| Name: | Groovy Agnostic |
| Homepage: | |
| E-Mail: | dylan2004@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | Hiya Derrick. I just
want to say that your atheism website is outstanding! You really
tell it like it is, dude. Fundamentalist christians give us
atheists, agnostics, freethinkers, etc. a lot of resistance and they
use us for a dumping ground. I'm just thrilled that brave people
like you use your sites to defend freedom FROM religion and speak
the horrible truth about fundamentalist christianity. August 26, 2004 18:37:45 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Ivy Cawley |
| Homepage: | http://girlnation.bravehost.com/ |
| E-Mail: | xxxivy@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Shine on you crazy
diamond! August 16, 2004 23:21:02 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | funny |
| Homepage: | http://www. idonthaveone.com |
| E-Mail: | BRAINGAMES888 |
| Comments: | HEY IAM 13 AND SAW THIS
SITE I REALLY LIKE IT IVE BEEN TRYING TO THUS STUFF FOR A LONG TIME
BUT MY PARENTS SAY THAT IF I SAY THAT I GO TO HELL WHO CARES August 08, 2004 20:26:05 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Steve |
| Homepage: | |
| E-Mail: | steven_scott67@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I really enjoyed your site!
Keep up the good work August 01, 2004 19:00:33 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | reapX |
| Homepage: | |
| E-Mail: | |
| Comments: | Hi there! I stumbled across
your site, and I just wanted to congratulate you on such a wonderful and
strong-pointed information site :). I am an Ex-Christian as well, and a
lot what deconverted me is on your site. I am currently 16 years old, but
dont count me out just yet Christians! (I have been told that I'm wrong
and ignorant because of my inferior age, a very poor arguement that i come
across in christian chatrooms, where Atheist/Theist descussions are
abundant) I just wanted to comment on a few comments that I read in this
guestbook, if that's allowed :). (I hope html workes in here hehe :S ) Derrick, I have one problem with your website: I can understand that you've turned away from Christianity; I understand your issues with iy; I understand your interest in Science. I don't understand why adopting a new paradigm (atheism) means you then have to diss other paradigms. What happened to good ol' respect? What happened to allowing everyone a voice? Sure, you've been dissapointed by the faith and have found something that works for you. But why put down Christianity without giving it a fair trial? As a Christian I don't go around dissing atheism or Islam or whatever. It is my belief that every paradigm needs to be heard and given a free trial. The moment someone starts attacking one system more than another my warning bells start ringing. Because at that moment (when you're strongly anti-something based on an emotional experience, eg: dissapointment) all rational and logical argument (as demanded by the scientific method) goes out the window and we start making emotional rather than evidentially-based statements. Your bitterness and disapointment are tangible in every word of your site, making your arguments far less convincing from an academic/scientific/rational/logical point of view. I mainly wanted to point out his "respect" statement. Not only is this one of the most respectful Atheist websites I have came across, what you think is disrespect is just a counter-arguement. You have the right to come up to us, at our very precious luncheon 1/2 hour together (this is a true example that has happened to me and my girl friend at school)and say to us "God is very wonderful to have put you two together!" And we tell him, "Well thank you for saying that we look like we are ment for eachother, but there is no God that you speak of, therefore we found eachother by ourselves, no need to credit god." Then he continues to tell us how wrong we are, and we counter, until finally he gets fed up with losing and says we are disrespecting him, :\ Now might I get you "disrespected Christians" to think about something. If you have the right to come up and tell us garbage that God exists and we are going to hell, why is it disrespectful that we say "Well that is a heaping load of bullshit"?" Or, if we are disrespectful, then maybe you should watch your own mouth sometime, because you are showing us the same amount of disrespect, if that is the case. One more thing, the first Christian poster in this guestbook used only Bible References to prove his points. It should be obvious that the Bible isn't a valid source of information, because the bible's truth can be thrown into question. And, if I may, I would like to make another point. Think about this, If Christianity didn't exist at this very day, and we are living in the same world that we are in now, And some guy named Jesus walked up, stood on a stage with a mic, and said, "I am the son of God! You must behave like me in order to live eternally in Heaven, the perfect place!" I mean, come on, we have science now to PROVE things. I think people back "in da day" believed christianity because it was the best source of info they could get. It just leaves me in confusion of how people can still believe it. "Think outside the Bun." --Taco Bell Dont be afraid to question things. Trust me, you will love yourself after you dump christianity. July 25, 2004 19:40:20 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Alex |
| Homepage: | http://www.livejournal.com/users/hazel_may |
| E-Mail: | devreser@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I love your site. I'm an
ex-Christian too, although I didn't turn to atheism. Glad to see another
ex-Christian getting his opinion out into the world. I'm recommending your
page to other like minded people. Keep it up.
