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That egotistical God character gets the credit for other people's hard work and brain power. Is that right? Let's thank somebody else for a change...
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My folks LOVE to cram God into every little thing, seeming to believe humans are incapable of doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING so this speaks to me.
I do find that part about sending them Dogmatic scriptures laced with misery and woe as opposed to some entertainment. I myself DO believe in a higher power, but I for one detest that every answer to EVERYTHING they got to have is God FIRST, ALWAYS! God's a supreme being and doesn't need us to CONSTANTLY PLACE HE/SHE/ITS NAME IN EVERYTHING!
It's almost enough to make me want to tell my folks I'm an Atheist (its a blatant lie, but I would want to see their reactions). I'm SURROUNDED by bible thumpers ALL MY LIFE and its nauseating. I GUARANTEE that my first house warming gift will be a portrait of Christ to place in my living room.
So, yeah...I'm faving this.
I do find that part about sending them Dogmatic scriptures laced with misery and woe as opposed to some entertainment. I myself DO believe in a higher power, but I for one detest that every answer to EVERYTHING they got to have is God FIRST, ALWAYS! God's a supreme being and doesn't need us to CONSTANTLY PLACE HE/SHE/ITS NAME IN EVERYTHING!
It's almost enough to make me want to tell my folks I'm an Atheist (its a blatant lie, but I would want to see their reactions). I'm SURROUNDED by bible thumpers ALL MY LIFE and its nauseating. I GUARANTEE that my first house warming gift will be a portrait of Christ to place in my living room.
So, yeah...I'm faving this.
I can live with a Deist -- which is more or less what I think your position on God is. Deists don't take the bible literally, and don't see God lurking in every bush, deciding whether or not you'll step in that dog poo. Benjamin Franklin was a Deist, and so was Albert Einstein.
I had an aunt who was religious -- Anglican -- and she used to drive me nuts as a kid by giving me bibles and stuff I had no use for as Christmas presents. I had stopped really believing in God before I could read, I think. At least, I don't remember any time when I did believe in Christianity, but like most kids, browbeaten by society around me, I didn't dare admit to myself that I no more believed in God than I did in Batman or Donald Duck.
I had an aunt who was religious -- Anglican -- and she used to drive me nuts as a kid by giving me bibles and stuff I had no use for as Christmas presents. I had stopped really believing in God before I could read, I think. At least, I don't remember any time when I did believe in Christianity, but like most kids, browbeaten by society around me, I didn't dare admit to myself that I no more believed in God than I did in Batman or Donald Duck.
Not quite: A deist, in the modern sense, is someone who believes in a personified deity but that the deity does not interfere with the working of the world beyond the initial creation event.
Einstein was not a deist, as he specifically rejected the idea of a personified deity. (In current terms he would be described as a 'soft atheist'.)
Einstein was not a deist, as he specifically rejected the idea of a personified deity. (In current terms he would be described as a 'soft atheist'.)
Words alone cannot express how much I agree with you.
And since the bible people are always so sure that god is responsible for everything, why aren't they ever angry at him for causing the problem to begin with? After all, he is (as they are so fond of saying) omniscient and omnipotent, so why didn't he make the rock just a little bit more stable to keep the mine from collapsing? Or did he just want to have some fun, like a little kid tapping on an ant farm: "Heh heh, look at that. I made their tunnels collapse. Look at how they're all running around. Oh they're so upset. Heh heh heh."
And since the bible people are always so sure that god is responsible for everything, why aren't they ever angry at him for causing the problem to begin with? After all, he is (as they are so fond of saying) omniscient and omnipotent, so why didn't he make the rock just a little bit more stable to keep the mine from collapsing? Or did he just want to have some fun, like a little kid tapping on an ant farm: "Heh heh, look at that. I made their tunnels collapse. Look at how they're all running around. Oh they're so upset. Heh heh heh."
Most things ascribed to God in the bible make him sound like a megolomaniac. Even if he *is* God and the most freaking awesome thing in the univese, why doest he have to be constantly praised? Why does he throw his weight around like any human bully? And why does he place such great important on making mortals "humble?" What *is* the value of humility, anyway, except that it prepares you for the worst? And you can be sure the Old Testament God has the worst in store for you, too... Like any tyrant, God demands credit for everything, and accepts responsibility for nothing. When things go wrong, he expects you to trust him that it was actually part of a larger plan that you can't see, but he does? Oh yeah? Try explaining it us. Why *don't* we have a right to know, unless God is hiding something?
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