The reason atheists and skeptics get so upset when I say it’s good to cut down trees is that this world is all they have. If it gets completely wrecked, it’s all over for them. That’s what they believe . . . that life then ends. That’s unless Mother Nature or Father Evolution (whoever they believe made everything) makes some more trees, etc. Of course if it has to start all over again, they have to wait for around 4.5 billion years. That’s what they believe, and I guess that’s a little too long for them to wait. So they get antsy when Christians are a little flippant about creation. But we can’t help it. We don’t value creation as though our life depends on it. That’s because we know and trust Him who made all things, and if humanity wrecks this earth, we have His immutable promise that He is going to make all things new.
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So, according to Fundie Logic, God made this planet so...humans could fuck it up and he could start over? Alright, if you built, say, a guest house, and your guest burned the furniture, flung shit everywhere, and generally fucked it up so terribly that you'd have to rebuild it from the bottom up, what would YOUR reaction be? "Oh, seems they made a little mess. Ha ha ha." or would you be pissed?
If you believe God created everything, you sure aren't winning any points by breaking His stuff, jackass.
Oh, also: If you morons are so concerned about the Rapture, what if Jesus gets here, and he says "We're not going *ANYWHERE* until you clean up this mess?"
Don't worry guys, we can fuck everything up and God will clean up our mess for us!
And they say atheists are atheists because they don't want to be accountable.
'I don't care about ruining it for everybody, because daddy still likes me!'
And now we know why Manwë looks down upon humanity with contempt. Sometimes, I too wonder what Ilúvatar was thinking.
Ok, when the rising of temperatures provokes draughts, floods and many other disasters which make this planet inhabitable, ask God to find another one. Good deal, isn't it?(after all, I wonder if he gave us the planet to wreck it)
I'd like to cover you in strips of bacon and leave you tied to a tree, somewhere in a fairly remote part of Canada.
Let's see if your god will protect you from the bears.
The reason people like Ray Comfort get so upset when I say it’s good to cut off fundies' fingers is that this is all they have to spread their bullshit online. If they get completely mutilated, it’s all over for them. That’s what they believe . . . that indoctrination then ends. That’s unless Yahweh or Allah (whoever they believe made everything) miraculously restores their hands. Of course that will never happen, they have to wait for around 4.5 years for restorative surgery. That’s what they believe, and I guess that’s a little too long for them to wait. So they get antsy when reasonable people are a little flippant about the ol' butcher knife. But we can’t help it. We don’t value bullshit. That’s because we don't trust people like Ray Comfort to make sane decisions, and if fundies wreck this earth, we have no assurance that humans will be able to make all things new.
Fixed?
I used to think Ray Comfort was just a bit stupid.
Now I think he's a genuinely evil bastard who's happy to see the world go to hell as long as he gets his tithe.
Bastard, bastard, bastard.
If the other life is the only meaningful one, why do you insist, on the other hand, in preserving here and now, and apply a concrete set of norms?. Be consequent.
And haven't you considered, Ray, that the same philosophy you're spousing, can actually work against you as well?. After all, if you destroy our planet, you should do it for a reason. Which reason?, to live better, to discover new things, to progress, to cumulate more wealth..............anything, except spiritual matters, only earthly and worldly stuff.
So, if the life which matters is the afterlife, you have a no-win situation.
a)what are you going to do with a lot of wealth and applications that will be useless in this world because the planet would be inhabitable, and you'd invest more effort an money in repairing damages than actually enjoying your resources?
b)What are you going to do in the afterlife?. Or are you thinking that you'd keep nuke, computers or antibiotics(?)?
The third possibility is that you're a little sadist or want to whine and shine taking the opposite side for the fun of it.
However, if God told Adam in Genesis(so fond of OT you are that I wonder if you should convert to Judaism)to rule over the earth, Jesus in the NT(should I remind you where your religion comes from?)says the opposite, that you don't have to worry over ruling over the earth, because God provides. That nature(if not fucked up)provides it all.
Hello,
it's strange these guys always want everybody to take the bible literally, but they continously refuse to read it themselves. If one reads:
Genesis 1,31 and 2,15
Psalm 104, 10-18
It is absolutely clear that God wills men to keep what He created and found very good (Genesis 1,31). Not to destroy or pollute it but to keep and dress it (Genesis 2,15).
For me Psalm 104 makes perfectly clear and with moving words the author's love for the wildlife in ancient israel.
To read the bible and keep saying it allows men to spoil and pollute nature and eradicate countless species just for pure greed and sloth is a deadly sin if there was ever one!
CU
(Sorry if I lost my temper, but these assholes infuriate my again and again)
Hmmm, I bet God won't like it one bit if you break His precious little creation, will He now ?
I suspect He might get a bit irate ;)
hmm... guess who He will punish, the people taking good care of his toy, or those brats that smashed it to pieces ....... burn baby, burn ! :D
Hmm.... damn, euh.... if I'm going to hell for not subscribing to your somewhat twisted world view, I sure as hell don't want people like you around, because that would make it a bit ..... unpleasant, so please ...
repent sinner!, repent !!
There, saved Hell for the nice people, Lucifer will no doubt thank me later for it, bbq at seven.... :D
Wow! I thought the banana thing was really stupid but wow! It's a race between him and Hovind for how many stupid things they can say in their life now.
Maybe the two have a bet going? "I've got the dumnest sheep and I'll show you!"
Again: WOW
if humanity wrecks this earth, we have His immutable promise that He is going to make all things new.
Ray must be reading the "Authorized Pull-It-Out-Of-Your-Ass Version" of the Bible again. He should reread the part where Satan tells Jesus to jump off the top of the temple to see if God saves him (Luke 4:9-12).
