Atheist misconceptions of Christianity

[RandFan]

If you are going to make comments about a book, its a good idea to actually read it first.

Perhaps you should follow your own advice. I've read the Bible and I've followed websites that make YEC claims and websites that critisize and debunk YEC.

 

[paximperium]

The title should definately be corrected to:
"Christian misconceptions of Christianity"

 

[temporalillusion]

HIt and run posting. Troll tactic.

Or certainly not very interesting, to post a thread then run away.

 

[Foster Zygote]

Or certainly not very interesting, to post a thread then run away.

To be fair, Water Breather has responded in other threads, and we aren't very far into this one.

 

[Lonewulf]

To be fair, Water Breather has responded in other threads, and we aren't very far into this one.

True. He might be used to message boards in which posting is slower.

I retract my original statement; I called troll too soon, I think.

 

[temporalillusion]

Well he's replied to the threads, but I wouldn't say he's responded in any meaningful way in response to my or others' posts. Though I do grant that when it's "one on many" it's more difficult to respond.

 

[Foster Zygote]

True. He might be used to message boards in which posting is slower.

I retract my original statement; I called troll too soon, I think.

That's OK, I called it too late on Yrreg.

 

[Jimbo07]

Six hours.

No response.

 

[six7s]

Major Misconception:
The Earth is 6000 years old.

You seem to have difficulty in writing subject lines...

This ought to be Christian misconceptions of reality

FYI: being an atheist is, apart from one subtle yet significant difference, the same as being a christian... we just believe in one less god than you do

Something else you might have overlooked in your rush to put the world to rights: although there are many atheists here, this is a critical thinking forum and, again, there are many subjects that, like theism (except regarding the particular cult/sect/etc itself, of course), critical thinking demands that claims are rejected... but only until supportive evidence is forthcoming

For example, below is a list (with thanks to www.skepdic.com) of things that I have - so far - no reason to accept unreservedly

1. abracadabra spells
2. acupuncture
3. alien abduction
4. allopathy
5. Amway
6. angels
7. animism
8. aromatherapy
9. astrology
10. auras
11. Ayurvedic medicine
12. Bach flower therapy
13. the Bermuda triangle
14. bunyips
15. cellular memory
16. chakras
17. chelation therapy
18. chemtrails
19. chi
20. chiropractic
21. clairaudience
22. clairvoyance
23. colloidal minerals
24. contrails
25. craniosacral therapy
26. cryptozoology
27. crystal power
28. déjà vu
29. determinism
30. devadasi
31. dolphin-assisted therapy
32. dowsing
33. ectoplasm
34. ESP
35. exorcism
36. fairies
37. fakirs
38. feng shui
39. flying saucers
40. the Flying Spaghetti Monster
41. fortune telling
42. free energy machines
43. ghosts
44. glossolalia
45. god
46. haunted houses
47. holistic medicine
48. homeopathy
49. hypnosis
50. incantations
51. Indian rope tricks
52. intelligent design
53. IQ and race correlations
54. iridology
55. jamais vu
56. karma
57. laundry balls
58. leprechauns
59. levitation
60. ley lines
61. the Loch Ness monster
62. magick
63. magnet therapy
64. massage therapy
65. meditation
66. men in black
67. mentalists
68. mesmerism
69. miracles
70. morphic resonance
71. multi-level marketing
72. Myers-Briggs Type Indicators
73. naturopathy
74. the Nazca lines
75. near-death experiences
76. neuro-linguistic programming
77. New Age therapies
78. the New World Order
79. Noah's Ark
80. Nostradamus
81. numerology
82. occultism
83. osteopathy
84. out-of-body experiences
85. palmistry
86. pantheism
87. papyromancy
88. parapsychology
89. pareidolia
90. penile plethysmographs
91. pentagrams
92. placebo effect
93. prana
94. prayer
95. prophecy
96. psychics
97. pyramid schemes
98. quackery
99. Rama
100. reflexology
101. reiki
102. reincarnation
103. remote viewing
104. repressed memories
105. runes
106. saints
107. Santa Claus
108. Sasquatch
109. Satan
110. Scientology
111. séances
112. shamanism
113. sixth sense
114. sorcery
115. souls
116. speaking in tongues
117. spirit photography
118. spiritualism
119. spontaneous human combustion
120. stigmata
121. superstition
122. synaesthesia
123. tarot cards
124. telekinesis
125. telepathy
126. teleportation
127. the Ten Commandments
128. theism
129. therapeutic touch
130. Thor
131. transubstantiation
132. UFOs
133. unicorns
134. urine therapy
135. vampires
136. vitalism
137. voodoo
138. warlocks
139. werewolves
140. Wicca
141. witches
142. wizards
143. woo
144. xenoglossy
145. Yetis
146. yin-yang
147. zombies

If any evidence is forthcoming for any of the above, I am more than happy to re-evaluate my stance, on a case-by-case basis

Can you, honestly, say the same?

If not:

• why are you here, on this forum?

If so:

• which of the above do you 'believe in'/reject?
  • Is there a discernible and logical pattern to your choices?
    If not:
    • why are you here, on this forum?

 

[cbish]

Looks like we have another 'post & run'.


....did anyone get the license plate?

 

[articulett]

I think I saw a Chupacabra sailing away with it down a wormhole...

 

[Safe-Keeper]

HIt and run posting. Troll tactic.

It's probably pretty intimidating to be a believer on a forum like the JREF. Take this into consideration.