July 7, 2004 15:33:00 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Matt |
| Homepage: | http://www.theatheistbible.com/ |
| E-Mail: | gbaz_matt@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | wonderful site. I love the
research you have done!!! Check out my site if you get the chance http://www.theatheistbible.com/ July 6, 2004 17:53:26 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Rhys Watkins |
| Homepage: | |
| E-Mail: | cirdec@optusnet.com.au |
| Comments: | It is the practice in
Australia for all three levels of Government to recite Christian prayers
at the beginning of every meeting. I am on a mission to stop this useless,
unscientific practice of mythology. At every attempt I am frustrated by references to the bible and ‘traditional’ nonsense. It used to be traditional for witches to be burned at the stake and ‘heretics’ to be disembowelled. Thank goodness we stopped them from that barbaric practice otherwise I would net be here to tell my tale. It is impossible to get through to these numbskulls that there is no proof in the bible – or anywhere else – that a god exists. Maybe there is a god? Otherwise why would Christians be blessed with such thick skulls to protect such tiny minds? June 18, 2004 20:15:17 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Kat |
| Homepage: | |
| E-Mail: | |
| Comments: | I believe that the more
intelligent one is, the more likely they are to debunk the myths of the
bible. It should be no more relevant than Aesop's Fables. June 15, 2004 00:49:04am |
| Name: | Dontrell |
| Homepage: | |
| E-Mail: | dontrelljenkins@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | There is really no debate,
disgussion, or dialogue to take place because nothing anyone can say that
is contrary to the truths of the one and true living God are valid. And
because nothing you say is valid, there is no dialogue. There is only a
monologue that exists and it is given by God. You have two choices you can
listen to the monologue and accept it, or you can deem what it says as a
lie and not accept it. Either way, in the end, you will just end up bowing
with your own knee, and confessing with your of your own mouth what you so
adamantly professed as untrue: the fact that Jesus Christ is Lord. Romans 14:11 It is written: "'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God.'" What is most appalling about this web site is the way the webmaster precedes to build doubts in the minds of skeptics, unbelievers, and sadly to say even believers, by posting half truths, and certain excerpts from the word of God (bible). In other words, in all of his so-called contradictory findings, he will list only half of the information. He wll give you the ABC but not the DEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY and Z and it is so obvious. Most of the things you argue on your site can be broken down to you and explained by christian youth. You are trying to argue things you don't even know about. Derrick and gang, it is apparant you missed a couple of scriptures while skimming through the bible, finding something in it, and presenting it as nonsensical. Like this one: 1 Corinthians 2:14 The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. This scripture can answer the reason why you don't understand whatever it is you do not about the bible. You can only understand the things of God (the bible) if you posses the spirit of God. You can only posses the spirit of God if you are saved. You can only become saved by confessing with your mouth and believing in your heart that christ is the risen lord. (Romans 10:9) I hold no animosity in my heart against anyone who has spoken against the one and true living God on this website. I am no one to pass judgement. In fact no one can judge you but God. My only intention is to establish some real concrete truth in this mass of lies. I just pray and ask God that when you read this your heart will not be hardened and you will ask God to truely reveal himself to you so that you may see he is real. Today is the day of salvation. Ask him to come into your life. No matter what you have done, said, or believed in the past. Today, right now, surrender your life to the only one who is able to save your soul and present you spotless before the father. John 14:6 Jesus anwered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Will you believe today? I would really like to recieve correspondence from anyone who would like to discuss anything regarding God, church, the bible etc., especially you Derrick. June 12, 2004 23:58:49 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | DmAaRgTnHa |
| Homepage: | |
| E-Mail: | |
| Comments: | I have never seen one single
shred of evidence that god is real. A book. The bible is not proof. They
