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2001

Yet more samples from my mailbox for your perusal (as usual, including some old ones)

From: "Alejandro Carrasco", 17/06/2000

Subject: Hi from Argentina

Hi, I'm Alejandro from Argentina and I just wanted to congratulate you on your page I think that people like you are making the world a better place.
I'm very atheist but I live in a country where church is very powerful (honesty before the Internet i thought I was alone) If you don't mind I'd like to tell you something that happened in my country.

There's a 106 meter high cathedral here in Argentina and some days ago one of the 4 ton crosses that is on top of the church fell down because of a storm at 1 o'clock in the morning. So it was raining a lot and It was very late in the morning but the people started to say that it was miracle that nobody was killed by the falling cross. (presumably a work of god).

This is just so stupid because I don't think that anybody could have been walking under the rain at 1 o clock AM.
50 years ago there was a very big earthquake here in Argentina and it happend on a sunday morning so everybody was in the church. The church collapsed and 300 died buried in the church, what did people and priests say: God works in a misterious way.

Bye and Keep the good work!

Thank You

 

From: "Some one", 20/06/2000

Subject: Please Don't Decline God


Dear Adrian,
Listen i know you probaly don't care what i think but I am going to
spread the good word anyway.Please don't decline GOD he is the one who gave
us all we have today if it wasn't for him neither u nor me nor the other 6
billion people in the world would be here trust in him for after this life
if u have not led a good human life for the rest of eternity u will suffer
with satan and u dont want to do that i quote from JOhn 3:16 "Fro GOd so
loved the world he gave his only son" i am not writing u this to give u a
lesson i am trying to get u to see the glory of GOD he will save u and any
one elsee who ask for his help he has saved me now what u said about the
seven deadly sins was pretty harsh man everything he has everydone was for
us the only reason he has asked us to worship him is cause look at all he
has done for us and it is the least we could do to give him thanx and its
not to much to ask for seventy years of life for an eternity of life in
paradise now i hope u take this seriously and try to turn your life around
before its to late please please please take this into consideratioin for he
is and he always will be

Peace and Love
your fellow human being

 

From: "tigermcfpce", 26/06/2000

Have you seen the tango advert where there is man with a mini mega phone commenting on the people around him and if so doesn't that remind you of theists.

 

From: "Kogelmann, Joe", 27/06/2000

Subject: ????????????????


Well I guess I cannot email you about anything since you have pretty much
covered everything that is contrary to atheism in your long list of what you
don't want to hear. Its to bad that your insecure enough in your own
beliefs that you can't hear anything contrary. But enough with that. I am
just curious. Why do you believe in evolution even though not one aspect of
it has been proved? There is more evidence for creation then evolution
(look at www.drdino.com). Also for your idea that science has disproved
that there is a God. Why couldn't God have created those things in the
universe and on earth that you say disprove him. Einstein even stated that
there had to be a supreme being for the Big Bang to take place. Lets take a
look at this. A small infinitly dense piece of mass is sitting there.
Suddenly a huge introduction of energy is introduced and the thing explodes
and te universe expands outward. Where did the mass come from? Where did
the energy come from? Now I am not claiming to be a scholar or anything. I
am just a college student. But I know from own life that there is a God.
There are over a hundred prophecies in the old testament about Jesus's
birth, life, death, and resurrection. He fulfilled every single one. Now,
there are twice as many prophecies about his second coming. When that day
comes, Jesus will raptuere his church up to heaven. This means that people
all over the world will disappear in "the blinking of an eye" as the Bible
says. This will usher in the last several years of earths existence and
trust me, they will be the most turbulent times the world has ever faced.
Nobody knows when this will take place but if it does happen in your life
time and you are unfortunate enough to be left behind because you haven't
accepted Jesus as your Loard and Savior, just know that you still have time.
You have just missed the first call. I urge you to look into these things.
I will pray for you even though you don't want anyone to.

