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The question presumes there is a god. Do you believe there is a god? If you do, what is it, exactly, that you believe in? Is it, perhaps, an ancient anachronistic absolute authority figurehead, a magic being, a fixation on immortality / orgasmic like reward for submission and belief juxta- posed against threats of horrific punishment and damnation for disbelief? Isn’t the god concept dependent on a path of ancient dogma, blind faith, and slavery, when speaking of the concept in terms of religious faith? If so, isn’t that concept unworthy of the best that modern humankind can achieve through science, logic, reason, and addressing naturalistic problems in a responsible and pro-human way? As for the bible … Top 420 Books for SHANANNAREEFERS (089-104 : Bible Criticism) http://danfake.home.att.net/books_bible_criticism.htm Books on Bible Criticism, for Seekers, Humanists, Atheists, Naturalists, Agnostics, Nonreligionists, Nontheists, Antireligionists, Realists, Educationalists, Experimentalists, … The christian bible – up close and personal http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/christian_bible_up_close.htm Have you been taught *all* of the bible or have you just been led to the parts that the christian leaders would like you to focus on (ignoring the parts they wish weren’t there, as it were) … The bible – What is it? – What is it good for? http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/bible_what_is_it.htm The bible is at best (or worst – depends on your perspective) a scary guide for living one’s life, an anthology used by faiths of all kinds to support, in various ways, … Why Children Should Be Protected From the Bible and Christianity http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/children_protected.htm … scare tactics of the Bible and Christianity – the 53 HELL verses in the christian bible is one (of man) reasons why children should be protected from the Bible and … GOD – Brainwashing Evidence – christian bible … http://freelover.home.att.net/disbelief/brainwashing_evidence_bible.htm … GOD in the christian bible. Now, I ask you, with little children exposed to the likes of this in … faiths leveraged off of the christian bible, what chance does … Archaeology refutes the Bible’s claim to history http://freelover.home.att.net/history/archaeology_refutes_bible.htm … literalist interpretation of the pentateuch, the christian bible, and the quran, fall far short when it comes to the historical claims made in those documents. … Key Flaw of Christianity http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/key_flaw_of_christianity.htm Is there any valid argument, by christians, for a dogma of self-determination and ‘free will’ yielding your immortal destiny, yet your immortal destiny … Why Children Should Be Protected From the Bible and Christianity http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/children_protected.htm Burnin’ in HELL tends to scare the HELL out of children. Call it the X-rated fear and scare tactics of the Bible and Christianity. … Top 420 Books for SHANANNAREEFERS (105-130 : Christian Criticism) http://danfake.home.att.net/books_christian_criticism.htm Books on Christian Criticism, for Seekers, Humanists, Atheists, Naturalists, Agnostics, Nonreligionists, Nontheists, Antireligionists, Realists, Educationalists, Experimentalists, … Pro-Humanist FREELOVER Daily – 112401 http://freelover.home.att.net/2001/11/24.htm … Dead Sea Scrolls to Cause Vatican to Revise the Bible … The Bible’s View on Foreskins & Circumcision http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/circumcision.htm … the King James Version of the Bible, the following is a comprehensive assessment of the views of the writers of the Bible, both Old Testament and New Testament, on the … Why Would God STOP Talking to Humans? http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/why_would_god_stop_talking.htm After all, per many religious perspectives, God ‘talked’ to humans who wrote the bible … what’s up with the END of the talking ~1,870 years ago? 3 Ways to Believe … http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/3_ways_to_believe.htm … in faith or religions derived from one or more of the assorted aspects of Biblical writing, including the Torah, the Pentateuch, the Christian Bible, the Catholic Bible, the Quran, the Book of Mormon, and others, … Robert G. Ingersoll http://danfake.home.att.net/history/robert_g_ingersoll.htm … politician and orator known as ‘the great agnostic’ who popularized the higher criticism of the Bible, as well as a humanistic philosophy and a scientific rationalism. Mark Twain http://danfake.home.att.net/history/mark_twain.htm … The Bible is a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology. … Jesus Christ, Supermyth http://freelover.home.att.net/disbelief/jesus_christ_supermyth.htm The assertion at issue is that Jesus existed, some say as a man, some say as a resurrected