I posted a note on Facebook asking Christians if they would kill themselves if the Hebrew god requested it of them. All said yes. Now for the real question, if he asked you to strap a bomb to yourself to commit suicide and kill a bunch of “wrong-doers”, would you?
Dear Hammerman, must you disguise the intention of every question you have. Also, we no longer know what is meant when YOU say 'Hebrew god' since you have disavowed as figments of imaginary thought the faiths of at least the 3 major religions. What does it mean that "all said yes" to a question that you have posed on Facebook. You're becoming the atheist trick question flipper guy. Try for some balance. You're going for all the easy targets and kneejerk responses. Come back from the fringe. Tell your readers more of what you believe, not what you hate about everyone else. If you were in the Army in Iraq and had a chance to take a bullet and potentially die to save another soldier's life, would you do it and why. If your wife was in the Marines and you could save her life or yours but not both in a battle situation what would you choose? Real life situations have long complex thoughtful questions that involve and impact more than just one life and one view. A short answer which is meant to cover all bases rarely covers any.
ReplyDelete1) You didn't answer my question as per the usual. Again, you attack me saying I "hate" everyone else's beliefs and I'm on the "fringe". How 'bout just debating the issue I put forth?
ReplyDelete2) I have no belief, so there's nothing to share. I'm attacking Christianity because it's a myth yet is believed by so many.
Dear Daniel the Hammerman, I'll answer this question you posed where you say you "...posted a note on Facebook asking Christians if they would kill themselves if the Hebrew god requested it of them. All said yes. Now for the real question, if he asked you to strap a bomb to yourself to commit suicide and kill a bunch of 'wrong-doers', would you?". To your first question I would probably NOT kill myself because I am human and afraid of IF it would hurt, HOW it would hurt and WHO it would hurt besides myself. As to your 2nd question, I would not strap a bomb to myself to kill others for the same reasons as the 1st question with the added thoughts: that because I'm on a journey not yet complete and not yet fully known, I would be concerned that things weren't quite as they seemed. Furthermore I do not envision a scenario arising from my personal choices that would ever put me in a situation where I would have to encounter question #2.
ReplyDeleteI disagree. Atheism has nothing positive going for it because it is not a belief. It doesn't offer an answers. It doesn't make any claims. It is simple nonbelief.
ReplyDeleteI will demean Christianity at every opportunity. It is ridiculous and has not earned the right to be respected. It's a myth and those who believe it are misguided.
You don't have to be a belief to have positive things going on. Atheism if (as you say) is not a belief, it is at least a school of thought and a philosophy or even a movement composed of individuals who have some things in common. Why don't you post your Facebook exchanges so we can see what your debate's really about. So far it's just you and me and crickets here, Hammerman.
ReplyDeleteThere are others reading. I assure you ;) We discuss it. They're just not commenting in writing. Plus, it's a new blog. Will take a while to gain an audience.
ReplyDeleteI'm still waiting for a substantive response from you regarding the topics.
BTW, if you want to see MANY responses to these very blog posts, visit http://exchristian.net/. several of these have scores of responses.
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