@Arch, with regards to your SBC video, that’s exactly why they keep playing the fear card about “churches and pastors being forced” to perform same-sex marriage. In other words, they know it won’t happen, but it is better to be dishonest and stir up fear than to be honest here. A rare moment when truth comes out of such a man.
I also like how he seemingly acknowledges being quite comfortable being accused of moral superiority. He even appears to acknowledge the groups collective enjoyment of it, but oh how woeful it is to finally be placed in the light of morally inferior. That’s been an area, I never quite understood about Christianity. When I was in, as you know, I did my best not to find myself in that position, and it appeared that many did the same. Now I just wonder if those who appeared to do the same only performed lip service to it.
lol, Arch. anyway, i posted a few responses at the phony martyrs on colorstorm and they were deleted immediately. oh, yes, the Christians with their sense of moral authority.
Arch, it just dawned on me that I needed to share your Mohler video on Facebook, considering the weight his admission carried, so I did. Hopefully, it gets picked up and shared over and over again – proving that it’s not about fear of Christian persecution, but about the embarrassment that they are wrong.
I have no problem with that, Barry – I stole it myself —
This is where I got it, and it might be an interesting read for you. I follow this guy, he has a straightforward, no-nonsense, yet not demeaning approach to atheism, and he, like you (and many others here), has been on both sides of the cross.
A number of years ago, I lived and worked for a time in a city in Kansas – what am I saying, there ARE no cities in Kansas, only a couple of big towns. Anyway, one day I tried an alternate route home from work, and as luck would have it, it took me past a bar, rather far out in the country, that I hadn’t known even existed. I couldn’t help noticing a number of FINE-looking ladies going in and out, and I made a mental note that if I were a drinking man, that would certainly be a good place to go.
A couple of days later, it was Friday of a particularly stressful week, and BEING a drinking man, I decided I’d stop by the little bar for a beer. I walked in, took a booth, and was served, and as I sipped my beer, I couldn’t believe my luck – I was the only man in the place! As I glanced around, I saw some women holding hands, others kissing, and suddenly an actual hundred-watt bulb went on over my head, illuminating my entire booth, at which time, I breathed a mental, “OHHHHHHHHH —”
I finished my beer and gracefully left, but in hindsight, I probably should have stuck around, because just by the law of averages, at least a small percentage of those fine ladies would have HAD to have been bi, with me being the only rooster in the hen house, so to speak. Now that it’s too late, visions of threesomes creep into my mind from time to time – oh well —
Arch is right, there are no cities in Kansas, just big towns with gay bars nestled into the countryside outside of those bubbles of Christendom Americana. Although, I should mention they keep the strip clubs, the meth labs, and the unlisted whore houses inside the city limits. In fact, Topeka, had such a whore house right behind the state department of human resources. I was a security guard at the time in my very early twenties, and watched the pimp role up in his candy green apple Caddy with gold trim, rims, white vinyl soft top, and white fuzzball dice several times a day. People would go in and some wouldn’t come out for days, so I safely assumed it doubled as a meth house too. This was well before the place became the shining beacon of Tea Party failure that it is today.
I recall an episode of the TV comedy, “Scrubs,” in which blonde doctor (as the janitor called her) Elliot Reed was in a feud with Chief Resident, Dr. Cox, and had started a website entitled, “ihatecox.com” – JD asked her if she had gotten any subscribers. “No one from the hospital, but there were 14,000 lesbians –!“
While we each bow our heads and pray that Nate will start a new thread, I have a question: Why is it that intelligent apologists seem unable to see how pathetically weak the evidence is for the Christian supernatural claims, especially the Resurrection?
I can understand why fundamentalists hold their ground. They have chosen to believe the inerrancy of an ancient holy book regardless of the evidence against it. They believe that “God” gives them special insight to see the truth of the Bible, a truth to which we blinded, God-hating, hell-bound non-believers do not have access.
But what about more moderate or even liberal Christians? Is it simply and only because their belief is so cherished and dear to them that THEY are blinded to the fact that it is a nonsensical superstition?
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There are some behavioral similarities, but Kathy is much fatter.
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@Arch, with regards to your SBC video, that’s exactly why they keep playing the fear card about “churches and pastors being forced” to perform same-sex marriage. In other words, they know it won’t happen, but it is better to be dishonest and stir up fear than to be honest here. A rare moment when truth comes out of such a man.
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“…it is better to be dishonest and stir up fear than to be honest here” – That’s the same tactic you will find employed in any given election year.
