Philip wrote:FL: Atheists will laugh Bippy's idea that atheism is a religion.
Doesn't matter if they laugh at it - as atheism IS a personal religion, based upon certain unproven assumptions. So, for them, it IS a religion. And it IS believed upon faith that a universe popped into existence and THEN organized itself, down to the tiniest of extraordinary details, amidst a vast array of complex and precisely tuned mechanisms. Perhaps FL was just a more sophisticated atheist, more serious about it, had their own "services" ("met on Wednesdays") and "sermon"s ("to listen to taped lectures by noted atheists), arrogant ("We were vocal, we were hard liners") and missed out a lot of good food and family arguments ("refused to participate in pseudo-religious feasts like Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter")
. Oh, and they are OLDER than most of today's atheists, didn't have the internet
- other than those, they sound very familiar, and unfortunately, were just as lost. Thankfully, FL was transformed - into the nice, respectful, polite and PC Christian he is today.
Excellent post, Philip! I enjoyed your sarcasm!
The following explains some things point by point.
Philip wrote:Doesn't matter if they laugh at it - as atheism IS a personal religion, based upon certain unproven assumptions. So, for them, it IS a religion
I know that,
now! Heck, even Konfused Kenny understands that!
Kenny wrote:Sounds like you were a member of a very angry religious cult.
Philip wrote: Perhaps FL was just a more sophisticated atheist, more serious about it, had their own "services" ("met on Wednesdays") and "sermon"s ("to listen to taped lectures by noted atheists)
If you do a search on this Forum, you'll see that I've
several times referred to my Wednesday meetings as "Atheist Church". I may not have tact but I do have integrity! Atheism
is a religion but modern atheists do not understand that and telling them that it is a religion is useless. They can't see that because they are stupid (Ps 14:1), blind (Mt 11:17, 18, 19) and hate God (Romans 8:7, James 4:4). Before going beserk on me, remember that God says this, not I.
Philip wrote:[they were] arrogant ("We were vocal, we were hard liners") and missed out a lot of good food and family arguments ("refused to participate in pseudo-religious feasts like Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter")
Nah...atheists -
real ones - don't care about religious parties and I "missed" nothing. I bet the sissy atheists we have here participate in all that religious merrymaking.
Hypocrites! That's like a born again Christian reading his horoscope
It just makes no sense.
Philip wrote:Oh, and they are OLDER than most of today's atheists, didn't have the internet
- other than those, they sound very familiar, and unfortunately, were just as lost.
Atheists back then were just as stupid as today's version, and just as spiritually dead. The Bible is Timeless and Ps 14:1 applies to today just as much as it applied to when I was an atheist.
The difference between then and now is that we older guys had some idea of what was in the Bible whereas today's atheists largely do not. Ditto for most nominal Christians. To wit,
Audie wrote:I know your bible better than most xtians, btw. Not that its hard to.
Her posts show a general ignorance of what the Bible says but I have no doubt she knows
more than most "Christians" because most nominal Christian are quite ignorant about the Bible.
Philip wrote:Thankfully, FL was transformed - into the nice, respectful, polite and PC Christian he is today.
And do you remember how someone becomes a Christian? Through the calling of the Holy Spirit. On our own, we hate God and are unable to come to Him...rather we are
unwilling to have anything to do with God. Atheists and nominal Christians think Christianity is something we adopt, like a puppy, which pleases us for a while. Or they may think it is like a soap which cleans us for a while, one soap being pretty much like another (as in "All religions lead to God"). The
dumbest atheists see Christianity as a crutch...yeah, like I was ever the type to need a crutch! (There are other stupid assumptions atheists have abot Christians but these 3 are the most common.)
You and I know that people like Audie & Kenny are extremely religious because their foolish faith is obvious to all but themselves. They can't see it now and are a long way from acknowledging it. If they ever are called to Christ, they may remember the time they spent on God & Science and smile wryly.
FL
Hold everything lightly. If you don't, it will hurt when God pries your fingers loose as He takes it from you. -Corrie Ten Boom
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If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.
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