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Top Ten Signs You’re a Fundamentalist Christian
From http://www.evilbible.com/Top_Ten_List.htm
10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.
9 - You feel insulted and “dehumanized” when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.
8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.
7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the “atrocities” attributed to Allah, but you don’t even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in “Exodus” and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in “Joshua” including women, children, and trees!
6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.
5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.
4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs — though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most “tolerant” and “loving.”
3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in “tongues” may be all the evidence you need to “prove” Christianity.
2 - You define 0.01% as a “high success rate” when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.
1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.
I Am Convinced!
I’ve been wrong this whole time! Hearing believers show their ignorance about evolution and science sure convinced me that God must truly exist.
Debate Time
Saw this on P.Z. Meyers blog. A debate between Dennett, Harris, and Hitchens vs. Boteach, D’Souza, and Taleb in Mexico,
The Christian God, The Jewish God, or No God
A discussion between Dinesh D’Souza, Christopher Hitchens, and Dennis Prager. Hitchens is his usual brilliant self, and he holds nothing back.
Michael Shermer debates Kent Hovind
This is a a debate from 2006 between critical thinker Michael Shermer and wacko creationist Kent Hovind. Kent’s arguments mostly rely on “God did it, it’s in the Bible”. It’s somewhat frustrating to watch the audience buy into Kent’s very flawed logic, straw man arguments and red herrings. Michael does a decent job of staying on point.
Athiests vs. Christians Debate
A debate at the University of South Carolina in June 2009 between Atheists and Christians.
Topic 1: Is it ever rational to believe a miracle occurred?
Topic 2: Is the Christian view of Jesus identity historically warranted?
Wikipedia Bans Scientology
The Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia has blocked all contributions from computers at the Church of Scientology’s Los Angeles headquarters to stop users there from revising articles to reflect a pro-Scientology viewpoint.
While it is somewhat of a futile point since people that are ambitious can get around that by blocking their I.P.’s, using proxies or going off-site to another location, the gesture itself sends a message that the usually neutral wikipedia isn’t happy about the bombarding of Scientology propaganda on their website, which tries to have it’s content remain objective.
Penn Jillette, an avowed atheist, had an interesting commentary about the situation.
Less People Going to Church
A new report says that more and more young people are abandoning the faith of their parents, and faith all together.
Historically, the percentage of Americans who said they had no religious affiliation (pollsters refer to this group as the “nones”) has been very small — hovering between 5 percent and 10 percent. However, Putnam says the percentage of “nones” has now skyrocketed to between 30 percent and 40 percent among younger Americans.
While this doesn’t necessarily mean that are becoming agnostic or atheist, it does reflect the trend in the last 20 years to the politicizing of religion, and the rejection of that movement by young people.
The less people blindly adhering to dogma the better.
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