savior, most in the western world choosing to credit him with bringing a unique … Final Nail in the Coffin of Faith http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/final_nail_in_the_coffin.htm … of Biblical writing, including the Torah, the Pentateuch, the Christian Bible, the Catholic Bible, the Quran, the Book of Mormon, and others, and the whys behind … HELL HELL HELL HELL HELL HELL !!!!!! http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/hell.htm Just in case you’re wondering, yes, the topic of this post is that god-forsaken domain known as HELL! In my opinion, humankind would best be served by leaving such … Never Hit Children! http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/never_hit_children.htm … painful/harmful downsides of biblical literalism, as promoted by the christian bible and abuse of same, and still prevalent in the so-called christian culture of … Evidence Comparison http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/evidence_comparison.htm … other beings as specified in the christian bible -compared to- evidence that the beings were concocted myths of humans to deal with and explain a mysterious world … Thomas Jefferson / John Adams http://danfake.home.att.net/history/jefferson_adams.htm … Thomas Jefferson and John Adams rejected most of the christian bible and the christian religions derived therefrom. Here are a few pertinent quotes … – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – Dan Fake, Pro-Humanist FREELOVER (Freethinking Realist Exploring Expressive Liberty, Openness, Verity, Enlightenment, & Rationality) http://danfake.home.att.net – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - –
Response:
The question presumes there is a god. Do you believe there is a god? If you do, what is it, exactly, that you believe in? Is it, perhaps, an ancient anachronistic absolute authority figurehead, a magic being, a fixation on immortality / orgasmic like reward for submission and belief juxta- posed against threats of horrific punishment and damnation for disbelief? Isn’t the god concept dependent on a path of ancient dogma, blind faith, and slavery, when speaking of the concept in terms of religious faith? If so, isn’t that concept unworthy of the best that modern humankind can achieve through science, logic, reason, and addressing naturalistic problems in a responsible and pro-human way? As for the bible … Top 420 Books for SHANANNAREEFERS (089-104 : Bible Criticism) http://danfake.home.att.net/books_bible_criticism.htm Books on Bible Criticism, for Seekers, Humanists, Atheists, Naturalists, Agnostics, Nonreligionists, Nontheists, Antireligionists, Realists, Educationalists, Experimentalists, … The christian bible – up close and personal http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/christian_bible_up_close.htm Have you been taught *all* of the bible or have you just been led to the parts that the christian leaders would like you to focus on (ignoring the parts they wish weren’t there, as it were) … The bible – What is it? – What is it good for? http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/bible_what_is_it.htm The bible is at best (or worst – depends on your perspective) a scary guide for living one’s life, an anthology used by faiths of all kinds to support, in various ways, … Why Children Should Be Protected From the Bible and Christianity http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/children_protected.htm … scare tactics of the Bible and Christianity – the 53 HELL verses in the christian bible is one (of man) reasons why children should be protected from th Bible and … GOD – Brainwashing Evidence – christian bible … http://freelover.home.att.net/disbelief/brainwashing_evidence_bible.htm … GOD in the christian bible. Now, I ask you, with little children exposed to the likes of this in … faiths leveraged off of the christian bible, what chance does … Archaeology refutes the Bible’s claim to history http://freelover.home.att.net/history/archaeology_refutes_bible.htm … literalist interpretation of the pentateuch, the christian bible, and the quran, fall far short when it comes to the historical claims made in those documents. … Key Flaw of Christianity http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/key_flaw_of_christianity.htm Is there any valid argument, by christians, for a dogma of self-determination and ‘free will’ yielding your immortal destiny, yet your immortal destiny … Why Children Should Be Protected From the Bible and Christianity http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/children_protected.htm Burnin’ in HELL tends to scare the HELL out of children. Call it the X-rated fear and scare tactics of the Bible and Christianity. … Top 420 Books for SHANANNAREEFERS (105-130 : Christian Criticism) http://danfake.home.att.net/books_christian_criticism.htm Books on Christian Criticism, for Seekers, Humanists, Atheists, Naturalists, Agnostics, Nonreligionists, Nontheists, Antireligionists, Realists, Educationalists, Experimentalists, … Pro-Humanist