make children's books about Santa Claus and other fairy tales. Are those
real? Of course not, but thinking from the Christian point of view, if its
not proven to exist it must exist right? please, save it, im tired of the
mass of Christians preaching their 'holy spirit' to me May 25, 2004 3:42:13 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Bradley Wolfson |
| Homepage: | http://www.angelfire.com/comics/gojade/ |
| E-Mail: | acreativethinker@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Hi, Nice work on your site. Got bible. I am a christian. Which is the bigger miricle my post got wiped out because of an often computer reset or that I found your site again? Anyways I had neat answers to some of your questions about life. However it is expediant to to be brief. www.shepherdschapel.com is what I believe in: it may bring you back. The truth is in there. Dialog-feedback? I never did worry about the little things except those that mattered, people? Have faith? Get some. Something like this:And they said to those "give us some of your oil" and they said "we have only enough for ourselves. Go ye rather to those that (have, sell) the oil", (Holy Spirit). Hey, never say I didn't tell you so. Not chucky. May 13, 2004 23:28:15 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | clavius sempronius |
| Homepage: | |
| E-Mail: | |
| Comments: | Keep at it, you are doing
well. The Bible is just another version of the mental gyrations mankind
goes about each and every day, year in and year out, in trying to make
sense of the world he lives in. He does not make sense of it, rather he
deludes himself into believing something written thousands of years ago by
and for a nomadic, pastoral people can have relevance in his own time and
place. It cannot be done. I use a Shakespearean term to describe the Bible
every time someone gets on a toot about explaining it to me; "'Tis a tale
told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing".
May 02, 2004 0:17:26 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Spartan Warrior |
| Homepage: | http://None Yet |
| E-Mail: | greywolf@cybrzn.com |
| Comments: | Great to come across another
Atheist website. I am hoping to have one myself soon. You have probably heard that you're REALLY religious (Christian) at heart but are simply "mad" at God. I've been told that more times than I care to count. Hooey! Atheists have come to the conclusion that there simply is no "God of the Bible" and that HOWEVER we came into being has nothing to do with some sort of entity that gives a rat's ass about us. We have faced the truth with bravery and not succumbed to the Chritain (or whatever) "fear factor." I served two-tours with the Marne Corps in Vietnam as a platoon commander. I just laugh and laugh to myself when I hear the old refrain: "There are no atheists in foxholes." Hah! If those sorry dudes only knew. (Respects to the Corps but there are more of us than the Corps would like to believe.) Christianity is based on fear. Atheists have gotten past that and see the world as it REALLY is. Sad to say, that's just how it is. As for Jesus, they say he was human."Humans" don't walk on water or raise people from the dead. To say he was human is ridiculous. If you are a believer in the New Testament, the best a "believer" can say is that Jesus was a "supernatural" being wearing a halloween costume. Christains cannot maintain that Jesus was human, otherwise the dictionary people will have to redefine the word "human" for us. Jesus of Nazareth (not Bethlehem?) was simply a misguided Jew who payed the ultiimate price for his deluded beliefs. Oh well. I like your site and will be back to read some of your visitor's comments. Later. April 29, 2004 14:22:04 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Isle of Satan |
| Homepage: | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/isleofsatan/ |
| E-Mail: | |
| Comments: | Good to see another website on
the ex-christian wegbring. I check there frequently for new info April 28, 2004 7:19:57 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Jarrett Davis |
| Homepage: | |
| E-Mail: | jdavis9@mvnu.edu |
| Comments: | Uh... look, reading through
your site, it's very evident that you don't know your theology,
translations or really anything but a very juvenile knowledge of the
scriptures. Could I ask if yor have ever written an exergesis, taken a
hermeneutics class, studied the original texts, or even researched
theology. It's not good to make claims without knowledge, you only make a
fool of yourself. Now, I'm no scholar, yet, but I am studying theology,
and do have a strong basis in biblical knowledge and theology, and I can
easily find blatent errors in your logic. All I'm saying is, be careful!
