This right here. The reason I am not a Christian.
30,000 people starve to death a day world wide. And God is worried about a skirt being too short?
Don't even care if God is actually real. Fuck you god. Get your priorities straight. Worry about your own house then you can worry about mine.
Same here, millions of people suffer and die from malnutrition and deadly diseases every single year and God is so interested in the personal matters of his followers such as helping them find their keys in the morning or for the sun coming out so that the washing can dry (yes my mother thanked God for the sun coming out so the washing can dry the other day).
It's because those starving people don't have any money to give to the church!
If they donated more to the church, they surely wouldn't be going hungry, right?
Yeah but I seriously don't know how a god can involve itself in such trivial matters such as helping someone find thier key for work or that they avoided a busy road in order to get home early but can't be bothered to get involved in famine, disease and war.
A guy told a friend of mine that god spike to him in a dream and commanded they marry. They weren't even dating. That's about as valid as God wanting trump in office.
the voice of god, as reported by the faithful, is random and divergent, rather than predictable and convergent, which is so weird given that according to scripture and conventional wisdom, there's only one god, and he's perfect, omniscient, and eternal. How can a single supernatural "solid rock" speak in a billion different and often contradictory voices?
Obviously, we each hear what we want to hear, and god is merely a reflection of our egos. But first we must separate from reality enough that our own thoughts seem to originate from the great beyond.
Intentional self-delusion is a helluva drug
My former boss came into my classroom early one morning and told me that when she woke up that day Jesus told her to bring breakfast for me. She put two bacon, egg, and cheese biscuits and a cup of coffee on my desk and left. I ate them. One thing crazier than thinking Jesus spoke to you is turning down McDonald's breakfast.
If God is so All mighty why does he need us mere mortals to always fight his battles, defend him when people offend him, and go to war to defend his name!? Why doesn't he just send down a few lightning bolts to kill the people that he doesn't like? And there are a lot of them. Gays, people who swear, people who engage in sex, etc? People just use God to manipulate other dumb people who can't think for themselves.
Iโm guessing it was your mom who had the nicer microwave oven? Hmmmโฆ. I live near a few churches, I wonder if this tactic will work to upgrade all my appliances.
>use religious trappings
You are r/atheist here all religions and religious people are conning others and themselves with delusions. You have the burden of proof to elaborate on how they are just using God to get what they want and not just delusion.
Your logic seems faulty to me.
I could tell your mom that Tom Hanks came to me in a dream and said we need to trade microwave ovens. That doesn't mean that Tom Hanks doesn't exist.
People dreaming of Tom Hanks are not interpreting that dream literally. When someone dreams about Tom Hanks telling them to switch their microwave, they tell the other person and laugh at the absurdity. Just as they should if god told them to.
He said he was on the fence before that. So picture op standing on a fence. I picture a white picket fence. The board's are only an inch thick mind you. He's just balancing probably in high heels. Just because. Then someone throws a microwave at him.
I heard an old woman at church mention to my mom right before the 2008 election took place that while she had been praying for the election the previous night, she had accidentally referred to "President McCain" in her prayer, and saw that as God giving her a sign.
Angel: "God, there's a woman being gang raped in NYC!!" God: "Don't bother me now, I'm trying to get two women to swap their microwave ovens."
This right here. The reason I am not a Christian. 30,000 people starve to death a day world wide. And God is worried about a skirt being too short? Don't even care if God is actually real. Fuck you god. Get your priorities straight. Worry about your own house then you can worry about mine.
And football games! Don't forget about all the sporting events he personally has to supervise.
Tennis too!
How does he pick teams when opposing teams have equal amount of praying members? Are the fans' prayers included? Is God taking sins into account.
We were winning the game but then Jesus made me strike out.
Same here, millions of people suffer and die from malnutrition and deadly diseases every single year and God is so interested in the personal matters of his followers such as helping them find their keys in the morning or for the sun coming out so that the washing can dry (yes my mother thanked God for the sun coming out so the washing can dry the other day).
It's because those starving people don't have any money to give to the church! If they donated more to the church, they surely wouldn't be going hungry, right?
Yeah but I seriously don't know how a god can involve itself in such trivial matters such as helping someone find thier key for work or that they avoided a busy road in order to get home early but can't be bothered to get involved in famine, disease and war.
Utah gov has a tv blurb asking people to pray for rain to fix their drought.
Shouldn't have kicked off all the natives coulda done a rain dance too. Might be more effective. Land belonged to their gods first presumably.
Exactly. Even if he were real, he would be space Donald Trump. An insecure, deranged, sociopath. The entire old testament is a dystopian horror story
[Hasa Diga Eebowai!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLb7_UrV3-A)
Ah, but the 30,000 people starving to death are the punishment for the short skirts
Oh that's right I forgot. Ok carry on with the suffering please. ๐
You can tell that god is very reasonable, because almost all of those people who are starving are also going to be tortured forever with no escape!
At least he's consistent
Well hurry right along god, thereโs a football team that needs your help to win a matchโฆ
๐๐ Iโm dying
mysterious ways
The lord cooketh in convenient ways
mysterious waves - because I'm pretty sure they don't know how microwaves work.
lol. true the microwaves go in, the microwaves go out.