Sincerely,

Joe Kogelmann

 

From: "Tzadik and Sheva Vanderhoof", 28/06/2000

Subject: blunder in your Noah's ark article

You state that when Noah sacraficed clean animals after the flood subsided,
"there go the breeding pairs" and then go off on some theory that perhaps
the animals were pregnant on the ark.

The Bible clearly states that there where *seven* pairs of clean animals.
The purpose of providing extra clean animals was clearly to prepare for a
sacrafice without endangering the survival of the sacraficed animals'
species. You even mention the fact that 7 pairs of clean animals were
brought near the beginning of your article.

Barring anything else you say, you've got to concede to me that you
blundered on this one!

 

From: CassiaAdrianea, 29/06/2000

Subject: Re: Simply..thanks

A simple thank you from Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Happy Valley, Mormon Mecca of the Righteous Land. <snicker>

Also I wish to say. "Thank you for a logical voice to pierce through the prayers assailing me at the moment by the well meaning masses here in the Happy Valley. I am to be gang saved." <Sigh>

Sincerely,
~Sky~
"in god I do not trust"

 

From: Patriot348, 03/07/2000

Subject: Proof of God?

Adrian. Would you be convinced there was a God if an alien culture or
cultures had a religion identical to one found on Earth. Would the fact that
the same message was received from the same God in isolated populations be
enough to convince you? You seem to imply that nothing in this universe would
ever persuade you, but what about that. Would that be passed off as mere
coincidence? I am willing to admit it would be devastating to my beliefs if
it were found that an intelligent species, the intellectual equivalent of a
human, had no concept of my God. Why would God ignore them? Since I suspect
we will find aliens I am interested to see. Respectfully, Jake. P.S. I
like your site. Too many people are devoted to trashing others and showing no
respect of differences in viewpoints. I appreciate that you refrain from
that.

 

From: Phil Corn, 04/07/2000

Subject: atheism

You seem to be attached to religious notions such as
"good" and "bad". You should purify your thinking of
such things. Goodness, badness, rightness, wrongness,
conscience, guilt, etc. are mired and rooted in the
religious quagmire. They are the very things used to
frighten and manipulate. Your objectivity is going to
be breeched as long as you hang on to politically
noble goals such as equality of the races, etc. You
are only substituting one weak and subjective frame of
reference for another. You must enhance your reasoning
skills. What do I mean? If you examine a black culture
and see in stark objectivity that it is in any (or
every) way inferior to another social structure, you
must default to logic. There is no tragedy in that.
There is only clarity. You have a long way to go and
lots of baggage to shed. You should retreat until you
are more lucid.

 

From: Kim Hoyme 23/07/2000

Subject: salvation

Dear Sir:
I think you should understand that God is alive and very real. I hope
that yoou will believe that he died on the cross for your sins and
invite him into your heart and life. Ask him to forgive you of ypour
sins.

 

So, God "is alive" and yet "he died"? I should be watching for some sort of Cosmic Zombie, then?

 

From: "Walt", 28/07/2000

Subject: Re: Romans 1:20

Jean Paul Sarte, Nietzche, and O'hair are just a few atheists who hated
their earthly fathers. You do not become an atheist by argument because
atheism cannot be proven, scientifically or otherwise. Atheism is accepted
by faith by those who either hate their fathers or do not want to submit
their lives/wills to a Holy and Righteous God who does not and cannot
tolerate sin. Face it, by accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior,
your life would have to change and you are not willing to let that happen
because you enjoy your unbelief because it gives you an excuse to live in
sin. Well, friend, God will demand that you give an account of your life at
His Judgment Bar and then you will hear these sober words, "Depart from me
ye cursed, into everlasting fire..." If you continue in your unbelief, you
will eventually die and then wake up in a doleful, awful place called hell,
where God's wrath will be poured out on you for eternity for rejecting His
Son. May God have mercy on your perishing soul.

