Atheists for Jesus

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The title of the site should be changed to "Atheists who have been convinced by selected quotations that Jesus was a really swell guy."
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Did all those people get stricken with amnesia? Jesus is supposed to come back one day and kill everyone but 144,000 people!
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Durandal wrote:Did all those people get stricken with amnesia? Jesus is supposed to come back one day and kill everyone but 144,000 people!
Only in a god-like way. Jesus wasn't a God.
The point these guys are making in a stupid, confusing way, is some things Jesus is reported to have said in the Gospels were OK.

In other words, one can't have a morality that concides with Christianity without being an 'Atheist for Jesus'. Bastards. If they need someone to follow but can't help but be atheists, why not be a budhist?

I kinda understand where they're coming from. I'm sort of a atheist pagan.
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innerbrat wrote:If they need someone to follow but can't help but be atheists, why not be a Budhist?
Why not follow me? I'll take their 10%.
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Do any of those guy know the definition of atheist? It seems to me that their atheists that haven't given up religion completely.
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Durandal wrote:Did all those people get stricken with amnesia? Jesus is supposed to come back one day and kill everyone but 144,000 people!
Do they think they are part of those 144,000 people? I'd laugh if they went up to Heaven, while Falwell, Phelps, and Chick all went to hell.
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god damnet that was the oddist oxymoron i have seen in a long time .....those two words should NOT be used togeather , just like Millitary and Intelegince , or even Honest Goverment
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These are basically people who don't believe in God, but buy into the Christian Propaganda Machine's claims about Jesus being all-loving and the Bible being the "Good Book," so they seek what is nothing more than a political compromise.

It's like people who believe in the theory of evolution, yet they think "creationists bring up some good points, too," so they dream up this intelligent design bullshit. Many atheists are just too insecure to risk being at direct odds with the majority's belief.
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Post by Pablo Sanchez »

Jesus was a pretty nice guy, considering his cultural heretige and era. Beyond that, I really don't know...
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These people need some serious counseling. I can give it to them by way of an sledgehammer... :twisted:
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Jesus was a rather nice person, if the Gospels are any indicator...
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Oh yeah. John's Gospel makes him out to be really terrific ... :roll:
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I dunno. The whole "peace and love" angle was rather convincing to me.
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Are they the makers of "Round Squares" and "Four Sided Circles"?
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Jesus should ask his dad to do something about Sad Hussein and Osama Bin A-Hole
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Perhaps they mistook Aragorn for Jesus. (Viggo Mortensen, the actor who plays Aragorn in the new Lord Of The Rings movies, bears a striking resemblance to most depictions of Jesus)
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Bah, He's not nearly as nice a guy as Vash and his patented "Love and Peace" approch is far supiror to the Jesus "Peace and Love" method

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