Quote:Cicerone said: Why I'm an atheist:
1. The bible is full of errors, omissions, and contradictions.
2. The bible is based on Egypt's book of the dead.
3. Religions have been around long before the "birth" of Jesus
4. I believe in this planet's geographic and life forms based on evolution.
5. Prayers do not work.
6. Humans do not have all the answers, but science has done a pretty decent job considering homo sapiens, human knowledge, and science is "young."
7. I try to base my understanding of this planet, universe, and my life through logic and common sense.
1- In one breath atheists say the bible is full of contradictions, then in the next breath they say it's been tidied up over the centuries to make it look good, wish they'd make up their minds. Fact is, the contradictions PROVE it hasn't been prettied up but has come down to us through the centuries warts and all. For example some of Jesus's gigs flopped-
"..he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief" (Matt 13:58 ) which makes him look bad, yet nobody edited it out..
2- God TRASHED and humiliated the egyptian "gods" bigtime with the 10 plagues to show they don't exist, so I can't see how the bible was supposedly based on the egyptian Book of the Dead whatever that is!
3- When cavemen were freaked by things like lightning storms, no wonder they had to invent "gods" to explain it.
4- Most modern christians believe in evolution, but at the same time they can see God's guiding hand and tweaks behind it to keep it on track.
5- Who says prayers don't work? If you mean you got zilch when you prayed for a lottery win I'm not surprised!
Prayer works much more subtly than that, for example if reality is just a dream we can regard Jesus as a 'Master of the Art of Dream Manipulation', seemingly bending the laws of physics to produce what people saw as "miracles", and he said we could do it too!
So in a sense, prayer is "thought-pressure" that can affect the 'Reality-Dream'
6- Yes scientists do a good job, I got College of Preceptors exam passes in General Science and Advanced Science myself in 1963, and also see
religion as a "science" in itself! For example Jesus said-
"I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going...I am not of this world" (John 8:14/ 8:23)
so surely that must whet scientists appetites to look into him and religion a little deeper?
It's almost as if Satan has twisted many scientists against religion (like Dawkins) to stop them using their brainpower to unlock the secrets of the bible.
7- If an alien lands on earth and says "I'm not from this world", and does things beyond our technology to prove it, our socks would be blown off.
Jesus said and did exactly that, so in a sense he was an "alien" visitor who's been and gone..
However he did say
"I'll be back" (Mark 13:26)
