November 12, 2009 by theBEattitude
The Catholic Church has added a new act to their long list of traditions and rituals. Punishing people who are need of social service to force their political agenda.
The Washington Post — The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the city doesn’t change a proposed same-sex marriage law, a threat that could affect tens of thousands of people the church helps with adoption, homelessness and health care.
Under the bill, headed for a D.C. Council vote next month, religious organizations would not be required to perform or make space available for same-sex weddings. But they would have to obey city laws prohibiting discrimination against gay men and lesbians.
When will the Catholic Church finally change their name to something more truly representative? Wouldn’t a name like: “The Catholic Gay Hating, Women Discriminating, and Abortion Obsessive Church” be more accurate? The public view of the Catholic Church looks more like a political lobby group than a church.
Regardless of where a Catholic or any Christian stands on this topic, you can’t act out this level of hypocrisy and expect anyone to take your church or the God you worship seriously.
Tags: Bible, Catholic, Gay, Hate, Homeless, Hypocrisy, Marriage, Pope, Threat, Tradition, Washington
Posted in Christian Love, Why be a Christian? | 9 Comments »
November 10, 2009 by theBEattitude
Jesus was sent by God only for the chosen people of Israel and not the Gentiles…
Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession.”
Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to their dogs.”
…unless you beg like a dog to earn Jesus’ pity.
“Yes, Lord,” she said, “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
Then Jesus answered, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
–Matthew 15:21-28
Post updated 11/06/09 4:25 CST
Tags: Atheism, Atheist, Chosen People, Demon, Faith, Gentile, Heal, Jesus, Jew, Jewish, Miracle, Repent, Save, Sin, World
Posted in The List: Believe the Bible? | 57 Comments »
November 3, 2009 by theBEattitude
Did Jesus keep secrets, give special treatment to some and intentionally confuse others so they wouldn’t be forgiven?
Yes.
The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” He replied, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
Matthew 13:10-11
He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so that,
” ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’“
Mark 4:11, Luke 8:10
He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
Mark 4:34
“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.” Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone.
Luke 9:20-21, Mark 8:29-30
Then he warned his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.
Matthew 16:20
No.
“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus replied. “I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
John 18:20
The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.“ Then Jesus declared, “I who speak to you am he.”
John 4:25-26
I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism.
Acts 10:34
God does not show favoritism.
Romans 2:11
Tags: Atheism, Atheist, Bible, Christ, Conflicting, Credibility, Deceive, False, Flawed, God, Hell, Inconsistent, Invalid, Jesus, Judgement, Parables, Secret, Trick
Posted in A Cruel God., Bible Teaching of the Week | 26 Comments »
October 29, 2009 by theBEattitude
Pat Robertson’s Web site has just issued a bulletin warning Americans that demons are lurking in our Halloween candy. And it wasn’t a joke.
Christian Broadcasting Network writer, Kimberly Daniels, claims that curses and demons sneak into bags of Halloween candy at grocery stores.
“Most of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches, I do not buy candy during the Halloween season. Curses are sent through the tricks and treats of the innocent whether they get it by going door to door or by purchasing it from the local grocery store. The demons cannot tell the difference.”
“Halloween is much more than a holiday filled with fun and tricks or treats, it is a time for the gathering of evil that masquerades behind the fictitious characters of Dracula, werewolves, mummies and witches on brooms. The truth is that these demons that have been presented as scary cartoons actually exist. I have prayed for witches who are addicted to drinking blood and howling at the moon.”
Consider yourselves warned. Eat too much Haloween candy and you could become addicted to drinking blood and start howling at the moon. Or you could denounce Halloween candy and become a clinically paranoid Christian nut job.
I like to live dangerously, so I’ll take my chances on a demon possessed candy corn.
(via)
Tags: Bible, Candy, Children, Curse, Demon, Devil, Evil, God, Halloween, Jesus, Pat Robertson, Satan, Spirit, Vampires, Witches
Posted in Bizarre Behavior, Christian Love, Funny Stuff, Why be a Christian? | 33 Comments »
October 26, 2009 by theBEattitude
The Detroit News—A bomb threat today forced about 200 worshippers at the church of City Council candidate Andre Spivey to host services in its parking lot.
Spivey said police informed officials of St. Paul AME about 9:30 a.m. that at least one anonymous caller claimed three bombs were inside the church on Hunt near Chene. Three canine units found nothing, and the church is expected to re-open Monday.
Christians can’t even trust God to protect their families while attending church. Yet virtually every Christian prayer includes a request for God’s protection. Why?
I receive a weekly spam email from a Christian friend with a list of prayer requests for his family and friends. Most of these prayer requests are for God’s wing (or hand) to shield and protect them. What purpose does this type of intercessory prayer serve? They are a pointless waste of time. Even if you are convinced a god exists, there is absolutely no reason to believe he or she cares at all what happens to you here on earth.
Tags: Atheist, Bible, Bomb, Christian, Detroit, God, Intercessory, Jesus, Parking Lot, Political, Prayer, Threat
Posted in Politics, Why be a Christian? | 20 Comments »
October 22, 2009 by theBEattitude
This headline is a quote is from an apologist on Carm.org attempting to prove that the story of Noah’s Ark actually happened. The article was quite comical, but I thought his comment was worth discussing.
Christians have a special gift for discerning which parts of the Bible are real and which parts are parables, allegories or Jewish folklore. Every Christian has a different opinion.
