several times now I’ve heard this same argument, atheists really know that god exists but just don’t want to admit it. I am open and forward and honest with these people and they dismiss it and call you a liar behind your back. I could reverse this argument and say the same thing being that, believers in god KNOW in THEIR hearts that god really DOESN’T exist yet they continue to profess that he/it does because they fear having wasted their lives on a falsehood. What would saying this do for me? Every time I encounter this type of thinking, it proves to me how closed minded some people can be, dismissing someone else’s thoughts and replacing them with your own. I actually feel bad for them…
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Proof That The Christian God Exists!
Yeah, I know. That title is more exciting than this post will be. I do that a lot. Still, bear with me this is pretty close.
I’ve been thinking today about the people that tell me answered prayers are evidence of their god existing.
I know that looks more like a collision between methane and a flame, but whatever.
I wish Christians would keep a tally of the prayers they prayed which were answered with ‘no’ or ‘not now’. They are fond of remembering the ones they think were answered with a yes but they can never tell you how many were answered with no or not now – essentially not answered at all.
Do me a favor, ask them how many went unanswered when you hear that trope.
I’m sure you’ll get a reaction a lot like the second image.
More seriously, if supposedly answered prayers is evidence of…
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I’m Patrick Green and I’m Openly Secular
My name is Patrick Green. I used to be a minister and I am now an agnostic athiest who works for a taxi company. This is a brief video of my story and the story of others.
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Study finds that people don’t like atheists because they serve as a grim reminder of death’s finality
this has been my hypothesis all along…
http://churchandstate.org.uk/2015/05/study-people-dont-like-atheists-because-of-death/
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Pope Francis Says Atheists Who Do Good Are Redeemed, Not Just Catholics
well I guess, like it or not, as long as I do good, I’m in…which just reinforces my thought that prayer is pretty much useless…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/pope-francis-good-atheists_n_3320757.html
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Escape from Duggarville: How playing the good Christian housewife almost killed me
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Head of the Church of Scientology, Jim Keyes – David Letterman
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Invisible Atheists The spread of disbelief in the Arab world.
I found the story of Iman Willoughby who escaped Saudi Arabia and now lives in Nova Scotia, Canada exceptionally compelling…
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121559/rise-arab-atheists
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