tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post5095324424642291920..comments2023-09-24T07:53:50.826-05:00Comments on The Atheist Experience™: Then some days, we just get emails that are this awesomeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-39358779193430766642010-10-23T15:21:38.255-05:002010-10-23T15:21:38.255-05:00"Everything's just a little too complex t..."Everything's just a little too complex to come from nothing, don't you think?"<br /><br />You are an author and THIS is what you consider to be an argument? You're presenting a false dichotomy and a strawman all in one, nice. <br /><br />Why is it god or nothing, and who is claiming nothing?<br /><br />Incredulity is not an argument.magx01https://www.blogger.com/profile/14831638782847911405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-90115137777517503242010-10-23T03:13:34.322-05:002010-10-23T03:13:34.322-05:00This is Trey Smith (author of the book you are all...This is Trey Smith (author of the book you are all dogging so hard). I think the debate is great and I am thrilled to run across it online.<br />The God in a Nutshell Project seems to also shake up the Christians, they're a pretty divided group to begin with. I can't really speak for anyone other than my own beliefs, but I for one don't see any good way to deny that God exists. Everything's just a little too complex to come from nothing, don't you think?<br />Anyhow, most of my life I've made a living as a ghost writer for other people. This year I have had the privilege to do three of my own projects. One of them is God in a Nutshell. I'm not charging for it. The Truth should always be free. <br />Nevertheless, I've got something coming up here in December... December 4th to be exact. I can't be as generous. This thing is going to cost you a couple bucks down at Barnes and Noble or your favorite bookstore, but I think you're going to be excited to spend every penny. <br /><br /><br />There is a going to be a little shaking of the Christians this Christmas. That's not because I love you atheists that much. It's just that a good dose of change does everybody some good once in a while. My God, I wish I could tell you more... But, I promise we'll get there. I promise. <br /><br />Until then, why don't you give www.godinanutshell.com a second look. Who knows, maybe it will grow on you?<br /><br />Until December 3rd 2010....<br />Trey Smith - <br /><br />P.S. Take it easy on the reviews. I know we don't believe the same, but at least keep this above the belt.Trey-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15548178394567154905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-25512236102748745772010-10-03T21:51:35.682-05:002010-10-03T21:51:35.682-05:00I'd read it.
Although for a fun one in graphi...I'd read it.<br /><br />Although for a fun one in graphic novel form, check out Neil Gaiman's "Murder Mystery"<br /><br />It's a noir detective tale...in heaven.Inghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13024689390434414829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-26913322829581240872010-10-03T16:39:30.377-05:002010-10-03T16:39:30.377-05:00I actually wanted to write a story about how Satan...I actually wanted to write a story about how Satan became Satan, with homoerotic tensions between Lucifer and Michael and an ending set in the newly made Hell, where a third-degree burnt Satan living now in a pool of mud and feces cries over his lost beauty... I think my idea is more interesting than this one.Guillaumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376749604845793465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-54260514103114931402010-09-30T00:56:40.444-05:002010-09-30T00:56:40.444-05:00"In this story, to understand the beginning, ..."In this story, to understand the beginning, we must start with the end."<br /><br />I thought ends didn't exist?magx01https://www.blogger.com/profile/14831638782847911405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-38436852355483084682010-09-29T20:40:40.001-05:002010-09-29T20:40:40.001-05:00@Thomas
COPTIC MOTHER FUCKER, DO YOU SPEAK IT!?@Thomas<br /><br />COPTIC MOTHER FUCKER, DO YOU SPEAK IT!?Inghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13024689390434414829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-55456585089615545992010-09-29T04:30:18.292-05:002010-09-29T04:30:18.292-05:00Read it as if a beatnik were doing a poetry readin...Read it as if a beatnik were doing a poetry reading. Snap your fingers, give it a beat, and let it flow. Might help to be slightly high.MineralFellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04883214856309226934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-20803820519018678492010-09-27T19:24:07.172-05:002010-09-27T19:24:07.172-05:00@ T. Sunshine Love
There was probably more jail b...@ T. Sunshine Love<br /><br />There was probably more jail bait nudity at least and rape apologetics in his version at least. Which I guess is at least something new to the story.Inghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13024689390434414829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-19833778035442633982010-09-27T12:43:20.891-05:002010-09-27T12:43:20.891-05:00So, I finally figured out why I have so much troub...So, I finally figured out why I have so much trouble getting answers from the Bible. It starts at the beginning, and therefore is like reading backwards gibberish. <br /><br />Gibberish I can handle, but not backwards gibberish. Had the Bible been written like Pulp Fiction, it might have made more sense.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299046445235601258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-36045444002877058472010-09-27T11:04:13.506-05:002010-09-27T11:04:13.506-05:00I have found Steven Brust's interpretation to ...I have found Steven Brust's interpretation to be very good reading:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Reign_in_Hell<br />NoELAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13084775011324832115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-71599189412631796322010-09-26T20:12:34.061-05:002010-09-26T20:12:34.061-05:00For anyone who wants to read a really good, and fu...For anyone who wants to read a really good, and funny, story about Lucifer (and i enjoyed it even as an atheist) should check out I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan. It's written from the POV of Lucifer so it's language is offensive but hilarious.<br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=-ULMnP1w4G4C&dq=i+lucifer&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=_-6fTOqbBNvhnQeApdCUDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="nofollow">I, Lucifer on Google Books</a>James Francescohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09712037554242942100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-535204036118224572010-09-26T10:42:48.923-05:002010-09-26T10:42:48.923-05:00The Laward sure must love stupid people, because h...The Laward sure must love stupid people, because he sure made a lot of 'em!