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		<title>By: Richard L. Kent, Esq.</title>
		<link>http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/06/21/a-lapsed-atheist-repeatedly-gets-it-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-351471</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard L. Kent, Esq.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>logical conclusions of your own atheistm&gt; atheism.
Good Hews &gt; Good News.

Preview is always your friend whether you believe in God or not.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>logical conclusions of your own atheistm&gt; atheism.<br />
Good Hews &gt; Good News.</p>
<p>Preview is always your friend whether you believe in God or not.</p>
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		<title>By: Richard L. Kent, Esq.</title>
		<link>http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/06/21/a-lapsed-atheist-repeatedly-gets-it-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-351436</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard L. Kent, Esq.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Boštjan Says:

June 21st, 2009 at 6:27 pm 

Oh i am so fed up with this argument&gt;&gt;

That&#039;s because you cannot possibly answer it, atheist. 

Niezsche had you people pegged ab initio in the 1880s: an atheist who cannot possibly bear the absolutely logical conclusions of your own atheistm. You do not believe in God, but you rely on those who do to maintain a civil world where you don&#039;t get raped and murdered in the street by those stronger than you are.

Sociologically, the choice is not between God and Satan, but between God and Darwin. Do YOU want to be the small fish in the food chain? Didn&#039;t think so. But without a God to set a moral order among men, that&#039;s what we are: naked to the forces of the survival of the strongest and the fittest, and the reduction of the rest to either dinner table food, rape victim, or, at best, low man on a totem pole.

Atheist morality is an oxymoron. With no God to judge, it is strength that defines us. Nothing more.

In a world without God, Stalin and Hitler are the *best* we can expect. 1984 is a vacation. And the 200 million plus bloodied corpses murdered at the hands of the atheists are just the barest beginnings.

I don&#039;t say: go directly to Hell. I say, repent and believe the Good Hews so that you may avoid going to Hell.

Christ save your soul. You can&#039;t. Not even remotely.

Richard L. Kent, Esq.
Infinitemonkeyatthekeyboard.blogspot.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Boštjan Says:</p>
<p>June 21st, 2009 at 6:27 pm </p>
<p>Oh i am so fed up with this argument&gt;&gt;</p>
<p>That&#8217;s because you cannot possibly answer it, atheist. </p>
<p>Niezsche had you people pegged ab initio in the 1880s: an atheist who cannot possibly bear the absolutely logical conclusions of your own atheistm. You do not believe in God, but you rely on those who do to maintain a civil world where you don&#8217;t get raped and murdered in the street by those stronger than you are.</p>
<p>Sociologically, the choice is not between God and Satan, but between God and Darwin. Do YOU want to be the small fish in the food chain? Didn&#8217;t think so. But without a God to set a moral order among men, that&#8217;s what we are: naked to the forces of the survival of the strongest and the fittest, and the reduction of the rest to either dinner table food, rape victim, or, at best, low man on a totem pole.</p>
<p>Atheist morality is an oxymoron. With no God to judge, it is strength that defines us. Nothing more.</p>
<p>In a world without God, Stalin and Hitler are the *best* we can expect. 1984 is a vacation. And the 200 million plus bloodied corpses murdered at the hands of the atheists are just the barest beginnings.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t say: go directly to Hell. I say, repent and believe the Good Hews so that you may avoid going to Hell.</p>
<p>Christ save your soul. You can&#8217;t. Not even remotely.</p>
<p>Richard L. Kent, Esq.<br />
Infinitemonkeyatthekeyboard.blogspot.com</p>
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		<title>By: My life with Anti-Mormon Obsession &#171; Irresistible (Dis)Grace</title>
		<link>http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/06/21/a-lapsed-atheist-repeatedly-gets-it-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-323556</link>
		<dc:creator>My life with Anti-Mormon Obsession &#171; Irresistible (Dis)Grace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] but could you at least consider another&#8217;s opinion?&#8221; Something I see often (and other atheists see) is that former/ex/lapsed atheists often generalize their own atheism to all atheists&#8230;so [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] but could you at least consider another&#8217;s opinion?&#8221; Something I see often (and other atheists see) is that former/ex/lapsed atheists often generalize their own atheism to all atheists&#8230;so [...]</p>
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		<title>By: beetle</title>
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		<dc:creator>beetle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;It’s really interesting that she was raised atheist and became Christian, the inverse of many of the atheists you see on the internet.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I infer that she was raised by angry ex-Jewish father and a non-practicing mother (with active xtian relations), and that her religious journey is merely to agnostic tolerance rather than belief in a god of specific denomination.