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I also like how he seemingly acknowledges being quite comfortable being accused of moral superiority. He even appears to acknowledge the groups collective enjoyment of it, but oh how woeful it is to finally be placed in the light of morally inferior. That’s been an area, I never quite understood about Christianity. When I was in, as you know, I did my best not to find myself in that position, and it appeared that many did the same. Now I just wonder if those who appeared to do the same only performed lip service to it.
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lol, Arch. anyway, i posted a few responses at the phony martyrs on colorstorm and they were deleted immediately. oh, yes, the Christians with their sense of moral authority.
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Arch, it just dawned on me that I needed to share your Mohler video on Facebook, considering the weight his admission carried, so I did. Hopefully, it gets picked up and shared over and over again – proving that it’s not about fear of Christian persecution, but about the embarrassment that they are wrong.
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I have no problem with that, Barry – I stole it myself —
This is where I got it, and it might be an interesting read for you. I follow this guy, he has a straightforward, no-nonsense, yet not demeaning approach to atheism, and he, like you (and many others here), has been on both sides of the cross.
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Unbelievable! I got so wrapped up in what I was saying, I forgot to leave the link!
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/godlessindixie/2015/06/26/upon-the-legalization-of-gay-marriage
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Paulie, you may well get a kick out of this.
A number of years ago, I lived and worked for a time in a city in Kansas – what am I saying, there ARE no cities in Kansas, only a couple of big towns. Anyway, one day I tried an alternate route home from work, and as luck would have it, it took me past a bar, rather far out in the country, that I hadn’t known even existed. I couldn’t help noticing a number of FINE-looking ladies going in and out, and I made a mental note that if I were a drinking man, that would certainly be a good place to go.
A couple of days later, it was Friday of a particularly stressful week, and BEING a drinking man, I decided I’d stop by the little bar for a beer. I walked in, took a booth, and was served, and as I sipped my beer, I couldn’t believe my luck – I was the only man in the place! As I glanced around, I saw some women holding hands, others kissing, and suddenly an actual hundred-watt bulb went on over my head, illuminating my entire booth, at which time, I breathed a mental, “OHHHHHHHHH —”
I finished my beer and gracefully left, but in hindsight, I probably should have stuck around, because just by the law of averages, at least a small percentage of those fine ladies would have HAD to have been bi, with me being the only rooster in the hen house, so to speak. Now that it’s too late, visions of threesomes creep into my mind from time to time – oh well —
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I love lesbians, my motto is,
“if you need something fixed, call a lesbian.”
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everyone loves lesbians, paulie
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@Arch
you still can go back there. Jus sayin lol.
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Arch is right, there are no cities in Kansas, just big towns with gay bars nestled into the countryside outside of those bubbles of Christendom Americana. Although, I should mention they keep the strip clubs, the meth labs, and the unlisted whore houses inside the city limits. In fact, Topeka, had such a whore house right behind the state department of human resources. I was a security guard at the time in my very early twenties, and watched the pimp role up in his candy green apple Caddy with gold trim, rims, white vinyl soft top, and white fuzzball dice several times a day. People would go in and some wouldn’t come out for days, so I safely assumed it doubled as a meth house too. This was well before the place became the shining beacon of Tea Party failure that it is today.
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I was adopted by a lesbian couple once – they used to bring a lunch to work for me everyday.
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I recall an episode of the TV comedy, “Scrubs,” in which blonde doctor (as the janitor called her) Elliot Reed was in a feud with Chief Resident, Dr. Cox, and had started a website entitled, “ihatecox.com” – JD asked her if she had gotten any subscribers. “No one from the hospital, but there were 14,000 lesbians –!“
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No, Powell – too much time, too much distance – better to retain the fantasy, fantasies never disappoint, they always go the way you want them to.
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Barry – I once considered moving from Wichita to Topeka – State Capitol, gotta be a big city, right? Wrong.
KC is big though, but I think it gets that from the Missouri side of the family.
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Get it, Nate –?
¡Esta muerto!
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(Hint! Hint!)
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Yeah, yeah, I get it. 😉
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🙂
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While we each bow our heads and pray that Nate will start a new thread, I have a question: Why is it that intelligent apologists seem unable to see how pathetically weak the evidence is for the Christian supernatural claims, especially the Resurrection?
I can understand why fundamentalists hold their ground. They have chosen to believe the inerrancy of an ancient holy book regardless of the evidence against it. They believe that “God” gives them special insight to see the truth of the Bible, a truth to which we blinded, God-hating, hell-bound non-believers do not have access.
But what about more moderate or even liberal Christians? Is it simply and only because their belief is so cherished and dear to them that THEY are blinded to the fact that it is a nonsensical superstition?
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Fear.
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