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Comment on Earthquake in Chile: God’s Wrath by William Hopper

William Hopper — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:02:06 +0000

First off, all Christians believe in a Christ. So yeah, they are all the same in this regard. Otherwise they would not be Christians.

There is a hell of a lot wrong with giving to a church sponsored program there. More than I’d care to get into for now. (At the tip of the iceberg is the percentage of monies that actually reaches the needy when using a church fund).

And I AM helping the world. There are 5 major religions. Reduce that to zero and you’ll have saved billions of lives.

Your definition of right is simply “that which you believe”. There is no yardstick or measure you can use to assert any religion is better than another. They all do good and bad in pretty much the same portion (more bad than good imo). Your only claim to superiority is the belief that what the Vatican says is true. A belief in any other seat of faith is equally viable (or equally inviable). More importantly, they are all pretty much the same when it gets down to it… they all rest their authority on unproven and unprovable faith.

Comment on Earthquake in Chile: God’s Wrath by Anita

Anita — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:07:14 +0000

I had seen that part on your website. To give to Haitians is one thing. To do so to rack up recognition for atheists is another. There’s nothing wrong with giving a donation to a church-sponsored program there or a program not affiliated with any religion, for that matter. They can use all the help they get. Ergo, the link is a silly one.

My point is that Pat Robertson’s “revelations” don’t need reconciling or consideration and your time is better spent elsewhere doing something that helps the world. Choirs of angels will sing when you do one small useful task compared to writing about one person who’s got it wrong.

Pat Robertson’s comments on the video were the lunacy I referred to. You consistently lump all Christian religions together, which is simply not right. Wherever they differ, you should attempt to see which one is right.

Comment on Earthquake in Chile: God’s Wrath by William Hopper

William Hopper — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:48:08 +0000

I see you did not take the logic course when you were at Queen’s.

Pat Robertson is an idiot. This has nothing to do with the fact that his religions is suspect.

I don’t give a damn about “Jesus’ original message”. Anything he might have had to say is long lost in antiquity, editing, and politics.

Had you checked the main page of the website before posting you might have noticed that it now has a big red box at the top with the words “Non-believers Giving Aid: Support for the Haiti Tragedy and Beyond.”

And finally, it is nice to see that you agree Christianity is a minor lunacy.

Comment on Earthquake in Chile: God’s Wrath by Anita

Anita — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:48:22 +0000

Is your point that A) Pat Robertson is an idiot, therefore his religion is suspect,
B) All religions are suspect because Pat Robertson is an idiot; therefore buy my book, The Heathen’s Guide to World Religions. C) I’m angry with people like Pat Robertson because they distort Jesus’s original message or D) I’m angry, and stupid statements by people like Pat Robertson–which Haitians never hear or Haitian-born Americans and Canadians dismiss immediately–really get my goat and make me dwell on the futility of all religions when I would better spend my time helping Haitians but that takes a lot of thought and energy and it’s simpler to worry about minor lunacies?

Comment on Welcome to The Heathen’s Guide by CurtisB

CurtisB — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:05:33 +0000

Yes, the one I have has the ‘house of cards’ cover. Inside it says, “New World Order Edition”, c2006.

Comment on Welcome to The Heathen’s Guide by admin

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:24:30 +0000

You must have gotten an old version. (Did it have the cover you see on heathensguide.com?) The current cersion was edited by a bunch of professional editors, who scraped the hell out of it.

Let me know what cover you have… v. curious.

Comment on Welcome to The Heathen’s Guide by CurtisB

CurtisB — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:06:53 +0000

bought/read/loved the book (2nd Ed.) but send me version 3 before you print for free editing The grammar and spelling errors were, shall we say, excessive (no offence intended!)

Comment on Welcome to The Heathen’s Guide by Scott M.

Scott M. — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:59:30 +0000

William,
Bought the book. Read the book. Loved the book!

Keep up the good work.

Comment on What Happens When We Die: An Atheist’s Explanation by Mike

Mike — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:33:49 +0000

“It only takes one act of humility before God, to abandon my senseless pride and worship Him. It seems that one act is too much for atheists. Why?”
Umm, probably because we don’t believe in a God or gods (and other goblins). We’re atheists after all, duh.

Comment on Birthers, Truthers, and Aliens: A Conspiracy of Stupidity by Gerald R Reynolds

Gerald R Reynolds — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:12:44 +0000

Let’s see, “truthers”,My take… I think i’m one of those because after being in the military and having been privy to some pretty shady doings by our government because they always seem to call on the military to guard their fun and I’ve been on guard duty to a few questionable goings on myself.. So, I think it is very possible that Chaney(not necessarily Bush) may have the cajones to put together just such an exercise and fool the hell out of the public. After all you have all been aware of the following that Bush has and the fanaticism that goes on with them,the core supporters, those born ag’in folk. Couple that with the very close ties the Bush family has with Saudi Royalty, they hold hands and kiss for crying out loud!!!! Then 17 of the hijackers were Saudi….
Next, Obama was not born in America..My take….bullshit!!
next… Aliens or a cabal of aliens are controlling our government? My take…..honestly, I’ve not heard of this one but I do know that various governments are in contact (or they feel they are) with aliens. India announced it’s ET connection 5 years ago. But controlling any government, why should they they are observers like any good scientist. I honestly believe there is life in other solar systems on other planets and we have been visited by those who have obviously found a way to either circumvent the laws of physics “as we know them” or they have engineered FTL..(faster than light) technology.
With a universe so vast and even people on Earth think we have gods and at the same time try to ridicule those of us who understand that we are not alone and it’s not a magician.
The Moon landings…My take…First of all there were 6 moon landings in all and some even had it’s own personal vehicle to get around in….I think anyone who believes NASA was so smart yet stupid that they pulled off a hoax that had to include 10,000 or more conspirators…that is just stupid…6 times??? hahahahaha that one always makes me laugh….