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benlehman ([personal profile] benlehman) wrote2008-05-02 05:45 pm
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Attention Atheists

Attention atheists who say "atheists don't do horrible things in the name of their religion."

Please go read a book about the cultural revolution.
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[identity profile] lumpley.livejournal.com 2008-05-03 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm. That's an interesting question, actually. DO I want to stay angry at God? Isn't it about time I let Him off the hook? How long am I going to hold that grudge?

[identity profile] lumpley.livejournal.com 2008-05-03 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha! I keep waiting for Him to make the first reconciliatory move. I'm not sure that's going to work out, though. Maybe I'll have to be the big one in our relationship.

[identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com 2008-05-03 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I dunno, man. I can't answer to your anger at God.

I can answer to my frustration and feeling of powerlessness when reading about the horrors of 20th century Chinese history.

Dinner with God

[identity profile] amberley.livejournal.com 2008-05-05 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe if you could just sit down and have a nice dinner with God, the two of you could work things out between you.

No son-eating though!

Or maybe I've just finished reading James Morrow's Only Begotten Daughter.

[identity profile] yeloson.livejournal.com 2008-05-04 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Ironically, I remember reading somewhere that someone recommended it's better to be angry at God than not to think of (him/her/it) at all, because at least then God is still in your thoughts.

But, isn't like, atheism sprung from anger at God a funny paradox?
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