(01-20-2014 04:01 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:51 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  I don't put billboards up demeaning peoples beliefs..

I don't see why someone who is confident in their beliefs would get offended by this anyway. Freedom of speech and all.

I could honestly care less but lets not put any group up on a high horse as being "tolerant" whilst members of that group pull crap like this.

(01-20-2014 04:02 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  It was not a "christmas is under attack OMG" post... I was an observation that Atheist are no more the "live and let live" crowd then the Christians who they think are jerkwads.

Well, Christians have a lot of small random benefits that really shouldn't be there. These types of things don't bother me, but it's understandable why some may be. The University semester schedule is designed around to an absurd degree. No other religious holidays have the national status. If you go out to the town during the holidays you know it's very ingrained in society. 'In God We Trust' was first put on money in 1957. God wasn't included into the 'Pledge of Allegiance' until around the same time. All of these factors necessitate activity on the non-religious side. The non-religious clearly have the crap end of the stick. That naturally produces more bitching.

That's like saying "Black people complained about civil rights more in the 1960s than white people."

DUH

As we continue into the information expect this upward trend of non-religious people to continue. That's what many predict.

(01-20-2014 04:03 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  I could honestly care less but lets not put any group up on a high horse as being "tolerant" whilst members of that group pull crap like this.

When is the atheist's national news program that gets to whine about those Christian anti-atheist billboards?

1/3 of adults under 30 are religiously unaffiliated. 20% of the total population.

(01-20-2014 04:15 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 04:02 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  It was not a "christmas is under attack OMG" post... I was an observation that Atheist are no more the "live and let live" crowd then the Christians who they think are jerkwads.

Well, Christians have a lot of small random benefits that really shouldn't be there. These types of things don't bother me, but it's understandable why some may be. The University semester schedule is designed around to an absurd degree. No other religious holidays have the national status. If you go out to the town during the holidays you know it's very ingrained in society. 'In God We Trust' was first put on money in 1957. God wasn't included into the 'Pledge of Allegiance' until around the same time. All of these factors necessitate activity on the non-religious side. The non-religious clearly have the crap end of the stick. That naturally produces more bitching.

That's like saying "Black people complained about civil rights more in the 1960s than white people."

DUH

As we continue into the information expect this upward trend of non-religious people to continue. That's what many predict.

Just like that "fairy tale" Bible said IS going to happen... Not a prediction, a fact.

(01-20-2014 04:27 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  Just like that "fairy tale" Bible said IS going to happen... Not a prediction, a fact.

Yup lol. People who wrote it foresaw that someday this was going to become hard to believe. Build in extra fear during that point. Nice idea.

This thread makes me think about how self centered some people can be. A previous poster suggested the term anti-Christ. Are you kidding me? It's not all about Christianity.

(01-20-2014 04:30 PM)dmacfour Wrote:  This thread makes me think about how self centered some people can be. A previous poster suggested the term anti-Christ. Are you kidding me? It's not all about Christianity.

Yea. I don't think there is a large enough group of people who are specifically anti-Christian to have a specific term for it lol.

(01-20-2014 04:30 PM)dmacfour Wrote:  This thread makes me think about how self centered some people can be. A previous poster suggested the term anti-Christ. Are you kidding me? It's not all about Christianity.

There were some trollee answers in here. I think it's best to keep it at theophobe.

(01-20-2014 04:33 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 04:30 PM)dmacfour Wrote:  This thread makes me think about how self centered some people can be. A previous poster suggested the term anti-Christ. Are you kidding me? It's not all about Christianity.

There were some trollee answers in here. I think it's best to keep it at theophobe.

Anti-theist is pretty common as well.

(01-20-2014 04:28 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 04:27 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  Just like that "fairy tale" Bible said IS going to happen... Not a prediction, a fact.

Yup lol. People who wrote it foresaw that someday this was going to become hard to believe. Build in extra fear during that point. Nice idea.

And here we are living it out.

(01-20-2014 04:34 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 04:28 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 04:27 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  Just like that "fairy tale" Bible said IS going to happen... Not a prediction, a fact.

Yup lol. People who wrote it foresaw that someday this was going to become hard to believe. Build in extra fear during that point. Nice idea.

