|
Show Talk Talk about the show |
View Poll Results: Do you believe in God? | |||
I am a believer. | 19 | 12.26% | |
I am an agnostic. | 47 | 30.32% | |
I am an atheist. | 89 | 57.42% | |
Voters: 155. You may not vote on this poll |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
Keith and The Girl is a free comedy talk show and podcast
Check out the recent shows
Click here to get Keith and The Girl free on iTunes.
Click here to get the podcast RSS feed. Click here to watch all the videos on our YouTube channel. |
03-23-2012, 08:12 PM | #61 (permalink) | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 110
|
Quote:
|
|
(Offline) |
03-23-2012, 08:45 PM | #62 (permalink) | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Posts: 2,577
|
Quote:
Didn't read the book so I probably shouldn't really comment but from the amazon reviews it looks like it's a lot of "it must be true because it says so in the Bible" The bible is a collection of texts written over the span of decades by various people, parts have been lost, taken out, possibly mistranslated - its not an eyewitness account or a historical document that is verified by other independent sources. I'm quite sure that there might have been a smart guy called Jesus that was a great public speaker and got himself killed for it as unfortunately happens all too often but I have a hard time believing that he could he turn water to wine and his mother was not a virgin. |
|
(Offline) |
Keith and The Girl is a free comedy talk show and podcast
Check out the recent shows
Click here to get Keith and The Girl free on iTunes.
Click here to get the podcast RSS feed. Click here to watch all the videos on our YouTube channel. |
03-25-2012, 12:56 PM | #65 (permalink) | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NYC
Posts: 4,046
|
Quote:
Historical Jesus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
|
(Offline) |
03-28-2012, 06:26 PM | #68 (permalink) |
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posts: 7
|
An extremely common question that atheists ask Christians, is "If God is all-loving and all-powerful, why does he allow bad things to happen to good people?" (natural disasters, accidents, disease, etc).
The inevitable reply from Christians is something along the lines of "The Lord works in mysterious ways." Now, the question I always have in response to that response is: "WHY does god work in mysterious ways?", to which they rarely have an answer. Why the hell would an all powerful, all knowing, and all loving deity communicate with us through a contradictory book of dubious authorship that hasn't been updated in 2000 years? Wouldn't he want us to know, specifically, why things happen the way they do? Wouldn't he want us to know exactly what we're doing wrong as humans in the present day so that we can all work together to change it? If you ask me, a real god would take a page from the politicians of the world and appear in the sky once a year on Christmas day to do a State of the Universe address. I can picture it now: "Ok guys, item one: The tsunami in Japan. I know that a lot of people are pissed about that, but I had to do it in order to relieve tectonic pressure on the Pacific Rim fault lines so that the whole hemisphere didn't go under. It's really complicated - the geologists can fill you in if you need more details. Besides, I gave all the victims premium bungalows in heaven - they're up here playing golf and banging supermodels on the beach as we speak. Item two: Abortion. I know there's a lot of confusion about this so here's the deal: I designed the nervous system to come online on day 4 of week 16 of gestation, so any abortions after that are murder. Before that you're good to go, so make sure you get to go to the clinic EARLY, people. Use Google Calendar if you need a reminder. Item three: Homosexuality. I'm actually confused why there aren't MORE of you having gay sex. Vaginal sex was intended just for reproduction - I gave most of you the occasional gay urges so that you could relieve yourselves without overcrowding this place. I'm not sure why you didn't follow instructions. There's way too many of you as it is, so switch to anal and blow jobs for awhile until we get the population back to a manageable level. K? Item four.............." |
(Offline) |
03-29-2012, 12:35 PM | #69 (permalink) | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Virginia
Posts: 2,358
|
Quote:
If an all-powerful and perfectly good god exists, then evil does not. There is evil in the world. Therefore, an all-powerful and perfectly good god does not exist. More succinct. |
|
(Offline) |
04-21-2012, 06:35 PM | #70 (permalink) |
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Namibia, Africa
Posts: 262
|
My sister had me convinced that oldskool Jewish beliefs were the right way to go for many years. It was so stressful and restrictive and I kept finding myself wishing I could have the freedom to go shopping or cook on Saturdays etc. After listening to KATG for years I finally began to realise it's pretty much nonsense... The show actually let me stop and think. it's a bit difficult to let go of everything though and I'd consider myself Agnostic now. Still, it feels so freeing to not fear being judged all the time. Even my sister has come around on her own and is a lot more fun to talk to since she isn't just spouting bible verses 24/7.
__________________
|
(Offline) |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|