What mental image does the word "God" bring you?
*Nemo*
of the God on the Sistine Chapel, in "The Creation of Adam." Long beard, bed
sheet, patronizing expression.
When I became an atheist, I started exploring the webrings dealing with
atheism and freethought. I found lots of comments and images concerning the
Christian God that were far less "positive," and I became curious how people
could view him in a negative light. One gif in particular got my attention -
a red demon with gaping mouth and razor-sharp teeth lusting for blood.
I decided I'd check into why people thought this. After reading the whole
Bible, I've come to the conclusion that these latter visions are more
accurate concepts of what the God of the Bible would look like if it
existed. What a twisted freak of the imagination!
But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or read)
"God"?
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>For the time I was a Christian, the word "God" brought me the mental image
>of the God on the Sistine Chapel, in "The Creation of Adam." Long beard, bed
>sheet, patronizing expression.
Yes, I still get this one, the big old muscly guy,
a bit like a pumped up Santa without the suit, but
not so cheerful, maybe he has indigestion.
Here he is again:
http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism
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Mike Ruskai
>For the time I was a Christian, the word "God" brought me the mental image
>of the God on the Sistine Chapel, in "The Creation of Adam." Long beard, bed
>sheet, patronizing expression.
>
>When I became an atheist, I started exploring the webrings dealing with
>atheism and freethought. I found lots of comments and images concerning the
>Christian God that were far less "positive," and I became curious how people
>could view him in a negative light. One gif in particular got my attention -
>a red demon with gaping mouth and razor-sharp teeth lusting for blood.
>
>I decided I'd check into why people thought this. After reading the whole
>Bible, I've come to the conclusion that these latter visions are more
>accurate concepts of what the God of the Bible would look like if it
>existed. What a twisted freak of the imagination!
>
>But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or read)
>"God"?
I usually become annoyed. As I grow older (keep in mind that I'm 25), the
prevalence of this hideous myth becomes more and more insidious. Considering
that the upcoming election is just about guaranteed to put a religious nut
into office, one way or another, it's all the more disturbing each time I see
something indicative of a person really buying into that nonsense. For
example, some hospital show where a doctor has just saved the life of some
person's family member, and they thank some friggin mythological being,
instead of the guy who spent eight years in school, worked up probably
$80,000 worth of debt, and has been in that ER fixing broken bodies for 16
hours.
If I were explicitly asked to come up with an image of the Christian god, I'm
inclined to think of the Terry Gilliam animation from Monty Python and the
Holy Grail - representative of the fact that it's a created entity.
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"Mike Ruskai" <retsie...@spammoc.beoohaygone.net> wrote in message
news:gunaalzrvfgrelnubb...@netnews.worldnet.att.net...
> On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 10:44:17 GMT, *Nemo* wrote:
>
>
> I usually become annoyed. As I grow older (keep in mind that I'm 25), the
> prevalence of this hideous myth becomes more and more insidious.
Considering
> that the upcoming election is just about guaranteed to put a religious nut
> into office, one way or another, it's all the more disturbing each time I
see
> something indicative of a person really buying into that nonsense. For
> example, some hospital show where a doctor has just saved the life of some
> person's family member, and they thank some friggin mythological being,
> instead of the guy who spent eight years in school, worked up probably
> $80,000 worth of debt, and has been in that ER fixing broken bodies for 16
> hours.
>
> If I were explicitly asked to come up with an image of the Christian god,
I'm
> inclined to think of the Terry Gilliam animation from Monty Python and the
> Holy Grail - representative of the fact that it's a created entity.
>
For some reason the one that always get to me is when some crazy ass Xistbot
gets a baby and claim it's a miracle from god.
That always makes me chuckle.
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*Nemo* <nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote :
> For the time I was a Christian, the word "God" brought me the mental
image
> of the God on the Sistine Chapel, in "The Creation of Adam." Long
beard, bed
> sheet, patronizing expression.
>
> When I became an atheist, I started exploring the webrings dealing
with
> atheism and freethought. I found lots of comments and images
concerning the
> Christian God that were far less "positive," and I became curious
how people
> could view him in a negative light. One gif in particular got my
attention -
> a red demon with gaping mouth and razor-sharp teeth lusting for
blood.