 

[quixotecoyote]

It's probably pretty intimidating to be a believer on a forum like the JREF. Take this into consideration.

True. At the same time, remarks like "If you are going to make comments about a book, its a good idea to actually read it first." are going to draw attention, some of which will be in the same spirit.

 

[Ichneumonwasp]

You seem to have difficulty in writing subject lines...

This ought to be Christian misconceptions of reality

FYI: being an atheist is, apart from one subtle yet significant difference, the same as being a christian... we just believe in one less god than you do

Something else you might have overlooked in your rush to put the world to rights: although there are many atheists here, this is a critical thinking forum and, again, there are many subjects that, like theism (except regarding the particular cult/sect/etc itself, of course), critical thinking demands that claims are rejected... but only until supportive evidence is forthcoming

For example, below is a list (with thanks to www.skepdic.com) of things that I have - so far - no reason to accept unreservedly

1. abracadabra spells
2. acupuncture
3. alien abduction
4. allopathy
5. Amway
6. angels
7. animism
8. aromatherapy
9. astrology
10. auras
11. Ayurvedic medicine
12. Bach flower therapy
13. the Bermuda triangle
14. bunyips
15. cellular memory
16. chakras
17. chelation therapy
18. chemtrails
19. chi
20. chiropractic
21. clairaudience
22. clairvoyance
23. colloidal minerals
24. contrails
25. craniosacral therapy
26. cryptozoology
27. crystal power
28. déjà vu
29. determinism
30. devadasi
31. dolphin-assisted therapy
32. dowsing
33. ectoplasm
34. ESP
35. exorcism
36. fairies
37. fakirs
38. feng shui
39. flying saucers
40. the Flying Spaghetti Monster
41. fortune telling
42. free energy machines
43. ghosts
44. glossolalia
45. god
46. haunted houses
47. holistic medicine
48. homeopathy
49. hypnosis
50. incantations
51. Indian rope tricks
52. intelligent design
53. IQ and race correlations
54. iridology
55. jamais vu
56. karma
57. laundry balls
58. leprechauns
59. levitation
60. ley lines
61. the Loch Ness monster
62. magick
63. magnet therapy
64. massage therapy
65. meditation
66. men in black
67. mentalists
68. mesmerism
69. miracles
70. morphic resonance
71. multi-level marketing
72. Myers-Briggs Type Indicators
73. naturopathy
74. the Nazca lines
75. near-death experiences
76. neuro-linguistic programming
77. New Age therapies
78. the New World Order
79. Noah's Ark
80. Nostradamus
81. numerology
82. occultism
83. osteopathy
84. out-of-body experiences
85. palmistry
86. pantheism
87. papyromancy
88. parapsychology
89. pareidolia
90. penile plethysmographs
91. pentagrams
92. placebo effect
93. prana
94. prayer
95. prophecy
96. psychics
97. pyramid schemes
98. quackery
99. Rama
100. reflexology
101. reiki
102. reincarnation
103. remote viewing
104. repressed memories
105. runes
106. saints
107. Santa Claus
108. Sasquatch
109. Satan
110. Scientology
111. séances
112. shamanism
113. sixth sense
114. sorcery
115. souls
116. speaking in tongues
117. spirit photography
118. spiritualism
119. spontaneous human combustion
120. stigmata
121. superstition
122. synaesthesia
123. tarot cards
124. telekinesis
125. telepathy
126. teleportation
127. the Ten Commandments
128. theism
129. therapeutic touch
130. Thor
131. transubstantiation
132. UFOs
133. unicorns
134. urine therapy
135. vampires
136. vitalism
137. voodoo
138. warlocks
139. werewolves
140. Wicca
141. witches
142. wizards
143. woo
144. xenoglossy
145. Yetis
146. yin-yang
147. zombies

If any evidence is forthcoming for any of the above, I am more than happy to re-evaluate my stance, on a case-by-case basis

Can you, honestly, say the same?

If not:

• why are you here, on this forum?

If so:

• which of the above do you 'believe in'/reject?
  • Is there a discernible and logical pattern to your choices?
    If not:
    • why are you here, on this forum?

You don't accept allopathy? Or Amway? I can understand not wanting to be involved with Amway, but not being unaccepting of its reality. And allopathy? What do you have against medicine?

 

[godless dave]

I think it's a valid point to note that only a small minority of contemporary Christians are young Earth creationists or Biblical literalists.

I'm not sure it's that small, at least in the US, but even here it's a minority.

 

[quixotecoyote]

You don't accept allopathy? Or Amway? I can understand not wanting to be involved with Amway, but not being unaccepting of its reality. And allopathy? What do you have against medicine?

Many things on that list exist, the Ten Commandments for instance.

Amway can be rejected for it's scammy nature and allopathy can be rejected as an invalid frame for modern medicine.

 

[Elizabeth I]

What's not to believe in about the Nazca lines? As I understand it, there really are some great big line drawings laid out on the plains down there in South America. No?

 

[quixotecoyote]

What's not to believe in about the Nazca lines?

Well, for a start:

http://www.philipcoppens.com/nazca.html

 

[fishbob]

. . .
So obviously, the 7 days of creation are not meant as a week. And its not meant as 7000 years either. It states 'like', not 'is'.

Existential Willie sez: I guess that depends of what the definition if 'is' is.

 

[arthwollipot]

*sigh*

When will there be a thread about Christian misconceptions about atheism?

Actually, scratch that. There already have been several.