Thought this was pretty cool. He's got some great points. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfO21I4DfcE
I watched this a while ago. A very good video. I might share this on twitter/facebook.
15 things Christians shouldn't say to atheists.
1 - 'hello'
Repeat 2-15
Have they heard about our lord and savior; nothing?
"god" or "jesus" anything.
Have I heard about Jesus? Why no.. Is that a new snack food or the latest car? Oh wait...don't tell me.. It's a new cell phone.. Oh please DO tell me of this new product, jesus... How much does it cost?
When I hear someone say, "Have you heard about Jesus?" I think what they really mean is, "Of course, I know you've heard about Jesus, because you haven't been living under a rock, but I want to tell you my special bullshit about Jesus, which ordinary Christians have never tod you. He loves you and he has a SPECIAL PLAN bla bla bla...."
I actually talk to the JWs when they come to my door, they infest our neighborhood on a regular basis. As they try to tell me the good news of Jehovah I try to tell them the good news of Odin. He dismissed it all with "that sounds like man's word, not god's word."
One time I was doing political pamphleting, and handed a pamphlet to someone who stopped to talk to me about Jesus, and while we were talking she threw my pamphlet in the trash. Right in front of me. I told her "if you want me to respect your message, perhaps you should respect mine" but she went on about how her message was important and mine wasn't.
In both cases they are only interested in what they have to say and don't have any respect for other views. If you want me to respect your view, pretend to show some respect for my views as well. If you want me to take you seriously, take me seriously as well.
That applies to many of the things about Christians talking to other people.
Quote from: Jason_Harvestdancer on October 16, 2014, 12:14:35 PM
I actually talk to the JWs when they come to my door, they infest our neighborhood on a regular basis. As they try to tell me the good news of Jehovah I try to tell them the good news of Odin. He dismissed it all with "that sounds like man's word, not god's word."
One time I was doing political pamphleting, and handed a pamphlet to someone who stopped to talk to me about Jesus, and while we were talking she threw my pamphlet in the trash. Right in front of me. I told her "if you want me to respect your message, perhaps you should respect mine" but she went on about how her message was important and mine wasn't.
In both cases they are only interested in what they have to say and don't have any respect for other views. If you want me to respect your view, pretend to show some respect for my views as well. If you want me to take you seriously, take me seriously as well.
That applies to many of the things about Christians talking to other people.
:lol:
My friend was telling me that a JW came to his door once and he let them in, let them talk, and then afterwards... after letting them waste all their time on him, asked them "how many people are allowed in to heaven?" (this friend is also an atheist and did his research on this) After they told him the number, (I forget the number, but it's lower than the amount of JW members right now) he asked the JWs "what is your point of being here" They didn't see the connection. :lol:
Tell them about the tooth fairy with all the fake sincerity you can muster and how you actually received cold hard cash for teeth as a kid and they leave you alone real goddamn quick..
Quote from: PickelledEggs on October 16, 2014, 01:01:22 PM
(I forget the number, but it's lower than the amount of JW members right now)
I guess you have to have a cut off point somewhere. After all, you couldn't just forgive everyone and let everyone in. Who has that kind of space?
Quote from: PickelledEggs on October 16, 2014, 01:01:22 PM
:lol:
My friend was telling me that a JW came to his door once and he let them in, let them talk, and then afterwards... after letting them waste all their time on him, asked them "how many people are allowed in to heaven?" (this friend is also an atheist and did his research on this) After they told him the number, (I forget the number, but it's lower than the amount of JW members right now) he asked the JWs "what is your point of being here" They didn't see the connection. :lol:
I used to figure I'd use the same tactic if I were ever confronted by JW's. If only 144,000 of you are getting into heaven why are you out recruiting? Aren't you worried that you'll recruit yourself out of a ticket to gods kingdom?
But then I did a little reading on it. Near as I can tell, the JW's believe that 144,000 will be granted passage into heaven to work beside the lord. IOW, 144,000 will go in as officers, have keys to executive bathroom right off the bat, get assigned parking spots in the good lot near the tennis courts, sit at the big table with the boss during ceremonies, you know, the whole bit. The rest will go in as mere enlisted folk get a cabin in steerage and bow down whenever big guy sneezes just like everyone else. So of course they didn't know what he was talking about. In their minds everyone still gets in, its just some of them will be on the gold ticket plan and everyone else will get the bronze ticket plan.
