tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post4370001604113059749..comments2024-03-04T13:23:26.433-06:00Comments on Stardust Musings and Thoughts for the Freethinker: From www.godisimaginary.comStardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10560872454564355114noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post-52214357082027851912008-06-28T19:26:00.000-05:002008-06-28T19:26:00.000-05:00Timothy, there are scientific explanations for wha...Timothy, there are scientific explanations for what people believe to be "resurrections" from the dead. Most of the time people are buried in comas and thought to be dead, then when they suddenly come to, the ignorant superstitious people are amazed and say it is a "miracle". <BR/><BR/>People also believe what they want to believe, and "faith healers" have been exposed for their "trickery". Just because you can't explain something doesn't mean goddidit. Why then does this god allow siamese twins to live attached forever, often suffering and living short lives...why does this god just not separate the twins? Human doctors do that job. They attended many years in school studying and practicing medicine to learn how to do surgery and to "cure" people. Medical research is finding more cures and scientific advancements to help people every day. No god comes to help. When a team of doctors help people do not thank a mysterious, absent god, thank the doctors...I am sure they would appreciate it. <BR/><BR/>Look at people who have so much "faith" in their imaginary friend that they refuse to take their children to the doctor for curable illnesses...and the child dies. There have been several of these stories this past year. Why does this god not save them? Not enough faith? I don't think that would be the case if they carried their faith all the way to the bitter and unnecessary end. <BR/><BR/>You have not seen this god to be "unfaithful" yet because you make this god to however you want to see him. People make their gods to however they want to be, according to their own needs and desires. Then when things don't work out the way you wish for, you try to rationalize it with "god's will"...it's god's will that starving and dying children in Africa crawl to food stations and when they die on the way to be eaten by the vultures hovering close by? <BR/><BR/>There is no god, Timothy. No help comes without human intervention. No god stops the storms, no god stops the tsunamis, no god stops the earthquakes, no god stops the tornados,...PEOPLE come to clean up the aftermath and take care of the injured and the dead. No god comes. <BR/><BR/>No god cures the cancer patients. Modern science does that. If a patient says they were cured of cancer, they never had it to begin with...misdiagnosis...happens all the time. But when a person has AIDS, cancer and as I have several illnesses of my own....we rely on HUMAN DOCTORS and modern medicine. <BR/><BR/>If this god exists (which still has not been proven that he does), he does nothing to intervene. Not a thing. <BR/><BR/>And writings and hearsay does not prove god exists. <BR/><BR/>Wise Christians will tell you that cannot be proven, because it is a matter of faith...what you choose to believe.Stardusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10560872454564355114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post-42565614192321916622008-06-28T16:47:00.000-05:002008-06-28T16:47:00.000-05:00've been doing some more searching, specifically o...'ve been doing some more searching, specifically on the resurrection of the dead, and I have come across (at the very least) the following stories:<BR/><BR/>http://across.co.nz/PishcuraResurrection.html<BR/>http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk/accounts/m/mccormack-ian-s1-all.php<BR/>http://www.testimonies.com.au/topics/raised_from_dead_1.htm<BR/><BR/>I also ran across a book titled "Raised from the Dead: True Stories of 400 Resurrection Miracles."<BR/><BR/>Granted, I haven't read the text, but there have been many other accounts of individuals being raised from the dead in Christ's name.<BR/><BR/>Just as an aside, I want to simply say that I'm not here for some heated and heartless argument, to be completely honest. I simply find it difficult to believe that God has avoided the "hard stuff," as I have heard from my brother who first-hand saw someone healed of what must have been scoliosis.<BR/>The main thing that I am trying to voice is the fact that there are people out there who have indeed seen God do the "hard stuff." Granted, there may be no accounts of people having limbs regenerated, but to see people who were once crippled in some other way suddenly healed cannot simply be ignored.<BR/><BR/>I am, in fact, seeking to face the hard questions that are posed against the Christian faith. While I may be yet early in this endeavor, I do not really fear what the final outcome will be. Why? If God is indeed faithful--and existent--then those hard questions can be faced with confidence. So far I have yet to see Him as being unfaithful, despite all of the questions that I still have.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07008790076279386499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post-26045907265639298672008-06-28T15:35:00.000-05:002008-06-28T15:35:00.000-05:00I checked out the website link. I think first of a...I checked out the website link. I think first of all that before one can dispute what the author of God is Imaginary has written, that they must first prove that their god is not imaginary.