Religion is all bunk. --Thomas Edison
I don’t believe in God, because I don’t believe in Mother
Goose. -- Clarence Darrow
It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. – Mark Twain
The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation. --
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Question with boldness even the existence of God; because if there be one, He must approve the homage of Reason rather than that of blindfolded Fear. – Thomas Jefferson
Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortuous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half the bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we call it the word of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind. – Thomas Paine
I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of humankind has preserved the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced. – John Adams
Finding that no religion is based on facts and therefore cannot be true, I began to reflect what must be the condition of mankind trained from infancy to believe in error. – Robert Owen
It’s an incredible con job when you think of it, to believe something now in exchange for life after death. Even corporations with all their reward systems don’t try to make it posthumous. – Gloria Steinem
Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be a true system. – Thomas Paine
I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive. I am not young, and I love life. But I should scorn to shiver with terror at the thought of annihilation. Happiness is none the less true happiness because it must come to an end, nor do thought and love lose their value because they are not everlasting. – Bertrand Russell
It is interesting to speculate how it developed that in two of the most anti-feminist institutions, the church and the law court, the men are wearing dresses. – Flo Kennedy
I do not believe in the immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it. – Albert Einstein
One of my most favorite fantasies is that next Sunday not one single woman, in any country of the world, will go to church. If women simply stop giving our time and energy to the institutions that oppress, they could cease to be.
Sonia Johnson
Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private schools, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and the state forever separated. – Ulysses S. Grant
It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are no gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. – Tomas Jefferson
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own – a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear of ridiculous egotism. – Albert Einstein
The time appears to me to have come when it is the duty of all to make their dissent from religion known. – John Stuart Mill
It is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of its own reason. – Mary Wollstonecraft
The Christian religion has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. – Bertrand Russell
The bible teaches that woman brought sin and death into the world, that she precipitated the fall of the race, that she was arraigned before the judgement seat of Heaven, tried, condemned and sentenced. Marriage for her was to be a condition of bondage, maternity a period of suffering and anguish, and in silence and subjection, she was to play the role of a dependent on man’s bounty for all her material wants, and for all the information she might desire. Here is the Bible position of woman briefly summed up.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
If the bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it. – William Jennings Bryan.
Think not that I come to send peace on earth; I came not to send peace, but a sword. – Jesus, Matthew 10:34
I cannot believe in a god who wants to be praised all the time. – Friedrich Rich Nietzshe
Religion is a human fabrication. – Christopher Hitchens
WHAT OTHERS SAID ABOUT RELIGION
I Believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the wish of the Almighty Creator. – Adolph Hitler in Mein Kampt – Vol 1 Chapter 2
The sermons by Rev. Jeremia Wright charge that the US government gave African Americans drugs, created Aids and inflicted blacks with that disease. He further said that 9/11 and the death of 3000 Americans were created by US policy.
Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you. He knows what we are going through when we grieve, and wants to assure us of his love and concern. I don’t know what I will see see when I enter Heaven, because it is far more glorious than anything we can imagine. I know this: Heaven is the dwelling place of God, and someday I will see him face to face. – Billy Graham
I know that this is painful for the ladies to hear but if you get married, you have accepted the headship of a man, your husband. Christ is the head of the household and the husband is the head of the wife. –Reverend Pat Robertson
Reverend Jerry Falwell blamed civil libertarians , homosexuals and abortion rights supporters for the terrorist attacks of Tuesday, September 11 (9/11) 2001.
“God gave us what we deserved”.
Reverend Pat Robertson agreed.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own hearts is our temple; the simple philosophy is kindness.
The Dalai Lama
Our Heavenly Father knew and loved each one of us.
Mother Theresa
Saturday, May 31, 2008
JUST SOME GOSPEL CONTRADICTIONS
How many generations were there between Abraham to David? Matthew 1:17 lists fourteen generations.
Matthew 1:2 lists thirteen generations.
Is Paul lying? In Acts 20:35 Paul told people “to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.”’ Since Jesus never made such a biblical statement, isn’t Paul guilty of deception?
When did the leper become not a leper? (Matthew 8:13 & 8:14) Jesus healed the leper before visiting the house.
(Mark 1:29-30 & 1:40-42) Jesus healed the leper after visiting Simon Peter’s house.
