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Zetz Up The Schmaltz!
Posted by: twinertia
Date: May 02, 2008 04:10PM
Whoooh, that was arduous to read (like a razor-blade enema)! Smelled like the kind of tripe filtered through THE UPPER ROOM or HIGHLIGHTS (it's actually cut-and-paste from an episode of IT IS WRITTEN, a sales ministry led by yet another boyishly-charismatic shepherd).
From your first sentence, your horse broke both front legs stumbling out of the chute. First, there's no such animal as "utopia". Second, Russia was not built on skepticism. These points are folklorishly paranoiac memes that must be overcome, no matter how hard it seems.
Even without knowing the story's origins, it's a suspect hootenanny. Yup, the "Iron Curtain" rusts away, and in come the hucksters. I love how "a thousand atheist scientists" wanted to be lectured about a specific deity. Truth be told, most of these dudes were always believers; they'd just had the party line crammed down their throats, and had to wait for things to change.
Pastor Finley's amazed that he didn't get any questions about science or atheism. Well, DURR-hay!! Why would any of them crave the opinion of a non-scientist?
Some of the questions asked were howlers. "How do I pray?" Please.....if you're THAT mentally-challenged, turn in your lab coat. The "Problem Of Evil"? Twisted around with the Problem of Original Sin, I'd bet. "Better marriages" and "forgivenezz"? Neither are dependent upon theism.
When Finley makes his "astonishment" known, what happens? ONE GUY out of the thousand (1000) gets up and makes a heartfelt speech. Atheism made them "morally barren"?!? So, they were ALL cheats, killers and beagle molesters in their spare time? I doubt if that could've been kept from the KGB for so long. "No hope" and "no future"? Life is what you choose to make of it; ignorance is the downhill coast, and reality is the uphill, wind-in-your-face gravel sluice.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/02/2008 06:53PM by twinertia.
From your first sentence, your horse broke both front legs stumbling out of the chute. First, there's no such animal as "utopia". Second, Russia was not built on skepticism. These points are folklorishly paranoiac memes that must be overcome, no matter how hard it seems.
Even without knowing the story's origins, it's a suspect hootenanny. Yup, the "Iron Curtain" rusts away, and in come the hucksters. I love how "a thousand atheist scientists" wanted to be lectured about a specific deity. Truth be told, most of these dudes were always believers; they'd just had the party line crammed down their throats, and had to wait for things to change.
Pastor Finley's amazed that he didn't get any questions about science or atheism. Well, DURR-hay!! Why would any of them crave the opinion of a non-scientist?
Some of the questions asked were howlers. "How do I pray?" Please.....if you're THAT mentally-challenged, turn in your lab coat. The "Problem Of Evil"? Twisted around with the Problem of Original Sin, I'd bet. "Better marriages" and "forgivenezz"? Neither are dependent upon theism.
When Finley makes his "astonishment" known, what happens? ONE GUY out of the thousand (1000) gets up and makes a heartfelt speech. Atheism made them "morally barren"?!? So, they were ALL cheats, killers and beagle molesters in their spare time? I doubt if that could've been kept from the KGB for so long. "No hope" and "no future"? Life is what you choose to make of it; ignorance is the downhill coast, and reality is the uphill, wind-in-your-face gravel sluice.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/02/2008 06:53PM by twinertia.
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