The Theist’s FAQ
Challenging Christians on their beliefs is frustrating . If you’re an ex-Christian like myself, your comments are dismissed with “You’re just angry, someone hurt you”. The alternate scenario is dismissed with “You don’t know anything about my God and faith”. Huh?
The other day I used the phrase “There are no sins. Only man-made guilt trips to keep the population under a spell.” An individual by the name of JesusLivesInAllOfUs promptly responded with “Spells are witchcraft, and witchcraft is the devil’s work. If there is a devil, there must be a god.” D’uh, how did I miss that obvious proof of God? Let me go and get my bible, and to my knees I shall fall begging for His forgiveness. Wait, who’s forgiveness? Should I get the Qur’an? Which God have we just proven to exist? This is soo confusing.
Here’s another recurring ‘Proof of God’: You can’t disprove Him! Since when does the burden of proof fall on the defending individual? You make a claim, you’re responsible for making a case for it. Never mind that most things cannot be disproved, thus by your ‘logic’ Zeus, Thor, Allah, Santa Clause, and fairies must be real.
‘But don’t we get our morals from the Bible?’
How many gays have you killed lately? Muslims? Blasphemers? Have you ever flicked a switch on a Sunday? The bible is pretty clear when it comes to these kind of issues, so why are you not following through? Because your sense of right and wrong does not come from its pages, that’s why. Where does morality come from? There are many viable theories. The bible is not one of them.
If I told you that your partner or spouse is cheating on you, you’d want proof before you do anything drastic. Why is this not the case with God? If faith is such a virtue, why not take my word about your partner’s infidelity?
Let me sum it up real quick. Democracy cannot survive religious indoctrination because it creates second class citizens. Religion is tax exempt, and it’s proceeds are increasingly used to fund political campaigns of dogmatic nature. This is why I’m speaking out against the Christian dogma above others. Christianity has long ceased to be one individual’s private opinion. This is why I refuse to be silent.