Comments for The Atheist Next Door http://theatheistnextdoor.com Just your freindly neigbourhood atheist Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:19:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Life Without Religion by dr. wasudeo http://theatheistnextdoor.com/2009/05/08/life-without-religion/#comment-92 dr. wasudeo Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:19:25 +0000 http://theatheistnextdoor.com/?p=132#comment-92 i cannot agree more than the author. presance of god is our imagination and belief. even if he is there, he has no time to run individual life. are there seperate hell and heavens for christians, hindus, muslims, buddhists, jews, tribals and large world of animal kingdom and vegetable kingdom. it is afact that even vegetable kingdom has non vegetarien taste like in pitcher plants and parasites like orchids. do monkeys, ants, worms, flys, lions, elephants too have different heavens and hells?. we are learning more and more about universe and life sciences. we can defy and create deaths. heart surgeries, implants, artificial joints and body parts, tooth implants and many such things have no relegious answers. submarines, nuclear bombs, aircrafts, explosives, alloys, plastics have no mention in relegious scriptures. weak minds need to be believers. in all relegions there is provision for penance and escaping ultiment punishments. relegions are simply faith abd devotion. it does not help survival or freedom from suffering. i cannot agree more than the author. presance of god is our imagination and belief. even if he is there, he has no time to run individual life. are there seperate hell and heavens for christians, hindus, muslims, buddhists, jews, tribals and large world of animal kingdom and vegetable kingdom.

it is afact that even vegetable kingdom has non vegetarien taste like in pitcher plants and parasites like orchids. do monkeys, ants, worms, flys, lions, elephants too have different heavens and hells?.

we are learning more and more about universe and life sciences. we can defy and create deaths. heart surgeries, implants, artificial joints and body parts, tooth implants and many such things have no relegious answers. submarines, nuclear bombs, aircrafts, explosives, alloys, plastics have no mention in relegious scriptures.

weak minds need to be believers. in all relegions there is provision for penance and escaping ultiment punishments.

relegions are simply faith abd devotion. it does not help survival or freedom from suffering.

]]> Comment on God Bless You by Candice http://theatheistnextdoor.com/2009/01/05/god-bless-you/#comment-82 Candice Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:04:09 +0000 http://theatheistnextdoor.com/?p=112#comment-82 Killian...Maybe getting the ol' "God Bless You" makes an atheist feel uncomfortable. Did he (the believer) consider that? Why should the atheist avoid expressing themselves for fear that things might get uncomfortable? Making someone uncomfortable doesn't take away from the good deed that was done. I understand that the meeting is brief...in your opinion, too brief to accomplish anything. I argue that short, personal interaction with a non-threatening, do-gooder atheist might be the only/best place to change the perception of the 'evil' atheist. I mean...when's the last time an atheist went door to door ? I work in retail and I get the a 'God Bless You' from time to time. I'm at work, so I say nothing......and probably wouldn't even if I wasn't at work, but I don't think that means it's a bad idea to let them know that you're an atheist. "Thank you for you're kind thoughts, but I am an atheist" is respectful and honest...just as if a Hindu said "May the presence of Shiva be with you" it would be acceptable for a Christian to respond with "Thank you for your kind thoughts, but I am a Christian." Don't second guess yourself. You did fine. Killian…Maybe getting the ol’ “God Bless You” makes an atheist feel uncomfortable. Did he (the believer) consider that? Why should the atheist avoid expressing themselves for fear that things might get uncomfortable? Making someone uncomfortable doesn’t take away from the good deed that was done.

I understand that the meeting is brief…in your opinion, too brief to accomplish anything. I argue that short, personal interaction with a non-threatening, do-gooder atheist might be the only/best place to change the perception of the ‘evil’ atheist. I mean…when’s the last time an atheist went door to door ?

I work in retail and I get the a ‘God Bless You’ from time to time. I’m at work, so I say nothing……and probably wouldn’t even if I wasn’t at work, but I don’t think that means it’s a bad idea to let them know that you’re an atheist. “Thank you for you’re kind thoughts, but I am an atheist” is respectful and honest…just as if a Hindu said “May the presence of Shiva be with you” it would be acceptable for a Christian to respond with “Thank you for your kind thoughts, but I am a Christian.”

Don’t second guess yourself. You did fine.