I had to re-read the article a couple of times before deciding that it was not actually too bad.  The reader comments on the American Thinker [sic] are beyond the pale.

There is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://comments.americanthinker.com/read/42323/348576/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;direct link to the comments&lt;/a&gt; and FA regulars &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; getting through, myself included.  Rather than here or there though, I suggest posting on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jennqpublic.com/confessions-of-a-lapsed-atheist/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Jenn’s blog directly&lt;/a&gt;, where the conversation has a chance perhaps of being civil and two-sided.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>It’s really interesting that she was raised atheist and became Christian, the inverse of many of the atheists you see on the internet.</p></blockquote>
<p>I infer that she was raised by angry ex-Jewish father and a non-practicing mother (with active xtian relations), and that her religious journey is merely to agnostic tolerance rather than belief in a god of specific denomination.</p>
<p>I had to re-read the article a couple of times before deciding that it was not actually too bad.  The reader comments on the American Thinker [sic] are beyond the pale.</p>
<p>There is a <a href="http://comments.americanthinker.com/read/42323/348576/" rel="nofollow">direct link to the comments</a> and FA regulars <em>are</em> getting through, myself included.  Rather than here or there though, I suggest posting on <a href="http://www.jennqpublic.com/confessions-of-a-lapsed-atheist/" rel="nofollow">Jenn’s blog directly</a>, where the conversation has a chance perhaps of being civil and two-sided.</p>
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		<title>By: Brooks</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brooks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Am I the only one who finds it ironic that in this thread about supposed atheist immorality that there&#039;s an ad at the top for anti-family entertainment companies (whatever those are)?  I just wonder what a Christian would think if they first read that article and then saw the ad at the top of an atheist site. ^^;;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Am I the only one who finds it ironic that in this thread about supposed atheist immorality that there&#8217;s an ad at the top for anti-family entertainment companies (whatever those are)?  I just wonder what a Christian would think if they first read that article and then saw the ad at the top of an atheist site. ^^;;</p>
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		<title>By: SarahH</title>
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		<dc:creator>SarahH</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Make no mistake: Atheists think they’re smarter than you&lt;/blockquote&gt;Maybe some do.  But I&#039;d say most atheists simply think that they hold a more correct position on one single issue - the existence of God.  This does not make them &quot;smarter&quot; overall, it just means that they think they have a &quot;smarter&quot; intellectual position when it comes to truth claims about deities.  Period.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Make no mistake: Atheists think they’re smarter than you</p></blockquote>
<p>Maybe some do.  But I&#8217;d say most atheists simply think that they hold a more correct position on one single issue &#8211; the existence of God.  This does not make them &#8220;smarter&#8221; overall, it just means that they think they have a &#8220;smarter&#8221; intellectual position when it comes to truth claims about deities.  Period.</p>
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		<title>By: Elsa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elsa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s really interesting that she was raised atheist and became Christian, the inverse of many of the atheists you see on the internet.  I suppose for an atheist kid, Christianity would be the ultimate form of rebellion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s really interesting that she was raised atheist and became Christian, the inverse of many of the atheists you see on the internet.  I suppose for an atheist kid, Christianity would be the ultimate form of rebellion.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris t smith</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris t smith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>People will often believe what they want and claim it is moral and true, even without evidence or evidence that would indicate their belief is not true.

