Comments on: bits http://www.jesusandmo.net/2010/07/15/bits/ Two prophets, living together. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:52:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: dysamoria http://www.jesusandmo.net/2010/07/15/bits/#comment-175630 dysamoria Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:10:00 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/?p=1292#comment-175630 I love how anti-atheism complains about a lack of belief in anything and then assails same with endless anti-science. We're not allowed to have no beliefs. We're not allowed to believe anything not prescribed by religious texts. Best of all: thru the former conflict, the only acceptable "belief" becomes [specific brands of] magic & anti-fact. I love how anti-atheism complains about a lack of belief in anything and then assails same with endless anti-science. We’re not allowed to have no beliefs. We’re not allowed to believe anything not prescribed by religious texts. Best of all: thru the former conflict, the only acceptable “belief” becomes [specific brands of] magic & anti-fact.

]]> By: fenchurch http://www.jesusandmo.net/2010/07/15/bits/#comment-175526 fenchurch Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:18:25 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/?p=1292#comment-175526 I wonder why atheist-haters think that "why do you get to condemn others' beliefs when you don't have any of your own" is in any way compelling? Maybe when a Buddhist is going through a mind-clearing meditation session, they can temporarily have no thoughts, but to declare someone who doesn't believe in one specific thing as a person who believes in nothing? Muy, muy stupido. To my larger point: a person who doesn't believe in "anything" (assuming they meant "a god") would be in an excellent position to argue against ALL god-faiths with equal bias against, an intrinsic nonpartisan. I wonder why atheist-haters think that “why do you get to condemn others’ beliefs when you don’t have any of your own” is in any way compelling?

Maybe when a Buddhist is going through a mind-clearing meditation session, they can temporarily have no thoughts, but to declare someone who doesn’t believe in one specific thing as a person who believes in nothing? Muy, muy stupido.

To my larger point: a person who doesn’t believe in “anything” (assuming they meant “a god”) would be in an excellent position to argue against ALL god-faiths with equal bias against, an intrinsic nonpartisan.

]]> By: Stonyground http://www.jesusandmo.net/2010/07/15/bits/#comment-169340 Stonyground Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:11:31 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/?p=1292#comment-169340 The Devil, devious? in what way? In the Bible it is YHWH that is the untrustworthy liar, the Devil always tells the truth. The Devil, devious? in what way? In the Bible it is YHWH that is the untrustworthy liar, the Devil always tells the truth.

]]> By: Blamer .. http://www.jesusandmo.net/2010/07/15/bits/#comment-169319 Blamer .. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:37:11 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/?p=1292#comment-169319 "GOD made me do it" sounds suspiciously like "THE DEVIL made me do it". How might one tell the difference? The latter being so infinely devious and all. “GOD made me do it” sounds suspiciously like “THE DEVIL made me do it”.

How might one tell the difference? The latter being so infinely devious and all.

]]> By: Stonyground http://www.jesusandmo.net/2010/07/15/bits/#comment-169307 Stonyground Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:07:58 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/?p=1292#comment-169307 I may have got some of this wrong, if so I am happy to be corrected. In English translations of the Bible, many different words for deities are translated as either "God" , "The Lord" or "The Lord God". This is to give the impression that the diverse religions that contributed to (particularly the earlier parts of) the Bible were talking about the same God. This was to fit in with the Monotheism that came much later. The word translated as God in the passage "God said let us make man in our own image" was Elohim which means 'The Gods'. These were a pantheon of male and female gods, when you think about it "The Gods said let us make man in our own image" makes sense in a way that "God said" does not. On the subject of Scientific theories being superceded. This is basically about changing your outlook when you discover that your present knowledge has been proved wrong. It does not mean that everything that you now know will definitely be proved wrong but if anything is, it is essential to accept this, update your knowledge and move on. The alternative is to continue to believe in something that is now known to be untrue, which is what religions do. I may have got some of this wrong, if so I am happy to be corrected. In English translations of the Bible, many different words for deities are translated as either “God” , “The Lord” or “The Lord God”. This is to give the impression that the diverse religions that contributed to (particularly the earlier parts of) the Bible were talking about the same God. This was to fit in with the Monotheism that came much later.

The word translated as God in the passage “God said let us make man in our own image” was Elohim which means ‘The Gods’. These were a pantheon of male and female gods, when you think about it “The Gods said let us make man in our own image” makes sense in a way that “God said” does not.

On the subject of Scientific theories being superceded. This is basically about changing your outlook when you discover that your present knowledge has been proved wrong. It does not mean that everything that you now know will definitely be proved wrong but if anything is, it is essential to accept this, update your knowledge and move on. The alternative is to continue to believe in something that is now known to be untrue, which is what religions do.

]]> By: jerry w http://www.jesusandmo.net/2010/07/15/bits/#comment-169304 jerry w Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:18:02 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/?p=1292#comment-169304 @Darwin Harmless "So it’s no big deal. It’s only taken me a month to find comments under previous comics." My math seems to indicate that your search moved (+/-) about 1/3 the speed of prayers as shown above. Not too bad...... @Darwin Harmless

“So it’s no big deal. It’s only taken me a month to find comments under previous comics.”

My math seems to indicate that your search moved (+/-) about 1/3 the speed of prayers as shown above. Not too bad……

]]> By: daoloth http://www.jesusandmo.net/2010/07/15/bits/#comment-169302 daoloth Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:47:17 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/?p=1292#comment-169302 @ Nassar Ben Houdja. Atheists are not a group with a belief. They are people who think that there is insufficient evidence for a particular belief. @ Nassar Ben Houdja.
Atheists are not a group with a belief. They are people who think that there is insufficient evidence for a particular belief.

]]> By: Darwin Harmless http://www.jesusandmo.net/2010/07/15/bits/#comment-169301 Darwin Harmless Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:35:10 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/?p=1292#comment-169301 More discoveries. When the comic shows up without comments beneath it (which it does if you click on a date on the calendar off to the right), clicking on the comic brings up the comments. So it's no big deal. It's only taken me a month to find comments under previous comics. :-) More discoveries. When the comic shows up without comments beneath it (which it does if you click on a date on the calendar off to the right), clicking on the comic brings up the comments. So it’s no big deal. It’s only taken me a month to find comments under previous comics. :-)

]]> By: Innocent Bystander http://www.jesusandmo.net/2010/07/15/bits/#comment-169299 Innocent Bystander Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:12:28 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/?p=1292#comment-169299 But God is male, apparently. He never got married, so it is believed. He ostensibly made Man in his own image. Nobody ever reported that He went to a good school. What kind of attitudes would one expect Him to have? I think Jesus has got it just about right here. And in case you're wondering, believers: I suggest you work on yourselves to forgive God his evident shortcomings, particularly in light of the knowledge that that some humans seem to have advanced a bit in terms of their acceptance of recreational sex, amongst other things. But God is male, apparently. He never got married, so it is believed. He ostensibly made Man in his own image. Nobody ever reported that He went to a good school. What kind of attitudes would one expect Him to have? I think Jesus has got it just about right here. And in case you’re wondering, believers: I suggest you work on yourselves to forgive God his evident shortcomings, particularly in light of the knowledge that that some humans seem to have advanced a bit in terms of their acceptance of recreational sex, amongst other things.

]]> By: European http://www.jesusandmo.net/2010/07/15/bits/#comment-169298 European Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:51:44 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/?p=1292#comment-169298 To be honest, I much prefer Nasreddin Hoja, much wittier... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasreddin To be honest, I much prefer Nasreddin Hoja, much wittier…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasreddin

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