Who approached Jesus? (Matthew 8:5-7 The Centurion approached Jesus, beseeching help for a sick servant.
(Luke 7:3 & 7:6-7) The Centurion did not approach Jesus. He sent friends and elders of the Jews.
Was she dead or just dying? (Matthew 9:18) He asked for help. Saying his daughter was already dead. (Luke 8:41-42) Jairus approached Jesus for help, because his daughter was dying,
Just what did Jesus instruct them to take? (Matthew 10:10) Jesus instructed them not to take a staff, not to wear sandals. (Mark 6:8-9) Jesus instructed his disciples to wear sandals and take a staff on their journey.
When did John find out Jesus was the Messiah? (Matthew 11:2-3) While imprisoned, John the Babtist sent followers to Jesus to inquire if Jesus was the Messiah. (Luke 7:18-22) While imprisoned, John the Babtist sent followers to Jesus to inquire if Jesus was the Messiah. (John 1:29-34,36) John already knew Jesus was the Messiah.
(Matthew 5:1-2) Christ preached his first sermon on the mount. (Luke 6;17 &20) Christ preached his first sermon in the plain.
There are many, many more gospel contradictions.
Matthew 1:2 lists thirteen generations.
Is Paul lying? In Acts 20:35 Paul told people “to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.”’ Since Jesus never made such a biblical statement, isn’t Paul guilty of deception?
When did the leper become not a leper? (Matthew 8:13 & 8:14) Jesus healed the leper before visiting the house.
(Mark 1:29-30 & 1:40-42) Jesus healed the leper after visiting Simon Peter’s house.
Who approached Jesus? (Matthew 8:5-7 The Centurion approached Jesus, beseeching help for a sick servant.
(Luke 7:3 & 7:6-7) The Centurion did not approach Jesus. He sent friends and elders of the Jews.
Was she dead or just dying? (Matthew 9:18) He asked for help. Saying his daughter was already dead. (Luke 8:41-42) Jairus approached Jesus for help, because his daughter was dying,
Just what did Jesus instruct them to take? (Matthew 10:10) Jesus instructed them not to take a staff, not to wear sandals. (Mark 6:8-9) Jesus instructed his disciples to wear sandals and take a staff on their journey.
When did John find out Jesus was the Messiah? (Matthew 11:2-3) While imprisoned, John the Babtist sent followers to Jesus to inquire if Jesus was the Messiah. (Luke 7:18-22) While imprisoned, John the Babtist sent followers to Jesus to inquire if Jesus was the Messiah. (John 1:29-34,36) John already knew Jesus was the Messiah.
(Matthew 5:1-2) Christ preached his first sermon on the mount. (Luke 6;17 &20) Christ preached his first sermon in the plain.
There are many, many more gospel contradictions.
WHAT DO YOU REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE BIBLE?
What is the penalty for working on the Sabbath?
You will be stoned to death. Violent punishment from the “Good Book?” The bible says: “Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whoseoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the Sabbath day.” (Exodus 35:2)
What is God’s name?
JEALOUS ----- This is a petty self-described insecurity from a supposedly all-wise leader. The bible says: “For thou shall worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is “Jealous”, is a jealous God.” (Exodus 34:14)
How should parents treat a stubborn and rebellious son?
He should be stoned to death. The bible says: “If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them; Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of the city, and unto the gate of his place, and they shall say unto the elders of his city,this our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice, he is a glutton and a drunkard and all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: So shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.” (Deuteronomy 21:18-21)
“And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.” (Exodus 21:17)
Witches should be killed. – Tragically, tens of thousands, if not millions, of innocent women in Europe and the American colonies were cruelly accused, tortured and executed because of one single verse: “Thou shall not suffer a witch to live.”
(Exodus 22:18)
When the Israelites conquered the Midianites, what part of the spoils of war was given to the priest as “the Lord’s tribute”? Of the 32,000 virgins that were kept alive as “booty” for God’s warriors, 32 young captives were handed over to the priest. The bible brutally sanctifies war crimes against girls and women that continue to this day. Who could possibly respect a dictator who behaves like this?