 

From: Cllgecutie, 07/09/2000

Subject: noahs ark page response

I didnt really go to much into detail with your web page becuase i am
christian and while i do believe i have a pretty open mind i try not to
subject myself to much christian slander just for preference, however i did
read the line where you mention clean and unclean animals and it was quite
clear that you dont understand what God means by clean and unclean animals
and i would just like to make clear what those things are, clean animals are
like chickens,cows,pigs,etc. and unclean would be vultars,rats,snakes
,anything you would be suspicious about eating and however i do realize that
people eat things like that but back in the day of Noah and even Adam God
warned against these practices due to disease and etc. And i am sure that u
get alot of e-mail telling you that you are going to hell i wont subject you
to that because i would hate you e-mailing me telling me how dumb you think i
am so well just keep it at that but if you ever have questions or anything
about christianity or just have somthing on your heart you can e-mail me i
would love to talk to you and i promise i wont slander you christianity is a
choice not an obligation..God knows not everyone will accept him!
Have a great day, Brandy

 

I do wish God would bless more people with the gifts of grammar and punctuation...

 

From: MSTSES, 13/09/2000

Subject: (no subject)

I read your info on the seven deadly sins. I believe that if you put one
passage on the sight that you need to put the whole passage. Some of the
things that were written will be taken the way that you want it to but if you
put the whole passage, they would see the whole picture. Most people won't
take the time to find a bible and read the passage. Have you read the
evidence that demands a verdict by Josh Mcdowell? He was an athiest that
turned christian after trying to prove christianity wrong.

 

From: "8)", 18/09/2000

Subject: space mountain

diar mr. adrian,

i only read the theory about the huge mountain into the space and i was
first a little bit interested, because
it sounds like a technical issue. further on i was not very amused, i
wondered about the dimension of energie
you need to build the mountain vs. the energie to lift up a rocket.
Theoretically it may be possible to build this
mountain, how long does it takes time to build it with dozers, how many
people do you need - and what will they eat
in the meantime, when everything dies on earth,because of the missing
oil for the dozers, they bourned down the
woods to get the energy. i think, even if you are the most powerful
dictator, you will never see it in your lifetime.
in german, i would say it's sophistik. No cash.

Thomas, Berlin, Germany

 

From: jon armour, 20/09/2000

Subject: ATHEISM

YOU ARE SICK AND LOST!

 

From: Emomoss1, 21/09/2000

Subject: it's about damn time

i am a student in atlanta ga, and i would just like to tell you just how much
your page means to me. apparently i live in southern baptist central, and in
over five years of searching, i havn't been able to find more than four other
atheists to talk to. needless to say that combined with the constant
preaching and trite threats of hell fire, this got more that a little
irritating. i found myself constatnly searching the web for an atheist page,
but all i found were fundamentalist xians bashing that which they knew
nothing about (atheism is actually satanism incognito, evolution is racist,
etc.) your page seems to explain very well my thoughts on theism and life in
general, and i hope that will continue to write such wonderfully creative
articles.

 

From: TAZ2U, 30/09/2000

Subject: Bible Harness

I was being harassed by a bible thrower. I sent him your web page. He doesn't try to convert me anymore.

Thanx

 

From: DBcar10, 30/09/2000

Subject: I Love Your Webpage!

Dear ...
You Know what I do love about your webpage...........NOTHING!!!!!! Jesus
is a gift to all of us and he is not to be used like this! You know what
else...I really enjoy your screen name... it really fits your description, a
demon! That is not fair to us who love Jesus! I am not devout or very
religous but this just really angers me!!! A webpage like this SHOULDNOT be
online like that. I really suggest that you go to your webpage and take off
the "e-mail me" icon and those stupid rules that follow!!! You will get
letters from my friends and family concerning this! This makes me so upset to
see this webpage... and I'm only 13 years old. I do pray for you...I hope you
achieve all of your goals and are a very succesfull person...but I believe in
heaven, not hell, and I love Jesus!

