My step mother said to me "God put us right where we are in the universe, the right distance to the sun so we get warmth but dont burn up, fish on a planet that had water, and plants that give us food". Of which I reply "This is where evolution comes into play, we evolved to need heat, plants evolved to need sunlight, fish evolved to be in water. You really have to learn science explains alot of things" Science is my main theory for my atheism lol. I love it
Mums! Bless 'um all!
To this day I still find it very strange how "God" gets credit for all of the good things in the universe, but is absolved of blame for the bad things. ???
Does she also think the whole universe exists just for us?
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on July 10, 2011, 07:34:24 PM
To this day I still find it very strange how "God" gets credit for all of the good things in the universe, but is absolved of blame for the bad things. ???
Dontcha know, "god" created scientists and doctors, so all their years of hard work and ingenius contributions to help humanity? Yup, all god :D :D :D
I like the whole fossil fuels aren't really fossil fuels at all thing.
Fossils you know are associated with those Darwinian billions of year old earth believing liars.
There's no need to worry about resource depletion, they didn't take millions of years to develop No! God put them there and if we're all good he'll plonk some more some where. Hopefully he won't put them in the heathen countries this time, he does work in mysterious ways.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on July 11, 2011, 04:37:04 AM
I like the whole fossil fuels aren't really fossil fuels at all thing.
Fossils you know are associated with those Darwinian billions of year old earth believing liars.
There's no need to worry about resource depletion, they didn't take millions of years to develop No! God put them there and if we're all good he'll plonk some more some where. Hopefully he won't put them in the heathen countries this time, he does work in mysterious ways.
But the heathens are right. And it's not a surprise that the oil in the USA is in Texas is it?
A better way of putting it, I think, is that WE are adapted to the universe, not the other way around. It's pretty egotistical to think otherwise.
Quote from: Tank on July 11, 2011, 09:19:26 AM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on July 11, 2011, 04:37:04 AM
I like the whole fossil fuels aren't really fossil fuels at all thing.
Fossils you know are associated with those Darwinian billions of year old earth believing liars.
There's no need to worry about resource depletion, they didn't take millions of years to develop No! God put them there and if we're all good he'll plonk some more some where. Hopefully he won't put them in the heathen countries this time, he does work in mysterious ways.
But the heathens are right. And it's not a surprise that the oil in the USA is in Texas is it?
Oil is a gift from god to the faithful.
That oil in heathen countries should rightfully be ours.
I know god would be offended by us leaving it to them.
Somehow my eating all my vegetables keeps those kids in Africa from starving.
Quote from: fester30 on July 12, 2011, 03:44:26 AM
Somehow my eating all my vegetables keeps those kids in Africa from starving.
Haha, love this. xD
I have an interest in astronomy. As I was talking to my God-fearing mother-in-law one day about Jupiter she said "I feel uncomfortable talking about that." Her reaction was if I asked her how my father-in-law was in the sack or something!
God in one hand, Jupiter in the other. Which weighs more? JUPITER!!!
Quote from: Shy on July 13, 2011, 05:39:26 AM
I have an interest in astronomy. As I was talking to my God-fearing mother-in-law one day about Jupiter she said "I feel uncomfortable talking about that." Her reaction was if I asked her how my father-in-law was in the sack or something!
God in one hand, Jupiter in the other. Which weighs more? JUPITER!!!
Perhaps she thinks you should go to mass. :-\
If this doesn't make sense blame gravity.
Quote from: Shy on July 13, 2011, 05:39:26 AM
I have an interest in astronomy. As I was talking to my God-fearing mother-in-law one day about Jupiter she said "I feel uncomfortable talking about that." Her reaction was if I asked her how my father-in-law was in the sack or something!
God in one hand, Jupiter in the other. Which weighs more? JUPITER!!!
Why was she uncomfortable?
Quote from: Tank on July 13, 2011, 07:23:56 AM
Quote from: Shy on July 13, 2011, 05:39:26 AM
I have an interest in astronomy. As I was talking to my God-fearing mother-in-law one day about Jupiter she said "I feel uncomfortable talking about that." Her reaction was if I asked her how my father-in-law was in the sack or something!
God in one hand, Jupiter in the other. Which weighs more? JUPITER!!!
Why was she uncomfortable?
I'm going to venture a guess that it is because she knows astronomy is a science and thus has scientific explanations for things that she personally is not aware of. The fear of natural reasons to things she doesn't understand is probably part of her reason for believing in God in a first place. Belief in God saves her from existential crisis, and if she started talking about science then she'd be vulnerable to psychological desires that create the void she currently uses God to fill.