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, religious folks claim that their god can heal more easily when it is an illness that can be cured by science or the body "miraculously" mending itself, however this god has never, ever healed an amputee. Has never made a limb grow back. The website link you provided is just a diversion from the fact that no amputees are ever healed. No limbs grow back. God never does the hard stuff. <BR/><BR/>When people do not have an explanation for something, or too lazy to search for the reason for a coincidence, they say something is a miracle.<BR/><BR/>Like I said though, god believers are trying to prove their point using a book of mythology written by ancient humans.Stardusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10560872454564355114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post-87252813983808386652008-06-28T15:20:00.000-05:002008-06-28T15:20:00.000-05:00timothy, what the author of god is imaginary write...timothy, what the author of god is imaginary writes about on his blog is the truth about the idiocy and inconsistencies of god belief and the Bible. I think he is pretty much right on the money and has done his homework.Stardusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10560872454564355114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post-14336370232173862652008-06-28T13:42:00.000-05:002008-06-28T13:42:00.000-05:00Oh, and I just ran across this website. Obviously,...Oh, and I just ran across this website. Obviously, I haven't read through the entire thing, as I just bumped into it.<BR/><BR/>brainisignorant.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>Check it out and let me know what you think. I'm reading it right now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07008790076279386499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post-7711837619985380832008-06-28T13:31:00.000-05:002008-06-28T13:31:00.000-05:00I dont consider it a wild diversion. I would consi...I dont consider it a wild diversion. I would consider it more of a "preliminary thought" that came to my mind as I was reading through the website. As to whether or not I understand what is being presented on the website, I will leave that to your own judgment (which, as far as I am concerned, is misinformed, as I have made no direct "attack" against any of the author's statements). So, it is a bit presumptuous to slap a pre-made label ("religious fundie") and, as a result, simply write me off. Perhaps I am an individual that IS willing to face every criticism that is leveled against his faith, willing to consider the arguments from both sides, willing to consider the evidence from both sides, and willing to come to a sound conclusion based off of all of the above. That is, as a matter of fact, where I am at. It wouldn't be fair of me, or anyone, to write someone off as a "radical fundamentalist" simply because they decided that they wanted to voice their initial musings. I trust that you will not deny me the freedom to express my thoughts as I process all that I am taking in?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07008790076279386499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post-81231470356709834812008-06-27T12:37:00.000-05:002008-06-27T12:37:00.000-05:00timothy with no blog, if you do not understand wha...timothy with no blog, if you do not understand what is being published at the God is imaginary site, then you must be a religious fundie? <BR/><BR/>The author has no "axe to grind" except to point out how irrational god belief is. Instead of addressing the points that the author makes, Xians or other god botherers resort to throwing out wild diversions like you just did.Stardusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10560872454564355114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post-669888680931824082008-06-27T11:52:00.000-05:002008-06-27T11:52:00.000-05:00Personally, it sounds like the author of godisimag...Personally, it sounds like the author of godisimaginary.com has a big axe to grind.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07008790076279386499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post-82464103769058187212007-11-20T07:30:00.000-06:002007-11-20T07:30:00.000-06:00Hi andrea, long time, no see! hope the kids are do...Hi andrea, long time, no see! hope the kids are doing well. <BR/><BR/>If every Christian who lurks on my blog would read the godisimaginary.com site, as well as Why Won't God Heal Amputees site, truly read what is written there, their minds might just be opened. It's all just common sense and logic. Prayer, religious rituals and beliefs are just wishful thinking.Stardusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10560872454564355114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post-48181953173167563742007-11-19T21:14:00.000-06:002007-11-19T21:14:00.000-06:00What a breath of fresh air this site was for me, w...What a breath of fresh air this site was for me, way back when I was doubting. The common sense was overwhelming. It's still incredible to look back at the ones about prayer. <BR/><BR/>It was nice to see this again. Thanks for posting it, Star.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164619076936332568noreply@blogger.com