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Act_of_Reparation

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12. Here's a real conversation I had right before I checked out of religion for good:

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Original post)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 09:40 AM

Jan 2018

ME: The trouble with Christianity is we're told time and time again to behave like God, but page after page of Bible describes God as a mass murderer.

BELIEVER: Mass murderer??? What do you mean?

ME: Well, he did kill the firstborn of Egypt. Thousands of children dead in one fell swoop.

BELIEVER: But what if those children all went to heaven?

ME: Don't you have to believe in Jesus to get to heaven?

BELIEVER: ...

And the that was the last time I attended a church function not involving the marriage or funeral of a close friend or family member.

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Conversation with a Christian [View all] Binkie The Clown Jan 2018 OP

I had a conversation once TlalocW Jan 2018 #1

Always amazed me there's no thou shalt not regarding child abuse Freelancer Jan 2018 #5

.... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2018 #14

I can't wrap my mind around the idea of a supposedly... 3catwoman3 Jan 2018 #2

God is a Darwinist thbobby Jan 2018 #3

Curing the child would be blasphemy, then... against the plan. Right? Freelancer Jan 2018 #4

The literal meaning is irrelevant Cary Jan 2018 #6

My grandfather was a fundamentalist, a Rabbi. mountain grammy Jan 2018 #7

Similar happened to my Catholic great grandmother Freelancer Jan 2018 #8

I guess my sister is luckier than I realized. Binkie The Clown Jan 2018 #9

My grandfather relented mountain grammy Jan 2018 #10

Things have gotten better in a hundred years, thankfully Freelancer Jan 2018 #11

Here's a real conversation I had right before I checked out of religion for good: Act_of_Reparation Jan 2018 #12

I'm surprised you even got that far. trotsky Jan 2018 #13