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Originally posted by orangestar
I get a lot of crap from my friends (who have all been raised Christian) about being an atheist. The one thing they say that really infuriates me is "Whatever, your loss". I just cant figure out what Im losing out on by not putting all my faith in a fairy tale.
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Just another cop-out defense by the Religious Right. In an attempt to better understand those that persecute me for what my beliefs are, or lack thereof, at an early age I took the bible sat down and read it cover to cover, and just incase in my infinite wisdom *grinz* I might have read it at too early an age to understand it, I read it again a few years later drawing this conclusion:
Fundamentalists will claim you can't understand the Bible without the Holy Spirit, they'll claim the Devil has blinded you if you take up political positions counter to theirs. The sad part is, however, that they really believe it. They are so addicted to their own made-truth that anyone who doesn't agree with them must, in their view, be blinded by the forces of evil.
hmmmmmm blaming evil for my not understanding is like blaming penthouse for carpal tunnel syndrom.
Remind them of their own "blindness" when it comes to the Bible. Remind them that in Exodus, chapter 20, the Ten Commandments tell us to keep the Sabbath Holy - that is, that we're not to work or toil on Saturday. Fundamentalists changed that day to Sunday even though such a move was not mandated in the Bible. Also, most Fundamentalists ignore the commandment no matter what day they choose. They mow their lawns. They rake their yards. They go shopping. And, in today's busy world, many of them catch up on unfinished business by working at home. Next remind them that in Mark 10:21 Jesus said in order to follow him they must sell everything they have and give it to the poor. When was the last time you saw a Fundamentalist do that? You can cap it off by showing them that in 1 John 3:8 we're told not to judge others. As soon as Fundamentalists claim Satan has blinded you, they are judging you. They are turning a blind eye to their own sin and their own failure to follow the Bible.
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