I do not doubt he's thinking of how, at the close of Revelation, no place was found for the original (i.e. this) Earth and heaven, so God creates new ones in their stead.
I'm starting to think the dispensationalists think it blasphemous to NOT want to foist everything upon God...
That's a pretty accurate reason of why I dislike mainstream Christianity, though I'm not sure who Father Evolution is.
But even according to the Bible, didn't God leave humans in charge of watching over and protecting creation? Isn't it still a sin to destroy the gift you were given by God?
The reason why we get upset is because there is no God-damn reason to destroy the world that we KNOW exists, and justify it by saying that there is always the next world, which we DO NOT KNOW whether it exists or not. Your trust in God justifies you in your destruction of his creation, your faith in Him allows you to feel just fine about wasting as much in this life as you desire. You are willing to forsake everything that we know to exist for something to have a hunch about. That's what really makes us upset. Even more so, because you fail to see your idiocy!
Yeah, just try and destroy all the trees, soon you'll notice that's very difficult to find any air to breath and then you're God won't be here to help you!
BTW, how many times we have to tell you that atheist don't believe in any kind of supreme being? Not even personalized nature
If you read a book, you'd know it is Father Dagon and Mother Hydra. Also I am a skeptic. But I believe I have more than this earth. Doesn't mean i don't want to help make it better. I get upset because it shows arrogance. And it harms the planet. I'd also say it harms living things. I wouldn't say it is good to cut down the trees, unless there is reason behind it and I would also want new ones planted. Nice fail there.
Hmm, come to think of it, the Ents will get quite miffed if you cut down all the trees ...
Look what happened to Saruman and all those poor orcs.
I bet you wouldn't like a bunch of huorns at your door ?, now would you ?
And remember, Ents are extremely slow to anger, nothing like your vengefull Old Testament type of Fire and Brimstone god, yup, you're doomed .... doomed I say !, doomed .....
so god wouldn't get just a little pissed that his creation that already failed him once completely destroyed the home he gave them?
that's kind of like saying "it's my parents' house, if this party gets out of hand, fuck it, they can fix the house". that kind of thinking will have you living on the streets the second you turn 16.
also, mother earth and father evolution? not only is father evolution the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard, but i don't think you understand the meaning of atheism. A-theism as in NO-theism as in NO supernatural deities, not just no YOUR supernatural deity.
According to Google Maps, he's at the intersection of Stupid and Dangerous. How do we get him to Fuck Off and Die?
Seriously, he's very right about one thing -- we do believe this is all we've got. Comfort's attitude is utterly insane. (Then again, this is Bananaman we're talking about...)
The bible says that man is supposed to take care of the land. You sure are doing a good job of taking care of God's things.
"We don’t value creation as though our life depends on it."
You depend on trees to breath.
What the fuck is this shit?
100% Ray Comfort brand garbage, that's what. Get used to it and bring a shovel; there's fucking loads more where that came from.
More likely God gave this planet to our stewardship as a test.
We keep planet alive: We pass.
What if we let all this world die and expected a new one?
If you get sent to hell for things you do while naked, in private, not hurting anyone;, killing a whole planet in ignorance seems a good candidate for a serious sin.
If he is going to make all things new I hope I get the news first.
Best time to set-up a chain of DIY shops.
Then I will make so much money I can buy my own God who will build me my dreamhouse
Mother Nature and Father Evolution are more than welcome on my housewarming swingersparty!
Trees produce oxygen. No trees = no oxygen = no life.
Not very comforting.
Daddy Evolution wants to talk to you, Mr. Comfort, out back. But first, he wants you to get his belt.
Father Evolution? That's a new one.
And last I checked, it doesn't take 4.5 billion years for a tree to mature. It does, however, take 4.5 billion years to get to this point in our (humanity's) evolution. Daddy Evo bless you, RC.
Its been 2,000 years and we've seen neither hide nor hair of your messiah. The effects of environmental abuse are already being felt throughout the globe. Even if its not explicitly stated in your holy book, doesn't it seem reasonable that maybe, just possibly maybe, a bit of long term planning might be in order?
God told you to be stewards of the Earth; you ought not to be flippant about HIS creation, asshole!
Chapter and verse where He promise to make all things new if you shit all over His creation, please.
Maybe God is waiting for you to start with the stewarding job, see how you manage that, and THEN he will rapture the ones who seem to be able to manage tending the Garden in the Sky.
So, Ray, you're ok if I come into your house and trash it? You say if it gets completely wrecked, it's over for you, right? Your god will give you another one, right? Your god will "make all things new", right?
"we have His immutable promise that He is going to make all things new."
Look, Ray Cumfart: no matter how much you imagine the terraformed utopia of 'Aqua' (Mars) is - especially Neo-Venezia - and think it's 'Heaven', the anime series "ARIA" is not a documentary.
...now shut up and eat your banana.
Ara~ara...! [/Alicia] X3
Now get your ass to Mars! [/"Total Recall"] >:D
This world is all anyone has, you crucifix-humping, banana-fellating, Christ-raping bitch.
You hate this world so much? Fucking leave it ASAP.
Thank you, fuck you, bye.
Aeth
I wish the bible was required reading for Christians.
I agree wholeheartedly. It is truly absurd that people will base their life upon a book that they can't even be bothered to read. If they really believed in their God it would make sense to read the Bible in its entirety, so as not to get on the wrong side of their vengeful God.
So it's okay to wreck the earth on the off chance that some all-powerful sky daddy exists, because apparently he'll appreciate you disrespecting and destroying his creation so much that he'll make a new planet for you. That makes perfect sense!
But seriously, if you hate living on this planet so much then get the fuck off of it. People like you are too dangerous to be here.
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