Atheism & Agnostic Beliefs On The Rise In U.s.

consider the garden of eden as opposed to the modern world, we've a bit far off the design plan

What do they say in the south: "how much time ya got buddy?"

The Bible Doesn?t Understand Medicine

In the Old Testament, Yahweh afflicted people with handicaps.

Exodus 4:11 And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?

In the New Testament, we see that demons, not Yahweh, are to blame for a wide range of handicaps, mental illnesses and diseases, ranging from muteness to leprosy. Exorcism, prayer and faith healing (not professional medical attention) are the recommended cures.

Matthew 9:6-7 ?But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins,? (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) ?Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.? And he arose, and departed to his house.

Note on the above passage: The paralyzed man apparently was affected with paralysis because of his sins. Are all victims of paralysis simply suffering the wages of their sins? If someone gets sick or suffers an injury, is it because they somehow deserved it?

Matthew 9:32-33 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.

Matthew 10:1-8 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease? (Jesus taught them to) Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils.[1]

Matthew 12:22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw

that's just a sampling, the Bible equally misunderstand the cosmos and several other things. Looks less like the word of God and more like a rationalization of acient man to me

What causes Alchoolism?

Bible: Sin and Demons

Truth: It's genetic

What Causes Down Syndrome?

Bible: Sin and Demons

Truth: an extra 21st chromosome

It has nothing to do with being cool, I live in a rural community with a Christian family, and a GF with Mennonite parents. How cool do you think me talking about my beliefs are?

The Christian victims mindset is hilarious, if you aren't given free reign over everything, to do exactly as you please and place everyone else's ideas second, then you're being persecuted.

Meanwhile I couldn't even go have a beer on Thursday night in Abilene without being told I was going to hell and having propaganda shoved in my face when I left, but they're one ones who's personal freedoms are being infringed on.... right....

Well, there's places where a Christian can't go without people like you shoving bible contradictions, etc. and Richard Dawkins down their throat.

my view of what a Christian should be is favorable but far from perfect, seems totally attainable but the majority of them don't seem to find their way to that point.

I really see the fault of this on the Churches and their competitive nature

If you are living in the home of a Christian family and are not a member of that family you must be a tare.

If you are a member of that family, you are rebelling against your parents and are probably not old enough to drink under the law.

If you are old enough to drink, are part of the family, and still live at home with your attitude, you should be evicted by you parents.

You are old enough to stand on your own two feet and put food in your own mouth.

Respect your earthly father or quit mouching off the sweat of his brow and start making your own sweat.

In other words, stop being a spoiled brat toward your earthly father or your heavenly Father.

Believe it or not, I suspect the GW-hating that's now in vogue has something to do with the falling popularity of religion. In a weird way, it's all inter-related. It's crap, but it's wadded up in the same ball of popular slime-culture. I hate it. People become stupid and dangerous when they fall in with the street mob.

what a wonderful misconception that because I disagree with you I must be a child

28 years old
6 years Active Duty AF wherein I climbed to the rank of SSgt in 3 years 6 months (that's wearing it for anybody in the know reading, for those not in the know AF adverage is 7 years or was then, and for allot of people 3.6 years isn't even numerically possible)
by age 25 I was responsible for 3.6 million in AF assets and was reporting directly over 3 airmen, one of which was two years older then me
college grad (I CLEP'ed or Dantes challanged over 48 credit successfully, 45 of them on the first try)
now I have my own office with a nice window

you wanna talk life experience? I even lived in Europe for 2 years, and Texas for four and wrote a political column for 411politics in 2006

I live alone and I want a dog

sorry if I shattered your misconception of me

I respect my father and honor my god, I just don't picture him the same way you do.

you have a small point, there is a subculture in America that hates Bush because he's a conservative Christian running their country. His religion doesn't bug me, I voted for him twice. Probably wouldn't again, but that's more on his lack of acting against oil company profits then it is with anything in Iraq.

I have a sneaking suspicion that when Bush is out of office gas prices will drop .50

It's just too convenient that an Oil man and a former CEO of Haliburton happen to be in power when Oil companies and Haliburton are making $ hand over fist

do you remember when LBJ committed us to Vietnam after JFK died? We lost ALLOT of Bell Helicopters that had to be replaced. How convenient his wife owned a LARGE minority share of it's holdings...

More to the point people are simply tried of being told what to do by people no more civilized or moral than them and often much less so......There is no one right way to do anything there are harmful and relatively harmless ways of doing things effecient and inefficient ways etc etc

I live alone and I want a dog.

sorry if I shattered your misconception of me

28 years old
6 years Active Duty AF wherein I climbed to the rank of SSgt in 3 years 6 months (that's wearing it for anybody in the know reading, for those not in the know AF adverage is 7 years or was then, and for allot of people 3.6 years isn't even numerically possible)
by age 25 I was responsible for 3.6 million in AF assets and was reporting directly over 3 airmen, one of which was two years older then me
college grad (I CLEP'ed or Dantes challanged over 48 credit successfully, 45 of them on the first try)
now I have my own office with a nice window

During Catholic Mass, I remind myself that what we're doing together at that moment is nearly TWO THOUSAND YEARS OLD. Man......that carries weight in my mind. Two millennia.

Two millennia are but a blink of God's eye.