FREELOVER Daily – 112401 http://freelover.home.att.net/2001/11/24.htm … Dead Sea Scrolls to Cause Vatican to Revise the Bible … The Bible’s View on Foreskins & Circumcision http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/circumcision.htm … the King James Version of the Bible, the following is a comprehensive assessment of the views of the writers of the Bible, both Old Testament and New Testament, on the … Why Would God STOP Talking to Humans? http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/why_would_god_stop_talking.htm After all, per many religious perspectives, God ‘talked’ to humans who wrote the bible … what’s up with the END of the talking ~1,870 years ago? 3 Ways to Believe … http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/3_ways_to_believe.htm … in faith or religions derived from one or more of the assorted aspects of Biblical writing, including the Torah, the Pentateuch, the Christian Bible, the Catholic Bible, the Quran, the Book of Mormon, and others, … Robert G. Ingersoll http://danfake.home.att.net/history/robert_g_ingersoll.htm … politician and orator known as ‘the great agnostic’ who popularized the higher criticism of the Bible, as well as a humanistic philosophy and a scientific rationalism. Mark Twain http://danfake.home.att.net/history/mark_twain.htm … The Bible is a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology. … Jesus Christ, Supermyth http://freelover.home.att.net/disbelief/jesus_christ_supermyth.htm The assertion at issue is that Jesus existed, some s ay as a man, some say as a resurrected savior, most in the western world choosing to credit him with bringing a unique … Final Nail in the Coffin of Faith http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/final_nail_in_the_coffin.htm … of Biblical writing, including the Torah, the Pentateuch, the Christian Bible, the Catholic Bible, the Quran, the Book of Mormon, and others, and the whys behind … HELL HELL HELL HELL HELL HELL !!!!!! http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/hell.htm Just in case you’re wondering, yes, the topic of this post is that god-forsaken domain known as HELL! In my opinion, humankind would best be served by leaving such … Never Hit Children! http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/never_hit_children.htm … painful/harmful downsides of biblical literalism, as promoted by the christian bible and abuse of same, and still prevalent in the so-called christian culture of … Evidence Comparison http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/evidence_comparison.htm … other beings as specified in the christian bible -compared to- evidence that the beings were concocted myths of humans to deal with and explain a mysterious world … Thomas Jefferson / John Adams http://danfake.home.att.net/history/jefferson_adams.htm … Thomas Jefferson and John Adams rejected most of the christian bible and the christian religions derived therefrom. Here are a few pertinent quotes … – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – Dan Fake, Pro-Humanist FREELOVER (Freethinking Realist Exploring Expressive Liberty, Openness, Verity, Enlightenment, & Rationality) http://danfake.home.att.net – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - –
Response:
The question presumes there is a god. Do you believe there a god? If you do, what is it, exactly, that you believe in? Is it, perhaps, an ancient anachronistic absolute authority figurehead, a magic being, a fixation on immortality / orgasmic like reward for submission and belief juxtaposed against threats of horrific punishment and damnation for disbelief? Isn’t the god concept dependent on a path of ancient dogma, blind faith, and slavery, when speaking of the concept in terms of religious faith? If so, isn’t that concept unworthy of the best that modern humankind can achieve through science, logic, reason, and addressing naturalistic problems in a responsible and pro-human way? As for the bible … Top 420 Books for SHANANNAREEFERS (089-104 : Bible Criticism) http://danfake.home.att.net/books_bible_criticism.htm Books on Bible Criticism, for Seekers, Humanists, Atheists, Naturalists, Agnostics, Nonreligionists, Nontheists, Antireligionists, Realists, Educationalists, Experimentalists, … The christian bible – up close and personal http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/christian_bible_up_close.htm Have you been taught *all* of the bible or have you just been led to the parts that the christian leaders would like you to focus on (ignoring the parts they wish weren’t there, as it were) … The bible – What is it? – What is it good for? http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/bible_what_is_it.htm The bible is at best (or worst – depends on your perspective) a scary guide for living one’s life, an anthology used by faiths of all kinds to support, in various ways, … Why Children Should Be Protected From