tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994060231405726506.post6305288098710897994..comments2023-04-01T13:04:41.587-04:00Comments on Angie the Anti-Theist: Face of GodAngie Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04739748828902693432noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994060231405726506.post-42724251865958527772009-08-09T20:59:17.314-04:002009-08-09T20:59:17.314-04:00TST - I actually picked this pen name in part beca...TST - I actually picked this pen name in part because I like the initials AJ. Also Andrew Jackson was a kick ass president (seriously). Have you ever noticed that people in Muslim countries never see Buddha in their food or windows? Or that Buddhists never recognize the face of Jesus in their sausages? We believe the myths we're told as truths when we're young. I realized just today Angie Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04739748828902693432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994060231405726506.post-49558452303819678392009-08-09T20:12:58.750-04:002009-08-09T20:12:58.750-04:00Thanks for the follow up AJ (if we are going with ...Thanks for the follow up AJ (if we are going with abbreviations here), I'm with you there. It's for the same reason that we see animals or objects in clouds that we see Jesus on a piece of toast. As human beings, we want to see connections, we want to feel unique, we want there to be purpose and guidance from above, but none of that desire has any sway over the objective reality of it.<brThe Secular Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912647473164765337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994060231405726506.post-35708122541961558912009-08-09T17:16:24.794-04:002009-08-09T17:16:24.794-04:00Thanks ARC. I do surely try. I have no idea how ...Thanks ARC. I do surely try. I have no idea how I'm going to combine these blog posts and my journals into a book, but I do surely try.Angie Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04739748828902693432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994060231405726506.post-64692000236382871962009-08-09T16:51:20.813-04:002009-08-09T16:51:20.813-04:00A very honest, well written and thoughtful post.
...A very honest, well written and thoughtful post.<br /><br />Thank you.A Recovering Catholichttp://www.recoveringcatholic.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994060231405726506.post-60534347620860927822009-08-09T16:18:47.713-04:002009-08-09T16:18:47.713-04:00The Secular Thinker - (I wanna call you TST becaus...The Secular Thinker - (I wanna call you TST because I like the sound it makes - *tst*. Can't you just hear it?) I think that as social creatures it's natural for us to try to form connections over common things. (In high school it was what brand of shoes you wore and which radio station.) People with antisocial personalities focus on what makes them unique and what makes everyone elseAngie Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04739748828902693432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994060231405726506.post-970859948314691452009-08-09T15:07:10.706-04:002009-08-09T15:07:10.706-04:00Anders - thanks for commenting. I've read the ...Anders - thanks for commenting. I've read the books of the law. Where in *there* does it say don't rape? If you think that Yahweh is an all-loving God you're just not reading the same scripture. Check out my post on <a href="http://angietheantitheist.blogspot.com/2009/05/deuteronomy-28.html" rel="nofollow">Deuteronomy 28</a> to see what I mean. <br /><br /><br />If you wanna get Angie Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04739748828902693432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994060231405726506.post-83152176044442057562009-08-09T13:27:23.049-04:002009-08-09T13:27:23.049-04:00Jews and Tana’’kh don’t support slavery – the oppo...Jews and Tana’’kh don’t support slavery – the opposite (I can give you a book reference if you are interested to read). You should love your neighbour as yourself, therefore a person practising Judaism is totally forbidden to have sex with another person of the same religion if he/she doesn’t want to.<br /><br />It is also forbidden for that person to have sex with a person who doesn’t practise Anders Branderudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15696376904417632753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994060231405726506.post-27920888378054044052009-08-07T14:58:15.144-04:002009-08-07T14:58:15.144-04:00I think it is very true that most people tend to p...I think it is very true that most people tend to put their own personal touches on their gods in order to make them more real. Of course this practice has been around forever. The Greek and Roman gods were quite obviously humanistic: they got jealous, they had fights, they slept around, etc. I find it quite hypocritical when Christians use the Bible to rail against homosexuality or abortion, but The Secular Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912647473164765337noreply@blogger.com