 

From: Joe Street, 06/10/2000

Subject: Explanation for the deluge

You asked for a real explanation for the seemingly irreconcilable
paradoxes of the story of Noah's ark. The answer of course is simple.
There never was any real 'flood' The so called flood was actually a
flooding of the mind. The sinners actually drown in a sea of illusion
which was imposed by God as a punishment for heresy. This is why the
sinners continualy torture themselves in a conceptual battle and more
often than not a battle of words and worse. The language of the legend
is metaphorical, but the deluge is very real. Heaven and hell exist
within every moment, the difference being whether or not you cling to
the illusion.

 

Ah, it all makes sense now.

 

From: Josue Luna, 11/10/2000

GOD STILLS LOVES YOU! ... HE IS AT THE DOOR WAITING FOR YOU ... HE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE WAITING FOR YOU >!!

HE IS YOUR ONLY HOPE!..

GOD BLESS YOU!

 

He's at the door? Where's my hosepipe?

 

From: Irked14, 18/10/2000

Subject: hi

hi please include my story im a 15 year old christian and yes their is A God
and i love him im not treying to knock you down but if their isnt a God then
who made the world and us where did we come from our we just freaks that
mutated ? where did the mutataion come from what i'm trying to say that is
their is a God and he sent his son to die for you and me .. i dont know what
you think but thats incredible to me well sorry for b ugginh just thought id
share the truth thaanks
in him
Brent

 

This was sent to my atheist testimonials page. I declined to publish it.

 

From: "B.C.Yates", 18/10/2000

Subject: Atheism

Basically simple:
Were God to not exist, then humanity must necessarily be spiritually,
psychologically self-sufficient. In which case humanity would not be
able to conceptualise an outer existance above humanity (God), because
such a reality would not exist to be conceptualised. Therefore either
Man has an infinite imagination (the "God in us") or else God exists.
However not every man can be God-like, because if our capacity for
imagination were infinite we would necessarily be able to have complete
knowledge. Which we obviously don't. Evidence, perhaps, for God of
some form.
Benedict Yates.

P.S. Comment: you should avoid resorting to scientific arguments in
your pages. They are nothing more than subjective deduction from
perceived "evidence". When you can know the Earth goes round the Sun,
rather than basing a hypothesis on mathematical/physical/&. theories.
Then science will have a role in philosophy :-)

 

From: Pwmateo, 03/11/2000

Subject: (no subject)

Wasteland is an apropos name for your sight. I'm sorry. The blood of Jesus is the only way for you to be free.

 

From: Kim Hoyme, 08/11/2000

Subject: jesus

Adrian:
You really need to take another look at your beliefs. Have you ever
studied history? If so you would learn alot about the Jewish history.
Jesus Christ did die on the cross for you and some day you will see.
Jesus loves you. I hope that you will accept him and ask him to forgive
you of your sins. I hope that you will consider.

 

From: Kim Hoyme, 28/11/2000

Subject: jesus

MR. ADRIAN:
YOU NEED THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE. BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED. FOR WHOSEVER SHALL CALL UPON THE NAME OF
THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED. REPENT UNLESS YE PERISH.

 

From: Kim Hoyme, 01/01/2001

Subject: jesus

Dear Adrrian:
You really need to be saved. Jeus Christ died on the cross for your sins
and yoou need to inviite him into your heart. For God so loved the wrold
that he gave us his only son that whosever believeth in hi should not
perish but have everlastin life

 

This guy just won't give up!

 

From: The Mathisons 02/01/2001

Subject: Commendation/minor corrections concerning Noah's Ark

F***ing hilarious and thought-provoking! Thanks

I love the logic on that page and most of the arguments presented. I
suppose most of them weren't technically 'arguments' if speaking with
moderately intelligent creatures.

A couple things in the conclusion I found some problems with:

- 2nd paragraph - "This includes, of course, all those innocent babies
and children who haven't had time to even start sinning yet."

Most Christians I know (I'm not that sure on Catholics) believe in
original sin. I'm sure you've heard of it, and that would make those
innocent babies and children not-so-innocent, even from birth.

