tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post2082885674846237183..comments2023-09-24T07:53:50.826-05:00Comments on The Atheist Experience™: We get email: we iz childrens of teh Basement Cat!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-17165419309884516262010-05-27T07:22:31.963-05:002010-05-27T07:22:31.963-05:00Thank you for showing us that "real Christian...Thank you for showing us that "real Christians" do not believe in free will.<br />You were born a child of god and us atheists are born of the devil and both of us are destined for our pre-determined, eternal fates, no matter what.<br />So what is the point of preaching then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-30021085940856801312010-05-19T11:53:39.606-05:002010-05-19T11:53:39.606-05:00If you had a baby and took his favorite toy away f...<i>If you had a baby and took his favorite toy away from him, tell me he wouldn't stab your face in an instant if you granted him a knife!</i><br /><br />The babies I've known would be just as likely to think "new best toy" and proceed to stab themselves in the face. I think you may be ascribing a maliciousness that doesn't exist. Certainly they are developing a sense of others existing outside of themselves. "You're a solipsist"?rrpostalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336728549010108830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-63868853623922028722010-05-18T19:31:56.587-05:002010-05-18T19:31:56.587-05:00regarding the textbook rally, i thought i might in...regarding the textbook rally, i thought i might inform you of this:<br /><br />http://www.palibandaily.com/2010/05/17/california-moves-to-keep-texas-curriculum-out/<br /><br />doesn't do anything for texas, but it's good for the rest of us.skepticmatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17013827716974620512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-46226252203039200092010-05-17T18:17:55.554-05:002010-05-17T18:17:55.554-05:00He's gonna be waiting a long time for God to f...He's gonna be waiting a long time for God to fix the world. Hope he's <br />not holding his breath.<br /><br />How would that even turn out? Would God be like "Flame on"?<br /><br />The Fantastic Trinity.<br /><br />Summer 2012.<br /><br />It's gonna be a scorcher!<br /><br />*cue music*Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12608663741289574410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-25291011205699045552010-05-17T10:46:31.271-05:002010-05-17T10:46:31.271-05:00Now, imagine if someone who believes this manages ...Now, imagine if someone who believes this manages to get political power. With a belief that you can't fix the world - only God can do that, can you imagine the policies they would support and the damage they would do to the world?David Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14309364915707457568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-8501689967586000642010-05-17T09:15:43.355-05:002010-05-17T09:15:43.355-05:00"...it is also obvious that He has never sent..."...it is also obvious that He has never sent anyone, an actual child of God, to speak on your show and probably never will."<br /><br />I agree with that.<br /><br />I also love how they call Jesus "Yesu". See, they're so in with Jesus that they know his REAL name.Mark Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12082856602483276803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-23539139035903902202010-05-17T05:38:23.387-05:002010-05-17T05:38:23.387-05:00Calvinists want to deny freewill...but leave just ...Calvinists want to deny freewill...but leave just enough so they can blame people for their problems.Inghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13024689390434414829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-23884824392219495812010-05-17T05:30:55.164-05:002010-05-17T05:30:55.164-05:00Yes, of course it should have. Oh noes!Yes, of course it should have. Oh noes!Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933545393470431585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-81333674382021242772010-05-17T03:01:06.456-05:002010-05-17T03:01:06.456-05:00That should be "we iz kittens of teh Basement...That should be "we iz kittens of teh Basement Cat!" <i>nez pas</i>?v_quixotichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18068607586238616369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-51374313084361254422010-05-16T23:01:35.425-05:002010-05-16T23:01:35.425-05:00"You are not the Devil like many people say o..."You are not the Devil like many people say on your show, but you are one of his many children. [sic] Satan's children, the wicked, or the world will be burned up and then casted into the Lake of Fire."<br /><br />OH NOSE! Calvinist maybe?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-32905469156172524162010-05-16T16:42:45.480-05:002010-05-16T16:42:45.480-05:00"Hmm, so this person seems to believe in some...<i>"Hmm, so this person seems to believe in some form of salvation through grace which strongly implies that people have no choice in the matter. If one is going to take such a Calvinist approach, then it isn't clear to me what they think is being accomplished by sending this email."</i><br /><br />The Calvinist idea seems to be that even though everything is predestined, we humans have no idea and no way of knowing who'll be saved and who won't, so sending emails could be a way to function as one of God's vessels. It would mean that God may have selected one or more people who read this email and has rigged their brains to be receptive (read: gullible) to the message of salvation, so this email is actually all part of God's Great Plan(tm).<br /><br />Basically a roundabout way of saying God's a kid in the sandbox with extremely meticulous plans for his GI Joes.Watooshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16255104522543797858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-40761322526198520562010-05-16T12:35:57.427-05:002010-05-16T12:35:57.427-05:00"No True Scotsman" needs to be changed t..."No True Scotsman" needs to be changed to "No True Christian." Whenever this fallacy is erected these days, 99% of the time it's a Christian complaining that other Christians are not the true Christians, as they are.ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536547131562840293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-1425890427779625372010-05-16T11:52:48.264-05:002010-05-16T11:52:48.264-05:00A concise argument in favor of apathy. There's...A concise argument in favor of apathy. There's hardly anything more evil than constructing an elaborate rationalization of letting everything rot and doing nothing to improve the state of anything.<br /><br />The person writing this presumably owns a computer and is sitting in a decently warmed room, will have little trouble getting food and drink on the table, and probably has at least a small stack of books about his favorite subject.<br /><br />All these are fruits of the endeavor to improve the state of humanity, the world, the future.<br /><br />I conclude that the author of theis e-mail is an evil hypocrite and likes it, but is too much of a coward to take the next logical step and rid the world of his presence.felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749925395851545703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-29893246982108611972010-05-16T11:36:04.463-05:002010-05-16T11:36:04.463-05:00[i]Babies/Kids tend to be the most innocent creatu...[i]Babies/Kids tend to be the most innocent creatures around.[/i]<br /><br />If you had a baby and took his favorite toy away from him, tell me he wouldn't stab your face in an instant if you granted him a knife!<br /><br />Preceding argument paraphrased from masterful orator Todd Friel.henwlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223426423591084340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-8253207821455806662010-05-16T09:24:52.359-05:002010-05-16T09:24:52.359-05:00Definitely not a Poe. I've known people like t...Definitely not a Poe. I've known people like this. They say the usual buzzwords: I'm not religious, I have a relationship with Jesus, just going to church doesn't mean anything, the number of saved people are only a handful, etc.<br /><br />A lot of these people have "home church", if you know what I mean. I knew one who told me steeples were pagan phallic symbols and she wouldn't go to a church that had one.Kingasaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08458810855208904790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-43347674352350400952010-05-16T09:21:15.340-05:002010-05-16T09:21:15.340-05:00it is also obvious that He has never sent anyone, ...<i>it is also obvious that He has never sent anyone, an actual child of God, to speak on your show and probably never will. </i><br /><br />You know the number dude.<br /><br />Although I don't think we'll be hearing from him. It's a lot easier to spot a Poe live.MethodSkeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05844566230083531269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-57976949224064009002010-05-16T08:11:44.089-05:002010-05-16T08:11:44.089-05:00Another comment;
The "God is Obvious" s...Another comment;<br /><br />The "God is Obvious" statement is ludicrous. I think it's obvious that there's no god influencing things in this reality. Now we're both just making claims.<br /><br />So how do we know who's right? Back to square one - the scientific method.JThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08881036419280903737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-37628180495086433172010-05-16T06:54:18.415-05:002010-05-16T06:54:18.415-05:00Has this guy ever seen a baby?
They may be noisy ...Has this guy ever <i>seen</i> a baby?<br /><br />They may be noisy at times, but I wouldn't classify them as evil - at all. Babies/Kids tend to be the most innocent creatures around.JThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08881036419280903737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-14617173102370978042010-05-16T02:30:34.868-05:002010-05-16T02:30:34.868-05:00This drongo has a few kangaroos loose in the top p...This drongo has a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock, mate.Michael Kingsford Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15610344772081162910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-4498200941463823812010-05-16T01:10:35.759-05:002010-05-16T01:10:35.759-05:00Hmm, so this person seems to believe in some form ...Hmm, so this person seems to believe in some form of salvation through grace which strongly implies that people have no choice in the matter. If one is going to take such a Calvinist approach, then it isn't clear to me what they think is being accomplished by sending this email.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637936588223855248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-14902209769842065902010-05-15T21:43:43.790-05:002010-05-15T21:43:43.790-05:00One can not make that up. It is so egregious and w...One can not make that up. It is so egregious and way out of this world that I can not help but think that being an atheist is the best thing that ever happened to me in my entire life.Mythohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15055332920863888282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-75753230231376024322010-05-15T21:19:42.074-05:002010-05-15T21:19:42.074-05:00I'm thinking Poe on this one, but I suppose th...I'm thinking Poe on this one, but I suppose that's just a testament to the law.Zurahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06325048684652466640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-66740088979271255822010-05-15T21:05:16.370-05:002010-05-15T21:05:16.370-05:00Well I am disapoint. With Christian emails, I am a...Well I am disapoint. With Christian emails, I am always disapoint.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554732589649361481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-3108028643461832112010-05-15T20:28:52.221-05:002010-05-15T20:28:52.221-05:00Oh lordy... As soon as I read the first sentence, ...Oh lordy... As soon as I read the first sentence, I knew it was only a matter of time before "real Christian" made an appearance.<br /><br />I was not disappoint.Darren Cubitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843647976259798386noreply@blogger.com