A Story Thats Always Fun To Share

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12-22-2009, 12:59 AM
Loaf

A Story Thats Always Fun To Share

Let me start by saying I am an atheist. I don't take this story seriously, but its always a fun one to share. I was Christian at the time, but I am now an Atheist.

It was Christmas of 2007. My brothers had since left and it was just me, my two young sisters, and my parents. On Christmas day we were sitting in the lounge talking, when down flew a dove. It was very strange, because doves are not seen in the area. We found it pretty coincidental to happen on Christmas day of all days, someone jokingly saying "Hey, its the holy spirit" (FYI our cat tried to eat it. :D).
We decided to film it anyway, just because it was quite a pretty thing to happen on Christmas, not to mention we needed something to bulk up our video.

A little later we decided to go and review our footage of the entire day. All was fine, except right when it came to the footage of the dove the camera showed static, skipped a bit, and then continued playing normally after the dove had gone. It was a new tape, and all other recording played back fine. For a moment or so, we were spooked.

Amazing coincidence? Probably. At least I think so.
Discuss.
12-22-2009, 01:50 AM
Jesus of Suburbia

What does it skipping have to do with religion?? I'd just be pissed at that :chuckle:

I converted to atheism around 07 too. Just thought I'd mention that.
12-22-2009, 02:27 AM
Loaf

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Originally Posted by TheLucid

What does it skipping have to do with religion?? I'd just be pissed at that :chuckle:

I converted to atheism around 07 too. Just thought I'd mention that.

The fact is it was strange how a dove came to us on Christmas (as I said somebody was like "oh my what if it was the holy spirit") and then when we try and record it the footage disrupts.
12-22-2009, 02:41 AM
Jesus of Suburbia

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Originally Posted by Loaf

The fact is it was strange how a dove came to us on Christmas (as I said somebody was like "oh my what if it was the holy spirit") and then when we try and record it the footage disrupts.

Yah, I guess so. Pretty kool.
12-22-2009, 02:10 PM
Idolfan

I really hate this kind of stuff. All God ever seems to do is perform random miracles and then fucks off never to be seen again. If he has this much power why don't we all believe in him by now? Why doesn't he feed the world? Some of these are really freaky and this one just sounds too good to be a coincidence. But I guess it depends how common doves are.

Some are plain laughable though. Have you seen the "Allah in German branches" one? Or "Allah-fish"? Seriously it's like, oh that's such a bloody miracle.
12-22-2009, 06:07 PM
Jesus of Suburbia

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Originally Posted by Idolfan

I really hate this kind of stuff. All God ever seems to do is perform random miracles and then fucks off never to be seen again. If he has this much power why don't we all believe in him by now? Why doesn't he feed the world? Some of these are really freaky and this one just sounds too good to be a coincidence. But I guess it depends how common doves are.

Some are plain laughable though. Have you seen the "Allah in German branches" one? Or "Allah-fish"? Seriously it's like, oh that's such a bloody miracle.

The bible -or as I like to call it, the holy book of lies- says that God gave us free will and wanted us to choose the right God to believe in and follow. Why doesn't he at least give us a good, valid sign that he exists?? He says to believe in him, gives us no reason too, then sends of to burn for eternity!! Even if an omnipotent being existed, I, would not worship it, and would rather take my eternal fire.
12-22-2009, 07:26 PM
Loaf

Even so, if there was a God and I was him / her / it, I wouldn't want to expose myself yet. The world couldn't handle it.
12-22-2009, 10:58 PM
Jesus of Suburbia

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Originally Posted by Loaf

Even so, if there was a God and I was him / her / it, I wouldn't want to expose myself yet. The world couldn't handle it.

They could handle it in the book of lies, why not now??
12-22-2009, 11:50 PM
Loaf

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Originally Posted by TheLucid

They could handle it in the book of lies, why not now??

They could handle it? They pinned him up to a wooden bored and tortured him. Real smooth.

I doubt Jesus did anything that they say he did. Probably just a bunch of gullible people and a few party tricks and misconceptions.
The people who wrote the bible didn't even witness it.
12-23-2009, 12:15 AM
Jesus of Suburbia

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Originally Posted by Loaf

They could handle it? They pinned him up to a wooden bored and tortured him. Real smooth.

I doubt Jesus did anything that they say he did. Probably just a bunch of gullible people and a few party tricks and misconceptions.
The people who wrote the bible didn't even witness it.

In the book of lies, Jesus did that voluntarily to take all of their sins instead of them taking them. They didn't just do that.

Me too.
12-23-2009, 12:49 AM
Loaf

Oh really?
Shows how much I know. I went to church about 5 times.. became an atheist the following year.
12-23-2009, 01:34 AM
nerve

I think you're all self-righteous morons who could use a little reading :\
12-23-2009, 01:54 AM
Loaf

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Originally Posted by nerve

I think you're all self-righteous morons who could use a little reading :\

Screw you.
12-23-2009, 02:24 AM
nerve

my, what a mature and intelligent response, I almost don't know what to say..

