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Atheists & Agnostics

kdmorris

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28. Very true...

Reply to mr blur (Reply #26)

Wed Feb 4, 2015, 02:06 PM

Feb 2015

because I've always likened this Christian god to an abusive husband. Do what I say or I will beat you (into a fiery pit of hell)...

Weirdest way to show "love" ever. But how could I, a mere mortal (and female to boot), understand the great and awesome power of GOD.

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Stephen Fry calls God an ‘evil, capricious, monstrous maniac’ [View all] kdmorris Feb 2015 OP

And the "best" answer that 2000+ years of theology has come up with is... trotsky Feb 2015 #1

Didn't take long for the douchebag apologists to craft a response. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #2

And not even a very original response skepticscott Feb 2015 #4

Well, that certainly is a bunch of bullshit. Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #5

That's just leaving the escape hatch open. trotsky Feb 2015 #6

If god's only power is love, what power does it have to craft a universe? AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #8

For if we are imagining a God whose only power, indeed whose only existence, is love itself AlbertCat Feb 2015 #9

Total bullshit... truebrit71 Feb 2015 #16

I loved his answer to that question. Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #3

the numskulls can wiggle out of human inflicted misery and evil via the "free willy" canard. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #7

Yeah, I love when SCIENCE is called a belief system kdmorris Feb 2015 #18

Let's hear from the Kim Kardashian of theology... onager Feb 2015 #10

"the Kim Kardashian of theology" trotsky Feb 2015 #12

Looks to me like another version of Deepak Chopra. Promethean Feb 2015 #13

So all I have to do is write a bunch of feel-good crap Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #14

Yes, and then NPR will kiss your ass skepticscott Feb 2015 #19

LOL!! n/t kdmorris Feb 2015 #17

Omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent Ron Obvious Feb 2015 #11

Don't blame me, I never voted for Him. nt eppur_se_muova Feb 2015 #15

Excellent interview. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2015 #20

If we keep believing in him, have we passed or have we failed his test? DetlefK Feb 2015 #21

I'm not sure I understand your question kdmorris Feb 2015 #22

Let's say, you believe that I'm a good person... DetlefK Feb 2015 #24

Good point! kdmorris Feb 2015 #25

A good argument can be made either way! n/t trotsky Feb 2015 #23

Nah, you're all forgetting that we just don't understand! mr blur Feb 2015 #26

You are right, I just don't understand. Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #27

+1 n/t trotsky Feb 2015 #29

Very true... kdmorris Feb 2015 #28