The bible sayeth: “And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was 675,000 sheep, and 72,000 beeves, and 61,000 asses and 32000 persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him --- of which the Lord’s tribute was 32 persons. And Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord’s heaven offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses. “(Numbers 31:32-41)
According to the bible, what is God not able to do? Repel chariots of iron. Omnipotence?
“And the Lord was with Judah; and he drove out the inhabitants of the mountains; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had chariots of iron.”
(Judges 1:19)
How did Gideon demonstrate his family values?
“And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.”(Judges 8:30-31)
How many sexual partners did King Solomon have? He had one thousand sexual partners. Another fine example of family values from one of God’s favorites. The bible says:
“But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharoah, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hitites --- and he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines.” (1 Kings 11:1-3)
This lifestyle is never denounced by God, Jesus, or the biblical writers.
What happened to 42 little children who teased God’s prophet Elisha for being bald and he cursed them in the name of the lord? Two bears came of the forest and killed them all. This bloody execution for a childish prank is the work of the God of the bible, an all loving and caring God.
“And he Elisha went up from thence unto Bethel, and as he was going by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, go up thou bald head, and he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. “(11 Kings 2:23-24)
The bible goes on to say:
THAT a woman is worth half a male in terms of money.
THAT if you are handicapped, you are not allowed in church.
THAT according to Jesus, humans should be beaten for disobedience.
THAT Jesus said don’t think that I came for peace on earth. I came to start wars.
THAT women be silent in church.
THAT (in so many words) human beings are sinners, worms, slaves and need not look toward to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
There is much , much more I could add. See other articles I have written under the Label, RELIGEON.
You will be stoned to death. Violent punishment from the “Good Book?” The bible says: “Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whoseoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the Sabbath day.” (Exodus 35:2)
What is God’s name?
JEALOUS ----- This is a petty self-described insecurity from a supposedly all-wise leader. The bible says: “For thou shall worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is “Jealous”, is a jealous God.” (Exodus 34:14)
How should parents treat a stubborn and rebellious son?
He should be stoned to death. The bible says: “If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them; Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of the city, and unto the gate of his place, and they shall say unto the elders of his city,this our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice, he is a glutton and a drunkard and all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: So shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.” (Deuteronomy 21:18-21)
“And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.” (Exodus 21:17)
Witches should be killed. – Tragically, tens of thousands, if not millions, of innocent women in Europe and the American colonies were cruelly accused, tortured and executed because of one single verse: “Thou shall not suffer a witch to live.”
(Exodus 22:18)
When the Israelites conquered the Midianites, what part of the spoils of war was given to the priest as “the Lord’s tribute”? Of the 32,000 virgins that were kept alive as “booty” for God’s warriors, 32 young captives were handed over to the priest. The bible brutally sanctifies war crimes against girls and women that continue to this day. Who could possibly respect a dictator who behaves like this?
The bible sayeth: “And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was 675,000 sheep, and 72,000 beeves, and 61,000 asses and 32000 persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him --- of which the Lord’s tribute was 32 persons. And Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord’s heaven offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses. “(Numbers 31:32-41)
According to the bible, what is God not able to do? Repel chariots of iron. Omnipotence?
“And the Lord was with Judah; and he drove out the inhabitants of the mountains; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had chariots of iron.”
(Judges 1:19)
How did Gideon demonstrate his family values?
“And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.”(Judges 8:30-31)
How many sexual partners did King Solomon have? He had one thousand sexual partners. Another fine example of family values from one of God’s favorites. The bible says:
“But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharoah, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hitites --- and he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines.” (1 Kings 11:1-3)
This lifestyle is never denounced by God, Jesus, or the biblical writers.
What happened to 42 little children who teased God’s prophet Elisha for being bald and he cursed them in the name of the lord? Two bears came of the forest and killed them all. This bloody execution for a childish prank is the work of the God of the bible, an all loving and caring God.
“And he Elisha went up from thence unto Bethel, and as he was going by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, go up thou bald head, and he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. “(11 Kings 2:23-24)
The bible goes on to say:
THAT a woman is worth half a male in terms of money.
THAT if you are handicapped, you are not allowed in church.
THAT according to Jesus, humans should be beaten for disobedience.
THAT Jesus said don’t think that I came for peace on earth. I came to start wars.
THAT women be silent in church.
