oh katie, why?
So apparently Katie could not let this thing die. She decided that she just had to comment me back and spin some religious rhetoric about girl scout cookies. If you want to read her comments, they are on my posts "darwinism at work" and "random is..." So now I have to defend my honor and once again, try and make this girl realize that none of her comments about Jesus dying for me are going to have the desired effect. And would it kill her to spell check?
So, to begin, I have been a Catholic for 15 years of my life, which, unless you dispute this fact of science, is about ten years longer than you have been a Christian. In my time as a Catholic I have witnessed follies of a religion based on a book that was compiled by a bunch of men in a room to try and distract people from the crap in their lives. Jesus was not the son of God, merely a man who did good deeds in his lifetime. He was raised to this position by that group of men who also sought to put down women in the Bible. Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute, she was one of the greatest people in Jesus' day. She was made this way as to make Jesus seem larger than life and as a deity who was not influenced by the carnal pleasures of this world. Too bad he had kids and a wife. Also, there is, to my knowledge, no reference to Girl Scout cookies or Texas in the Bible. The book, and that is what it is, a book, is to not be taken literally. There was no walking on water, no turning water into wine. I would also challenge you to give me a valid reason as to why God exists. I have one for why he does not, because it makes no sense. God was a fabrication of a people who could not explain the things that were occurring around them. They made up this concept of a higher being to explain things that they did not understand. This brings me to my next topic, science. Science is real, religion is a bunch of stories. There is no scientific backing to support creationism. Do you want to know why? It is a dumb idea. There is no higher power that created all of the plants and animals. We are nothing more than a bag of elements that has been refined since the explosion of our universe. Look at Neanderthals, what do they look like? Apes. How did we get from Ape to Neanderthal to Homo Sapien? It's called evolution. Maybe if you gave that a chance you would not be spewing ignorance like it was your job. Science is what keeps the world in the know, which is why it is the enemy of religion. Religion wants to keep you in the dark about a number of things that would be quite hurtful if they were really taken seriously. For example, religion is the cause of most of the hate in the world. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is over a supposed holy land. The Jews were almost exterminated because they were not part of a superior race of non-Jews. Prayer is also not a miracle cure. As I am respectful of your prior predicament, I have to say that the reason you were cured was do to advances in science, not divine intervention. Saying a few words with feeling does not have the same effect as antibiotics and life saving surgeries. Christ never saw my face, because I did not live two thousand years ago. He never spoke those words if you have even read the Bible, which I have. The words which he "spoke" as you say are not even in the bible. They are obviously a fabrication of an evangelical preacher trying to fool you into believing in something so fundamentally inane that it needed thousands of years of lies to really get going. If you had really read my post, you had recognized the sarcasm when I talked about God giving people minds. There is no God, but people like you believe that he gave you a mind. I was merely implicating that you use it and come to a startling revelation about the truth. What could that be? God is made up like Santa Clause. So please, I implore you. DO NOT under ANY circumstances pray for me. Curse me to hell, it will do no good. When we die, we decompose. No pearly gates. No Saint Peter. It's nice that you have your own opinions, just stop sharing them with me.
So, to begin, I have been a Catholic for 15 years of my life, which, unless you dispute this fact of science, is about ten years longer than you have been a Christian. In my time as a Catholic I have witnessed follies of a religion based on a book that was compiled by a bunch of men in a room to try and distract people from the crap in their lives. Jesus was not the son of God, merely a man who did good deeds in his lifetime. He was raised to this position by that group of men who also sought to put down women in the Bible. Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute, she was one of the greatest people in Jesus' day. She was made this way as to make Jesus seem larger than life and as a deity who was not influenced by the carnal pleasures of this world. Too bad he had kids and a wife. Also, there is, to my knowledge, no reference to Girl Scout cookies or Texas in the Bible. The book, and that is what it is, a book, is to not be taken literally. There was no walking on water, no turning water into wine. I would also challenge you to give me a valid reason as to why God exists. I have one for why he does not, because it makes no sense. God was a fabrication of a people who could not explain the things that were occurring around them. They made up this concept of a higher being to explain things that they did not understand. This brings me to my next topic, science. Science is real, religion is a bunch of stories. There is no scientific backing to support creationism. Do you want to know why? It is a dumb idea. There is no higher power that created all of the plants and animals. We are nothing more than a bag of elements that has been refined since the explosion of our universe. Look at Neanderthals, what do they look like? Apes. How did we get from Ape to Neanderthal to Homo Sapien? It's called evolution. Maybe if you gave that a chance you would not be spewing ignorance like it was your job. Science is what keeps the world in the know, which is why it is the enemy of religion. Religion wants to keep you in the dark about a number of things that would be quite hurtful if they were really taken seriously. For example, religion is the cause of most of the hate in the world. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is over a supposed holy land. The Jews were almost exterminated because they were not part of a superior race of non-Jews. Prayer is also not a miracle cure. As I am respectful of your prior predicament, I have to say that the reason you were cured was do to advances in science, not divine intervention. Saying a few words with feeling does not have the same effect as antibiotics and life saving surgeries. Christ never saw my face, because I did not live two thousand years ago. He never spoke those words if you have even read the Bible, which I have. The words which he "spoke" as you say are not even in the bible. They are obviously a fabrication of an evangelical preacher trying to fool you into believing in something so fundamentally inane that it needed thousands of years of lies to really get going. If you had really read my post, you had recognized the sarcasm when I talked about God giving people minds. There is no God, but people like you believe that he gave you a mind. I was merely implicating that you use it and come to a startling revelation about the truth. What could that be? God is made up like Santa Clause. So please, I implore you. DO NOT under ANY circumstances pray for me. Curse me to hell, it will do no good. When we die, we decompose. No pearly gates. No Saint Peter. It's nice that you have your own opinions, just stop sharing them with me.
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