Slap a few subtitles over some anime and you have instant humour!
Is Yahweh a hypocite?
Yahweh commands ‘Thou shalt not kill’, yet murders whoever he wants. Is this hypocritical?
One might say that God is above his own law. Does that make any difference?
Imagine a major tells his men that they are not to smoke at the HQ. Then, he smokes at the HQ. Is he a hypocrite?
Of course, the major is not under his own commands, so he CAN smoke if he wants. However, the fact remains that he tells his men not to do it, and then he does the very same thing. Is that hypocrisy?
God, love and jealousy
God is love (1 John 4:8)
Love is not jealous (1 Corinthians 13:4)
God is jealous (Exodus 34:14)
Huh?
Death defined
–noun
| 1. | the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism |
www.dictionary.com
Notice the ‘total and PERMANENT’ part of the definition.
It is impossible for a human to say what happens after we die (with any reasonable conviction). This is because, by definition, death means ‘cease living’. If someone stops living, then they cannot communicate. If they can communicate, then they have not died (ceased living).
If someone says they know what happens, then they must be lying (making up answers).
They may say that a god told them. But the god has not experienced death, because it cannot communicate if it is dead (ceased living). Since it is claimed that the god is communicating, it obviously has not experienced death (ceased living).
Either one can communicate, or one can be dead. By definition, none can do both.
Man Hears Voices, Kills Son
An Iraqi man has admitted to killing his son after hearing voices in his head.
The man, who cannot be identified, pleaded guilty to slitting the throat of his eldest son with a kitchen knife, saying that a voice in his head told him to do so.
I would like to think that we could agree that the above story depicts the actions of a man who is not mentally stable. His actions should not be condoned nor honoured.
However what if I was to reveal the name of the murderer as Abraham? And his son was called Isaac? And he named the voice in his head Yahweh? Does that make it any less horrific, immoral and unjustifiable?
The Virgin Birth
How amazing / unique is the claim that Jesus’ birth was from a virgin mother?
Christopher Hitchens lists a number of prophets who have been portrayed as being born of a virgin mother
Women Speaking in Church
I read this in Corinthians chapter 14:
34Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law.
35And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
Does your church follow the bible in regards to this? Why/why not?
Do Gods Physically Exist?
Is this something that atheists and theists can agree on? That gods don’t exist PHYSICALLY?
If they do physically exist, then there should be some empirical evidence for them. Especially if they supposedly live on Earth and interact with humans daily.
I am not aware of any empirical evidence of gods but if you have some I would be keenly interested.