>
> I decided I'd check into why people thought this. After reading the
whole
> Bible, I've come to the conclusion that these latter visions are
more
> accurate concepts of what the God of the Bible would look like if it
> existed. What a twisted freak of the imagination!
>
> But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or
read)
> "God"?
As far as mental images, the one that sticks with me is "god" as drawn
by Larson, in the Far Side comic strip. (Long white hair, kinda
squinty eyes, doesn't look too terribly bright.)
(sig snip)
Charles Fiterman
*Nemo* wrote:
> For the time I was a Christian, the word "God" brought me the mental image
> of the God on the Sistine Chapel, in "The Creation of Adam." Long beard, bed
> sheet, patronizing expression.
I imagine a Roman statue of the divine Caligula.
Rune Børsjø
>"God"?
The Church down the street, the bottle of vodka in the cabinet and the
matches on top of the fireplace.
Well alright, I get the old bearded man too, I just wanted to seem
original. However....... when I think about it in Norwegian I get the
image of a cross. Just a cross. On top of a roof. Weird.
stoney
]>For the time I was a Christian, the word "God" brought me the mental image
]>of the God on the Sistine Chapel, in "The Creation of Adam." Long beard, bed
]>sheet, patronizing expression.
]>
]>When I became an atheist, I started exploring the webrings dealing with
]>atheism and freethought. I found lots of comments and images concerning the
]>Christian God that were far less "positive," and I became curious how people
]>could view him in a negative light. One gif in particular got my attention -
]>a red demon with gaping mouth and razor-sharp teeth lusting for blood.
]>
]>I decided I'd check into why people thought this. After reading the whole
]>Bible, I've come to the conclusion that these latter visions are more
]>accurate concepts of what the God of the Bible would look like if it
]>existed. What a twisted freak of the imagination!
]>
]>But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or read)
]>"God"?
undefined letter string with genocidal tendencies.
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and
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"*Nemo*" <nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote:
> But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or
read)
> "God"?
My vision of god looks like this:
http://www.jokefest.com/images/incest22.jpg
(Don't let the .jpeg's name startle you.. it's nothing sexual.)
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In article <5QyJ5.6039$UL.3...@bgtnsc07-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
"*Nemo*" <nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote:
> For the time I was a Christian, the word "God" brought me the mental
image
> of the God on the Sistine Chapel, in "The Creation of Adam." Long
beard, bed
> sheet, patronizing expression.
>
> When I became an atheist, I started exploring the webrings dealing
with
> atheism and freethought. I found lots of comments and images
concerning the
> Christian God that were far less "positive," and I became curious how
people
> could view him in a negative light. One gif in particular got my
attention -
> a red demon with gaping mouth and razor-sharp teeth lusting for blood.
>
> I decided I'd check into why people thought this. After reading the
whole
> Bible, I've come to the conclusion that these latter visions are more
> accurate concepts of what the God of the Bible would look like if it
> existed. What a twisted freak of the imagination!
>
> But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or
read)
> "God"?
>
> --
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>
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Xaonon
<yode...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> For some reason the one that always get to me is when some crazy ass Xistbot
> gets a baby and claim it's a miracle from god.
> That always makes me chuckle.
Their parents must've just been too embarassed to give them *that* talk. <g>
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Sedd wrote in message <8t7de9$sip$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>In article <5QyJ5.6039$UL.3...@bgtnsc07-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
> "*Nemo*" <nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote:
>> But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or
>read)
>> "God"?
>
>
>My vision of god looks like this:
>
>http://www.jokefest.com/images/incest22.jpg
>
>(Don't let the .jpeg's name startle you.. it's nothing sexual.)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>--
>Sedd #1690
>"I am my own Master."
>-Raistlin Majere
>
>
Iain Inkster
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Rune Børsjø wrote in message ...
>>But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or read)
>>"God"?
>
Animeg3282
>For the time I was a Christian, the word "God" brought me the mental image
>of the God on the Sistine Chapel, in "The Creation of Adam." Long beard, bed
>sheet, patronizing expression.
>
>When I became an atheist, I started exploring the webrings dealing with
>atheism and freethought. I found lots of comments and images concerning the
>Christian God that were far less "positive," and I became curious how people
>could view him in a negative light. One gif in particular got my attention -
>a red demon with gaping mouth and razor-sharp teeth lusting for blood.