- 3rd paragraph - "Drowning babies... Quite odd behaviour for an
all-powerful, infinitely ***compassionate*** God, is it not? "

The OT God wasn't all that forgiving or compassionate- he was quite
destructive, too, as you mentioned earier concerning advanced weaponry.

- 3rd paragraph - "Of course, as they ***hadn't actually sinned yet***,
they couldn't go to Hell, so I suppose they must have gone to Heaven.
But in that case, why did they ***deserve*** to have the life choked out
of them by violent, muddy flood-waters? "

Again I point to original sin. Also, I'm too lazy to look up the verse
but you seem somewhat knowledgable: "All fall short of the glory of God"
- its probably in the new testament, but that's still the reasoning for
Jesus beaming down - to be the "perfect sacrifice".. so I suppose all
but Jesus actually DID "deserve to have the life choked out of them by
violent, muddy flood-waters".

Other than those minor points, I find your reasoning quite sound and
witty. Kudos to you, and keep up the fight against stupid Christians -
they are a few smart ones out there, but please keep helping bring the
light to the morons.

Later,

Ian Mathison

 

From: "Mary Hill", 03/01/2001

Thanx for the website maybe you will get the heads up and realize it is what people belive in and if you take that away you will take away their religion and that is the most important thing in your life. I f you take that away from a person you just have destroyed their whole life.

Mary 13, WV

 

From: GAGONLAWS, 03/01/2001

Subject: Why its a load of old cobblers

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!!!!!!

Darel Gagon

 

Hey, you're welcome. 8-)

 

From: Michael bodiford, 04/01/2001

Subject: You are doing a great job!

Hey sister!

Way to go! I was very impressed by the amount of work that you put into your site.

If you had help I understand. But you are obviously the brains behind it all.

I just wanted to congratulate you on a great job. I'm sure that many people are reading your site right now and making some life changing decisions!

With your help It won't take long for us to take over the world again. ;)

Thanks again cutie,

Sincerely Abaddon.

 

 

Sister? Cutie?

 

From: Gudermes15 CCIS, 29/01/2001

Subject: HELLO ADRIAN

I am Timur Rudayev. How are you

Here is the promise of Allah to believers after death. You may be interested in.

Regards

Timur Rudayev

THE PARADISE, ETERNAL LOVE, YOUTH, AND WEALTH

Now I want to speak about a different subject. Life after death. What is the
promise of Allah to the believers?

Allah has created mankind and has promised the eternal life in the Paradise or
in the Hell.

According to the Qur'an all of the believers will be in the Paradise.
What do we know about the Paradise? Mankind will have eternal wealth,
love (male, female), youth (handsomness, beauty)

Of course this eternal life will be the reward of Allah since the believers
lived according to Rules of Him, knowing the responsibility to the Lord who
Created them with amazing science.

ALLAH HAS PROMISED THE BELIEVERS MEN AND WOMEN GARDENS BENEATH WHICH RIVER
FLOW, TO DWELL THEREIN AND BEAUTIFUL MANSIONS IN GARDENS OF PARADISE. BUT THE
GOOD PLEASURE OF ALLAH IS GREATER STILL. THAT IS THE SUPREME TRIUMPH. (SURAH
AT TAWBA: 72)

The love will be in the Paradise eternally.

THEREIN ARE MAIDENS OF MODEST GAZE, WHOM NEITHER MAN OR JIN WILL HAVE TOUCHED
BEFORE THEM. WHICH OF YOUR LORD'S BLESSINGS WOULD YOU TWO DENY? (IN BEAUTY)
THEY ARE LIKE RUBIES AND CORALS. (SURAH AR RAHMAN: 56 - 58)

I want to stress that why sex, love will be in the paradise. In fact sex is
not forbidden in our religion. Sexual desire is one of the greatest fortunes
given to mankind (female and male) by the Lord. Sex is not forbidden providing
that you are married. (if you are not married sex is a crime) In the paradise
the mankind will be married with their loves.

And the youth, beauty will be given to the believer women of the world (they
will be created in a new and very beautiful mould). The eternal beauty will be
in the paradise. You know women always want to be beautiful, cosmetic
products, plastic surgeries etc.

