californiachristian from CC:13

The following exchange occurred on 30 December 2007 at around 11:00a est in Yahoo’s Christian Chat:13. This is a typical example of Christian intolerance and ignorance directed towards an atheist. To me, it’s funny how this person tried to make me out to be a bad person.

jsbrown28625: 30, male, atheist in NC, USA here – If you have questions or comments concerning (my) atheism, feel free to contact me through my profile or a private message.
californiachristian: js, if YOU have any questions about giving your life to Jesus, just ask the room.
jsbrown28625: californiachristian, Thank you for the offer, but I have asked such questions long ago.
californiachristian: brown, then your wasting your time in here… no one who knows Gods TRUTH is going to reject him for your selfdeceiving athiesm
jsbrown28625: californiachristian, You should scroll up and read all of my posts. I have asked no one to reject “Gods TRUTH” for “selddeceiving athiesm.”
jsbrown28625: californiachristian, Your assumptions have you led you into error. If you wish to apologize to me, I am ready.
californiachristian: lol, brown
californiachristian: brown, YOUR assumptions have led you into sin. when YOUR ready to appologize, GOD is ready
jsbrown28625: californiachristian, There is no “GOD” in my user list.
jsbrown28625: californiachristian, It’s clear to me how you feel about me, so I will end this exchange now. I have no wish to cause trouble or be mistreated here.
jsbrown28625: californiachristian, I wish you a pleasant day. Goodbye.

[after about two minutes]

californiachristian: brown, I thought you were LEAVING
jsbrown28625: californiachristian, You thought wrong. I simply ended my exchange with you. I said nothing about leaving.
jsbrown28625: californiachristian, If you don’t want to see my ID and messages on your chat screen, you should add me to your ignore list.
californiachristian: lol, brown, then you LIED since your talking to me AGAIN
jsbrown28625: californiachristian, You must be joking.

A Gift for Me

This is what a christmas gift from an atheist (my brother) looks like. Few gifts are enjoyable inside AND out. What was inside is mine, but I wanted to share the decoration. Enjoy!

Omni-Deception

The Christian God (and others) is commonly described as being omnipotent and omniscient. Omnibenevolence is also included regularly. Belief that God exists is said to require faith because it is not observable. Some even go so far as to say that humans lack the capacity to comprehend it. Stipulating the existence of God and its revelation…How can any human know or have any amount of certainty that God isn’t actually evil, having lied about its own nature?

An omnipotent, omniscient God would know just how to deceive humankind, and be able to do so with ease. And since there is no way to observe the nature of God, we are without the ability to overcome such deception. Some will immediately respond by saying that God can’t or won’t lie because it is good. The problem is, their information about its goodness was revealed by God itself, which could be false.

An extension of this would be to ask if Satan might actually be good rather than evil. Consider that all of the information in Christianity about Satan comes from God. That poor devil has never been able to share his side of the story!