Bible Quotes Quiz #1

This is where I get irritated with religion as it is so judgemental. I judge no one for their beliefs but when they tell me I have to believe in what they believe it is sheer arrogance. I went to a funeral the other day in an Anglican church and instead of honouring the man who died the preacher went on and on about that if you do not believe in JC then you are lost and with hope. my wife, who is jewish, was visibly offended by the repeated claims that we are without hope and sadly left that funeral with a large degree of sadness for lack of respect shown for the man who passed away and the almost anger at anyone who did not believe in JC. Shame on that man.

So you're saying that your god is a jealous, merciless tyrant?

Why would you want to follow a guy like that? Out of fear I guess, so actually I feel sorry for you for being in this sadist's thrall

What is the point in taking any quiz ever?

And again I ask, seriously dude? I don’t believe “The Simpsons” is true either, but I take those quizzes too.

i'll answer questions about

Alice in Wonderland and that's not true

Mainly because the characters and quotations are easier to remember than those in Lord of the Rings. Seriously though, I pity you. Why must one be a Christian to know about the Bible? Do I need to be Muslim to know about, or be curious about the Qur'an?

While that might be true for some atheists, I can assure you that, as far as I'm concerned, my atheism has nothing to do with the church. I like churches (the buildings), and I like religious ritual (it looks like fun dress-up, and there's usually parties afterwards). Like any institutions, churches do some good, and some bad. On balance, I think the world would be better off without churches, but there's also some wonderful people that are part of them and use them to do good. None of this has anything to do with my atheism, which comes down to two things: lack of evidence for god, and lack of a coherent logical claim about god. That's really it.

That's not factually correct. You probably know very many atheists, they're just not vocal or in your face about it. They would probably say so if you had a conversation on religion (or perhaps not..there are many "closet atheists" that don't feel comfortable sharing their beliefs for a variety of reasons. There are certainly very vocal atheists, just as there are vocal proponents of practically every belief (feminism, christianity, etc).

As opposed to religious people, who are usually so quiet and discreet about it. I mean, look at all those monuments to atheism in every city in the world. Look at all those atheists thanking atheism after a sports event, or reciting atheisms in public. Look at all those atheists wearing special magic necklaces, or pieces of clothing, to show their atheism. Must be sooo annoying to not be an atheist in this world, when you get atheism shoved in your face all day everywhere!

I thought for SURE “eat, drink, and be merry” was Shakespeare! Didn’t the Bible say something about eating, drinking, and then being *fruitful*? Ah hell, maybe THAT was Shakespeare;-)

Or, you may be very religious but a religion that doesn’t read or care much about the Bible at all.

It's more important to you. Personally, I find knowledge of religions as a literary, historical and social phenomenon much more useful than "faith", which is by definition a suspension of logical thinking.

I have, and it's a very weak case which has been debunked many times over.