>
>I decided I'd check into why people thought this. After reading the whole
>Bible, I've come to the conclusion that these latter visions are more
>accurate concepts of what the God of the Bible would look like if it
>existed. What a twisted freak of the imagination!
>
>But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or read)
>"God"?
>
Heh, I think of a guy with a dotted line around him, because when I was a kid,
I decided that since God was invisible(you never see him, right?) that you'd
need something to tell him from the rest of the air..O.o;
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<yode...@hotmail.com> wrote in alt.atheism:
[snip]
>For some reason the one that always get to me is when some crazy ass Xistbot
>gets a baby and claim it's a miracle from god.
No, no. That's what she tells her husband.
>That always makes me chuckle.
But usually the husband doesn't, being weak in faith...
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> Rune Børsjø wrote in message ...
> >>But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or read)
> >>"God"?
> >
> >The Church down the street, the bottle of vodka in the cabinet and the
> >matches on top of the fireplace.
> >
> >Well alright, I get the old bearded man too, I just wanted to seem
> >original. However....... when I think about it in Norwegian I get the
> >image of a cross. Just a cross. On top of a roof. Weird.
>
>
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> *Nemo* <nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote:
>> But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or
>> read) "God"?
> My vision of god looks like this:
> http://www.jokefest.com/images/incest22.jpg
> (Don't let the .jpeg's name startle you.. it's nothing sexual.)
ROFL! :-)
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<nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote:
>For the time I was a Christian, the word "God" brought me the mental image
>of the God on the Sistine Chapel, in "The Creation of Adam." Long beard, bed
>sheet, patronizing expression.
>
>When I became an atheist, I started exploring the webrings dealing with
>atheism and freethought. I found lots of comments and images concerning the
>Christian God that were far less "positive," and I became curious how people
>could view him in a negative light. One gif in particular got my attention -
>a red demon with gaping mouth and razor-sharp teeth lusting for blood.
>
>I decided I'd check into why people thought this. After reading the whole
>Bible, I've come to the conclusion that these latter visions are more
>accurate concepts of what the God of the Bible would look like if it
>existed. What a twisted freak of the imagination!
>
>But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or read)
>"God"?
Of course, I've seen the old man with the long white
hair and beard and bright staring eyes in pictures
all my life, but the image of God that I have is:
Yup, nothing. A voice coming out of nowhere. I think
this is due to a combination of being told at some
point that God had no form and seeing "The Ten
Commandments" reinforced this. Bill Cosby's
Noah skit re-reinforced this. Also, thinking about it
now, Olaf Stapledon's "Star-Maker" re-re-re-inforced
this with its story about humanity evolving into an
ultimate energy lifeform that combined with other
energy lifeforms on the road to becoming a kind of
god themselves.
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>In article <5QyJ5.6039$UL.3...@bgtnsc07-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
> "*Nemo*" <nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote:
>> But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or
>read)
>> "God"?
>
>
>My vision of god looks like this:
>
>http://www.jokefest.com/images/incest22.jpg
>
>(Don't let the .jpeg's name startle you.. it's nothing sexual.)
Jizzus Che-rist All-fucking-mighty! Where did they get the picture of
Skypher????
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> Sedd <se...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>> My vision of god looks like this:
>> http://www.jokefest.com/images/incest22.jpg
>> (Don't let the .jpeg's name startle you.. it's nothing sexual.)
> Jizzus Che-rist All-fucking-mighty! Where did they get the picture of
> Skypher????
Skypher? It's obviously a picture of Boaty!
Dore's Favourite Demon
Regarding the entity itself, absolutely nothing.
Regarding its believers, a scene out of that "Frankenstein" movie
where the peasants, armed with torches, farm implements and
overarching ignorance, storm the castle.
johac
wrote:
> In article <5QyJ5.6039$UL.3...@bgtnsc07-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
> "*Nemo*" <nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote:
> > But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or
> read)
> > "God"?
>
>
> My vision of god looks like this:
>
> http://www.jokefest.com/images/incest22.jpg
>
> (Don't let the .jpeg's name startle you.. it's nothing sexual.)
>
>
>
ROTFLMAO.
Good One!
>
>
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>
>
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johac
<Niall....@eei.ericsson.es.invalid> wrote:
> *Nemo* wrote in message
> <5QyJ5.6039$UL.3...@bgtnsc07-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>...
