(Relative to my recent, “The Cross That Batman Bears.”) I would no sooner suggest that an atheist can’t be moral than I would that a bug can’t be creepy a wino can’t be ambitious Batman can’t suffer jock itch any other stupid thing I might say. Of course atheists can live according to an ethos [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Atheists’
27 May
The One Thing I Dreaded Most About Becoming a Christian
When I very suddenly became a Christian, I was in a supply closet at my job. By the time I was coming out of that closet (har! okay, grow up) — and I mean the exact thought that very strongly came to me as I was turning the doorknob that would lead me back out [...]
29 Mar
“God Can Love Me; God Can Send Me To Hell. But He Can’t Do Both.”
Sitting at Starbucks yesterday I’m pretty sure I overheard the following exchange between two men whom I’ll call Chris and Stan. (For the record, I’m a Christian. And I know: it’s amazing how precisely I can recall what each of these two men said to each other. The acoustics in the Starbucks I hang out [...]
6 Nov
An Atheist, Post-Death, Meets God
[In the afterlife.] Atheist: Wow. I can’t believe I’m dead. God: Believe it. Atheist: Whoa! Didn’t see you there! Who are you? God: Hi. I’m God. Atheist: Ha, ha. No, but seriously. Who are you? God: I’m seriously God. It’s nice to finally meet you. Atheist: You’re God. You’re telling me that you’re God.
5 Nov
I, a Christian, Admit It: Atheists Have Been Right All Along
Finally, the truth can be told: all we Christians are, in fact, ignorant, narrow-minded, self-righteous, intolerant, intrusive, hypocritical, fear-driven, gay-hating misogynists.
16 Apr
Make That Christianity: 95% Brains, 5% Emotion
Yesterday, did I say that Christianity is 5% brains and 95% emotion? What I was thinking? Let’s change that to 95% brains, and 5% emotion. Here’s why that formula also works: You would have to be one drool-stained moron to commit your heart, mind and soul to any faith or belief system that isn’t obviously, [...]
15 Apr
Christianity: 5% Brain, 95% Emotion. Yeah, Baby!
I think those of us who believe in God are sometimes too reluctant to acknowledge that first and foremost the religious experience is about emotion. It has an intellectual aspect, of course—but the intellectualizing of religion comes way after the swooning, singing, crying, hoping, and repenting it inspires. First you cry; then you write a [...]
21 Jan
Atheists: To Whom (If Anyone) Are You Ultimately Grateful?
A while ago I posted An Honest Question: Atheists, How Do You Process Your Guilt?. The question I asked in that piece has been on my mind, because I’ve lately had occasion to feel truly overwhelming happiness as a result of some stuff happening in my personal life. We often reference and feel the succor that [...]
8 Jan
Sane Evangelizing 101
In response to my post Evangelist or Ego Driven Meddler?, a reader asked if I had any tips on how to keep your ego in check while evangelizing. As it happens, I wrote a whole book on that very matter (“I’m OK–You’re Not“) … so, yes, I do. My first Big Tip would be not [...]
16 Dec
Christians: Don’t Too Readily Dismiss Atheists/Rationalists
In my last post, Atheists/Rationalists: Don’t Too Readily Dismiss the Believer, I made the point that religion gives the believer at least one life tool that’s universally valued and necessarily unavailable to the atheist/rationalist. But (life being what it is), there’s another side to ye oldye Religion vs. Atheism coin. Atheists have championed what we [...]
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