Don't make claims to things that you don't know. April 27, 2004 15:08:39 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | nick |
| Homepage: | |
| E-Mail: | gunsandglitter@aol.com |
| Comments: | hey i just wanted to say that
before i became a christian, that i was just like the people that made
this sight. you guys really need to research the crap you put on here a
little morew than what you did. if you actually take the time to look at
most the stuff on here you will find that most of the passages were taken
out of context. ecspecially when you are comparing your so called
"contradictions", you have 2 verses,2...why don't you post what are before
and after the ones you are comparing...huh? you all are just trying to
search for a reason for the Bible to be wrong..and i think it makes you
mad because everything you have on here is crap and you know it!! April 5, 2004 0:23:26 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Cori |
| Homepage: | |
| E-Mail: | |
| Comments: | Hi Derrick. I found your
website extremely interesting. And Ted's comments even more so. I'm a
Christian who often sees myself in what I call the 'borderlands': a
committed citizen of my country (Christianity) yet living right on the
border of several other countries (paradigms) and often feeling a greater
affinity to them than my own fellow citizens. I really like what Ted said
- I reckon there's a lot of space in the Christian faith for multiple ways
of expressing and experiencing the reality of Christ (rather than having
to fit into any particualr religious system). Derrick, I have one problem with your website: I can understand that you've turned away from Christianity; I understand your issues with iy; I understand your interest in Science. I don't understand why adopting a new paradigm (atheism) means you then have to diss other paradigms. What happened to good ol' respect? What happened to allowing everyone a voice? Sure, you've been dissapointed by the faith and have found something that works for you. But why put down Christianity without giving it a fair trial? As a Christian I don't go around dissing atheism or Islam or whatever. It is my belief that every paradigm needs to be heard and given a free trial. The moment someone starts attacking one system more than another my warning bells start ringing. Because at that moment (when you're strongly anti-something based on an emotional experience, eg: dissapointment) all rational and logical argument (as demanded by the scientific method) goes out the window and we start making emotional rather than evidentially-based statements. Your bitterness and disapointment are tangible in every word of your site, making your arguments far less convincing from an academic/scientific/rational/logical point of view. All the same, an interesting read and I'm all out to find out what the Seekers were all about and what happened before 400AD! And hints on where we could find stuff like that, Ted? March 31, 2004 3:46:47 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | simplyjim |
| Homepage: | |
| E-Mail: | |
| Comments: | He that addeth to or taketh
away from the word of God taketh also his name from the Lambs Book of
Life.... Have you blasphemed against the Holyghost? Has God turned you over to a reprobate mind? March 17, 2004 0:38:14 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | BRO' BOB'S REPENT USA! |
| Homepage: | http://www.ourchurch.com/member/r/repentusa |
| E-Mail: | robertbaral@yahoo.co.in |
| Comments: | Shame on you Darrik for
pushing foul & false atheism. It's people like you that are destroying
America! Here's the proof: LINK: AMERIKA - SLIDING FROM BLESSING UNDER GOD TO RUIN UNDER ATHEISM! Click here!COMMIE ATHEISTS DESTROYING AMERIKA! March 09, 2004 19:16:10 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Ted |
| Homepage: | |
