I was reading a "Top 10 Reasons to be Atheist" post on the internet, and it was totally silly & ridiculous. A Christian got hiffy about it and wrote:
"there is no DNA that can make you smarter, so if we evolved from apes we shouldnt be smarter than they are- evolution cant produce that. Now, who believe in fairy tales?"
Nuf said
2007-09-14 09:19:15 · 18 answers · asked by vérité 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Perhaps you have not yet met a Christian who can render a well reasoned response for the hope he holds. Nevertheless I would add Christianity is first and foremost a matter of the heart. There is an element in the constitution of man that is deeper and greater than the mind. It is the spirit of a man, the invisible part of him by which he can commune with God. It speaks to us through our conscience, however well informed or misinformed that may be, and it tells us there is a right and a wrong, and we will be held accountable.
If you are of a scientific bent, please peruse the website of Christian astrophysicist Hugh Ross for a new perspective on the universe:
http://www.reasons.org/
2007-09-14 09:31:23 · answer #1 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A reference to the 'Top 10 Reasons to be Atheist' that you say was silly and ridiculous, please?
I Googled the phrase, and although I couldn't find anything very scintillating, lists like this:
http://www.meetanatheist.com/2005/11/top-10-reasons-to-be-atheist.html
seemed OK to me.
CD
2007-09-14 09:37:20 · answer #2 · answered by Super Atheist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
top 10 reason I am not a Christian
10- tired of saying "the sky is falling/ jesus is coming soon"
9- tired of burning all bridges and then told 'right on brother'
8- I gobbled up so much garbage during tenure I now compete with Fresh Kills Landfill for world record for garbage dumped upon
7- I kept giving money to those who said god had a plan, and found self to be poor and them to become rich like they said god would do for them
6- didn't want to be associated with jihad or crusade or inquisiitons then, or now
5- ethics and free inquiry was heavily frowned upon
4- good was told to be following orders, bad was told to be taking care of self
3- I ran out of convenient answers for agnostics and atheists that made no sense coming from my guru or my own mouth
2- the bible contradicted itself and some doctrines were not found in current edition which left wiggle room to gurus and cult leaders for improv and you couldn't say it was not so
and the top reason not to become or remain a christian.....
you finally begin to feel good about this life and help those around you vs only think about a next life and trivialize this one
2007-09-14 09:30:34 · answer #3 · answered by voice_of_reason 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow...
I found myself pondering the same thing not too long ago. Then, I stated my case to a pastor (after he saw an essay I wrote about evolution- true evolution) and all he could ask me was whether or not my "opinions" were worth burning in hell for.
I had to let out a chuckle- and he was not amused. Needless to say, I'm not welcomed in his church anytime soon...
:p
2007-09-14 09:25:43 · answer #4 · answered by ~*Live, Love and Blessed Be*~ 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
DNA can't make you smarter?!? What kind of ridiculous claim is that?
The reason Christians aren't very convincing is because (at least in the case of Creationism) their point doesn't have good arguments to support it.
2007-09-14 09:25:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The only thing I can't work out is just how one person manages to get so many false premises in such a small amount of words.
I thought I was fairly good with English, but that post just takes the biscuit......
2007-09-14 09:24:54 · answer #6 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
You should send that person to my 360.I would love to see what comments are left.I'm sure that if they sound like that, I will get enough material together for a new blog entry full of laughs.
2007-09-14 09:26:57 · answer #7 · answered by Demopublican 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evolution does not merely encompass biological structure, but it can also include evolution through behaviors and experiences.
2007-09-14 09:25:41 · answer #8 · answered by swoosh 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's nice to see that logic is not typically an Atheist's virtue. One person with a thing to say, and all Christians are 'unconvincing'.
2007-09-14 09:27:07 · answer #9 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Fundies say the darndest things!
We should make a compilation of them and sell it as a course in fallacies of logic.
2007-09-14 09:26:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