I'm getting really tired of the atheist attitude. I believe atheists make a lot of excellent points, and I agree that something needs to be done about religion, but what I don't think needs to be done is a big atheist circle-jerk. you're all more concerned with patting each other on the back than actually doing anything useful, and the more you treat christians with hate and scorn, you're just showing them that atheists are full of hate and scorn.

atheists are bitter and it's really starting to annoy me. all this bitterness is counter-productive. are you really concerned with pulling humanity out of the mire that is religion? or would you rather sit around and bitch about christianity?

maybe you should ask yourselves.
12-23-2009, 02:48 AM
Loaf

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Originally Posted by nerve

my, what a mature and intelligent response, I almost don't know what to say..

Don't say anything. If you make it personal, expect a dirty response.

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Originally Posted by nerve

I'm getting really tired of the atheist attitude.

I'm getting really tired of this religious attitude.

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Originally Posted by nerve

but what I don't think needs to be done is a big atheist circle-jerk.

You've hardly done any better, especially with that above comment.

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Originally Posted by nerve

you're all more concerned with patting each other on the back than actually doing anything useful, and the more you treat christians with hate a scorn, you're just showing them that atheists are full of hate and scorn.

I don't treat Christians with hate. I live in a house full of 'em. I only start to get rough with people when they start force feeding me religious bull crap, which happens almost invariably on the internet.
Oh and that stuff in bold is a load of shit, and you know it.

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Originally Posted by nerve

or would you rather sit around and bitch about christianity?

Neither. I just ignore religion as a whole, unless I have something like this topic to post. I don't remember bitching about religion, or being counter-productive at all in this post.

Surely if you are comfortable enough with your religious views, then you don't need to get angry when others think differently.
12-23-2009, 02:50 AM
Lucid_Guy.exe

Loaf, that's freaky. Maybe you shouldn't have converted to Atheism.:)
12-23-2009, 02:52 AM
Loaf

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Originally Posted by Lucid_Guy.exe

Loaf, that's freaky. Maybe you shouldn't have converted to Atheism.:)

I think I'm pretty comfortable where I am at now. :P
Maybe I'll see it this Christmas? ;)
12-23-2009, 02:52 AM
Lucid_Guy.exe

lol. Hey, check your pms!
12-23-2009, 04:56 AM
nerve

Loaf: let's get this straight- I have no religious views.

I made the mistake of overgeneralization, and I'm sorry for it. but you must admit that the bitter, idle atheist is a problem. or maybe it's wrong to believe that atheism is more of a movement than simply a title?
12-24-2009, 09:10 PM
J.D.

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Originally Posted by Loaf

Amazing coincidence? Probably. At least I think so.
Discuss.

Most likely a coincidence but a pretty awesome one! Things like that happening are so rare we attach significance to them. For example, there are probably tons of appropriate occasions for miraculous things to happen, but they don't. Like somebody who prays every day beside a window, then one day the sun comes out from behind a cloud and illuminates some raindrops on the window to make a shape that looks like Jesus' face (or something lol). The prayer will think,
"OMG touched by the holy spirit!" When in actual fact this chain of events was statistically bound to happen at some stage, considering they pray there so often. They don't think about the hundreds of times different things happened when they were praying, just the one time something coincidentally happened which was appropriate to them. Stuff like that can make believers out of some people!

One happened to me a few years ago. I was having a full sit-down, family dinner at my friend's house- I think it might have been a special occasion because that's rare. My friend's family are Catholic, and the Pope had died a couple of days earlier, and he came up in conversation. My friend (who is a pretty awful Catholic :lol:) was talking about how stupid it is to have one guy whose word is taken as the "word of God" on earth. His mum said something jokingly like,
"Watch out or he'll be haunting you!" My friend laughed and said,
"Well if he's pissed at me, let him give me a sign!" while raising up his arms in a gigantic shrug. Right as he did this, the big light on the ceiling right above the table flickered noticeably! I had to laugh! My friend nearly shat himself.
12-24-2009, 09:32 PM
Loaf

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Originally Posted by J.D.

Things like that happening are so rare we attach significance to them.

Very true.

Funny story too.
12-24-2009, 09:37 PM
guitarboy

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Originally Posted by TheLucid

What does it skipping have to do with religion?? I'd just be pissed at that :chuckle:

I converted to atheism around 07 too. Just thought I'd mention that.

You don't convert to Atheism...

I'm surprised you didn't say it was the paranormal...a spirit...a holy one..
12-27-2009, 07:03 AM
Catbus

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Originally Posted by nerve

atheists are bitter and it's really starting to annoy me. all this bitterness is counter-productive. are you really concerned with pulling humanity out of the mire that is religion? or would you rather sit around and bitch about christianity?

That's a large generalization. I'm not bitter, yet I'm an atheist. Unless someone is actively pushing a religion on me or people around me (or are bigoted because of their religion), then I'm not going to criticize their beliefs. And even in criticizing another's religious views, I'm not going to be arrogant or dickish about it.

Edit: ffffffffffffffffffffff didn't read your next post.

I'm an ass.