WE CREATED THEM (THE OLD WOMEN OF THE WORLD IN A NEW CREATION, AS YOUNG) AND
MADE THEM VIRGINS, LOVING COMPANIONS OF THE SAME AGE,
( SURAH AL WAQI'AH: 35 - 36 -37)

If they are really clever they can understand their (even if one woman is the
most beautiful woman of the world) that her beauty will come to an end. Then
try to have the promise of the Lord, the real and eternal
beauty, love. So no one will be able to find the real love in this world. No
one will find the love, unless Allah wants.

 

Everybody will have email from Timur one day. Just you wait.

From: "Chase Dog", 01/02/2001

Subject: Hello, lets talk alittle :)

Dear Adrian Barnett,
Im sure you get many emails everyday on why youre wrong. But this is yet
another one. First of all, you say you are an Atheist, are you 100% sure you
are one? Because true atheist has no certainties thus meaning God could be
truth, I just need reason. Im not going to sit on a soap box here, I know
and realize that you are only open to your own ideas. The reason I am
writing this is because you make me laugh, looking at your web site I found
0% evidence for any reasons you had. Instead you make up your own opinion
and act has if they are fact or true logic. I can also tell you havent done
your homework, I know this because no sensible person would ever say God
doesnt Exist. The best and most well known scientist in the world even know
this. Let me ask you some questions real quick, is there wind? How do you
know you have never seen wind, just the effects.. Does China Exist? You have
never been there, thus you cant say it has. This is your logic. You say
your mind is open? Then you need to at least attempt to find truth and
meaning, instead of making up false statements and acting like youre an
atheist prodigy who knows everything. Im not insulting you, yelling at you,
demising you, all I ask is that you search for truth. Thats it. Also
Atheist believe in no absolutes, which is my point in the beginning
sentences, you talk as if you are 100% sure there is no God and it makes me
yet again Laugh that you preach your way but dont actually follow it Email
me back I would like to talk more.
Chase

 

From: "Ed" 12/02/2001

Subject: noahs ark a load of cobblers?

It amases me totally how often someone publishes information (so called) on the internet without even bothering to get the biblical facts even half correct. In Genesis it states very clearly that it HADNT rained and so a mist was caused to raise up from the ground to water the plantlife. This says to me that there was a vast amount of water under the surface of the earth. Also before the flood, where does the bible quote that it had ever rained?, it doesn't. The flood was the FIRST rain and a lot of the water for the flood very likely came from under the surface.

Noah didn't have problems with scheming evil people, quite the opposite. Imagine it, an old guy and his family building a huge ship in a dry place and stating that water was going to fall from the sky to flood the world. They probably put ring side seats round the ship so they could sit and laugh at them. They were the comedy entertainment of the day and Noah wasn't believed as it had never rained before.

Too many things are presumed and then the facts are twisted and innacurate. If there was a great flood, who knows what the earths surface would have been like before the devastation. What if there was only one land mass, it wouldn't take too much to flood that especially if the mountains were much smaller than we see today. Volcanic activity could have caused any kind of re-shaping to the surface after the flood.

From: "Nina Wright", 17/02/2001

Subject: Noah's Ark

You should listen to people who offer good advice!

It is irrelevant to me whether you answer this or not; I am still reading your web site, and I do find it amusing and a bit childish. Why anyone refuses to believe God can do anything He pleases is beyond me. He created the earth and everything else from nothing, as He has told us. If you don't want to use the commons sense He has given you, as well as the grace He offers you, that's your problem! But some day you'll have to stand before Him and explain why you refused to believe.
Think about it!

