Comments on: Respectable Infidels http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/06/respectable-infidels.html NIGHTTIME IS FOR DREAMING. DAYLIGHT IS FOR ACTION. Mon, 1 Dec 2008 18:36:03 +0000 By: bestonnet http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/06/respectable-infidels.html#comment-36537 bestonnet Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:18:08 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=750#comment-36537 It's pretty much always been taboo to offend the powerful (or at least anyone who complains about being offended too much). It's pretty much always been taboo to offend the powerful (or at least anyone who complains about being offended too much).

]]> By: Kelly http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/06/respectable-infidels.html#comment-36536 Kelly Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:52:34 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=750#comment-36536 Oooooh, I feel a blog comin' on!!! Oooooh, I feel a blog comin' on!!!

]]> By: Kelly http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/06/respectable-infidels.html#comment-36535 Kelly Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:51:41 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=750#comment-36535 I would like to know exactly when it become taboo to "offend" someone. Anyone know? I would like to know exactly when it become taboo to "offend" someone. Anyone know?

]]> By: lpetrich http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/06/respectable-infidels.html#comment-36479 lpetrich Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:46:57 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=750#comment-36479 That's Matthew 5:22: <blockquote>You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder,[a] and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother[b]will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.</blockquote> (NIV; Matt 5:21 added for context) So if you call someone a fool, you deserve eternal damnation. That's Matthew 5:22:

You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder,[a] and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother[b]will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.

(NIV; Matt 5:21 added for context)

So if you call someone a fool, you deserve eternal damnation.

]]> By: John Brown http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/06/respectable-infidels.html#comment-36451 John Brown Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:08:37 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=750#comment-36451 Great post!! Thank You. Great post!! Thank You.

]]> By: EKM http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/06/respectable-infidels.html#comment-36384 EKM Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:14:26 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=750#comment-36384 <blockquote>I suspect the real reason you reject God is because you want to be free to run your own life</blockquote> Yet religious people think it is okay to run other people's lives. To a Christian, egotism and selfishness is not them telling what to do with your life, it is you not doing it. Besides, aren't religious people always equating religion and freedom? What's the problem, Mr Graham?

I suspect the real reason you reject God is because you want to be free to run your own life

Yet religious people think it is okay to run other people's lives. To a Christian, egotism and selfishness is not them telling what to do with your life, it is you not doing it.

Besides, aren't religious people always equating religion and freedom? What's the problem, Mr Graham?

]]> By: OMGF http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/06/respectable-infidels.html#comment-36377 OMGF Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:38:04 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=750#comment-36377 Quath, Next time you can come back at someone like that by quoting the Bible. In the sermon on the mount, Jesus claims that anyone who calls another a fool is subject to the judgement. Quath,
Next time you can come back at someone like that by quoting the Bible. In the sermon on the mount, Jesus claims that anyone who calls another a fool is subject to the judgement.

]]> By: bestonnet http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/06/respectable-infidels.html#comment-36373 bestonnet Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:41:16 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=750#comment-36373 Quath:<blockquote>What was ironic was that his signature was "Psalms14:1 The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God.'" So I asked if his tagline was insulting to atheists. He replied that it was not because it was truth.</blockquote>There is some truth to that statement since what is said in the heart is wrong (although this would also imply that "the fool hath said in his hearth, 'There is a God'" is true). John Nernoff:<blockquote>Remember, dear folks, that over a billion people are subject to "sharia" law which demands the death penalty for mere apostasy. You don't have to dare to insult Islam; you merely have to more or less quietly disbelieve to get your head cut off.</blockquote> They have to find out that you don't believe before they can cut your head off. What standard of proof they use is not known to me. Quath:
What was ironic was that his signature was "Psalms14:1 The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God.'" So I asked if his tagline was insulting to atheists. He replied that it was not because it was truth.

There is some truth to that statement since what is said in the heart is wrong (although this would also imply that "the fool hath said in his hearth, 'There is a God'" is true).

John Nernoff:

Remember, dear folks, that over a billion people are subject to "sharia" law which demands the death penalty for mere apostasy. You don't have to dare to insult Islam; you merely have to more or less quietly disbelieve to get your head cut off.

They have to find out that you don't believe before they can cut your head off. What standard of proof they use is not known to me.

]]> By: John Nernoff http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/06/respectable-infidels.html#comment-36370 John Nernoff Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:47:18 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=750#comment-36370 Remember, dear folks, that over a billion people are subject to "sharia" law which demands the death penalty for mere apostasy. You don't have to dare to insult Islam; you merely have to more or less quietly disbelieve to get your head cut off. Remember, dear folks, that over a billion people are subject to "sharia" law which demands the death penalty for mere apostasy. You don't have to dare to insult Islam; you merely have to more or less quietly disbelieve to get your head cut off.

]]> By: Quath http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/06/respectable-infidels.html#comment-36364 Quath Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:47:30 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/?p=750#comment-36364 I use to debate on a Christian forum. I remember one Christian getting upset at atheists like me who are insulting Christianity by speaking of the very bad things I see in it. What was ironic was that his signature was "Psalms14:1 The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God.'" So I asked if his tagline was insulting to atheists. He replied that it was not because it was truth. I use to debate on a Christian forum. I remember one Christian getting upset at atheists like me who are insulting Christianity by speaking of the very bad things I see in it. What was ironic was that his signature was "Psalms14:1 The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God.'" So I asked if his tagline was insulting to atheists. He replied that it was not because it was truth.

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