You aren't really Christian

Nerdy Rapture Fail

*dies*..*meets Jesus*
Jesus glances at you.
>glance jesus
You glance at Jesus Christ, the Son of God (God)
Jesus says "23".
Jesus giggles.
Jesus disappears in a puff of smoke!
Jesus Christ left the room.

Brief, but to the point.

No one in their right mind would believe that the "Rapture" is coming tomorrow, Family Radio/Mr. Camping is a fraudulent organization and he should be jailed for bilking his followers of so much money for such a horrendous message. That is logical enough, hopefully even for Christians.

I notice that Christians however, are quick to say that "only God knows when" the Rapture will occur. Does that not sound awfully convenient? Is that not phrased in such a manner that one will always be left guessing, trying to be on their best behavior for the ol' man in the sky and his "wrath"? I logically conclude this is but a means of control. I am going to enjoy my weekend, each day of it. I suggest you do too, and perhaps in the space below you can elaborate as to how your particular religion is any different from the previous civilizations and their absolute, living entities they worshiped, killed, and died for.

Do we really need it?

Question time. Anyone can reply, but it would be nice if you left your name since most of you are just Facebook friends. First names only, etc. Or you can PM me on Facebook if you want to discuss it at length. Anyone from the public can, and is welcome to do so.

Why do you think we "need God for a sense of moral purpose", or purpose at all, in life? This is not beautiful enough, the love you feel from those closest to you or the simple, yet constant flow of oxygen from the trees around you, or the mere fact that the Sun exists and regulates the constant state of life on Earth as we know it? There is more purpose to life than merely what we choose to assign to it?

I am not a fan of my every thought and action having infinite weight. I think that's a horrible concept to teach your children. I think it's an even worse trait to carry with you into adulthood. Why that is can't be answered simply. The main reason I am not comfortable with it reminds me something of Minority Report and has been also echoed by prominent atheists like Christopher Hitchens. The basic principle being God can also punish you by your mere thoughts. not just actions. Whether you can control them or not. The Catholic practice of confession early on made me immediately question the concept, and premise of it.

At what point does pre-disposition and free will's line blur? Where is God's plan and how precisely am I to somehow telepathically reach it or understand it? That is a question for believers. For non-believers or agnostics, do you "believe everything happens for a reason?" That goes for believers as well though. A child dying in the womb, or a 5 year old British Boy being murdered by Islamic Terrorists (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor_massacre) would require a pretty elaborate sit down with the ol' creator to see how something so horrid fits into any kind of big picture. I know if I were that kid heaven had better have a pretty fucking serious ball-pit and all the Happy Meals I could eat.

The answer being in the Holy Bible as to how one can adapt to God's "plan for us all" is to immediately surrender to story, allegory, meander through word problem after word problem, and try to find hidden meanings. Have you ever had a discussion with the casual Christian? Or, a local music show? There is not exactly a culture of cryptology fanboys or critical thinkers in either. So to say that we are supposed to search with in ourselves to reach it and communicate with god is in the most practical of essence, to communicate nothing. Furthermore, those Bible experts had ought to start doing a better job of transcribing the Hebrew gibberish spewed upon it's controlling pages so that this hierarchy of the holy can properly organize in the afterlife because clearly someone is going to get it better than the other guy.

Hearing God's voice or feeling his presence to myself, only affirms that your body knows it exists and certain pleasure centers are functioning normally. To loosely quote, "that's not God talking, that's you, thinking".

Pirst Fost

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