Glad you guys liked the video. :)
I didn't like in the video where the guy noted we're different from animals. No. We are not.
Quote from: the_antithesis on October 17, 2014, 07:02:29 PM
I didn't like in the video where the guy noted we're different from animals. No. We are not.
lol agree
Some of you don't even have tails like me..
(http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/q490/atheola/IMG_20141018_150519.jpg)
OK, so I'm just a dirty hippie... Sue me..
Nothing wrong with dirty hippies. Especially if they are named allpurposeatheist. *halo*
:)
15 Things Christians shouldn't say to Atheists? 15 quotes from the Bible. We cop that ad nauseam.
Number 4 really resonates with me, because thats what my parents said when I came out as an Atheist.
Let's just cut to the chase and make it 1 thing they shouldn't say: Hello!
Goodbye is OK though..
Quote from: AllPurposeAtheist on October 26, 2014, 10:50:17 PM
Let's just cut to the chase and make it 1 thing they shouldn't say: Hello!
Goodbye is OK though..
Ever notice when a religious/spiritual nut (especially the extremely devoted ones) just say "hello" you can tell that they are religious nuts?
I give credit to their soul-less eyes. It's like all their personality has been sucked dry from them.
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Got approached by a couple of JW's at a gas station, trying to give me some pamphlets. I told them I was an atheist and reading a book that made a very good case for Jesus never existing. Never saw a hastier retreat. I don't care about 15 whatever. Just tell them you can make a case for their holy man being non existent, they shut up pretty quick.
Maybe in your neck of the woods, but in a more nonbelieving area like mine, in the cases where you do run in to a complete nut that is tenacious, they have heard arguments like that before and are more immune to logic and less scared off by it. In fact saying that you have a case against it only makes fundies more tenacious and rabid.
Quote from: PickelledEggs on October 26, 2014, 11:54:15 PM
Maybe in your neck of the woods, but in a more nonbelieving area like mine, in the cases where you do run in to a complete nut that is tenacious, they have heard arguments like that before and are more immune to logic and less scared off by it. In fact saying that you have a case against it only makes fundies more tenacious and rabid.
Your neck of New York? Try South Carolina.. Here atheism is the Obamaplot to take over the world and send everyone to FEMA death camps..
Quote from: AllPurposeAtheist on October 27, 2014, 09:25:39 AM
Your neck of New York? Try South Carolina.. Here atheism is the Obamaplot to take over the world and send everyone to FEMA death camps..
Stromboli was saying they get scared off by just mentioning a convincing argument. I guess it's only in his area of Utah, because over here people get pissed off and you're saying people just get pissed off too by where you are, and your area's pissed off theists are probably way worse than my area's. At least in my area, we have enough nonbelievers to safely stand up to them. (the American atheists headquarters is located a half hour South of me, if that hints anything)
Tbh I think stromboli has the only scared theists I've EVER heard of.
Sent from your mom
What can I say? They keep electing Lindsey Graham to congress here.. If that's not fear I don't know what is.. :shifty:
Quote from: AllPurposeAtheist on October 27, 2014, 09:46:19 AM
What can I say? They keep electing Lindsey Graham to congress here.. If that's not fear I don't know what is.. :shifty:
Oh it's definitely fear. Fear is the reason for their defensive hostility in the first place. I've only found that theists get very defensive and pissy when you confront them in their beliefs. They don't want to hear that there is no evidence for the things they think is true. For the times that I was commuting to Bear Creek, PA It was definitely more of a hostile environment and I got more shit for being an atheist than I ever have in NJ. I'm just lucky that in my area where I live that there are so many non believers that I can be as open about my atheism as the religious folks.
You're overanalyzing it.. They're just fucking stupid chicken shits..
Quote from: AllPurposeAtheist on October 27, 2014, 12:16:57 PM
You're overanalyzing it.. They're just fucking stupid chicken shits..
You are right. Plus that took way less keystrokes than what I had to say. Short, sweet, and to the point for the win!
Quote from: Deidre32 on October 16, 2014, 12:19:22 AM
Thought this was pretty cool. He's got some great points. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfO21I4DfcE
I love that video.
Quote from: theorange4 on October 27, 2014, 05:24:02 PM
I love that video.
I'm glad. Yea, I thought he made some interesting points, and elaborated well, without boring his audience. lol :)