tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post5583067605397594391..comments2023-09-24T07:53:50.826-05:00Comments on The Atheist Experience™: A truly tragic meltdownUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-48379309546142761792008-03-15T14:24:00.000-05:002008-03-15T14:24:00.000-05:00Adrael:Thanks for the kind comment. For AE, we hav...Adrael:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the kind comment. For AE, we have a rotation--so it's set up as a fair representation for all the host to appear equally.<BR/><BR/>Like Martin, I also thought your post was helpful and not dumb. I was unaware the lines were lyrics. Thanks for the info.<BR/><BR/>Baal:<BR/><BR/>You make an interesting point. It is ironic that many of the people decrying this incident as tragic, are the same people responsible for helping to screw up the boy's head. That's also an interesting point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-33917119050881687462008-03-13T17:25:00.000-05:002008-03-13T17:25:00.000-05:00It's high time the pricks screwing up these poor g...It's high time the pricks screwing up these poor gullible kids were made accountable. <BR/>How are these kids supposed to feel when they believe every one else has god/jesus speaking directly to them and because they don't hear gods voice they feel as the letter points out rejected and useless .<BR/>No one will say the boy did no wrong but the ones that should be blamed are singing halleluja at the scene of their crime no doubt rejoicing while their next victim silently stews and goes unnoticed until they can't take anymore.Baal's Bumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15840398225561197895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-15805291287014682662008-03-13T14:31:00.000-05:002008-03-13T14:31:00.000-05:00Adrael, the only thing dumb about your comment was...Adrael, the only thing dumb about your comment was in thinking it was a dumb comment. :-)<BR/><BR/>Depressed teens naturally latch onto music as the last straws available for them to clutch. I suppose if Matthew had been a child of the 80's, he'd have been all over The Smiths.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933545393470431585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-41791224090598416962008-03-13T14:08:00.000-05:002008-03-13T14:08:00.000-05:00Just in case nobody who reads this entry is an Eva...Just in case nobody who reads this entry is an Evanescence fan, "Am I too lost to be saved?", "My soul cries for deliverance" and "I'm dying, praying, bleeding and screaming. Will I be denied?" are lines from the song "Tourniquet". <BR/><BR/>I wouldn't have bothered anyone with that little tidbit of seemingly irrelevant information were it not for the fact that the song is about a girl about to commit suicide, voicing the very same feelings the boy expresses in his letter.<BR/><BR/>I'd recommend people go and listen to the song(unless you hate alternative rock, in which case, the lyrics will do just fine :P ). The similarities are rather bone-chilling, not that this case needs to be more frightening and tragic, of course.<BR/><BR/>I didn't want my first post on the AE blog to be such a dumb one but what are ya gonna do?. There you have it, the most asinine post in the history of the blog. Although to be fair, if we count Rhology's posts, it's only like the 64th dumbest post. =D<BR/><BR/>P.S.: I wish Ms. Harris and Mr. Wagner would appear more on either The Atheist Experience show or as guests on The Non-Prophets. <BR/><BR/>Best wishes from Mexico, Juan JoséAdraelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05973486036413829486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-74999603781262964102008-03-13T13:57:00.000-05:002008-03-13T13:57:00.000-05:00It's very disturbing, even more so when I hear som...It's very disturbing, even more so when I hear some of my own thoughts in his voice. <BR/><BR/>I'm not nearly as angry as him, but I was hurt badly by the church. I can't see why he made the decision he did.<BR/><BR/>I kept thinking while I was reading his letters. Why didn't he discover science / atheism / skepticism? A tragedy could have been avoided here. He asked "What is the truth?" He could have discovered the answer. It's so sad. <BR/><BR/>I'm also rather annoyed that they censored the letters.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666102861045517530noreply@blogger.com