Religion 360

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

God would be an atheist…
 
All Rights Reserved © Martin Foreman
 
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Is devout belief itself a form of mental illness? According to Religion and the Individual, many psychopathologists think so (p. 259). It quotes three at some length:
Monday, December 7th, 2009

 If there ever was something that proves that the New Testament is a fraud, it is the events described below. If they had actually happened, something of this magnitude would have been the greatest period in the history of the world. However, in all of recorded history, there is not one mention of these events. Do you want to know why? The answer is simple. It is a lie—it never happened. It is so sad to know that people put their eternal lives in the trust of this document of lies, the New Testament.
The Events

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Dear all,
 
Many non-Muslims accuse Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as a womanier as he married many wives. Many anti-Islamics give this false claim against our beloved Prophet peace be upon him.
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land.

They said, “Let us pray.”

We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

― Bishop Desmond Tutu

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Boston Atheism Examiner
Jacqueline Lavache
There was an article in the Christian Post called “Atheism and the Meaningless Life” by Randal Rauser. He argues that there is an objective meaning to life and that atheists deny this objective meaning and do not find value in doing what is morally good over what is morally wrong.
While not explicitly said, it’s obvious that Rauser is arguing that objective meaning to life comes from God, which atheists lack belief in. However, atheists are moral people that do find meaning in life without oversight from a god.
Rauser says:
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

By Jim Worrell
 
The Test of Prayer
 Prayer is defined as a solemn request or thanksgiving to a god or Supreme Being.
The efficacy of prayer can be tested. If there is a god or Supreme Being out there somewhere, unseen, unheard, a reasonable prayer by a believer should be answered.

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

The leader of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church today backed off on a much-anticipated announcement about the Ark of the Covenant -- the ancient container holding the Ten Commandment -- which he claims to have seen.

But no other evidence or, indeed, even any announcement, was made public today when word had been expected.

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Many Christians claim they have seen Jesus or Mary in the clouds; on tree stumps, on foods such as toast, cheese, salads, fruits; on fences; on office windows; on flood soaked drywall; and Mormons claim seeing him in their temples. This is actually comical because no one would know what Jesus or Mary looked like.

Monday, July 27th, 2009

The evil system of caste or Varnas is one of the main reasons why the conversion to Hinduism is difficult. Who wants to convert to Hinduism to be a Shudra?

People who are out-casted by the Hindus have a chance to get freedom if converted to Christianity or Islam.

Normally a person becomes a Hindu only by birth. For centuries, a group of people enjoyed wealth and freedom whereas another group of people were cruelly tortured in the name of caste.

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

According to Luke 24:51, Jesus' ascension took place in Bethany, on the same day as his resurrection.

According to Acts 1:9-12, Jesus' ascension took place at Mount Olivet, forty days after his resurrection.

 ലുക്കോസ് 24:51 -ല്‍ സ്വര്‍ഗ്ഗാരോഹണം നടന്നത് ഉയര്‍പ്പിന്ടെ  അതെ ദിവസം ബെഥന്യായില്‍  ആയിരുന്നെങ്കില്‍ അപ്പൊ 1:9-12 ല്‍ ഉയര്പ്പിനു ശേഷം 40 ദിവസം കഴിഞ്ഞിട്ട് ഒലിവു മലയില്‍ വെച്ചായിരുന്നു.

 

Sunday, July 26th, 2009
This epistle is meant to shock some, anger others.  In the end it is to show just how ridiculous religious beliefs are.  The bible has literally hundreds if not thousands of errors, contradictions, inconsistencies, impossibilities and total lack of common sense.
Saturday, July 25th, 2009

According to Matthew 26:15, the chief priests "weighed out thirty pieces of silver" to give to Judas. There are two things wrong with this:
 a. There were no "pieces of silver" used as currency in Jesus' time -- they had gone out of circulation about 300 years before.

b. In Jesus' time, minted coins were used -- currency was not "weighed out."
By using phrases that made sense in Zechariah's time,  but not in Jesus' time. Matthew once again gives away the fact that he creates events in his gospel to match "prophecies" he finds in the "Old Testament."

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