Christians believe in their version of God even though they have not one shred of evidence in support of their version of God.  They believe all the other Gods are not real, even without evidence demonstrating they are not real.  They want to believe in their own form of God.

It is much like the Christians re-electing their Christians president George Bush, even after the lies that lead to war which killed/murdered untold numbers of humans, including Americans, children and babies.  Instead of standing up against what is and was immoral in the eyes of their Jesus, they decided they wanted to believe it was moral and ok so they re-elected the idiot that gave us the war....of course, with their version of God backing it all.

I get emails from Christians all the time.  Recently, i received one that claims Obama was not a citizen (again) and they had proof....again.  However, like the other scams mails going around, this one was also another scam...false.  Again, these Christians want to believe Obama is not rightfully the president so they will pass lies around but it is what they want to believe.  

The same with their hate for immigrants.  They want to believe all these terrible things, so they will spread the hate and lies.  Yet, they will not for a second ask themselves, is this what Jesus would do.  I get these kind of hate mails from Christians all the time....just like I did when George Bush wanted his war.  

They would tell me i should support the war and the president and I was un-american to speak out against george bush, a president.  then, they would send me an email asking, &quot;what will you say when you stand before Jesus&quot;.   Guess what?  I would say, I was not one of those Claimed Christians that supported the war, the killing, the murder, the torture all based on lies.  I was one of the agnostics that was against it.

I don&#039;t know, I am just getting tired of the idiots claiming morals and then supporting anything but those action which are moral.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People will often believe what they want and claim it is moral and true, even without evidence or evidence that would indicate their belief is not true.</p>
<p>Christians believe in their version of God even though they have not one shred of evidence in support of their version of God.  They believe all the other Gods are not real, even without evidence demonstrating they are not real.  They want to believe in their own form of God.</p>
<p>It is much like the Christians re-electing their Christians president George Bush, even after the lies that lead to war which killed/murdered untold numbers of humans, including Americans, children and babies.  Instead of standing up against what is and was immoral in the eyes of their Jesus, they decided they wanted to believe it was moral and ok so they re-elected the idiot that gave us the war&#8230;.of course, with their version of God backing it all.</p>
<p>I get emails from Christians all the time.  Recently, i received one that claims Obama was not a citizen (again) and they had proof&#8230;.again.  However, like the other scams mails going around, this one was also another scam&#8230;false.  Again, these Christians want to believe Obama is not rightfully the president so they will pass lies around but it is what they want to believe.  </p>
<p>The same with their hate for immigrants.  They want to believe all these terrible things, so they will spread the hate and lies.  Yet, they will not for a second ask themselves, is this what Jesus would do.  I get these kind of hate mails from Christians all the time&#8230;.just like I did when George Bush wanted his war.  </p>
<p>They would tell me i should support the war and the president and I was un-american to speak out against george bush, a president.  then, they would send me an email asking, &#8220;what will you say when you stand before Jesus&#8221;.   Guess what?  I would say, I was not one of those Claimed Christians that supported the war, the killing, the murder, the torture all based on lies.  I was one of the agnostics that was against it.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know, I am just getting tired of the idiots claiming morals and then supporting anything but those action which are moral&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: georgie</title>
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		<dc:creator>georgie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am amazed at the reason this jen Q public gives for not being an atheist anymore. Because of people like Bill Maher? Is she shitting me (us) or what? How incredibly stupid.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am amazed at the reason this jen Q public gives for not being an atheist anymore. Because of people like Bill Maher? Is she shitting me (us) or what? How incredibly stupid.</p>
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		<title>By: nullifidian</title>
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		<dc:creator>nullifidian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@justanotherjones

&lt;em&gt;They&lt;/em&gt; (he/she/whatever) actually made the point that Matthews is a catholic.  And then argued against him as if he were one of their strawman atheists.

Talk about FAIL...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@justanotherjones</p>
<p><em>They</em> (he/she/whatever) actually made the point that Matthews is a catholic.  And then argued against him as if he were one of their strawman atheists.</p>
<p>Talk about FAIL&#8230;</p>
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