Jesus claimed to be the Son of God and is quoted confirming scripture in the gospels over and over again. This leads you to only 3 rational conclusions. Jesus is the Son of God and is confirming that the Old Testament stories are true. Jesus was a liar and a lunatic. Or the gospels are false testimony with inaccurate quotations of a man that may or may not have actually existed. So I ask Christians, which is it?
Let’s look at a few of the examples when Jesus confirmed Old Testament scripture:
The Ark
“As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.” —Matthew 24:37-39
Sodom and Gomorra
“It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building; but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed. On that day, the one who is on the housetop and whose goods are in the house must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one who is in the field must not turn back.” —Luke 17:28-32
Adam and Eve and the creation story
“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” —Matthew 19:4-6
Cain and Able from the creation story
“From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.” —Luke 11:51
Jonah living in a whale’s belly for three days
“For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” —Matthew 12:40
How many Christians actually believe the creation story? How many believe the story of Noah’s Ark? And how many think a man can live in the belly of a whale for three days? Jesus not only believed it, he confirmed the stories in the Gospels. Is it possible for Jesus to be a liar and the Son of Man? If not, how is it possible to disagree with Jesus and still call yourself a Christian?
Tags: Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Believe, Faith, False, God, Gospel, Jesus, Jewish, Liar, Lord, Lunatic, Man-Made, Old Testament. Truth
Posted in The List: Believe the Bible?, Thought & Questions, Why be a Christian? | 43 Comments »
October 21, 2009 by theBEattitude
It’s nice to see Christians see past their differences to find common ground to build God’s kingdom. God hates homosexuals and proclaimed women should be subordinate to men. The current trend of gay rights and empowered women is very threatening to God’s plan.
ROME, Italy (CNN) – The Vatican said Tuesday it has worked out a way for groups of Anglicans who are dissatisfied with their faith to join the Catholic Church.
The process will enable groups of Anglicans to become Catholic and recognize the pope as their leader, yet have parishes that retain Anglican rites, Vatican officials said. The move comes some 450 years after King Henry VIII broke from Rome and created the Church of England, forerunner of the Anglican Communion.
The number of Anglicans wishing to join the Catholic Church has increased in recent years as the Anglican Church has welcomed the ordination of women and openly gay clergy and blessed homosexual partnerships, said Cardinal William Joseph Levada, the head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Williams, who also is rector of All Saints Anglican Church in Fountain Valley, California, said his parishioners have generally been “very warmly receiving” Tuesday’s announcement.
“It is encouraging for them to know their worship experience wouldn’t be turned upside down by the Roman Catholic Church,” Williams said. “The person in the pew should see very little difference in the way we pray. We might be asked to pray aloud for any pope who happens to be in office, in addition to praying for our primate.
“Really, there’d be very little other difference.”
Apparently the only thing that changes for the converted Anglican Church is their money now goes to the Vatican and the Pope will rule over their church. It’s a win-win. More money and power for the Vatican and Anglicans can ward off scary gay people and women with the audacity to want leadership positions. Praise the Lord.
Tags: Anglican, Catholic, Christian, Church, Convert, Converted, Greed, Hate, Join, Money, Pope, Power, Roman, Rome, Sin, Vatican, Women
Posted in Christian Love, Why be a Christian? | 27 Comments »
October 20, 2009 by theBEattitude
“Religion. It’s given people hope in a world torn apart by religion.”
-Charlie Chaplin
“By simple common sense I don’t believe in God, in none.”
-Charlie Chaplin
“I inadvertently came upon an edition of Robert Ingersoll’s Essays and Lectures. This was an exciting discovery; his atheism confirmed my own belief that the horrific cruelty of the Old Testament was degrading to the human spirit.”
-Charlie Chaplin
“Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.”
-Charlie Chaplin
“What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.”
-Charlie Chaplin
“In the end, everything is a gag.”
-Charlie Chaplin
Tags: Agnostic, Atheist, Charlie Chaplin, God, Jesus, Quotation, Quotes, Religion, Skeptic
Posted in Rational Thoughts from a Skeptic | 1 Comment »
October 18, 2009 by theBEattitude
The devil is roaming free to devour and take people captive at his will.
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
2 Timothy 2:26
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.
1 Peter 5:8
The devil does not take people at his will and will flee from you if you resist him.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:7
The devil is powerless in hell, tied and chained awaiting his fate on judgement day.
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment.
2 Peter 2:4
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Jude 6
Tags: Bible, Conflicting, Contradiction, Devil, Evil, False, Flawed, Folklore, God, Hell, Inconsistent, Satan, Temptation
Posted in Bible Teaching of the Week | 29 Comments »
A bit of wisdom for “Ass-theists”: Evolution is very “ridiclious”.
November 3, 2009 by theBEattitudeI don’t usually call out people’s comments, but this one was posted today to an older post that most people would miss. It was in response to my post, “Why are Christians afraid of atheists?“
I have no problem with people disagreeing with me on this blog and welcome all comments. It makes the discussion much more interesting. But it’s been a while since I’ve had a gem like this one. Enjoy.
From commenter “Lizzie“:
I don’t know about you, but I’m convinced. Ending up butt hurt sounds pretty terrible to me.
Tags: Afraid, Atheist, Atheists, Bible, Blog, Blogs, Christian, Commenter, Commenters, Comments, Evolution, Fear, God, Jesus
Posted in Christian Love, Funny Stuff, Why be a Christian? | 75 Comments »