THAT (in so many words) human beings are sinners, worms, slaves and need not look toward to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
There is much , much more I could add. See other articles I have written under the Label, RELIGEON.
HOW ACCURATE CAN THE BIBLE BE?
The bible is a compilation of 66 books written by over 40 separate authors from a variety of backgrounds (from peasants to kings) over a period of at least 1600 years.
These 66 books are divided in two principle parts, the “Old Testament, 39 books and the “New Testament, 27 books.
There was hearsay, oral and written. Superstition played a major role and contradictions were rife and assuredly there were deliberate falsehoods that played a major part. A whole bunch of baloney to be read with open, unbiased eyes.
These 66 books are divided in two principle parts, the “Old Testament, 39 books and the “New Testament, 27 books.
There was hearsay, oral and written. Superstition played a major role and contradictions were rife and assuredly there were deliberate falsehoods that played a major part. A whole bunch of baloney to be read with open, unbiased eyes.
THOU SHALL NOT KILL!
Where does god stand ? Let’s have a look.
God orders the killing of countless innocent people even though one of the ten commandments says:
THOU SHALL NOT KILL!
God kills 70,000 innocent people simply because David ordered a census of the people. (1 Chronicles 21)
God orders the destruction of 60 cities so that the Israelites can live there. He orders the killing of all the men, women , and children of each city, and the looting of all of value. (Deuteronomy 3) He orders the murder of all the people of Jabesh-gilead, except for the virgin girls who were taken to be forcibly raped and married. When they wanted more virgins, God told them to hide alongside the road and when they saw a girl they liked, kidnap her and forcibly rape her and make her your wife. Just about every other page in the Old Testament has God killing somebody. In Kings 10:18-27, God orders the murder of all the worshipers of a different god in their very own church. The biblical total = 371,186 people directly and orders another 1,862,265 people murdered.
The God of love and caring also allows slavery, including selling your own daughter as a sex slave (Exodus 21:1-11), child abuse (Judges 11:29-40 and Isaiah 13:16), and bashing babies against rocks (Hosea 13:16 and Psalms 137:9).
Jesus, the other God?, promoted the idea that all men should castrate themselves to go to heaven: “For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are Eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.” (Matthew 19:12 ASV) What next? The God of the Bible also advocated ritual human sacrifice and animal sacrifice.
If more people read the bible and actually understood the archaic language therein, they might begin to stop believing and start doubting the existence of a god, any god.
God orders the killing of countless innocent people even though one of the ten commandments says:
THOU SHALL NOT KILL!
God kills 70,000 innocent people simply because David ordered a census of the people. (1 Chronicles 21)
God orders the destruction of 60 cities so that the Israelites can live there. He orders the killing of all the men, women , and children of each city, and the looting of all of value. (Deuteronomy 3) He orders the murder of all the people of Jabesh-gilead, except for the virgin girls who were taken to be forcibly raped and married. When they wanted more virgins, God told them to hide alongside the road and when they saw a girl they liked, kidnap her and forcibly rape her and make her your wife. Just about every other page in the Old Testament has God killing somebody. In Kings 10:18-27, God orders the murder of all the worshipers of a different god in their very own church. The biblical total = 371,186 people directly and orders another 1,862,265 people murdered.
The God of love and caring also allows slavery, including selling your own daughter as a sex slave (Exodus 21:1-11), child abuse (Judges 11:29-40 and Isaiah 13:16), and bashing babies against rocks (Hosea 13:16 and Psalms 137:9).
Jesus, the other God?, promoted the idea that all men should castrate themselves to go to heaven: “For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are Eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.” (Matthew 19:12 ASV) What next? The God of the Bible also advocated ritual human sacrifice and animal sacrifice.
If more people read the bible and actually understood the archaic language therein, they might begin to stop believing and start doubting the existence of a god, any god.
THE SON IS THE FATHER?
