tdoc210

god does not exist
simple, something must have created him, he could not create himself. God is a crutch for those who need something to get by on, a little fairy tale to keep your children warm at night. Nothing more than that.

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We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

Fyrenza

perhaps a little more than a fairy tale

our Christian Bible is THE all-time hands-down best selling book EVER

Not many fairy tales can even claim to have crossed cultural boundaries

Fyrenza

i'm a Christian so i'm probably not the best one to ask

tdoc210

seeing as it was forced on them?
i love how you assume i meant christian
it is the best selling fiction book isn't it

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We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

Fyrenza

i don't think many people over the age of 18 have much 'forced on' them

i didn't assume you meant Christian
i said Christian because its the Christian Bible that is the most sold

no
you won't find the Bible in the fiction section of any library nor bookstore

you will find it listed as the Best Selling Book of All Time
however

anticipation

the tooth fairy comes to mind.

Fyrenza

yeah, that's one

but you know what i mean

jibber

I believe he was referring to the colonization of nations in which they forced the inhabitants to "accept jesus christ as their lord and savior" or die a horrible death at their hands. The spanish inquisition comes to mind. Or in North America when natives were forced to convert to christianity when the children were taken from their homes, forced to speak english, convert to christianity, and often raped and abused in the process. Or perhaps the "well meaning" missionaries who go to a third world country, and require everyone to convert to christianity before giving them any type of aid. It's basically dangling food in front of a starving man and saying you wont give it to him until he submits to being "saved." The very thought of missionary work disgusts me.

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What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.
William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways

Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass.

HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

Fyrenza

but

but

aren't you a missionary?

not a religious missionary, but just a missionary

Fyrenza

i don't believe that's how things are done these days

the food and education are given

and the religion is offered