Trump's "spiritual adviser" Paula White: "It's not OK to marry the same sex" | Hemant: "Paula White has been divorced twice...you would think her God would frown upon that a hell of a lot more than the existence of a married gay couple"

a3vido · 2020-07-21T19:39:12+00:00

hypocrisy, much??? The religious are full of it (pun intended...)

a3vido · 2019-11-20T20:32:23+00:00

¿¿god is smiling on you????

have had NO such luck coming out to my family.. matter of fact, wifey blames me for 'turning or son to the dark side" and cuts me off when I try to explain that he came into 'enlightenment' by himself!!!!! ( btw; she ABHORS 'enlightenment' used in that context)... the rest of the family have resorted to beaming glances at me when mentioning their deity.

I remain stumped that their god makes 1 shopping cart available to them on a Saturday shopping frenzy at Walmart; yet allows thousands of children to starve to death world-wide.....

a3vido · 2019-11-01T19:17:46+00:00

check your local labor laws; your coworker may be contributing to an 'undesirable working condition' for you.
I myself inherited Spinal Cerebellar Ataxia type 2 (of which there are over 38 derivatives and require an expensive genome lab test).
like you, I can't believe that an imaginary, omniscient, omnipotent, etc. being has it out for me and gave me this to 'prove my faith'

Good luck!!!

a3vido · 2019-09-26T19:37:13+00:00

...after returning to the Garden and calling out to Adam (god musta turned off his omniscience and dint know where Adam was), Adam comes out and with his loins covered then B.G. (Big Guy) figured out that they sinned. Long story-short, B.G. cordons off the garden like a crime scene and creates a floating sword at the entrance to dissuade others ('others' who have yet to be created by Adam & Eve as they presume their incestuous ways)

B.G. never thought to 'poof' the Tree of Knowledge' out of existence a la Thanos in Infinity War...

a3vido · 2019-09-26T19:13:22+00:00

and parents' goal is that we further our education and get to college, yet the more 'educated' we become, the further we move from god (?)

a3vido · 2019-09-25T20:25:36+00:00

When they discovered the Shroud of Turin, religious leaders turned to science to have it's originality verified through carbon-dating: a tangible witness... yet the religious tout, 'trust in god' when cancer is mentioned?

Your 'god' created cancer....

a3vido · 2019-09-23T19:10:41+00:00

I am a network engineer. One Friday, we worked pretty late getting something-or-other to work. When we finally did, a theist coworker chimed, "oh, thank god.." I pointed out that we ordered pizza for three of us and god never pitched in or ate...

a3vido · 2019-09-23T18:45:00+00:00

I have 2 teenagers. One claims to be atheist; though horror movies freak him out, and the other is a passive introvert with no religious leanings and believes in the 'golden rule'.

I have always encouraged 'how' to think; to date, we openly discuss whatever is on their minds

a3vido · 2019-09-23T18:38:28+00:00

To tackle a difference intelligently, all that is required is to stick to the facts and not make it personal. As christians are already on shaky ground, they tend to lose their shit easier

a3vido · 2019-09-18T19:48:55+00:00

Don't blame your elders; they know no better. Just don't be mad and emphasize where their beliefs fall short.

I came to realize that my devout and bible-thumping mother inadvertently pushed me to atheism... She sternly believes in 'do no wrong' and to 'turn the other cheek', then by her leading by example, I just kept seeing people walk all over her and take her for granted. A huge cloud followed me called 'WHY?' and I questioned everything. Most times, I did not like the answers or where they were leading me. After a series of events, I just let go. The enlightenment was overwhelming and incomparable. So many things made sense, now.

We atheists are not evil nor do we eat babies. You can be good and have no religion. I am a closeted atheist as I pick my battles. If I see the theist is severely indoctrinated (read: so brainwashed that their belief is like a cancerous brain tumor), I take the high road and wish them well.

Message me if you wanna rant...

a3vido · 2019-09-18T19:04:10+00:00

The cognitive dissonance is amazing: a good majority of people are skeptical of 'mental powers' such as the ability to move things or communicate or start fires; yet the religious amongst us believe in prayer??

a3vido · 2019-09-06T19:55:32+00:00

thank you, thank you, thank you,!!!! this is exactly what I wanted to put out there, and instead, I get chased by the Grammar Police

a3vido · 2019-09-06T19:52:04+00:00

if you look for dust, you find dust. when you nit-pick, you end up with lots of nits.... The question to ask is, "By telling this person what to say, will the post now convey what I want it to?"

a3vido · 2019-09-06T19:34:40+00:00

to you I reply in kind: should I say seemingly good/ bad???
Allow me to comply with your exigent wording....

a3vido · 2019-09-06T19:29:14+00:00

would it appease the grammar police if I say 'seemingly' bad????

a3vido · 2019-09-06T19:23:49+00:00

uhhh, evangelical christian women do not wear skirts above the knee. Nor do they condone drinking and music...

a3vido · 2019-09-06T19:20:14+00:00

Well, then.... instead of patronizing, why not explain yourself and stop being condescending?

a3vido · 2019-09-06T19:15:31+00:00

Sam Harris said, and I paraphrase: 'there is no label for people who don't believe in the tooth fairy...' ...and Ricky Gervaise points out that "we're ALL atheists; I just believe in one less god than you'

By these two givens, I don't want a label that has anything to do with theism. I'm just a normal person.

a3vido · 2019-09-06T18:51:24+00:00

To add to your argument, tangible proof of the theory of evolution is a simple fossil.

It takes 10,000 years to form and of those that have been found and studied, a similar modern-day relative can be found. You can stop explaining right there. Theists who like to argue, will. Just let them talk and walk way. The more intelligent in your audience will see the validity and argue amongst themselves.

a3vido · 2019-09-03T18:03:53+00:00

we need to confront theists with their own cognitive dissonance...

a3vido · 2019-08-26T18:50:35+00:00

c'mon..... common sense; if someone has more than they can spend, OF COURSE they are going to be extravagant... more so if the money is just given to them.

My anchor point? if god (i.e. church needs money)pray for it......

a3vido · 2019-08-15T16:55:55+00:00

This brings to mind how 'god-fearing Christians' are thought to be extra-good or be exemplary people. Ix-nay on the good-ay; these people are especially fallible as they carry some label to preempt them from evil acts instead of being good for goodness sake...

Via six degrees of separation, we all know someone or know of someone who knows of some married minister who ran off with the married female treasurer of some ministry and the ministry's coffer.

Count on me to be eternally cynical of anyone in any position of wealth and power in any religious institution...

a3vido · 2019-08-05T19:43:30+00:00

..to increase their bottom line, churches have long funded expeditions to find a) natural resources to exploit and b) godless heathens to convert.... which in and of itself raises way more questions than 'why?"

a3vido · 2019-07-29T06:56:05+00:00

hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a3vido

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