tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post1890487518219192004..comments2024-01-15T04:46:58.572-05:00Comments on Atheist Camel: Letter to a Unitarian Minister: Where I StandDromedary Humphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14165566701791663057noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-86323733711090377382008-03-31T20:40:00.000-04:002008-03-31T20:40:00.000-04:00lying is saying something that you know not to be ...lying is saying something that you know not to be true, otherwise you are being mistaken. Someone who says they have been healed by God and sincerely believe this are not lying. <BR/><BR/>Jesus did not say that all prayers will be answered but only those in accordance with the will of God. Otherwise if I prayed for something sinful or unwise god would have to give it to me. What if I prayed that my prayer would not be answered? Hence Jesus put in the caveat of 'in my name' Asking God for something is a bit like asking you for something in that you might fufil my request or you might not. I ask and is up to you how you respond to what I ask of you. Sometimes your response would be 'do it yourself you lazy ....' or 'I happen to know that this wouldn't be a good idea' Similar God might answer 'be patent and you can have new limbs in heaven' After all, I've met some who are happy despite having a disability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-76952766097914073762008-03-30T14:00:00.000-04:002008-03-30T14:00:00.000-04:00Oh..one more thought on that subject "Anon".If, fo...Oh..one more thought on that subject "Anon".<BR/><BR/>If, for example, prayer isn't a lie, and if jesus didn't lie when he [alegedly]said all prayers of the faithful will be answered, please explain to us how many amputees have had their prayers answered for regeneration of limbs.<BR/><BR/>Please explain why prayer for world peace have not produced world peace. <BR/><BR/>Please explain why controlled studies proved prayer had no positive correlation on hospitalized patients healing/survival rate vs non-prayed for patients.<BR/><BR/>Please explain....... oh, well, Nevermind. You'll just go to an apologetics site to rely on the usual mumbo jumbo of credulous faith zombies like the sheep have been doing for 1000 years. <BR/><BR/>Baaaa!Dromedary Humphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165566701791663057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-48502059306518238522008-03-30T13:45:00.000-04:002008-03-30T13:45:00.000-04:00Well, "Anon", I assume you mean to post this to th...Well, "Anon", I assume you mean to post this to the "why Christians lie" topic. No prolem, easy mistake to make.<BR/><BR/>Sure, everyone lies at some time. Some more than others. But the difference is that Christianity (indeed most religions) as a belief system depends on ORCHESTRATED distortion and lies inorder to ensure its continuity, and to spread its doctrine. <BR/><BR/>Loyola knew it, Luthor knew it, that you don't is simply because you prefer the deception to reality.<BR/><BR/>Science doesn't lie, for falsification is exposed by controlled scientific method which necessitates "repeatability". Humanism doesnt require distortion for it bases its "philosophy" on the observable world and human behavior.<BR/><BR/>Tell us Anon... how many people do you know who claimed to have been miraculously cured of AIDs by prayer and Jesus? I personally have known two. The AMA, and Center for Diseases, knows of none. Go figure. :)Dromedary Humphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165566701791663057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-18121101300644034922008-03-30T11:43:00.000-04:002008-03-30T11:43:00.000-04:00and of course, atheists never lie...and of course, atheists never lie...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-85064011643005177792008-03-27T23:26:00.000-04:002008-03-27T23:26:00.000-04:00Hahahah!!!Well, thanks.Believe me..it was a total ...Hahahah!!!<BR/>Well, thanks.<BR/>Believe me..it was a total fluke that I was leafing thru it during lunch, that fateful day. <BR/><BR/>Needless to say, however, I now read the Letters to the Editor page "religiously".<BR/>;)Dromedary Humphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165566701791663057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488651241352366915.post-73053247632658013112008-03-27T22:40:00.000-04:002008-03-27T22:40:00.000-04:00I'm not sure which impresses me most ... your lett...I'm not sure which impresses me most ... your letter to the Monadnock Shopper News, your letter to the reverend, or the fact that you actually READ the Monadnock Shopper News!<BR/><BR/>Oh. Wait. Scratch that last one. I think I'm more horrified (or is it amused?) at that one. ;)Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997133316132366203noreply@blogger.com