Ray Wright
Kalispell, Montana

From: Murphysboro22, 19/02/2001

Subject: re: God's transendance of time

God did not create time. God did not create the universe or any of the
abstract truths taht exist there. Time has always existed. Truth,
semantics, logic, ethics, etc. always existed. God can not see into the
future because time is lineal. In mathematics there exists three sepeate
things. a line which has no beginning and no end. A segment that has a
beginning and an end. and a ray which has a beginning and no end. There is
no shape that has an end without a beginning. The word end connotates a
beginning at some point. The nothing that existed before either God or the
Big Bang created the universe would have ended when the universe began. It
would not have a beginning but it would have an end. That is not logical.
The universe was always here and will always be here. The science of finding
the origins of the universe is flawed because they presupose the existence of
the beginning. Therefore all evidence of the universe always being here and
changing and evolving are ignored. What maybe a simple changing of the
universe is viewed as evidence of its creation at a certain time at a certain
place.

Furthermore God is bound by these truths because number one otherwise
would be evil. To trick us into believing we must follow these truths and
then to follow another truth just for yourself is an evil. Secondly God is
bound by the truth because he exists as a truth. He gives physicality to
the abstracts. That is why God cannot transend time, logic, semantics etc.

From: "Jessica Nelson", 23/02/2001

 

That Tim Bedding email nearly made me throw up.

I had the worst day today as half of my friends are Christians and have
thier own private socail circle, are hypocritical and use that really
annoying arguement of "It just is, ok?" Their attitude is what one may
call un-Christian, not of love rather one of we are better than you
unbelievers.

Your site totally rocks and so does atheism, no matter how illogical and
evil it may seem to those Christians.

I used to be a Christian then became aware of what the real deal was, and
decided it sure wasn't my thing. Since then my life has improved more than
it did in the time I was a believer, so any Christians who would like to
explain that.....

Thankyou for creating such a great, down to earth site for us unbelievers
out there!!!!

Its good to know we are not alone.
White Butterfly

 

Tim's email was a parody, by the way

From: Julie Haronik, 01/03/2001

Subject: just a little reflection

i've only read two articles and I see them as flawed as you claim I
would be as a Catholic. However, I'd like to point out regarding the
Pascal wager page that a life spent praying and doing good deeds would
not result in a wasted life if God did not exist. The world would be
better too. However, if the world ended tomorrow, no one would remember
the good things you've done because they'd be dead too. Also on the
page of "Proving your God" exists is very flawed in that the essential
question you ask is: does God exist? You are criticizing the proofs by
pretending it's: "Is your God is right?"

I could easily prove God exists. However, the proof that my God is
right is a matter of faith. It is revealed truth. You mentioned that
you'd want evidence of a miracle, but if you don't believe in science
then I can't "prove" to you that one took place. The same goes that if
you don't believe in Sacred Scripture or Sacred Tradition then I can't
prove it to you. The Truth has been revealed, but not so much that you
are forced to believe. God wouldn't be a good God if He didn't let you
use your free will to choose Him or not.
Pax~Julie

From: Kieran, 02/04/2001

Subject: Some Doubts

Dear Adrian Barnett,

I have been a happy born-again Atheist now for the
past 20 years. I've really enjoyed the spirtual
freedom offered to me by Atheism, i mean knowing that
the universe is basically pointless and absurd i came
to the logical conclusion that like the universe my
life is just as pointless and absurd. With this
revelation came an utter and absolute lack of care for
my fellow man or the concepts of right and wrong. You
see, i can do what i like and i don't feel guilty,
it's great.

But over the last couple of years i've started to have
some doubts -- i've started to think that god, in some
form or another might actually exist. I've started to
think that there may be a deeper meaning to human
existence and it scares me.

I'm afraid to tell my wife i've been having these
doubts because she is a devout atheist who's been
going to the No-God church of Saint Charles every week
since she was 12.

All of my friends are non-belivers as well and i'm
afraid they wil ridicule and taunt me for such
irrational doubts.

There are so many questions which we as humans can't
answer, so many unknowns, so many gaps in our journey
towards absolute knowledge that to stand here and say
i know that god doesn't exist almost seems as
irrational to stand here and say that god does.

Please help me Adrian, please help me to find my
faith again in No-God, because without the spirtual
freedom offered to me by him i may start to develop a
consience, i may start to really beleive in the
concepts of right and wrong, i may start to believe
that we humans may actually be special and these
thoughts frighten me so.