> >For the time I was a Christian, the word "God" brought me the mental
> >image
> >of the God on the Sistine Chapel, in "The Creation of Adam." Long beard,
> >bed
> >sheet, patronizing expression.
>
> Yes, I still get this one, the big old muscly guy,
> a bit like a pumped up Santa without the suit, but
> not so cheerful, maybe he has indigestion.
>
> Here he is again:
>
> http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism
That's funny. I used to have the same image. The church that I went to
as a kid had a stained glass window that depicted the Fall of Man. It
showed a stern looking god, with a long white beard, in a purple robe,
driving Adam and Eve from the Garden.
I described the image once as a pissed-off Santa Claus, in a purple
bathrobe, chasing two apple robbers.
Elroy Willis
> Dore's Favourite Demon wrote in alt.atheism
>> Sedd <se...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>>> My vision of god looks like this:
>>> http://www.jokefest.com/images/incest22.jpg
>>> (Don't let the .jpeg's name startle you.. it's nothing sexual.)
>> Jizzus Che-rist All-fucking-mighty! Where did they get the picture of
>> Skypher????
> Skypher? It's obviously a picture of Boaty!
I just had to use that pic for a good cause.
See:
http://web2.airmail.net/~elo/parody/boatface.html
johac
<C06ED56F50B9DD84.4C752973...@lp.airnews.net>,
Elroy Willis <e...@foil.airmail.net> wrote:
> Dore's Favourite Demon wrote in alt.atheism
>
> > Sedd <se...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
> >> My vision of god looks like this:
>
> >> http://www.jokefest.com/images/incest22.jpg
>
> >> (Don't let the .jpeg's name startle you.. it's nothing sexual.)
>
> > Jizzus Che-rist All-fucking-mighty! Where did they get the picture of
> > Skypher????
>
> Skypher? It's obviously a picture of Boaty!
Oh, No! I just had a horrible thought. Offspring!
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On 10-25-00, 10:44:17 AM, "*Nemo*" <nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote
regarding What mental image does the word "God" bring you?:
snip, can you believe that.
> I decided I'd check into why people thought this. After reading the
whole
> Bible, I've come to the conclusion that these latter visions are more
> accurate concepts of what the God of the Bible would look like if it
> existed. What a twisted freak of the imagination!
> But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or
read)
> "God"?
Picture in your mind a total lack of sound, motion, color, life. You
have started on the right track. No add all that is anti-human,
reprehensible, cowardly, morally bankrupt & ethically foul. You are
getting closer. Add that which does not exist without fear & you
pretty much have a visual of my concept of the xian god. I presume
that was the one you had in mind as you capitalized a noun.
Well, that's what I had in mind, but that's only because I was raised in a
Christian community. However, any other "top-o-the-heap" god would do, I
suppose...
God: The word that comes after go-cart.
Samuel Butler (1835-1902), English author
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*Nemo*
news:nocevsksd7thr82lc...@4ax.com...> ]>For the time I was a Christian, the word "God" brought me the mental
image
> ]>of the God on the Sistine Chapel, in "The Creation of Adam." Long beard,
bed
> ]>sheet, patronizing expression.
> ]>When I became an atheist, I started exploring the webrings dealing with
> ]>atheism and freethought. I found lots of comments and images concerning
the
> ]>Christian God that were far less "positive," and I became curious how
people
> ]>could view him in a negative light. One gif in particular got my
attention -
> ]>a red demon with gaping mouth and razor-sharp teeth lusting for blood.
> ]>I decided I'd check into why people thought this. After reading the
whole
> ]>Bible, I've come to the conclusion that these latter visions are more
> ]>accurate concepts of what the God of the Bible would look like if it
> ]>existed. What a twisted freak of the imagination!
> ]>
> ]>But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or read)
> ]>"God"?
>
An excellect definition. Must be one screwy mental image!
{;-)
>
> Stoney
> "Designated Rascal and Rapscallion
> and
> SCAMPERMEISTER!"
>
> When in doubt, SCAMPER about!
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> In article <5QyJ5.6039$UL.3...@bgtnsc07-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
> "*Nemo*" <nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote:
> read)
> > "God"?
>
>
Whoa! That'll go down hard!