And here we are living it out.

(01-20-2014 04:33 PM)dmacfour Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 04:33 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 04:30 PM)dmacfour Wrote:  This thread makes me think about how self centered some people can be. A previous poster suggested the term anti-Christ. Are you kidding me? It's not all about Christianity.

There were some trollee answers in here. I think it's best to keep it at theophobe.

Anti-theist is pretty common as well.

Oh yeah, the one that means "against all religions?" Yes...

(01-20-2014 04:36 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 04:33 PM)dmacfour Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 04:33 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 04:30 PM)dmacfour Wrote:  This thread makes me think about how self centered some people can be. A previous poster suggested the term anti-Christ. Are you kidding me? It's not all about Christianity.

There were some trollee answers in here. I think it's best to keep it at theophobe.

Anti-theist is pretty common as well.

Oh yeah, the one that means "against all religions?" Yes...

Exactly. It's probably the best fitting term.

(01-20-2014 04:35 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 04:34 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 04:28 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 04:27 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  Just like that "fairy tale" Bible said IS going to happen... Not a prediction, a fact.

Yup lol. People who wrote it foresaw that someday this was going to become hard to believe. Build in extra fear during that point. Nice idea.

And here we are living it out.

The bible prophesied in great detail about Alexander the Great over 2 centuries before he was even born.

It covered his conquering of the Persian empire (including details to identify the specific king, Darius), the fact the he was the greatest ruler and general ever, the details of his death and how his kingdom was split up into 4 parts. Even goes in to details about Ptolemy's children and their problems.

If you understand history, its a breathtaking prophecy.

(01-20-2014 04:46 PM)Jedi Master Sipho-Dyas Wrote:  The bible prophesied in great detail about Alexander the Great over 2 centuries before he was even born.

It covered his conquering of the Persian empire, the fact the he was the ruler of the world, the details of his death and how his kingdom was split up into 4 parts.

If you understand history, its a breathtaking prophecy.

How specific is the prophesy? You could prophecise anything if it's vague enough and you think there's a reasonable chance that it could happen. For example, I'm pretty sure that the Mongolian empire fractured into four regions after it lost stability.

(01-20-2014 04:46 PM)Jedi Master Sipho-Dyas Wrote:  The bible prophesied in great detail about Alexander the Great over 2 centuries before he was even born.

It covered his conquering of the Persian empire (incuding details to identify the specific king, Darius), the fact the he was the ruler of the world, the details of his death and how his kingdom was split up into 4 parts. Even goes in to details about Ptolemy's children and their problems.

If you understand history, its a breathtaking prophecy.

I've also heard that every mans death is written somewhere in the Bible in code or something but I didn't ever look into it. Have you heard about that?

(01-20-2014 04:54 PM)dmacfour Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 04:46 PM)Jedi Master Sipho-Dyas Wrote:  The bible prophesied in great detail about Alexander the Great over 2 centuries before he was even born.

It covered his conquering of the Persian empire, the fact the he was the ruler of the world, the details of his death and how his kingdom was split up into 4 parts.

If you understand history, its a breathtaking prophecy.

How specific is the prophesy? You could prophecise anything if it's vague enough and you think there's a reasonable chance that it could happen.

One of the most specific and detailed prophecies ever written in ANY book.

You don't have to know the bible at all, but if you are history buff, the prophecy is just mind blowing.

The argument between atheist and Christian is never worth having. They don't have any affect on my salvation.

(01-20-2014 04:57 PM)Jedi Master Sipho-Dyas Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 04:54 PM)dmacfour Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 04:46 PM)Jedi Master Sipho-Dyas Wrote:  The bible prophesied in great detail about Alexander the Great over 2 centuries before he was even born.

It covered his conquering of the Persian empire, the fact the he was the ruler of the world, the details of his death and how his kingdom was split up into 4 parts.

If you understand history, its a breathtaking prophecy.

How specific is the prophesy? You could prophecise anything if it's vague enough and you think there's a reasonable chance that it could happen.

One of the most specific and detailed prophecies ever written in ANY book.

You don;t have to know the bible at all, but if you are history buff, the prophecy is just mind blowing.

The Mongolian empire fractured into 4 competing states.