<br /><br />LSlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17901508236729383702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-36179269534040222652010-09-26T10:19:43.949-05:002010-09-26T10:19:43.949-05:00Brilliant idea. From this day forward, whenever I&...Brilliant idea. From this day forward, whenever I'm quoting a moron, I'll do it in Comic Sanserauqssihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16219367018908376819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-17212433479027208892010-09-26T06:15:46.463-05:002010-09-26T06:15:46.463-05:00It used to be that filks, parodies, slash and othe...It used to be that filks, parodies, slash and other novel-length online fiction was free. Since then supply has soared and demand has remained constant.Per Edmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07472605187515049340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-10012316146456147552010-09-26T00:47:43.520-05:002010-09-26T00:47:43.520-05:00You know, another word for incomprehensible is &qu...You know, another word for incomprehensible is "gibberish".<br /><br />Seriously, if these guys seriously believe that their god is incomprehensible, then what they are in fact saying is that their god cannot be understood by human rationality. In which case, you cannot use logic to prove the existence of such a being.Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165695979185282802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-806003674338138882010-09-25T23:25:23.616-05:002010-09-25T23:25:23.616-05:00"This novel is the story of how the devil bec..."This novel is the story of how the devil became the devil." <br /><br />I'm pretty sure Piers Anthony did it better.T. Sunshine Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873022980093353543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-44811473175342612572010-09-25T22:45:16.513-05:002010-09-25T22:45:16.513-05:00"All that truly bares any interest is the cur..."All that truly bares any interest is the curved, jagged, rippled, bent, twisted, sloped and amazingly warped line that lies in-between."<br /><br />I just love the horribly, wretchedly, exasperatingly, monotonously, and unnecessarily long list of modifiers that do nothing to actually illustrate or clarify anything.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02901357012686256557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-45392579070582365022010-09-25T22:22:57.512-05:002010-09-25T22:22:57.512-05:00"bares" =/= "bears"
I've ..."bares" =/= "bears"<br /><br />I've desperately sieved through some pretty lousy slush piles in my time. Even then I knew what quality of literature to expect when someone started by explaining <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_medias_res" rel="nofollow"><i>in medias res</i></a> (badly), and then got confused by homonyms.<br /><br />That's your hook, for Christ's sake!Sean (quantheory)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00094694851707164734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-82622760974419996032010-09-25T21:48:49.602-05:002010-09-25T21:48:49.602-05:00After trudging through those two paragraphs, I don...After trudging through those two paragraphs, I don't think it deserves the FREE price tag. Even if they offered to pay me a lot of money to download it, it wouldn't be worth it.Shawn Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916759764846217495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-29290351220567999882010-09-25T20:04:22.406-05:002010-09-25T20:04:22.406-05:00"We do not start with the beginning; for in r..."We do not start with the beginning; for in reality, such a thing does not exist. A beginning and end are merely two points on a line, a segment of what is everlasting. Thus, there is nothing magical about the beginning, nor the end. All that truly bares any interest is the curved, jagged, rippled, bent, twisted, sloped and amazingly warped line that lies in-between. In essence, the beginning and end are fixed points that only serve as a capsule to contain the chain of events that has led to this moment, the moment in which you now sit to read this page."<br /><br />So much for Troy's argument. I insist you send this to Troy in response to his spam pointing out that it's another christian evangelizing...let the two duke it out.<br /><br />Then we bayonet the survivorInghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13024689390434414829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-81469755659559124342010-09-25T19:54:34.932-05:002010-09-25T19:54:34.932-05:00Why should we try to understand the beginning? It ...Why should we try to understand the beginning? It doesn't even exist according to what I've been told. o_OLeisha Camdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04768409807832229050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-59327389069415807352010-09-25T18:17:19.331-05:002010-09-25T18:17:19.331-05:00"Therefore, let us start at the proper place;..."Therefore, let us start at the proper place; let us begin with the violence."<br /><br />Sorry folks, but that is pure Win.<br /><br />Martin, if I can get the movie rights to this thing, and a few dozen million dollars for development, promise me you will direct it.<br /><br />Hey, come to think of it, we can do a double-feature: This, and Ringo's Watch on the Rhine book.George From NYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06158111795024631345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-6404263320879542882010-09-25T16:21:01.214-05:002010-09-25T16:21:01.214-05:00Really, how clueless must one be to think that the...Really, how clueless must one be to think that the incomprehensibility of your writing is something to boast about to your hoped-for readers?Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933545393470431585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-23770872140812633312010-09-25T16:08:03.768-05:002010-09-25T16:08:03.768-05:00Their claim is accurate, the opening paragraphs ce...Their claim is accurate, the opening paragraphs certainly took me beyond comprehention.Penny Costlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14100523251079925953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-20514607053858932812010-09-25T16:04:09.165-05:002010-09-25T16:04:09.165-05:00It's funny you should say that an editor would...It's funny you should say that an editor would have stopped reading by paragraph 4 sentence 1, because that's where I skipped the rest of the excerpt and then had to go back and read it.<br /><br />Weird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com