Question to those who do or do not doubt Christianity

Would I be even crazier, if I said the idea is crazy, but had conversations with them about the Spaghetti Monster's interactions???

uneasy about your sanity... it's just how I feel.

I would prefer you posted but did not profess to be a prophet... I don't think you need to... everything seems fine until you say you're a prophet.. and then I feel uneasy and wonder if you're not a little crazy.

You're right of course... but I was speaking about whether it harms the poster who professes to be a prophet and those who don't say that seems crazy.

Can I be so bold as to say it still does matter? A person who claims they have a god's attention actually makes a back handed statment towards all of us who don't have such an audience. Why are they singled out? What makes them so valued? A god who would single out certain individuals to speak on it's behalf to everyone else, is in other words, playing favorites. This is like a parent who selects one of it's children to be more important than the rest. It is a dick move and I would not respect a god who would single out certain individuals to speak on it's behalf.

You might say I'm complaining about it not being fair, which is true, but the consequences of singling out people causes more grief and problems than it ever solves. Look what happens to most who claim to be prophets, they are often abused or even murdered. A god would have to know that this method is inefficient and unproductive. Why not come up with a better solution? I bet I know the answer to that question. The fact of the matter, there are no gods, and these people who claim to have such an audience are really experiencing a "mild" form of mental illness.

I agree...

Then I find it to be a mild form of mental illness to engage these people who claim to have some kind of esp....Who have a mental illness...and think you are helping them out, by ridiculing them.... 2 Cents

If what you mean by "having conversations with them about the Spaghetti Monster's interactions" is to have expectation on helping them to see things differently, then yes you probably would be crazy. To be honest, you would not necessarily be crazy but you would be going against some very unlikely odds.

I do not think that it is Krumple's intent to ridicule you.

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Then I find it to be a mild form of mental illness to engage these people who claim to have some kind of esp....Who have a mental illness...and think you are helping them out, by ridiculing them.... 2 Cents

I do not think that it is Krumple's intent to ridicule you.

If it is crazy that someone speaks to a Spaghetti Monster (God) to you?? Then it is even crazier to me, that you sit here and have conversations with people who have interactions with a Spaghetti Monster (God)

Thanks for the kind words!! I remember you from when we talked way back about Buddhism, and Christianity....

Sorry, but if this is how you feel

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uneasy about your sanity... it's just how I feel.

And this...

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I would prefer you posted but did not profess to be a prophet... I don't think you need to... everything seems fine until you say you're a prophet.. and then I feel uneasy and wonder if you're not a little crazy.

Then I will show you how sane I am, and how much God speaks to me, by saying I do not need to say anything at all about my experiences...

See how easy that was for God to speak to me, and show it to you???

Does it seem so crazy now??

Remember, you said I do not need to tell people about being a prophet, and as long as it is harmless, it does not matter anyways....

Do you know how you care about everyone and want to share your truth "God" with everyone because you think it will help them? Well there are other people like me, Craig, Krumple and others who care about you, so we share our view points with you because we think it could possibly help you.

If this is true...Then neither are crazy...and people are most definitely not mentally Ill...

That sounds perfectly sane if you exclude the words: 'God speaks to me' and it also sounds sane to say 'I do not need to say anything at all about my experiences...' but why not continue this with: I do not need anymore to say I'm a prophet as I'm not. I just talk in a way that God would be proud of or I try to.

Even healthy minds can become Ill sometimes Ryan, just as our bodies can.

I do not need anymore to say I'm a prophet as I'm not. I just talk in a way that God would be proud of or I try to.

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You're right of course... but I was speaking about whether it harms the poster who professes to be a prophet and those who don't say that seems crazy.

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Can I be so bold as to say it still does matter? A person who claims they have a god's attention actually makes a back handed statment towards all of us who don't have such an audience. Why are they singled out? What makes them so valued? A god who would single out certain individuals to speak on it's behalf to everyone else, is in other words, playing favorites. This is like a parent who selects one of it's children to be more important than the rest. It is a dick move and I would not respect a god who would single out certain individuals to speak on it's behalf.

So! You agree with me, GOD is a DICK?
If, let's just say, GOD had a SON who was OBEDIENT and TRUE to HIMSELF and HIS WORD...

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You might say I'm complaining about it not being fair, which is true, but the consequences of singling out people causes more grief and problems than it ever solves. Look what happens to most who claim to be prophets, they are often abused or even murdered. A god would have to know that this method is inefficient and unproductive. Why not come up with a better solution? I bet I know the answer to that question. The fact of the matter, there are no gods, and these people who claim to have such an audience are really experiencing a "mild" form of mental illness.

There are no PROPHETS in this DARKNESS, SEERS of VISIONS and VISIONARIES at MOST.
Duh! Didn't GOD SAY, "They KILLED all of THE PROPHETS" They also will "KILL his SON the HEIR".
The WORLD is about to WITNESS this EVENT...

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That sounds perfectly sane if you exclude the words: 'God speaks to me' and it also sounds sane to say 'I do not need to say anything at all about my experiences...' but why not continue this with: I do not need anymore to say I'm a prophet as I'm not. I just talk in a way that God would be proud of or I try to.

If it sounds perfectly sane for me to say "I do not need to say anything about my experiences", Why does it sound insane to say God spoke to me and said say this???