>
> (Don't let the .jpeg's name startle you.. it's nothing sexual.)
It bloody better not be! I'd hate to think of anyone getting up over
that...!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
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>
>
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> Nemo said;
>
> >For the time I was a Christian, the word "God" brought me the mental
image
> >of the God on the Sistine Chapel, in "The Creation of Adam." Long beard,
bed
> >sheet, patronizing expression.
> >
> >When I became an atheist, I started exploring the webrings dealing with
> >atheism and freethought. I found lots of comments and images concerning
the
> >Christian God that were far less "positive," and I became curious how
people
> >could view him in a negative light. One gif in particular got my
attention -
> >a red demon with gaping mouth and razor-sharp teeth lusting for blood.
> >
> >I decided I'd check into why people thought this. After reading the whole
> >Bible, I've come to the conclusion that these latter visions are more
> >accurate concepts of what the God of the Bible would look like if it
> >existed. What a twisted freak of the imagination!
> >
> >"God"?
> >
>
kid,
> I decided that since God was invisible(you never see him, right?) that
you'd
> need something to tell him from the rest of the air..O.o;
Sort of like Jack Chick's God?
http://home.flash.net/~twinkle/psycho/DARK/chick/archive.html
>
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>
> "Mike Ruskai" <retsie...@spammoc.beoohaygone.net> wrote in message
> news:gunaalzrvfgrelnubb...@netnews.worldnet.att.net...
> > On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 10:44:17 GMT, *Nemo* wrote:
> >
> <snip>
> >
> > I usually become annoyed. As I grow older (keep in mind that I'm 25), the
> > prevalence of this hideous myth becomes more and more insidious.
> Considering
> > that the upcoming election is just about guaranteed to put a religious nut
> > into office, one way or another, it's all the more disturbing each time I
> see
> > something indicative of a person really buying into that nonsense. For
> > example, some hospital show where a doctor has just saved the life of some
> > person's family member, and they thank some friggin mythological being,
> > instead of the guy who spent eight years in school, worked up probably
> > $80,000 worth of debt, and has been in that ER fixing broken bodies for 16
> > hours.
> >
> > If I were explicitly asked to come up with an image of the Christian god,
> I'm
> > inclined to think of the Terry Gilliam animation from Monty Python and the
> > Holy Grail - representative of the fact that it's a created entity.
> >
>
> For some reason the one that always get to me is when some crazy ass Xistbot
> gets a baby and claim it's a miracle from god.
> That always makes me chuckle.
Amazing how generous God is with his "miracles". And what about that
most generous and thoughtful of miracles, small pox. It's the thought
that counts. God so loved small pox that he gave it a significant
slice of the human race to feast on.
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>For the time I was a Christian, the word "God" brought me the mental image
>of the God on the Sistine Chapel, in "The Creation of Adam." Long beard, bed
>sheet, patronizing expression.
>
>When I became an atheist, I started exploring the webrings dealing with
>atheism and freethought. I found lots of comments and images concerning the
>Christian God that were far less "positive," and I became curious how people
>could view him in a negative light. One gif in particular got my attention -
>a red demon with gaping mouth and razor-sharp teeth lusting for blood.
>
>I decided I'd check into why people thought this. After reading the whole
>Bible, I've come to the conclusion that these latter visions are more
>accurate concepts of what the God of the Bible would look like if it
>existed. What a twisted freak of the imagination!
>
>But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or read)
>"God"?
Well, i had the fat-old-guy-holding-lightning-bolts image for awhile,
but more recently, for some odd reason, it has switched to something
like the principia discordias description of eris, for some odd
reason. The christian one, though, tends to be a skinny old guy
holding a cane, about to die, as all things do in time...
>
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<39f6f6b4$1...@corp.newsfeeds.com>:
>
>For some reason the one that always get to me is when some crazy ass
>Xistbot gets a baby and claim it's a miracle from god.
>That always makes me chuckle.
>
Yeah, like the stork has *nothing* to do with it.
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*Nemo*
news:jhachm-DE3724....@news.ixpres.com...
> In article
> <C06ED56F50B9DD84.4C752973...@lp.airnews.net>,
> Elroy Willis <e...@foil.airmail.net> wrote:
>
> > Dore's Favourite Demon wrote in alt.atheism
> >
> > > Sedd <se...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Skypher????