Isaiah 9:6 says: “Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given and his name shall be called Mighty God, Everlasting Father.” In this verse, the “Mighty God” matches the ‘child’ and “Everlasting Father” matches the ‘son.’ Yes, He is a child, yet He is the Mighty god. The child who was born in the manger of Bethlehem was the Mighty God. Since the child and the Mighty God are one, so also the Son and the Everlasting Father are one. The Son is the Eternal Father. It is indeed difficult to explain this matter, yet the Scriptures have so said. “Unto us a son is given and his name shall be called Everlasting Father.” Does this not plainly say that the son is the Father? If we acknowledge that the ‘child’ of which this verse speaks is also the
Everlasting Father otherwise, we are not believing the clearly stated revelation of the Scriptures. But we do deeply believe that according to the words here the Lord Jesus who became the child is the Mighty God; and the Lord Jesus who is the Son is also the Eternal Father. Our Lord is the Son, and He is also the Father. Hallelujah!
John 14:7-11 says; “If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also; from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, have I been so long with you and dost thou not know me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, show us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that i say unto to you I speak not from myself but the Father abiding in me doeth his work. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works’ sake.” In these verses the Lord clearly reveals to us the mystery that He and the Father are one. He is in the Father, and the Father is in him; when he speaks, it is the Father who works; when men see Him , they see the Father; when they know Him, they know the Father, because He is the Father, He and the Father are one”(John 10:30
So now all is clear, right? Once there was a Father who we called God and Jesus who we called the son of God and sometimes called Jesus God which called for two Gods but lo and behold we now know there has been another miracle;
Jesus has usurped the role of God or possibly the Father God resigned because of old age
IN SHORT, JUST ADD THIS TO THE THE GIANT FAIRY TALE THAT HAS FOOLED MAN AND CONTINUES TO FOOL THOSE WHO ARE IN MORTAL FEAR OF DYING, NEXT STOP HEAVEN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. NO END, ONE JUST GOES ON LIVING SOMEHOW, MILK AND HONEY AND CONSTANT MUSIC. PICK YOUR OWN ANGEL TO SHOW YOU THE HEAVENLY ROPES AND ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. LIKE: WHERE ARE THE SHOPPING CENTERS, THE RESTAURANTS, MY LOVED ONES WHO PASSED ON, HOUSING QUARTERS, CAR RENTALS, THEATERS, TELEPHONES? LISTEN MORTALS, WE ARE NOT IMMORTAL. BE HAPPY, LIVE FOR THE NOW, LIVE HONESTLY, BE CARING, BE JUST, BE REASONABLE, EXERCISE REASON. IT IS ENOUGH AND MORE THAN ENOUGH. UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NO HEAVEN AND NO HELL. HAVE A GOOD LIFE YOU ALL!!!
Everlasting Father otherwise, we are not believing the clearly stated revelation of the Scriptures. But we do deeply believe that according to the words here the Lord Jesus who became the child is the Mighty God; and the Lord Jesus who is the Son is also the Eternal Father. Our Lord is the Son, and He is also the Father. Hallelujah!
John 14:7-11 says; “If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also; from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, have I been so long with you and dost thou not know me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, show us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that i say unto to you I speak not from myself but the Father abiding in me doeth his work. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works’ sake.” In these verses the Lord clearly reveals to us the mystery that He and the Father are one. He is in the Father, and the Father is in him; when he speaks, it is the Father who works; when men see Him , they see the Father; when they know Him, they know the Father, because He is the Father, He and the Father are one”(John 10:30
So now all is clear, right? Once there was a Father who we called God and Jesus who we called the son of God and sometimes called Jesus God which called for two Gods but lo and behold we now know there has been another miracle;
Jesus has usurped the role of God or possibly the Father God resigned because of old age
IN SHORT, JUST ADD THIS TO THE THE GIANT FAIRY TALE THAT HAS FOOLED MAN AND CONTINUES TO FOOL THOSE WHO ARE IN MORTAL FEAR OF DYING, NEXT STOP HEAVEN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. NO END, ONE JUST GOES ON LIVING SOMEHOW, MILK AND HONEY AND CONSTANT MUSIC. PICK YOUR OWN ANGEL TO SHOW YOU THE HEAVENLY ROPES AND ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. LIKE: WHERE ARE THE SHOPPING CENTERS, THE RESTAURANTS, MY LOVED ONES WHO PASSED ON, HOUSING QUARTERS, CAR RENTALS, THEATERS, TELEPHONES? LISTEN MORTALS, WE ARE NOT IMMORTAL. BE HAPPY, LIVE FOR THE NOW, LIVE HONESTLY, BE CARING, BE JUST, BE REASONABLE, EXERCISE REASON. IT IS ENOUGH AND MORE THAN ENOUGH. UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NO HEAVEN AND NO HELL. HAVE A GOOD LIFE YOU ALL!!!