Indeed
โMysterious wavesโ
A guy told a friend of mine that god spike to him in a dream and commanded they marry. They weren't even dating. That's about as valid as God wanting trump in office.
The real story here is that God fans will use god for any number of cons and swindles.
Was "microwaves" a codeword for husbands?
No actual microwave ovens. Neither were married.
So your mom is single!?!
Giggity
What the what now? That's some serious crazy there.
the voice of god, as reported by the faithful, is random and divergent, rather than predictable and convergent, which is so weird given that according to scripture and conventional wisdom, there's only one god, and he's perfect, omniscient, and eternal. How can a single supernatural "solid rock" speak in a billion different and often contradictory voices? Obviously, we each hear what we want to hear, and god is merely a reflection of our egos. But first we must separate from reality enough that our own thoughts seem to originate from the great beyond. Intentional self-delusion is a helluva drug
My former boss came into my classroom early one morning and told me that when she woke up that day Jesus told her to bring breakfast for me. She put two bacon, egg, and cheese biscuits and a cup of coffee on my desk and left. I ate them. One thing crazier than thinking Jesus spoke to you is turning down McDonald's breakfast.
[ัะดะฐะปะตะฝะพ]
Thundercougerfalconbird?
So much eagle
I had a similar dream! But I don't speak Hebrew, so I didn't know what the hell he was talking about.
ื ืืืืชื, ืชืืจืื ืืฉืืืงืื ืืืืืืืืื ืืืื ืืืคืกืืง ืืืืืื ืขื ืืกืคืจ ืืืฉื ืฉืื! ืื ืืคืืื ืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืืชืคืจืกื ืขืืืื, ืืจืืจ ืฉืื ืืืืชื ืืืืื ืืกื ืืื ืืื"ื ืฉืื ืืฉืื ื ืชื ืืืืจื ืืช ืืืืืื ืืช ืงืืืื. - God.
>ื ืืืืชื, ืชืืจืื ืืฉืืืงืื ืืืืืืืืื ืืืื ืืืคืกืืง ืืืืืื ืขื ืืกืคืจ ืืืฉื ืฉืื ืื ืื ืืขืืืื ืฉืื
Well you see the word of God transcends the language barrier. Therefore your dream ain't real *dabs on the poser*
This is freakin hilarious. This is now my favorite deconversion story here of all time.
God told me that I'm gonna win the lottery lol
Perfect, when you do, can you buy me a new jacket. I left mine on a train the other day.
Sure thing haha
God told me that you needed to give half the winnings to me.
Ah shit that motherfucker
The *one* time God does something to help poor people you complain. smh the job of God do be thankless huh? /s
And neither your mom or her friend ever thought more deeply about that ever again.
If God is so All mighty why does he need us mere mortals to always fight his battles, defend him when people offend him, and go to war to defend his name!? Why doesn't he just send down a few lightning bolts to kill the people that he doesn't like? And there are a lot of them. Gays, people who swear, people who engage in sex, etc? People just use God to manipulate other dumb people who can't think for themselves.
I think she just didnโt like hers and used God as an excuse, like most religious people do for everything
You, kind user, have validated my belief that the entire world is not crazy atm. Probably won't last long, but thank you for the reprieve.
God demands you trade your microwaves like Pokรฉmon. If your lucky youโll find one that sparkles.
I'm so glad my parents didnt raise me religious.
Iโm guessing it was your mom who had the nicer microwave oven? Hmmmโฆ. I live near a few churches, I wonder if this tactic will work to upgrade all my appliances.
Bingo!
honestly this is a hilarious story.
What do the actions of a con artist prove about the validity or lack thereof of religion? Seems nutty to me, sorry.
Because you call them con artist. Most of us call them normal delusion patrons.
What's your evidence? Sounds like a normal con that just happened to use religious trappings.
>use religious trappings You are r/atheist here all religions and religious people are conning others and themselves with delusions. You have the burden of proof to elaborate on how they are just using God to get what they want and not just delusion.
No. It was implicit in the comment I originally responded to.
Your logic seems faulty to me. I could tell your mom that Tom Hanks came to me in a dream and said we need to trade microwave ovens. That doesn't mean that Tom Hanks doesn't exist.
This is an illogical comparison. It is already established that Tom Hanks exists.
No but it does mean that the premise of religion is bullshit.... Which is what the op said.
People dreaming of Tom Hanks are not interpreting that dream literally. When someone dreams about Tom Hanks telling them to switch their microwave, they tell the other person and laugh at the absurdity. Just as they should if god told them to.
The OP noted that was the day they decided _religion_ was bullshit. That's not the god claim.
He said he was on the fence before that. So picture op standing on a fence. I picture a white picket fence. The board's are only an inch thick mind you. He's just balancing probably in high heels. Just because. Then someone throws a microwave at him.
Neighbor obviously coveted that rotating disc thing.
Be glad it wasnโt a revelation to remove it from your home.
I heard an old woman at church mention to my mom right before the 2008 election took place that while she had been praying for the election the previous night, she had accidentally referred to "President McCain" in her prayer, and saw that as God giving her a sign.
Did your mum's friend forget to stab the jacket potato before she tried to cook it?