Every once and a while I'll talk to my Christian wife about religion. I'm the type that doesn't care what others believe as long as they don't force it down my throat. But there is one button that she presses that always makes me explode with rage inside and it comes in a few different flavors:
You can't quote scripture against me because you don't believe in it to begin with,
or when asked if nothing happens that doesn't go according to God's will/plan:
God knows the future but he leaves the choice up to you when the time comes. All paths are known to God but we live in the present so you can choose to go down the right path, or turn away from it.
What lines make you rage the most when talking with Christians?
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Christian Lines That Make You Rage!
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, Jul 15 2012 03:12 PM
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 03:29 PM
When asked how they know whatever is true.
"Because that's what it says in the bible"
"Because that's what it says in the bible"
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 03:39 PM
Hmmm, Christian lines that make me rage... ALL OF THEM.
God is testing you, God has a plan, God is good all the time, yada yada.
God is testing you, God has a plan, God is good all the time, yada yada.
House: "So, you're a faith healer. Or is that a pejorative? Do you prefer something like "divine health management"?"
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 03:43 PM
Agreed, they all come with the same rage # increase.Hmmm, Christian lines that make me rage... ALL OF THEM.
God is testing you, God has a plan, God is good all the time, yada yada.
“The hands that help are far better than the lips that pray.” -Robert Ingersoll
"Aliit ori'shya tal'din (Family is more than blood)" -Mandalorian Saying
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." -Ghandi
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one." -Spok
"Aliit ori'shya tal'din (Family is more than blood)" -Mandalorian Saying
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." -Ghandi
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one." -Spok
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 03:59 PM
"It's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve."
Very clever.
Also, "Who are you to question God?"
Very clever.
Also, "Who are you to question God?"
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 04:02 PM
"Everything happens for a reason."
This doesn't make me feel better at all.
This doesn't make me feel better at all.
"But forcing your good intentions on others is no different from an evil act."- Lelouch vi Britannia
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 04:12 PM
"It's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve."
Very clever.
I tend to ask guys if they have a problem with girls who are lesbian and I draw crickets. It's amusing how hypocritical male religious nuts are.
Also, any single Christian who feels like they have the right interpretation of scripture, and everyone else is wrong, also annoys the crap out of me.
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 04:44 PM
"well we don't think that's biblical"
What the hell do you know? You don't even read your bible.
What the hell do you know? You don't even read your bible.
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 05:01 PM
After I failed my senior year of pharm school, leaving me in near 6 figure debt with no way to pay for it and no job prospects :
"The Lord must have bigger and better plans for you".
FUUUUUUUCCCCKKK YYOOOUUUU
"The Lord must have bigger and better plans for you".
FUUUUUUUCCCCKKK YYOOOUUUU
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 05:08 PM
"Does the clay talk back to the potter?"
It's even worse that it's an actual verse.
It's even worse that it's an actual verse.
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 05:12 PM
"Does the clay talk back to the potter?"
It's even worse that it's an actual verse.
Does the North Korean peasant talk back to his maker Kim Jun Un?
"We exist for the universe to understand itself..."- Carl Sagan
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 06:53 PM
The one that pisses me off is "We feel god wants us to " or "the lord is leading us to"
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 06:58 PM
A friend of mine admitted she has beliefs that she knows aren't logical or don't make any sense but that she keeps them anyway. Recently I came round to asking her why she hangs onto them. Her answer?
"Lack of evidence for something isn't evidence for it not being true."
A few months ago I'd have had to bite my tongue to not flip out at that kind of reasoning, but I've kind of come to a point where I've started thinking that if they want to be deluded they can have their fun.
"Lack of evidence for something isn't evidence for it not being true."
A few months ago I'd have had to bite my tongue to not flip out at that kind of reasoning, but I've kind of come to a point where I've started thinking that if they want to be deluded they can have their fun.
God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His arms, but also a kind of superiority, soothing to their macerated egos: He will set them above their betters.
- H L Mencken.
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 07:00 PM
A friend of mine admitted she has beliefs that she knows aren't logical or don't make any sense but that she keeps them anyway. Recently I came round to asking her why she hangs onto them. Her answer?
"Lack of evidence for something isn't evidence for it not being true."
A few months ago I'd have had to bite my tongue to not flip out at that kind of reasoning, but I've kind of come to a point where I've started thinking that if they want to be deluded they can have their fun.
There's no evidence to support it but it's true anyway... Yep... My brain hurts!
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 07:11 PM
"I'll pray for you."
Especially when it's after a debate, because then it's christard-speak for "fuck you." But they're too good to just say "fuck you", they have to pretend they're better.
Even when it's quasi-well meaning, and it's because I've related some personal trouble to them, it's "I have no real advice, and no wish to actually help anyway, so I'll let my god handle it, since he's done such a bang-up job already." Less rage, more annoyance at fucking laziness.
Also, the implication that they have the hotline to Divinity, and I don't, just plain makes me want to smack them.
Especially when it's after a debate, because then it's christard-speak for "fuck you." But they're too good to just say "fuck you", they have to pretend they're better.
Even when it's quasi-well meaning, and it's because I've related some personal trouble to them, it's "I have no real advice, and no wish to actually help anyway, so I'll let my god handle it, since he's done such a bang-up job already." Less rage, more annoyance at fucking laziness.
Also, the implication that they have the hotline to Divinity, and I don't, just plain makes me want to smack them.
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 07:58 PM
All of the ones listed drive me nuts.
And the fools--I have one relative this fits perfectly--- that say support Israel at all costs. The 'We gotta keep the Jews alive so Jesus can come back and convert 'em or kill the Jews, 2/3rds of them." Those types aren't too happy when you mention that sounds like a sociopath, and a mass murderer of Jews.
They DO tend to get ticked a bit when you point out the obvious.
And the fools--I have one relative this fits perfectly--- that say support Israel at all costs. The 'We gotta keep the Jews alive so Jesus can come back and convert 'em or kill the Jews, 2/3rds of them." Those types aren't too happy when you mention that sounds like a sociopath, and a mass murderer of Jews.
They DO tend to get ticked a bit when you point out the obvious.
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 08:15 PM
"You need to unharden your heart"
"BIBLE: Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth"
"(Insert 'bad' thing) is an abomination unto God"
"God is the same yesterday, today and forever"
"Do you know where you're going when you die?"
"The Holy Spirit just came to me and told me to..."
"God is good."
Anything about this being the end of days
"America is a Christian nation"
"Jesus came to bring a sword, not peace"
"BIBLE: Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth"
"(Insert 'bad' thing) is an abomination unto God"
"God is the same yesterday, today and forever"
"Do you know where you're going when you die?"
"The Holy Spirit just came to me and told me to..."
"God is good."
Anything about this being the end of days
"America is a Christian nation"
"Jesus came to bring a sword, not peace"
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 08:39 PM
When I started reading this thread, I couldn't think of one particular line that annoyed me. After reading all of yours, I feel quite cranky!
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 08:40 PM
"If you don't believe in god, the devil will take everything from you."
"Faith is evidence of things unseen."
"Have faith, things will make sense."
"Faith is evidence of things unseen."
"Have faith, things will make sense."
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 09:11 PM
"When a child wants his own way, even though it may be dangerous to him, a parent must do what's best to protect their child. God does this for His children."
(recent conversation with a friend. thanks, I'm that wayward child!)
(recent conversation with a friend. thanks, I'm that wayward child!)
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