17.10.07
Gatfor swansong
Possibly my last post on GatFor. On the “Christian or what?” thread. Someone was doing the idiotic “The bible’s right ‘cos it says it’s right” argument. My reply:
Ah so you’re saying that the Bible is true because it says it is? Some healthy reasoning going on there and not at all circular argument.
You’re convinced the Bible is true in every word. I hope you shun your mother during times she has her period, I hope you shun women for longer after they have a daughter than after they have a son, I hope you never wear clothes made of 2 materials, I hope you are circumsized, I hope you avoid seafood (except fish). If you don’t then you’re basically yet another mouthy hypocrite.
The reason they call it “practicing” christian is because no-one really knows what the real path is. Lots of people say they do, lots of people gain different ideas from reading the same book. And somehow they’re always right and the others are wrong; how is that?
How about we all be nice to each other and that way you don’t actually need a book, whether badly translated or not, to rule your life. You could do something useful with the spare time you free up from “bible study”. You know time you could learn a language, do some charity work, hell even juggle. Then you could have useful knowledge rather than being able to bookmark pointless passages that mean nothing in modern english.
One thing I’ve always wondered: When you’re in your heaven enjoying the fruits of your piety how are you going to feel knowing that good and decent people, who have lived lives of giving, charity and love, are burning in hell simply for not believing the message? Sounds like an evil and malevolent diety to me. How could you love something that would do that to so many people?
Alan
Not anti-Christian but I just hate the blinkered imbecility of the mouthier ones.
Fun fun fun. And I’ve had a “Beautifully expressed sir” from someone. Now waiting for fan/shit interface event.
Have fun.
Roger said,
October 17, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Well let us know what happens
alby said,
October 19, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Ah well. The person this was directed to has done the classic argumentative technique of ignoring any of the substantive points. Still it was hardly likely to change anyone’s mind.
Roger said,
October 20, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Bah humbug. Can’t say I’m surprised though.