atheist.”

I do remember being about seven or eight in Sunday school and hearing about Lot’s wife. Scared the crap out of me, I mean, god turned a person into a pillar of salt that all the cattle would then lick and make slobbery stickiness and Ewwww. Creeped me out.

(We had just visited a farm, and the salt licks everywhere squeed me a bit)

By: Neece

Neece — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:46:54 +0000

When I was a christian (granted I was a kid) it never occurred to me to doubt that god created the world and sent jesus to die for me. Of course I was completely indoctrinated at the time. But when I started doubting the religion, the stories seemed crazy to me.
Now of course, I can’t imagine believing them. But beliefs are funny things.

By: Neece

Neece — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:34:09 +0000

Well said, Steve. I agree with the last bit especially. It really is insane to think Jesus walked on water and the universe was created in 7 days, but evolution is “lies”. WTF? Can they even hear how crazy they sound?

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:53:58 +0000

Angie- I totally agree with you.

If you can believe in a bodily resurrection, you can believe in everything else that’s in the bible. I actually think that bodily resurrection is just as ludicrous as an invisible omnipotent deity creating the universe in seven days, creating man and then punishing all humanity for his mistake with painful childbirth and being an omnivore.

I think Johnny nailed it when he said that there’s no extrabiblical evidence of those plagues but even if they occurred there’s no reason to attribute supernatural cause to them.

It’s really retarded to say, “talking snake? Sure, but evolution? Lies!!!”