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forrest
02-20-2009, 10:19 AM
Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian


10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.

9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.

8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.

7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!

6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.

5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.

4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."

3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.

2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.

1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.

Gary Blanchard
02-20-2009, 10:47 AM
As a former evengelical Christian, I'd say you got it pretty spot-on. Number 4 on that list was one of the main things that moved me away from all that stuff. The final straw was the Sunday after the 1980 election, when our minister stated that the election of Ronald Reagan meant "God's man is in the White House."

Adam Blanchard
02-20-2009, 01:21 PM
I think 5,6, and 7 are the main ones that drove me away from christianity. I remember theis christian youth group/community center I used to go to telling us that we should go out and preach to people and make them listen yet get irate and go to telling people they will go to hell if they try to tell you about their religion.

Crochety Carpenter
02-23-2009, 03:57 PM
OOOOHHHH such a pretty lure, soooo inviting.... nope! don't think I'll bite. swimming away....:)

Hippie Staff
02-23-2009, 08:11 PM
Oh come on Crochety!! Play a long!! :D

PEACE FROG
02-23-2009, 09:35 PM
It was waiting for the "RAPTURE" Meg not "RAPTOR"!

LIBRA
02-24-2009, 04:15 AM
LOL!!!!! Raptor, Rapture you two are so witty!

And Crochety I thought youd be the first to respond! Are you getting soft on us. :D

forrest
02-24-2009, 05:51 AM
OOOOHHHH such a pretty lure, soooo inviting.... nope! don't think I'll bite. swimming away....:)

The Golden Rules
http://web.archive.org/web/20070806030452/http://www.fashionsforpeace.com/pages/golden.asp

forrest
02-24-2009, 05:55 AM
Oh come on Crochety!! Play a long!! :D

http://www.clevelandseniors.com/images/funny/woodpecker.jpg

forrest
02-24-2009, 10:43 AM
It was waiting for the "RAPTURE" Meg not "RAPTOR"!

By "it" are you refering to Jesus?

PEACE FROG
03-21-2009, 10:23 AM
No Forrest, I meant "IT" the term or phrase. :D