RANDOM NOTES
Where does God reside?
The bottom of the sea? Under ground? In heaven?
Among the stars and planets ?
If heaven , how high?
We understand that the distance to the stars are measured in Light years because the distance is too great to be measured in other ways. Light travels at 126,000 miles per second. The math tells us that just one Light year is 5,865,696,000,000 miles away.
There are stars that are Multiple Light years away.
Maybe God just likes to hang out on one of the planets. Possibly Mars, a mere 425 million miles away. Does son Jesus keep him company? Or is the son and the father, one and the same?
How many languages does the Good Lord know? Ethnoloque lists 6912 living languages world-wide. Millions of silent and verbal prayers are being sent every minute of every day –just a mad guess. Are we to understand that both our silent and verbal prayers are somehow absorbed by a super, super, super, duper gigantic computer; decoded, assembled and digested and acted upon. Oh yes, He or is it She, works in mysterious ways, and prayers answered become miracles and the majority of those not answered can be classified as not being fervent enough. Right?
What is the will of God? Is it the mass murder that God ordered in the bible? Or is it the floods, the cyclones, the tsunamis,, the killing wars, the mass rapes, the quakes, the starvation and all the other goodies that our loving Lord, He, the issuer of miracles, He, the omnipotent, He, who gave us Adam who then , under Godly instructions, removed one of his ribs and lo and behold, there was Eve , naked as a Jaybird and then the sins started, oh yes the Sins.
There were so many sins, oh so many. God had Jesus nailed to the cross, to die agonizingly in order to expunge our collective sins? Have I got that right? Is that the only way he thought of to cleanse the world of our sins? Let’s have a closer look at this charade. God, the Father, decided to have his only son, born via immaculate conception, nailed to a cross where he agonizingly hung for at least one or more days in order to have him die for our sins? It simply does not make rational or humane sense. Apparently, he then had to be buried in order to have him bodily shipped to lala \ land somewhere in heaven. A grand resurrection indeed. So He the Son arrives via, heavenly transport at the gates of heaven, Peter opens the gate, after recognizing Jesus, salutes and leads him to his Father. They embrace – God looks at his son and exclaims, My god, (hold it, I’m God) my word, let me put some magical ointment on the holes in your body.
Let’s leave them alone while I just jot down one more relevant item or question. BY THE WAY, WHO MADE GOD? And who made the God who made God? Wow, there may have been hundreds if not thousands of previous Gods. So, those of you with faith at the ready, what now? Who are you actually praying to?
Someone said that we are the stewards of the land. So the question is, what does one of the multitude of Gods, do? Those responsible for making the world in seven days and also remembered to even start the human race by introducing an Adam with all the millions of cells and arteries and veins interlocking and even a moveable rib that Adam could remove, shake and presto Eve into existence.
Did I mention the Ark? No, I guess not. Some God starts a world wide flood, drowning all the animals except two of a kind. Noah is instructed to save two of each species and sail away on the ark he built, with thousands of lucky animals shivering on board. Oh wait one little minute – did he remember to make sure there were both female and male in each category?
Eh, maybe that’s why the dinosaurs died out some eighty-five years ago ---- Noah forgot one of the sexes.
The bottom of the sea? Under ground? In heaven?
Among the stars and planets ?
If heaven , how high?
We understand that the distance to the stars are measured in Light years because the distance is too great to be measured in other ways. Light travels at 126,000 miles per second. The math tells us that just one Light year is 5,865,696,000,000 miles away.
There are stars that are Multiple Light years away.
Maybe God just likes to hang out on one of the planets. Possibly Mars, a mere 425 million miles away. Does son Jesus keep him company? Or is the son and the father, one and the same?
How many languages does the Good Lord know? Ethnoloque lists 6912 living languages world-wide. Millions of silent and verbal prayers are being sent every minute of every day –just a mad guess. Are we to understand that both our silent and verbal prayers are somehow absorbed by a super, super, super, duper gigantic computer; decoded, assembled and digested and acted upon. Oh yes, He or is it She, works in mysterious ways, and prayers answered become miracles and the majority of those not answered can be classified as not being fervent enough. Right?
