Comments on: Little Deborah Drapper

By: pasb

pasb — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:48:56 +0000

its so sad that you will find your selve in hell before you believe it, but it will be too late. You chose not to believe because you like to live a life of least resistance and just want to feel good, but, the truth is that you just a fool as the Bible says, i guess you don't have to see your brain before you believe you have a brain. Common sense tells you faith is believing without seeing…

By: Sweeeny

Sweeeny — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:14:33 +0000

You must be an atheist!

By: kelly

kelly — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:44:45 +0000

i watched this a while back but never got around to commenting.
it just kind of made me sad. she's so young too.

By: RevOxley

RevOxley — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:31:35 +0000

actually im kind of a big guy…and a big deal…i agree however, that compared to the scope of the universe that I am quite small.

interesting comment though, I can't really disagree with anything you are saying but I don't quite understand the point you are going for?

thanks for stopping by again.

By: SOMBRERO

SOMBRERO — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:52:16 +0000

My little amigo oxley, it is SOMBRERO here again. And you are little, in fact, as we all are. One of only roughly six and a half billion skeletons on the earth. You are little, my little amigo. Little I tell you. Your life is but a breath.

Concerning the issue of "rules", where does the whole concept of "rules", "guideline", etc. come from? Ponder it my little amigo. Try to break the "rules" by NOT paying your power bill for about three or four months and see if the rules really apply to you, amigo oxley. Do they? Or do rules about paying or not paying your power bill even exist???!!! Try this little experiment and see if there really is a such thing as rules. If so do they really apply to you, little oxley? Also, try to buck the "rule of one". The "rule of one" is that literally every particle of matter in the whole universe exists as one unit within itself. One dog is one dog — not two. One tree is one tree — not two. There may be two trees in the yard, but each tree is only one tree. And each limb is only one limb. And each leaf is only one leaf. And each molecule of the wood is only one molecule. And all of the seemingly infinite "molecules of one" make up the "ONE" universe. Think on this thing of ONE, my little amigo, and it will take you deeper. Think it deep. No, deeper than that, my little hombre.
I wonder, my little hombre, if the greater issue in your life (greater than the issue of God and the issue of His existence) is the issue of "Oxley", i.e. just exactly who is Oxley? And "WHY" does Oxley exist?
Hasta la vista, amigo oxley!
Until Next Time,
Sombrero —- Ole! Ole! Ole!

By: Hillary

Hillary — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:48:14 +0000

I completely agree with you in all of your reasoning. Relying on God for my every need and whim would absolutely harm my or anyone's ability to succeed in life.

My viewpoints are far from set in stone, God wants religious fruits, not nuts.

I can make room for God in all things, including scientific reasoning and thought as well as in what I hope is my progressive understanding of the world.

I feel that so many believers like myself have been given a bad rap because of the religious nuts out there. But, you have definitely won my readership with your response. I appreciate your critical reasoning .

By: RevOxley

RevOxley — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:02:41 +0000

Hi Hillary, thanks for your comment

I have, in fact, tried to find god outside of the boundaries of organized religion, I went through a very lengthy episode of that prior to my absolution from the idea of God all together. The result of that search is what you see here.

As an Atheist, I know already that I cannot control all aspects of my life, I can control my own attitude, emotions, knowledge, and the way i treat and respond to others. Atheism has nothing to do with who or what has control over ones life, it is just asserting that God has no control because he does not exist…we still have nature and the laws of science that control things, plus the variables of humanity and so many other things…it isn't about control at all for me.

I also do not think that believing in God makes you a weak person, but relying on god for your every need and whim does…it harms you and your ability to succeed in life in my opinion, it retards your ability to learn and achieve because often it leads one to a fundamentalist view of the world that will not allow change or opposition to ones viewpoints…i've been there.

Thanks for commenting and I hope you comment again

By: Hillary

Hillary — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:17:29 +0000

I am sorry that you feel this way about Christianity.
Instead of stamping a name on any religion that you may follow, have you ever just tried looking for the Hand of God in your life?

I was an athiest until I turned 19. Things started happening in my life that made me recognize I couldn't control it all.

I was so into scientific reasoning, and I still believe in evolution. But because I started opening my eyes to my surrounding, I KNOW there is a God. Not a God that I tithe to at church, or even one who I worship at church every weekend.

I really hope you open your mind and realize that believing in God does not make you a weak person.

By: therevruss

therevruss — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:56:08 +0000

Again, I'm sorry you misunderstand Christianity that way and I continue to pray for you. You accuse me of having a superiority complex and that offends me a little because you know me better than that. You think you're right and that I'm wrong and that you're better off because you don't have God so I could accuse you of the same thing. I've said it before and I'll say it again – I believe in an absolute truth – God/His Word/Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins. That's a truth that's available for all people. The only "requirement" is that you don't reject it. I can't force it on anyone and the fact that you and countless others disagree with God's truth doesn't make you a "worse" person or me a "superior" one. The forgiveness of sins and promise of eternal life is for all people – again, just as long as you don't reject it. What I can't figure out is that if you don't believe in hell anyway, I'm not sure why you really care. I do (on both counts – believe in hell and care) and I don't want anyone there, so that's why I try to proclaim the truth in love. Again, I certainly can't force it on you or anyone else and I hope it doesn't seem like that's what I'm trying to do. You are trying awfully hard to convince me and others that a life without God is superior to a life with Him and I still have yet to see any convincing reasons as to why that's true. So, Matt, before you go off pointing fingers at me and the other Christians saying "any faith that claims superiority is enough reason not to trust it" – you're guilty of the same thing. The only difference is you don't call atheism faith or religion. You can rattle off all the definitions of religion you want to "prove" atheism isn't a religion or a faith, but it's just semantics in my book. For me, I want all people to come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ because I know it means forgiveness and eternal life – freedom from the bondage of sin, death, and the devil. And I find it sad that anyone would rather have a life that ends in nothing compared to eternal life.

And as far as being "depraved," you and I have already had this discussion. You've agreed with me that people aren't basically "good" but that any of us could be capable of untold horrible things so I don't have to believe in God to see that as human beings, we're not all that great. My life experience does a pretty good job of showing me how bad a person I really am.

By: therevruss

therevruss — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:56:08 +0000