> >
> > Skypher? It's obviously a picture of Boaty!
>
>
> Oh, No! I just had a horrible thought. Offspring!
Damn! We've been over this territory before. This is *not* something to be
thinking about when you have a meal coming around sometime in the next 24
hours! It'll be sure to come back with a vengeance almost immediately...
> --
>
> John Hachmann, aa #1782
>
> It was the schoolboy who said: "Faith is believing what you know ain't
so."
> - Mark Twain (1835-1910).
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Sedd
<C06ED56F50B9DD84.4C752973...@lp.airnews.net>,
Elroy Willis <e...@foil.airmail.net> wrote:
> Dore's Favourite Demon wrote in alt.atheism
>
> > Jizzus Che-rist All-fucking-mighty! Where did they get the picture
of
> > Skypher????
>
> Skypher? It's obviously a picture of Boaty!
I thought 'it' looked more like a Dore to me... ;oP
Sedd
"*Nemo*" <nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote:
> > My vision of god looks like this:
> >
> > http://www.jokefest.com/images/incest22.jpg
>
> Whoa! That'll go down hard!
>
> >
> > (Don't let the .jpeg's name startle you.. it's nothing sexual.)
>
> It bloody better not be! I'd hate to think of anyone getting up over
> that...!
hmmm.... maybe Dore...? (and yes.. I'm aware it's a 'she' ;oP)
MEow
johac <jha...@remove.electriciti.com> skrev i en
nyhedsmeddelelse:jhachm-DE3724....@news.ixpres.com...
> In article
> <C06ED56F50B9DD84.4C752973...@lp.airnews.net>,
> Elroy Willis <e...@foil.airmail.net> wrote:
>
> > Dore's Favourite Demon wrote in alt.atheism
> >
> >
> > >> My vision of god looks like this:
> >
> > >> http://www.jokefest.com/images/incest22.jpg
> >
> >
> > > Skypher????
> >
> > Skypher? It's obviously a picture of Boaty!
>
>
My thoughts exactly.
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Arturo Magidin
*Nemo* <nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote:
>But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or read)
>"God"?
Nothing.
No, really, nothing. The more I've thought about the concept the more
it is apparent to me that it really signifies nothing intelligible.
If I'm reading something that demands some sort of referent, I tend to
think of the Church (catholic, or its similar version found in
Eddings' _Sapphire Rose_ trilogy).
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Natalie Overstreet Ramsey
: In article <5QyJ5.6039$UL.3...@bgtnsc07-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
: *Nemo* <nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote:
:>But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or read)
:>"God"?
: Nothing.
[snip]
: If I'm reading something that demands some sort of referent, I tend to
: think of the Church (catholic, or its similar version found in
: Eddings' _Sapphire Rose_ trilogy).
Which brings up an interesting question: how do you grok the Elene
God as presented in the trilogy? He *is* unquestionably real, and
yet he seems as incomprehensible as the God of the Catholic Church.
(Which is of course by design; I mean no slight against Eddings there.)
I see him as sort of having an attitude of superiority and of course
absolutely no sense of humor.
Natalie
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Arturo Magidin
Natalie Overstreet Ramsey <nat...@cos.agilent.com> wrote:
>In article <8t9k9r$821$1...@agate.berkeley.edu> Arturo Magidin <mag...@math.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>: In article <5QyJ5.6039$UL.3...@bgtnsc07-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
>: *Nemo* <nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote:
>
>:>But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or read)
>:>"God"?
>
>: Nothing.
>[snip]
>: If I'm reading something that demands some sort of referent, I tend to
>: think of the Church (catholic, or its similar version found in
>: Eddings' _Sapphire Rose_ trilogy).
>
>Which brings up an interesting question: how do you grok the Elene
>God as presented in the trilogy? He *is* unquestionably real, and
>yet he seems as incomprehensible as the God of the Catholic Church.
>(Which is of course by design; I mean no slight against Eddings there.)
I don't, really. The Elene god is an absentee landlord in Eddings'
book. The other gods are ->there<-, particularly the ones of the
supposedly 'primitive' peoples. But for the Elenes, it is the Church
itself which is important, not the god.
Frankly, I picture him as an empty office with a "Back in five
minutes" sign. (-:
>I see him as sort of having an attitude of superiority and of course
>absolutely no sense of humor.