| E-Mail: | chakuma@msn.com |
| Comments: | Hey Derrick, I just wanted to say that I enjoyed your site and found it very informative. I am a Christian and have found many errors that rest in the bible still waiting for us to discover. So I know what you are talking about. Words like "hell" "Pit" "Eternity" are but just a few of the many mistranlations that have occured over the last 2000 years--much which has been done deliberately to help "scare" people into the faith. Lucifer, for instance has no place in the bible. His story comes rather from The book of Watchers, and Jubilees. The church does not believe in these books, but somehow decided to keep the story of Lucifer, whose real name is recorded as Semihaza. Also, another thing is all the numerous books that have been left out of the bible, which brings up the question, "Did Iraneous get it right when he put these collections of stories together." The church will argue so, claiming that there are whitnesses to authenticity. This ofcourse is impossible to verify, but for sake of argument will go by their list and simply concur. The only problem with this is that a bishop named Origen is one of the whitnesses, and the sole whitness for such books as the letters of Paul. What's the problem? Origen was labeled a heretic by the church. There's a contradiction for you! And still there is the fact that the original KJV bible written in 1611, had 80 books and not 66 as it has now. At this number, I think the church should add or minus another book. A few other things Christians should be reminded of is history. The gospels (with the exception to Mark) were written at a time of war, Jerusalum had been destroyed, the people were in awe, jews blamed jews. It was a rather hectic time for the birth of christianity. The gospels reflect largely the events of the times and less about prophecy. With all these truths, why am I still a Christian? Because I have no beef with Christ--the real christ. You see, back some 2000 years ago, there were a group of christians who didn't judge and they didn't condemn, they considered all men equal, they believed woman had an equal right to speak, they didn't believe in hell, they took interest in sciece and philosophy, they welcomed other religions and were even interested in what they had to say. And this was 2000 years ago! These Christians were called "Seekers" but they fell to the lions betrayed by their own brothers. The Catholics (meaning "universal") took over. They established a doctrine with the aid of Constantine for us all to follow. And to this day most christians, Catholic and Protestant alike, follow the Creed of Nicea with little knowledge as to what it dictates. Sad to say, orthodox christianity has led to several misfortunes, from Crusades to the Inquisition. More people have died from fundamentalism then aids, cancer, or dictatorships. The Orthodox perspective does not allow for tolerance. And with this false image of hell, they feel burdened to race to the cause. To me this gives new perspective on the words "Know the false prophets by their actions and not thier spoken words." I am a Christian. But the bible is not my book and extremism is not my way. I believe in the man known as the Christ. He taught love and compasion. But his real story is buried deep. You'll have to go back before 400A.D. to find him though. His message is "joy"--not "fear". He was to set an example for us all to follow. How have we strayed? If I were to close with any passage from the bible, it would be this on: "Seek and yee shall find." God Bless February 29, 2004 19:36:29 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Russell |
| Homepage: | |
| E-Mail: | |
| Comments: | I haven't had time to go
through your website in detail, but I did take a look at the comments. I'm
depressed that of the 6 or 7 I viewed, there was so little support.
