Nooooooo ... not THAT Armageddon! Did you think I was talking about the end of the world? We all know that answer already, it's December 20, 2012. I'm talking about My own personal Armageddon, or the 'Great Debate'!
Ever since I retired, I've had a notebook that I've been filling out with just about everything I can think of. From questions in life, to interesting facts, to raising chickens, to how often I take a shower. Yeah .... I'm losing it! Anyway, one of the things I jot down is all the absurdities found in the Bible, and all the questions that I have about this 'apparent' God.
I'm doing all this because one day in the near future I'm going to have the 'BATTLE OF RATIONALITY VS. FAITH'. I'm going to debate a very devoted Christian who lives His/Her life for the Lord. Every single day, His/Her life is devoted to God. It's more important than His/Her's spouse, more important than the job, more important than the kids!!! It's NUTS (in My opinion). This person actually thinks He/She talks to God. Well, in fairness, I guess I too believe that He/She talks to God, it's the part that He/She thinks God talks back is the part that makes Me think this person is delusional.
Anyway, were going to have a debate. I will be prepared, you can bet on that. There will be a video camera set up, and a fresh tape in the camera. I expect this to go on for a few hours. I want answers DAMMIT! And I will corner this person up against the wall until I get them too! I'm quite confident that the answers I need most will be passed off as 'faith'. I'll be curious to see how many times a tough question becomes answered with, 'It's based on faith'. In my opinion, anywhere you see the word 'faith', you can substitute the word 'bullcrap' ... they both mean the same thing.
I could make this debate short and sweet, but I won't. I could just start the debate out with asking "How come God has never cured an amputee?", OR "If you were born in the middle east, wouldn't You be sitting here proclaiming Mohammad is the son of God?", OR "IF Christianity is the right way, isn't safe to assume that two thirds of the world (over 4 billion people) are going to hell?" Then point the camera in His/Her direction for the next hour on a dumbstruck face. I think those questions right there would declare Me the instant winner. But I think I'll string Him/Her along for awhile, kinda like a good lawyer who sets up a person on the stand with easy questions to portray the fact that I don't know to much since I'm asking such lame questions. Then ... out of the blue, I'll pull out the 'big guns' and watch Him/Her stumble for words and flip through the old Bible for answers. Ha ha ha (evil grin). Maybe I'll take Him/Her outside and point out the actual dimensions of Noah's Ark so He/She can see them on a visual scale, and then ask if it's possible that one man (or family) could possibly take on that project. I already know the answer ... "If you have faith (bullcrap)".
Anyway, this is just another stepping stone in my life that needs to be done in order to fulfill my goals of happiness, kinda like starting a fire without a match! I'll be sure to keep you posted when this "Great Debate" happens.
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P.S. - Today I will start brushing only the left side of my mouth.
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Todays RBV: 2 Samuel 12:31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon.
Once again I see where the creators of the "SAW" movies got their motivation from.
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