What is the will of God? Is it the mass murder that God ordered in the bible? Or is it the floods, the cyclones, the tsunamis,, the killing wars, the mass rapes, the quakes, the starvation and all the other goodies that our loving Lord, He, the issuer of miracles, He, the omnipotent, He, who gave us Adam who then , under Godly instructions, removed one of his ribs and lo and behold, there was Eve , naked as a Jaybird and then the sins started, oh yes the Sins.
There were so many sins, oh so many. God had Jesus nailed to the cross, to die agonizingly in order to expunge our collective sins? Have I got that right? Is that the only way he thought of to cleanse the world of our sins? Let’s have a closer look at this charade. God, the Father, decided to have his only son, born via immaculate conception, nailed to a cross where he agonizingly hung for at least one or more days in order to have him die for our sins? It simply does not make rational or humane sense. Apparently, he then had to be buried in order to have him bodily shipped to lala \ land somewhere in heaven. A grand resurrection indeed. So He the Son arrives via, heavenly transport at the gates of heaven, Peter opens the gate, after recognizing Jesus, salutes and leads him to his Father. They embrace – God looks at his son and exclaims, My god, (hold it, I’m God) my word, let me put some magical ointment on the holes in your body.
Let’s leave them alone while I just jot down one more relevant item or question. BY THE WAY, WHO MADE GOD? And who made the God who made God? Wow, there may have been hundreds if not thousands of previous Gods. So, those of you with faith at the ready, what now? Who are you actually praying to?
Someone said that we are the stewards of the land. So the question is, what does one of the multitude of Gods, do? Those responsible for making the world in seven days and also remembered to even start the human race by introducing an Adam with all the millions of cells and arteries and veins interlocking and even a moveable rib that Adam could remove, shake and presto Eve into existence.
Did I mention the Ark? No, I guess not. Some God starts a world wide flood, drowning all the animals except two of a kind. Noah is instructed to save two of each species and sail away on the ark he built, with thousands of lucky animals shivering on board. Oh wait one little minute – did he remember to make sure there were both female and male in each category?
Eh, maybe that’s why the dinosaurs died out some eighty-five years ago ---- Noah forgot one of the sexes.
WHAT IS AN ATHEIST?
A person who decides or forms opinions based on reason, not faith. Most atheists or freethinkers are humanists, basing morality on human needs, not imagined “cosmic attitudes,”
We embrace a respect for our planet, other animals, and feminist principles of equality.
Atheists are convinced that religious claims do not withstand the tests of reason. That there is nothing to be gained by believing in an untruth, and everything to lose when we sacrifice the indispensable tool of reason on the altar of superstition.
There is meaning in life, and we atheists find it in human compassion, social progress, in art, music, literature,
in personal happiness, pleasure, joy, love ---- in the beauty of humanity and in the advancement of knowledge.
Religious leaders believe that life is so complex that there had to be a designer (God) responsible for life and everything that followed. We say that Darwin’s theory of evolution , with cumulative nonrandom natural selection designed for billions of years, has provided the explanation. A “Divine Designer” is no answer because the complexity of such a creature would be subject to the same scrutiny itself.
People of faith say that religion has done tremendous good in the world. Many religionists are good people but they would be good anyway. Religion does not have a monopoly on good deeds. Many non-religionists have enriched humanity – people like Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, Sigmund Freud, Margaret Sanger, H.L. Mencken, Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady and many, many others.
We are free to do our own thinking, free from restraints of orthodoxy, of the blind maintenance of ancient superstitions or self-effacing prostration before divine tyrants known only through primitive revelations. We are truly free.
We embrace a respect for our planet, other animals, and feminist principles of equality.
Atheists are convinced that religious claims do not withstand the tests of reason. That there is nothing to be gained by believing in an untruth, and everything to lose when we sacrifice the indispensable tool of reason on the altar of superstition.
There is meaning in life, and we atheists find it in human compassion, social progress, in art, music, literature,
in personal happiness, pleasure, joy, love ---- in the beauty of humanity and in the advancement of knowledge.