Sometimes I feel our nation is going back to the dark ages. Atheists are
the last fair game for discrimination; my son was in a philosophy class
where there was a discussion about the religious rights of Americans; even
college students feel that as long as you believe, no matter how absurd,
you have rights to your belief, but if you are an atheist you have no
rights. People insist the Bible is good, and when you point out the more
evil passages, they either claim "out of context" (if they actually have
read the Bible and know of the passage) or simply point-blank deny that it
is in there (if they have been brain-polluted since birth to believe that
the Bible is good; therefore you must be lying.) Sometimes I despair... February 22, 2004 00:37:56 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | jamie |
| Homepage: | |
| E-Mail: | hilikus1804@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I agree with a lot of what you
say. I am an agnostic. i consider both christianity or a belief in a
higher power as well as science...much different from atheism. I also know
the only truth -- there is no right and wrong, only opinions. February 14, 2004 14:31:37 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Martin |
| Homepage: | |
| E-Mail: | martinmontgomery@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | It's about 12:00 here and I
have exams on Thursday, so this will probably be my last comment of the
night. I now want to address your statements about God's lovingness, as
well as his other traits. Whether you accept it or not, God loves you in a way you cannot possibly comprehend. I absolutely love the qoute from the movie, "The Count of Monte Cristo". As the protagonist is sent to a prison, he loses all heart and faith. When all hope seems lost, he meets a kindly old priest who is repenting for his sins (He was a soldier in Napoleon's army). However, due to an accident, the priest dies. His last words are very poignant as he tells the protagonist to trust in God. The protagonist states: "But I don't believe in God..." The priest responds: "But he believes in you..." This is an incredibly profound statement, and the message is an important one. No one deserves God's mercy and love! Not me, not you not anyone! We are sinful and that is displeasing in God's eyes! However, because God so loved the world(and its people, I might add) he sent his only begotten son, our Lord and Saviour. You may not believe it, but God has sent a saviour to all his people! You wonder how God can be three persons all at the same time? Well ponder this, God is--by human measurements-- 100% God, 100% Human, and 100% The Holy Spirit. That is the only way you can explain it. He is each, and each form has a purpose! God loves everyone and everything. If you wonder why bad things happen to good people, God doesn't cause it to happen, Satan does! However, God has the power to take bad things and to use them for good. In terms of prayer, it does not state in the Bible that all prayers are answered. God answers prayers that are in our best interest! That is why you might not receive that new Porsche you've been praying about for 6 weeks. God answers prayers in his time, and most often, if it is in yours or someone elses best interests, it will be answered! In terms of you not being a believer anymore, you think you've cut your ties with God, but guess what? Placing your opinions on this website has only strengthened MY faith!!! God is in all things, inside and out! Whether you want to believe he exists or not, he is still there, watching over you and guiding you through life!! You cannot ecape the love that God has freely given to you!! You ask, how could Adam and Eve hide from God? There is no way they were hiding! Of course God knew they were there, he simply wanted them to step out of their own FREE WILL. It saddens me that someone who has such a vast knowledge of the Bible, has such a skewed perspective of it. I'm not dogging your ideas, I am simply providing a clearer perspective from which, under the right guidance (God's), only becomes clearer every day. I know several people who have given up on God, just like you. But the trick is, even though they have given up on him, he has never given up on them. In one way or another, God leads them back to him. You don't know where it will come from, but God has prepared the perfect time and place for you to have a revelation. I'm not advocating that it is going to happen, but I have FAITH that God is doing so in your life. Please email me, I would love to talk theology with you, and debate the questions and issues about Christianity. I always keep an open mind, and will never tell you that you are wrong! I will pray for you, even if you don't think it will do any good. God loves you, and no matter what you do, he will always love you. This will not be my last post, so keep on checking them! "The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our Lord, stands forever!" December 16, 2003 23:25:06 (GMT Time) |
| Name: | Martin |
| Homepage: | |
| E-Mail: | martinmontgomery@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Alrighty. Time to clear up the
Heaven and Hell business. You say a Christian's ultimate goal is to reach
Heaven. Well the truth is, the whole point of Christianity is not to
strive for Heaven. The goal of a Christian is to live in Christ's
footsteps and follow God's word. The two greatest commandments given in
the Bible are: "Love the Lord you God with all your life, and all your soul, and all your strenght." and the other: "Love thy neighbor as thyself." Hell is total separation from God, at fate no one should have to experience. Heaven is a gift given to us by God. It cannot be earned or bought, it is a gift because our Lord and Saviour had mercy upon us! In terms of what will we do in Heaven, you mentioned Earthly things (pets, wives, etc.). As humans, these are the only things that our minds can understand or comprehend. Therefore, the only thing we can understand about Heaven is that is it absolute Paradise, and as we speak, God is preparing it for us!! In terms of sin, the only answer to that is that in Jesus' second coming, sin will be defeated. You have to understand, we don't necessarily know that sin existed before our time. Who knows how many Earths and Heavens there've been!! December 16, 2003 22:59:13 (GMT Time) |