the Bible and Christianity http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/children_protected.htm … scare tactics of the Bible and Christianity – the 53 HELL verses in the christian bible is one (of man) reasons why children should be protected from th Bible and … GOD – Brainwashing Evidence – christian bible … http://freelover.home.att.net/disbelief/brainwashing_evidence_bible.htm … GOD in the christian bible. Now, I ask you, with little children exposed to the likes of this in … faiths leveraged off of the christian bible, what chance does … Archaeology refutes the Bible’s claim to history http://freelover.home.att.net/history/archaeology_refutes_bible.htm … literalist interpretation of the pentateuch, the christian bible, and the quran, fall far short when it comes to the historical claims made in those documents. … Key Flaw of Christianity http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/key_flaw_of_christianity.htm Is there any valid argument, by christians, for a dogma of self-determination and ‘free will’ yielding your immortal destiny, yet your immortal destiny … Why Children Should Be Protected From the Bible and Christianity http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/children_protected.htm Burnin’ in HELL tends to scare the HELL out of children. Call it the X-rated fear and scare tactics of the Bible and Christianity. … Top 420 Books for SHANANNAREEFERS (105-130 : Christian Criticism) http://danfake.home.att.net/books_christian_criticism.htm Books on Christian Criticism, for Seekers, Humanists, Atheists, Naturalists, Agnostics, Nonreligionists, Nontheists, Antireligionists, Realists, Educationalists, Experimentalists, … Pro-Humanist FREELOVER Daily – 112401 http://freelover.home.att.net/2001/11/24.htm … Dead Sea Scrolls to Cause Vatican to Revise the Bible … The Bible’s View on Foreskins & Circumcision http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/circumcision.htm … the King James Version of the Bible, the following is a comprehensive assessment of the views of the writers of the Bible, both Old Testament and New Testament, on the … Why Would God STOP Talking to Humans? http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/why_would_god_stop_talking.htm After all, per many religious perspectives, God ‘talked’ to humans who wrote the bible … what’s up with the END of the talking ~1,870 years ago? 3 Ways to Believe … http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/3_ways_to_believe.htm … in faith or religions derived from one or more of the assorted aspects of Biblical writing, including the Torah, the Pentateuch, the Christian Bible, the Catholic Bible, the Quran, the Book of Mormon, and others, … Robert G. Ingersoll http://danfake.home.att.net/history/robert_g_ingersoll.htm … politician and orator known as ‘the great agnostic’ who popularized the higher criticism of the Bible, as well as a humanistic philosophy and a scientific rationalism. Mark Twain http://danfake.home.att.net/history/mark_twain.htm … The Bible is a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology. … Jesus Christ, Supermyth http://freelover.home.att.net/disbelief/jesus_christ_supermyth.htm The assertion at issue is that Jesus existed, some s ay as a man, some say as a resurrected savior, most in the western world choosing to credit him with bringing a unique … Final Nail in the Coffin of Faith http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/final_nail_in_the_coffin.htm … of Biblical writing, including the Torah, the Pentateuch, the Christian Bible, the Catholic Bible, the Quran, the Book of Mormon, and others, and the whys behind … HELL HELL HELL HELL HELL HELL !!!!!! http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/hell.htm Just in case you’re wondering, yes, the topic of this post is that god-forsaken domain known as HELL! In my opinion, humankind would best be served by leaving such … Never Hit Children! http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/never_hit_children.htm … painful/harmful downsides of biblical literalism, as promoted by the christian bible and abuse of same, and still prevalent in the so-called christian culture of … Evidence Comparison http://danfake.home.att.net/disbelief/evidence_comparison.htm … other beings as specified in the christian bible -compared to- evidence that the beings were concocted myths of humans to deal with and explain a mysterious world … Thomas Jefferson / John Adams http://danfake.home.att.net/history/jefferson_adams.htm … Thomas Jefferson and John Adams rejected most of the christian bible and the christian religions derived therefrom. Here are a few pertinent quotes … – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – Dan Fake, Pro-Humanist FREELOVER (Freethinking Realist Exploring Expressive Liberty, Openness, Verity, Enlightenment, & Rationality) http://danfake.home.att.net – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - –
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