Yours in pointlessness & absurdity
Kieran

PS - Thats a class site you've got thare... I do like
the humour section and some of your articles on why
your an atheist are very interesting.

I did read with interest your response to Pascals
Wager but at the end of the day i thought well, an
eternity in hell vs 70 years of what you classed as a
life waisted praying... there's no comparison.

All though i certainly don't think if god exists he's
punishing you vile, satan worshipping heathens to the
FIREY PITS OF HEEEEEEEELLLLLL...

Well keep up the good, or should i say bad work and
hopefully in 100 years when we're all dead and buried
we'll find out that you were all dreadfully wrong,
breathe a long hard sigh of relief and have a good
laugh on our way up to heaven....[Fingers crossed]

 

Ooh, sarcasm. I am undone!

From: "Larry Berenard,Jr.", 11/04/2001

you will see in the end what's real. and yes you are loved by a greater power in the name of Jesus Christ. if i didn't make an effort to talk to you after reading your web page i would be missing out on reaching another soul. we as christians do love you because Jesus does. if you would like to comment my email is *****@*****.

thanks ' linda

From: The RattleSnake, 12/04/2001

Subject: Hey man how silly u r!

I read ure Adam and Eve topic and was lol when i came to know ure silly questions being raised of
Adam's testicles and clothes etc. First of all u DONT believe in God, that means u never even
thought who is God and how is he governing the Universe, than how can u ask such foolish questions
as where did clothes come from and etc. As ure questions about one of the sons getting a gal from
somewhere, i m sorry to say that u haven't come across Islam or Quran , have u . If u have read
about Islam, then read this story in Quran and u will get all the minute details , by the way
details r not necessary anyway as do u think it is necessary for u to know how ure great great
great grandfather looked like and how he found his wife etc!!! How the electricity is available
when no one made it. Science grew by itself or did mother nature ! If u believe in science then
how about it that u ppl didnt know universe was expanding and Quran showed it 1400 years ago!
Sorry but i say u r uneducated, first of all seek all religions of the world(deep scrutiny) and
then if u find problems, then say u dont believe in anyone. By the way, Atheism is a religion
itself a religion of ignorance!

 

This gentleman also made an appearance on my message board under the name "Alexander Caesar". He was just as coherent and easy to read there.

From: The RattleSnake, 13/04/2001

Subject: Lets take it this way

God made u to be born from ure mother's womb. SO till then it was his responsiblity that u were
son of ure mother coz he made ure destiny till then. and say that he knew u would **** ure mom!
But he didn't stop u from becoming child of ure mom! Now that u have become a mother ****** so it
is His fault that u ****** ure mom! How ridiculous, infact He gave u a chance by not interfering
in ure actions that u don't **** ure mom and till u ****** ure mom! U know what God have said that
Prayers may even change destinies! Did u ever pray to God, did u accept him as ure deity, no
infact u r trying to prove that God doesnt exists, u may say that God knew ure misdeeds, so it
aint ure fault. How if I was a via from god to u to stop unbelieving , now it is up to u to
believe in god or not, will it be Gods fault if u did not believe! U cannot decline the Greatness
of God and u cannot say that Big Bang occured by itself!!!!!!!
Fact of the matter is that U have gained a little knowledge of universe and from that little
knowledge and in ure little human perspective u r trying to think as God! U r the one who is
looking ridiculous not us who believe in One Supreme God, who is So Gracious that he has given u
time to repent and believe in Him , but u will say that God forced me to not believe , U r
ignorant and thats what u will be , goto www.islamic.org.uk if u have the guts to face the facts!
God has made destiny and yet given free will and such intricate is this business that a mortal
human brain of ures cant understand it ! If u have any questions to ask from me I can answer U coz
u r the one who need answers , Atheism or Satanism is the same !

 

Expletives deleted. It's not only Christians who resort to abusive ranting.

 

 

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