Religious leaders believe that life is so complex that there had to be a designer (God) responsible for life and everything that followed. We say that Darwin’s theory of evolution , with cumulative nonrandom natural selection designed for billions of years, has provided the explanation. A “Divine Designer” is no answer because the complexity of such a creature would be subject to the same scrutiny itself.
People of faith say that religion has done tremendous good in the world. Many religionists are good people but they would be good anyway. Religion does not have a monopoly on good deeds. Many non-religionists have enriched humanity – people like Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, Sigmund Freud, Margaret Sanger, H.L. Mencken, Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady and many, many others.
We are free to do our own thinking, free from restraints of orthodoxy, of the blind maintenance of ancient superstitions or self-effacing prostration before divine tyrants known only through primitive revelations. We are truly free.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
THE PROS OF CIRCUMCISION
CIRCUMCISION is as old or older than prostitution. Millions of males have gone through the mill and lived to tell the tale.
Looking back I can attest to feeling absolutely no pain, I was all of 8 days when I found myself sitting on my father's lap and waiting for my foreskin to be removed. This is either done by a doctor or in my case by a Mohel who is called upon to do the removal for Jewish boys, called a Bris, kind of a religious, traditional ceremony. He does it with a steady, practiced hand, after some thousands of accurate cuts.
To make it easier and less painful, the Mohel dipped some cotton batting in some wine and gently slipped it into my waiting mouth and before I could count ten it was over and I did not feel a thing, so there. Everybody then cries Mazel tov and begins to eat everthing in sight, along with some wine or a shot of brandy or just eating non-stop.
So now a little bit of what circumcision really is and some of the advantages. At birth, boys have skin that covers the end of the penis or weewee as it is called in polite circles. This is called the foreskin and is removed so that the tip of the penis (the glans) and the opening through which the baby urinates (the urethra) are exposed.
Now for the advantages. Chances of getting a urinary tract infection in the first year of life is lessened. Cancer of the penis
is essentially eliminated in circumcised males. The risk of getting sexually transmitted diseases are lower. Circumcision eliminates foreskin infection that may occur at the peak ages of 3 to 5 years. Phimosis, a narrow opening that makes it impossible to retract the foreskin at a later age, is prevented by the famous cut. And finally, genital hygiene, which is particularly important in unsanitary conditions, maybe easier after circumcision. Oops, one more thing; cleansing in and around the area is much easier with circumcised males, no smegma (a cheesy sebaceous matter that collects between the glans penis and the foreskin.) Oy vay!!!
So mothers or anybody that's listening, give a little listen and make your boy happy, healthy, and ready to plunge easily and effectively. Ooh, did I say a bad word?
Looking back I can attest to feeling absolutely no pain, I was all of 8 days when I found myself sitting on my father's lap and waiting for my foreskin to be removed. This is either done by a doctor or in my case by a Mohel who is called upon to do the removal for Jewish boys, called a Bris, kind of a religious, traditional ceremony. He does it with a steady, practiced hand, after some thousands of accurate cuts.
To make it easier and less painful, the Mohel dipped some cotton batting in some wine and gently slipped it into my waiting mouth and before I could count ten it was over and I did not feel a thing, so there. Everybody then cries Mazel tov and begins to eat everthing in sight, along with some wine or a shot of brandy or just eating non-stop.
So now a little bit of what circumcision really is and some of the advantages. At birth, boys have skin that covers the end of the penis or weewee as it is called in polite circles. This is called the foreskin and is removed so that the tip of the penis (the glans) and the opening through which the baby urinates (the urethra) are exposed.
Now for the advantages. Chances of getting a urinary tract infection in the first year of life is lessened. Cancer of the penis
is essentially eliminated in circumcised males. The risk of getting sexually transmitted diseases are lower. Circumcision eliminates foreskin infection that may occur at the peak ages of 3 to 5 years. Phimosis, a narrow opening that makes it impossible to retract the foreskin at a later age, is prevented by the famous cut. And finally, genital hygiene, which is particularly important in unsanitary conditions, maybe easier after circumcision. Oops, one more thing; cleansing in and around the area is much easier with circumcised males, no smegma (a cheesy sebaceous matter that collects between the glans penis and the foreskin.) Oy vay!!!
So mothers or anybody that's listening, give a little listen and make your boy happy, healthy, and ready to plunge easily and effectively. Ooh, did I say a bad word?
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