We are told that about him, but we never actually need him. He's the
distant lord whose moods have little effect on his 'people'.
MEow
*Nemo* <nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> skrev i en
nyhedsmeddelelse:5QyJ5.6039$UL.3...@bgtnsc07-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> For the time I was a Christian, the word "God" brought me the mental image
> of the God on the Sistine Chapel, in "The Creation of Adam." Long beard,
bed
> sheet, patronizing expression.
>
> When I became an atheist, I started exploring the webrings dealing with
> atheism and freethought. I found lots of comments and images concerning
the
> Christian God that were far less "positive," and I became curious how
people
> could view him in a negative light. One gif in particular got my
attention -
> a red demon with gaping mouth and razor-sharp teeth lusting for blood.
>
> I decided I'd check into why people thought this. After reading the whole
> Bible, I've come to the conclusion that these latter visions are more
> accurate concepts of what the God of the Bible would look like if it
> existed. What a twisted freak of the imagination!
>
> "God"?
>
fingers or the blond image of jesus we've seen over and over. If not
capitalised I tend to think of Thor and/or Odin. The word deity gives
impression of something odd, abstract and mystical - and of course my own
definition of deities.
stoney
]>stoney <sto...@stoneynet.net> wrote in message
]>
Just don't ask me to draw it.... :))
stoney
]>In article <39f6f6b4$1...@corp.newsfeeds.com>, "YodelFish"
]><yode...@hotmail.com> wrote:
]>
]>> For some reason the one that always get to me is when some crazy ass Xistbot
]>> gets a baby and claim it's a miracle from god.
]>> That always makes me chuckle.
]>
]>Their parents must've just been too embarassed to give them *that* talk. <g>
What's even more amusing is those couples who try and try and try and their god
says "no." Then they hit doctors and the fertility clinics, conceive and then
'thank their god for the gift'...ROFL.
Christians accept "Thy (God's) will be done" provided it matches what they want.
Rune Børsjø
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From A-Z + ÆØÅ.
Æ=ae
Ø=oe
Å=aa
Ø sounds very dutch. Check the character maps under Windows
accessories :-)
Dore's Favourite Demon
<nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote:
>Sedd <se...@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8t7de9$sip$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
>> In article <5QyJ5.6039$UL.3...@bgtnsc07-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
>> "*Nemo*" <nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote:
>> > But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or
>> read)
>> > "God"?
>>
>>
>> My vision of god looks like this:
>>
>> http://www.jokefest.com/images/incest22.jpg
>
>Whoa! That'll go down hard!
>
>>
>> (Don't let the .jpeg's name startle you.. it's nothing sexual.)
>
>It bloody better not be! I'd hate to think of anyone getting up over
>that...!
Well, maybe its brother or sister.
Andrew Lias
"*Nemo*" <nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote:
> But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or
read)
> "God"?
Really, it depends on the context. If the context of the discussion is
some literalist yutz's beliefs, I generally conjur an image of a neo-
Jovian old man throwing thunderbolts around. On the other hand, if I'm
reading a dissertation by a professional theologian, the "image" I form
is of something vast, abstract, and alien. Then there's the fluffy,
new-agey sort that brings to mind a warm and diffuse white light.
I will say that my favorite Christian representation of God is that of
sunbeams streaming through a gap in a bank of clouds (often accompanied
by harp music in films). I tend to think of real world examples of
that as "God weather".
--
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Angelico
<nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote:
] For the time I was a Christian, the word "God" brought me the mental image
] of the God on the Sistine Chapel, in "The Creation of Adam." Long beard, bed
] sheet, patronizing expression.
]
] When I became an atheist, I started exploring the webrings dealing with
] atheism and freethought. I found lots of comments and images concerning the
] Christian God that were far less "positive," and I became curious how people
] could view him in a negative light. One gif in particular got my attention -
] a red demon with gaping mouth and razor-sharp teeth lusting for blood.
]
] I decided I'd check into why people thought this. After reading the whole
] Bible, I've come to the conclusion that these latter visions are more
] accurate concepts of what the God of the Bible would look like if it
] existed. What a twisted freak of the imagination!
]
] But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or read)
] "God"?
My image is something like that, but with an irate expression, a
perpetual angry face.
