Greed, Zealotry, and the Commodore 64 645
jira writes "On the occasion of the Commodore 64's rebirth as an Atom-equipped nettop, the Guardian's Jon Blyth remembers what the original Commodore 64 taught him. Among other things: 'But look at it, all brown, ugly and lovely. It taught me so much. The Commodore 64 taught me about zealotry. After upgrading from the inferior ZX Spectrum, I would try to convince the Sinclair loyalists to follow me. I would invite them to my house, and let them see that with just eight colors and a monophonic sound chip, their lives lacked true depth. My evangelism quickly faded into impatience. So, I can now see why American Baptists get so miffy about atheists — it's horrible dealing with people who don't realize how much better you are.'"
Re:Goes both ways... (Score:3, Interesting)
A man shouting that God would keep him safe was mauled to death by a lion in a Kiev, Ukraine, zoo after he crept into the animal’s enclosure, a zoo official said Monday.
“The man shouted, ‘God will save me, if he exists,’ lowered himself by a rope into the enclosure, took his shoes off and went up to the lions,” the official said.
“A lioness went straight for him, knocked him down and severed his carotid artery.”
Re:Primary Programming. (Score:2, Interesting)
True.
My daughter was 8 years old when she found a flaw in Genesis so large that you could drive a dump truck through it.. She had been given a deck of memory matching cards by some classmate of hers that had a religious theme and one of the cards was about creation and she asked the question that even my mother can't/won't answer... "if it took 6 days for God(tm) to create the Earth, how long did it take him to make the other planets and stars?" I've never been prouder.
For you believers who still don't get it, try visiting whydoesgodhateamputees.com and tell me why your god will perform a "miracle" like "healing" a cancer patient but wouldn't heal my father's hand despite my prayers as a (fully believing) child. I'll wait but I won't take the "but maybe that is his plan" or other BS that simply means you don't know how to answer it... The bible clearly states if I prayed with my heart, he should have been healed so why the other "miracles"(most of which happened under the care of a doctor, not a preacher)??
Re:Goes both ways... (Score:4, Interesting)
If you believe that your abilities are the work of God then whom do you believe is responsible for Alzheimer's?