Comments on: Dear Christians… http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/ Missives From the Reality-Based World Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:56:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: If I Had a Son… at The Indigestible http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-2605 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:55:08 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-2605 [...] I bash kids’ shows regularly and frequently attack religiosity. It’s easy for me to do that, since I don’t have any kids of my own. I can sit on my butt and theorize, and I can talk endlessly about what I’d support or reject in my own kids, if I had any. I thrash McDonald’s, I smoke NBB, I deride and belittle fundamentalism. [...] […] I bash kids’ shows regularly and frequently attack religiosity. It’s easy for me to do that, since I don’t have any kids of my own. I can sit on my butt and theorize, and I can talk endlessly about what I’d support or reject in my own kids, if I had any. I thrash McDonald’s, I smoke NBB, I deride and belittle fundamentalism. […]

]]> by: Warren http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-2427 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:30:20 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-2427 This is a stupidly late followup, but in reviewing old pages and seeing if they were worthy of inclusion in my "Worst Of" category, I came across this inane drivel and had to reply from a perspective afresh. <b>The real KING</b> said: <blockquote>When you have a time crisis in your life, who will support you, and confort [sic] you, and i [sic] mean a REAL crisis that maybe some of you hasnt [sic] experimented [sic -- I think the intended word was "experienced"], and yet, the power and the love you feel when you have Jesus at your side. [sic; incomplete sentence: Subject, verb, no adjectival phrase to close the thought.]</blockquote> I have had such a crisis; it happened in 2001, the day before The Tur'rists flew their planes into the WTC. It was a literal life-threatening crisis, a serious problem that wasn't ameliorated in a few days. The repercussions dragged on for years, <i>years</i>, and could well have destroyed me. And in all that time, I didn't turn to Jesus for help: My problems were very real, not at all supernatural, and could only be dealt with by earthly agents, here on … well, earth. I find it arrogant and totally unsupportable that you would dare to suggest that I need your god to get me through life; that is clearly, factually false. You are simply wrong, but the saddest part of all of it is that you can't even see it. This is a stupidly late followup, but in reviewing old pages and seeing if they were worthy of inclusion in my “Worst Of” category, I came across this inane drivel and had to reply from a perspective afresh.

The real KING said:

When you have a time crisis in your life, who will support you, and confort [sic] you, and i [sic] mean a REAL crisis that maybe some of you hasnt [sic] experimented [sic — I think the intended word was “experienced”], and yet, the power and the love you feel when you have Jesus at your side. [sic; incomplete sentence: Subject, verb, no adjectival phrase to close the thought.]

I have had such a crisis; it happened in 2001, the day before The Tur’rists flew their planes into the WTC.

It was a literal life-threatening crisis, a serious problem that wasn’t ameliorated in a few days. The repercussions dragged on for years, years, and could well have destroyed me.

And in all that time, I didn’t turn to Jesus for help: My problems were very real, not at all supernatural, and could only be dealt with by earthly agents, here on … well, earth.

I find it arrogant and totally unsupportable that you would dare to suggest that I need your god to get me through life; that is clearly, factually false. You are simply wrong, but the saddest part of all of it is that you can’t even see it.

]]> by: toomanytribbles http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-176 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:02:09 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-176 excellent rock story!!thank you. if it's ok i'm going to post it here and there.. and send it to friends... and.. and.. and.. always link back to you. excellent rock story!!thank you. if it’s ok i’m going to post it here and there.. and send it to friends… and.. and.. and.. always link back to you.

]]> by: Warren http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-160 Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:35:00 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-160 Link away, Abacquer; I don't mind at all. :) That goes for everyone, BTW; if you hit something here you like, link it up. I don't limit and I assume attribution in your links. I'm a link whore. I like the hookups. And for you fundies, if you want to hit against this, you're welcome to. I try to argue facts. If you think you have facts that counter mine, link away line-for-line if you want. I'll know when you do; SiteMeter alone tells me much more than you might guess. Enjoy! Link away, Abacquer; I don’t mind at all. :)

That goes for everyone, BTW; if you hit something here you like, link it up. I don’t limit and I assume attribution in your links. I’m a link whore. I like the hookups.

And for you fundies, if you want to hit against this, you’re welcome to. I try to argue facts. If you think you have facts that counter mine, link away line-for-line if you want. I’ll know when you do; SiteMeter alone tells me much more than you might guess.

Enjoy!

]]> by: Abacquer http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-159 Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:40:56 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-159 Yes beepbeep, I composed that just for that comment. If it had come from somewhere else I'd have used an attribution. :-) Feel free to reuse it if you like. Yes beepbeep, I composed that just for that comment. If it had come from somewhere else I’d have used an attribution. :-) Feel free to reuse it if you like.

]]> by: beepbeepitsme http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-157 Fri, 24 Nov 2006 06:34:22 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-157 RE Abacquer I just wanted to ask if you wrote that parable about the rock? It is a great way to explain "god of the gaps." RE Abacquer

I just wanted to ask if you wrote that parable about the rock? It is a great way to explain “god of the gaps.”

]]> by: Pedro Timóteo http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-155 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 21:56:27 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-155 Abacquer: I can't speak for Warren, but a link is something positive, like a vote of approval... I don't think anyone ever minds. :) Some people actually pay for incoming links, in fact... And, yes, you deserve all the praise you get. :) Abacquer: I can’t speak for Warren, but a link is something positive, like a vote of approval… I don’t think anyone ever minds. :)

Some people actually pay for incoming links, in fact…

And, yes, you deserve all the praise you get. :)

]]> by: Abacquer http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-154 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:44:10 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-154 Thanks folks... wow I didn't expect such a positive response. It's nice to get a little affirmation. I almost ended up deleting that comment because I felt I was hind-legging a bit to stick a big story on the end of Warren's article. I'm really glad you liked it. Warren, would you mind if I linked to this article from my blog? I think my friends would enjoy your article as well. Thanks folks… wow I didn’t expect such a positive response. It’s nice to get a little affirmation. I almost ended up deleting that comment because I felt I was hind-legging a bit to stick a big story on the end of Warren’s article. I’m really glad you liked it.

Warren, would you mind if I linked to this article from my blog? I think my friends would enjoy your article as well.

]]> by: beepbeepitsme http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-151 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 06:52:25 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-151 That was truly exceptional. I loved the story of the rock. Fantastic mate. That was truly exceptional. I loved the story of the rock. Fantastic mate.

]]> by: Warren http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-149 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:49:08 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/11/dear-christians/#comment-149 It <em>is</em> damned good. <em>Really</em> damned good. I'm pleased it came up here. I expect that single rebuttal to find a home in the memetic counterculture — anyone who reads it will be further inoculated against the intellectual virus of the IDiots. Well done, Abacquer. Thanks for the comment. Tim, thanks, BTW — you're in the roll too, along with Abacquer and Pedro. I just love a heady mix of ideas. :) It is damned good. Really damned good. I’m pleased it came up here. I expect that single rebuttal to find a home in the memetic counterculture — anyone who reads it will be further inoculated against the intellectual virus of the IDiots.

Well done, Abacquer. Thanks for the comment.

Tim, thanks, BTW — you’re in the roll too, along with Abacquer and Pedro. I just love a heady mix of ideas. :)

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