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stoney
]>For the time I was a Christian, the word "God" brought me the mental image
]>of the God on the Sistine Chapel, in "The Creation of Adam." Long beard, bed
]>sheet, patronizing expression.
]>
]>When I became an atheist, I started exploring the webrings dealing with
]>atheism and freethought. I found lots of comments and images concerning the
]>Christian God that were far less "positive," and I became curious how people
]>could view him in a negative light. One gif in particular got my attention -
]>a red demon with gaping mouth and razor-sharp teeth lusting for blood.
]>
]>I decided I'd check into why people thought this. After reading the whole
]>Bible, I've come to the conclusion that these latter visions are more
]>accurate concepts of what the God of the Bible would look like if it
]>existed. What a twisted freak of the imagination!
]>
]>But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or read)
]>"God"?
A gleeful meglomaniac that gets off on imposing atrocities onto others.
Orhan Orgun
wrote:
>]>
>]>But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or read)
>]>"God"?
>
>A gleeful meglomaniac that gets off on imposing atrocities onto others.
>
A prima donna with serious self-esteem problems who has to be
reassured repeatedly by her fans that she really *is* the greatest and
throws horrible temper tantrums if her fans do not praise her enough.
A coloratur soprano probably.
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stoney
]><piggybacking>
]>>On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 10:44:17 GMT, "*Nemo*" <nemo...@yahoo.NOSPMPLS.com> wrote
]>>in alt.atheism;
]><snip>
]>>]>But anyway, I'm wondering what others think of when they hear (or read)
]>>]>"God"?
]>
]>It makes me think that if I paint my room with lead, God can't use his
]>x-ray vision to see if I'm being naughty or nice or to know that I've
]>drunk from the bottle labelled "Drink Me" so I could grow small enough
]>to sneak into Heaven through the rabbit hole...
]>
]>Oh, sorry, I'm confusing my fairy tales...
]>
]>Seriously, for some reason I always remember getting an image of this
]>old, mean-looking bastard (Pure caucasian) with a bushy mustache and
]>long, flowing white beard sitting on some chair made of pure, glowing
]>marble. He's surrounded by clouds that obscure what the Heaven behind
]>his throne looks like, yet they are parted just enough to give you a
]>hint of what lay beyond. He looks down on earth, or on some
]>freshly-dead soul standing before him, and waves his cane at
]>evil-doers and gets downright beligerant on them with snyde,
]>hate-filled remarks about what awful little sinners they are.
The spitting image of OGT! :)
]>Those
]>who get to go to Heaven, he ushers them in gracefully to his right
]>after making them fear they are going to Hell as he rattles of their
]>attrocities and looking at them sternly. This, just before his eyes
]>light up and he says, "But you've believed in my son, so enter in ye'
]>child of God!" Those who don't make it to Heaven, well he informs
]>them of this and they do a face-slapping "NOOOOooo...!!!" that makes
]>Makauley Caulkin <sp?> look like an *amatuer* just before he uses his
]>cane to knock them off of some cliff through the clouds to his left
]>(Rather like golf). They fall into the eternal darkness and flames of
]>Hell, continuously screaming "NOOOOOOOOOooooooo......" the whole way
]>with all the other falling souls.
Doesn't the love, justice, compassion, reason, and empathy just give that 'loved
all over' feeling? /sarcasm
(snip)
]>
]>And I know it sounds as if I'm being satirical, but I really, really,
]>REALLY am *NOT* kidding on this one. That's the really sad part. To
]>do that to a kid. My parents - yes, *my* parents, love them though I
]>may - should have been shot before the first Chick Tract ever passed
]>before my too-innocent young eyes. I would have been much less
]>traumatized holding my mother's bleeding head as she gasped for her
]>last few stinging puffs of breath than I was by those damned tracts!
]>Well, okay, maybe that *would* have traumatized me a little more, but
]>not by much since Chick tracts depict similar kinds of gut-wrenching,
]>emotionally manipulative and outright hate-filled scenarios which we
]>are told to believe are real even if they are just cartoons. They
]>correctly say that children are too young to deal with sex, what in
]>the *HELL* makes them think children not yet even able to read can
]>deal with THAT kind of crap?
Thinking and consideration does not apply. Fear does. They erroneously equate
fear to the beginning of wisdom.
]>L8r,
]>Avender