AQOTM

[gridlore]

Wow. Over in alt.atheism, we have two Quote of the Month contests. One for the atheists, and one for the theists who plague the group. The TQOTM is usually spectacular examples of stupidity. The AQOTM is usually in response to the theists. Read the winners here

This month, I have been nominated (and seconded) by two different sets of people!



> "For those that do not feel they NEED a savior .. let me ask you ..
> Have you ever lied? Or stolen? Or cheated? If you answer "yes" to any
> of these, then you have sinned. Now honestly, can you see sin and God
> in the same room?"

This would be the same God that killed every living thing on Earth
(except for a tiny boat) in the flood? The same God who let Satan
torment Lot on a bet? The same God who admits to be the source of
evil? That God? Debbie, he's not just in the same room with evil..
he owns the bloody factory.

Or would, if any of it was true.

So now, at the end of the month, we all vote. The winner gets a shiny plaque from the Evil Atheist Conspiracy (which does not, of course, exist.)

Comments

[arib.livejournal.com]

There are a couple of verses where God announces that he created everything, including evil.

Pretty much, yeah.

So?

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Many of the alleged Christians who come barging into the group keep saying that "God is pure love" and evil is all our fault. They get most upset when we point out the verses that directly contradict them. That's usually when they announce that we are all going to hell.

I had a chance to bring you up recently. Someone accused me of being a "shabbos goy", a term I didn't know. After having it explained, I brought up our discussions at the Annex of approved work on the Sabbath and how it was my understanding that you could have other people do the work for you. I specifically mentioned the idea of just leaving the car door open but note offering you a ride.

[arib.livejournal.com]

I've never heard "Shabbos goy" leveled as an accusation, it's just something one does on occasion.

I have a cousin who lives in Monsey, NY, a large, mostly Jewish town located just outside of NYC. When he and his family first moved in, their neighbor Joseph (who's also the Shabbos goy for the neighborhood), walked up to my cousin while his back was turned and started a conversation in Yiddish, which my cousin carried on without looking at Joseph.

That is, until Joseph introduced himself as "Yossele, the shvartze gonnif." (Directly translated this'd mean "Joey, the black (as in African American) thief").

Cousin wheeled around, saw who he was talking to, and they both cracked up.