Quote from: Tank on July 13, 2011, 07:23:56 AM
Quote from: Shy on July 13, 2011, 05:39:26 AM
I have an interest in astronomy. As I was talking to my God-fearing mother-in-law one day about Jupiter she said "I feel uncomfortable talking about that." Her reaction was if I asked her how my father-in-law was in the sack or something!
God in one hand, Jupiter in the other. Which weighs more? JUPITER!!!
Why was she uncomfortable?
I guess absurdsolidarity said it best. I was baffled. Never come across that before.
Quote from: Shy on July 14, 2011, 05:04:49 AM
Quote from: Tank on July 13, 2011, 07:23:56 AM
Quote from: Shy on July 13, 2011, 05:39:26 AM
I have an interest in astronomy. As I was talking to my God-fearing mother-in-law one day about Jupiter she said "I feel uncomfortable talking about that." Her reaction was if I asked her how my father-in-law was in the sack or something!
God in one hand, Jupiter in the other. Which weighs more? JUPITER!!!
Why was she uncomfortable?
I guess absurdsolidarity said it best. I was baffled. Never come across that before.
Now this subject comes up I do recall my Mum saying something along the same lines.She was a 'weak' Church of England Christian We were discussing evolution and Charles Darwin and out of the blue my Mum said "Why did he have to go and complicate things!". Which really does sum it up for some people, they simply don't want to have to think. They want a simple answer and god is about the most simplistic argument you can get. It's a catch-all that suits the human ego and can't be wrong because it is based on wishful thinking (faith).
Quote from: Tank on July 14, 2011, 09:39:18 AM
Quote from: Shy on July 14, 2011, 05:04:49 AM
Quote from: Tank on July 13, 2011, 07:23:56 AM
Quote from: Shy on July 13, 2011, 05:39:26 AM
I have an interest in astronomy. As I was talking to my God-fearing mother-in-law one day about Jupiter she said "I feel uncomfortable talking about that." Her reaction was if I asked her how my father-in-law was in the sack or something!
God in one hand, Jupiter in the other. Which weighs more? JUPITER!!!
Why was she uncomfortable?
I guess absurdsolidarity said it best. I was baffled. Never come across that before.
Now this subject comes up I do recall my Mum saying something along the same lines.She was a 'weak' Church of England Christian We were discussing evolution and Charles Darwin and out of the blue my Mum said "Why did he have to go and complicate things!". Which really does sum it up for some people, they simply don't want to have to think. They want a simple answer and god is about the most simplistic argument you can get. It's a catch-all that suits the human ego and can't be wrong because it is based on wishful thinking (faith).
When I first deconverted, it was due to some of my own Bible research, as well as research in contemporary history and religions. My first reaction when I realized it was all no different than other myths was that I wish I could go back and unsee it. A ridiculous reaction to be sure, but still that was my initial reaction. I felt this great fear that I had taken a step and couldn't go back, and that if I was wrong I was certainly going to hell, because I was actually denying God in whole for the first time. Then I thought of all the consequences in society, at work, and with my family. Seemed like a long, hard journey I had in front of me at the time. When my wife mentioned something about the devil and I said, "What if the devil didn't exist?" She said, "Don't talk like that, Fester30, you're scaring me." She's coming along now, and lately she's dropping more and more of the Christian thing and going more toward a Deist perspective. Still, it is scary when you're brought up to believe that going against god puts you in hell. It's scary to learn things that make you doubt god at first. For me, it took a few days to come to grips with it. Some people it takes longer.
My mom used to tell me rain was the angels crying and thunder was the angels bowling. Nowadays I'm a weather nerd ;D
Lol! I'm actually scared of thunder. Yes, I know how it works, but that sound is so loud... @_@
If the angels are bowling up there, I need a really long broomstick handle to tell them to keep it down. xD
not my parent... but my grandpa (who's a catholic priest) claimed that a squid is just a small version of an octopus this last weekend. (facepalm)
He also (and hismikeness can confirm this) claims that if you smoke weed once in your life, that years down the road you might crack your back and have an hallucination from a "weed-flashback". (quadruple-facepalm)
Confirmed. I was like, REALLY?!? I'll take a weed flashback right now.
God created thermonuclear explosive devices too, but he does no let me play with them :'(
A weed flashback? XDD ... I gotta tell my gf that. That is hilarious and needs a double face palm.