]]> Comment on The Bible Is Just A Book by Shamelessly Atheist http://theatheistnextdoor.com/2009/05/08/the-bible-is-just-a-book/#comment-47 Shamelessly Atheist Sat, 09 May 2009 23:21:10 +0000 http://theatheistnextdoor.com/?p=135#comment-47 Unfortunately, awfrick, it makes no difference - the gospels are all written decades after the fact and based on oral tradition, not eyewitness testimony. Not my idea of extraordinary evidence, not that eyewitness testimony would fit that description anyway. It's the kind of evidence that makes bad evidence look good. Unfortunately, awfrick, it makes no difference – the gospels are all written decades after the fact and based on oral tradition, not eyewitness testimony. Not my idea of extraordinary evidence, not that eyewitness testimony would fit that description anyway. It’s the kind of evidence that makes bad evidence look good.

]]> Comment on The Bible Is Just A Book by theskepticnextdoor http://theatheistnextdoor.com/2009/05/08/the-bible-is-just-a-book/#comment-46 theskepticnextdoor Sat, 09 May 2009 20:19:05 +0000 http://theatheistnextdoor.com/?p=135#comment-46 Do you think Zeus is a myth? Do you think Zeus is a myth?

]]> Comment on The Bible Is Just A Book by Shamelessly Atheist http://theatheistnextdoor.com/2009/05/08/the-bible-is-just-a-book/#comment-45 Shamelessly Atheist Sat, 09 May 2009 19:18:32 +0000 http://theatheistnextdoor.com/?p=135#comment-45 The Jesus in the bible? Absolutely. The Jesus in the bible? Absolutely.

]]> Comment on The Bible Is Just A Book by makarios http://theatheistnextdoor.com/2009/05/08/the-bible-is-just-a-book/#comment-44 makarios Sat, 09 May 2009 18:28:55 +0000 http://theatheistnextdoor.com/?p=135#comment-44 You think Jesus is a myth? You think Jesus is a myth?

]]> Comment on The Bible Is Just A Book by Shamelessly Atheist http://theatheistnextdoor.com/2009/05/08/the-bible-is-just-a-book/#comment-43 Shamelessly Atheist Sat, 09 May 2009 17:19:01 +0000 http://theatheistnextdoor.com/?p=135#comment-43 Like I said, "Coming from you, makarios, that <em>ad hominem</em> is a compliment." I've seen the limits of your capabilities in regards to critical thinking skills and knowledge elsewhere, so I have ample evidence for my statement. Silly Christians.... Myths are for kids! Like I said, “Coming from you, makarios, that ad hominem is a compliment.” I’ve seen the limits of your capabilities in regards to critical thinking skills and knowledge elsewhere, so I have ample evidence for my statement.

Silly Christians…. Myths are for kids!

]]> Comment on The Bible Is Just A Book by awfrick http://theatheistnextdoor.com/2009/05/08/the-bible-is-just-a-book/#comment-42 awfrick Sat, 09 May 2009 08:53:14 +0000 http://theatheistnextdoor.com/?p=135#comment-42 The Bible is clearly beyond you, Makarios. What about love, joy, peace, patience, and kindness (which you've clearly displayed in your rude and childish comments)? The Bible is clearly beyond you, Makarios. What about love, joy, peace, patience, and kindness (which you’ve clearly displayed in your rude and childish comments)?

]]> Comment on The Bible Is Just A Book by awfrick http://theatheistnextdoor.com/2009/05/08/the-bible-is-just-a-book/#comment-41 awfrick Sat, 09 May 2009 08:49:27 +0000 http://theatheistnextdoor.com/?p=135#comment-41 skeptic, I actually work with the original Greek and Hebrew to English. I think the messages in Scripture are not exclusive to Scripture itself, I agree, wisdom and understanding are prevalent in many other mediums, just as you said. skeptic,

I actually work with the original Greek and Hebrew to English.

I think the messages in Scripture are not exclusive to Scripture itself, I agree, wisdom and understanding are prevalent in many other mediums, just as you said.

]]> Comment on The Bible Is Just A Book by theskepticnextdoor http://theatheistnextdoor.com/2009/05/08/the-bible-is-just-a-book/#comment-40 theskepticnextdoor Sat, 09 May 2009 01:17:40 +0000 http://theatheistnextdoor.com/?p=135#comment-40 The problem with me reading the Bible is that I already know enough of the history that I am unlikely to find it meaningful in the same way that you do. It would be a little bit like seeing a movie after going to the set. It might still be fun, but you know that much of it is just facade. Have you read any books about the history of the Bible? Bart Erdman is probably the most popular in that vein. The problem with me reading the Bible is that I already know enough of the history that I am unlikely to find it meaningful in the same way that you do.

It would be a little bit like seeing a movie after going to the set. It might still be fun, but you know that much of it is just facade.

Have you read any books about the history of the Bible? Bart Erdman is probably the most popular in that vein.

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