Christianity: Bogus Beyond Belief Guestbook
7/97-4/00

(the first shall be the last and the last shall be the first)
Total: 203 guests
Name: Robert
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Australia
Time: 2000-04-14 08:04:00
Comments: Good site,I myself have studied many of the worlds major religions,your right all jackals do essentially howl alike,there is however positive and negative forces at work,take the four gospels write down everything this Jesus said and derive what sort of God he represents,compare your conclusion with The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu and you will find consistency. This God of Jesus was no doubt spruced up to get Pagan acceptance,who believed in Gods that send thunderbolts out their ass,the real God has more of a Motherly than Fatherly attribute. Jesus may be real,but the Christian God is an illogical human construct created later with the affairs of politics,power and control in mind.. Problem is amongst Egyptian Gods of Old there was a God as schizophrenic as the one Christians believe in his name was Set(Seth)I have read many studies comparing Christian clergy with ancient egyptian priests. Would Seth have a problem with Egyptians yes they rejected him as evil,the subjegation of Seth and his being contained is exactly the same story as St Michael containing the beast some three thousand years later. In fact the nativity is another variation on an old egyptian myth,what I am trying to say is that much of 'the faith' and its feast days are borrowed/stolen from elsewhere. And that there could well be a very powerful force behind it.But it may not be the God Jesus was speaking of. How could the God of the prodigal son be the same as the one that wants to come back and smite us with plagues and Judgement forces till we all bow in filial supplication. Not to say that such a being does not exist. But it is about this FREE WILL. as such all religions stand condemned

Name: paul berryman
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Australia
Time: 2000-04-13 14:27:00
Comments: This is a truly great site. I just hope it goes someway to wiping this stupid religion that causes so many people so much pain for no good reason. Keep up the great work Brooks

Name: Arwen
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Michigan
Time: 2000-04-10 20:05:00
Comments: I found your page quite interesting, but perhaps more interesting were the responses. All the letters I read (admittedly only the first page of them, I DO have a life beyond the Net) seemed to be from rather uneducated persons. I wonder that no scholarly Christian theologians decided to respond. It's really not fair that someone who has spent as much time researching and building this page as you apparently have has no worthy opposition! Be well, Arwen

Name: Greg
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Where all of us are from
Time: 2000-04-07 05:53:00
Comments: Thanks for the contribution to clarity and understanding. What is your thought on the whereabouts of Jesus during the years from 13 - 30?? Elizabeth Claire Prophet wrote a book suggesting that He hopped a caravan and headed to India.... Wouild appreciate your take on this. Thank you, Greg

Name: Susan K
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Originally Michigan, now California
Time: 2000-04-04 07:09:00
Comments: Wow! What a great website and what thorough research! I sent an email to atheist.com, thinking I was on your website, but it was the link....I got confused....speaking of confused, I sure was confused when I was a "christian" or "catholic". Now I see the light as a freethinker! I have read Dan Barkers book....its marvelous. I want to show it to my christian family, but they will think I'm the devil. My brother sends me subscriptions to Billy Grahams "Decision" magazine. Arghhhh! How do I get him to stop? I'm afraid to tell him...I grew up going to church every Sunday and out of all the catholic school, communion, etc...the thing I remember most was when I was 8 years old and my cat ran away, I lit a candle in the church and prayed to God for my cat to come back. I lit that candle "religiously" for days and my cat never came back. This is when I began to doubt, but like yourself, I didn't fully come to terms with it until about two years ago. Some of my best friends are atheists, including my boyfriend. He said once that he feels "people believe in a God because they are the only animals that can visualize their own death." I stopped going to church years ago, but still wanted to believe in something...after all, believing that you are going to live forever and see all your loved ones is a pretty hard thing to give up! I waited for one of those spiritual experiences for God to speak to me or reveal himself to me throughout my childhood---of course that never happened. When I read Carl Sagans book "The Demon Haunted World," thats when it really sunk in. I stopped beleiving after that. Throughout my life I've also believed in astrology....I know, I know, its silly, but I haven't given it up yet! Its the only silly belief I still have...there just seem to be so many coincedences...At any rate, thanks for the interesting responses to christian writers....you are an excellent debater. In my younger years when I believed in God, I always lost the argument with the atheists. It took a long time for me to come to the truth, and I must admit, that deep inside me I still want to beleive in something beyond myself, and I fight it all the time with reason. I'm becoming a more reasonable person. The only critical point I have is that some people do believe in God but not in the man-made God and Jesus (like the bible, etc), and are agnostic, believing in a creator of some sort. I would like to see more arguements on this subject. I know the bible is hogwash...that's obvious...but what about writers like Neale Donald Walsh who wrote "Conversations with God?" I would like to see a good debate with him. People seemed attracted to that book, it told them what they wanted to hear--that the bible was nonsense, but that their still was a God, sort of a God within us, etc...This is the kind of God that I believe more Christian's are turning to because its more user friendly. Of course, he made the whole thing up and it brought him lots of money...but do you have any thoughts on this subject that doesn't have to do with fundementalist christianity or the bible? What about people who just want to believe in something....new age religion, karma, chakra's, that sort of thing...I would like to see more on your site about that. Christianity is almost getting too easy to debunk. I read an interesting book when I was trying to come to my senses, called "The Mind of God" by Paul Davies, a scientist. The title is misleading, its not a christian book by any means, but involves science and whether there is any proof for an intelligent designer. Fascinating read on both sides of the issue, and really goes into depth about physics, mathmatics....similar in reasoning to George Smith. Check it out. My internet connection is really bad and keeps kicking me off, but it never did the whole time I was on your site and its been an hour and a half! Its a miracle! (Just Kidding) Susan

Name: Hakeem
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Earth
Time: 2000-04-02 05:45:00
Comments: Just wanted to write and tell you that only Jesus saves, and you are going to hell forever. Ha Ha, Just messin' with you man. :) I love the site. I have not been able to read all of it yet, but trust me I will. I will also be taking many notes. I always come across Xtian sites that seem to bash every single other religion that exists. They especially like to focus on Islam. They seem to think that only they (xtians) will be accepted by their all loving God. They seem to believe that this all loving God will burn everyone else in hell because they don't accept xtianity. I can't stand that attitude. It's horrible! Anyway I love the site, and please keep up the good work. I'll send you an e-mail with some links to some other sites that you might like. Peace

Name: Mike McClellan
Website: Born Again Fundamentalist Christianity - Hope or Hoax
Referred by: NewsGroups
From: PA
Time: 2000-04-01 21:50:00
Comments: Your site is excellent with more information than can be digested in a single visit! Thanks for all the hard work. This is one of the better sites I've seen exposing Christianity for what it really is. I've bookmarked your site and will have to come back several times.

Name: Tom
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Fundieland
Time: 2000-03-31 22:02:00
Comments: Brooks, I love this site and visit it about once a week to look for updates. You need to add more to your letters section, more discussions (arguments) with "true believers" would be interesting. Keep up the good work!! Signed: An infidel in the Biblebelt.

Name: Channelle~*~
Website: my home page about ????
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Dallas
Time: 2000-03-30 04:55:00
Comments: You must have worked really hard building this website. All the readers of this guest book are welcome to visit mine. Thanks. :)

Name: Sara
Website: My home page
Referred by: From a Friend
From: USA
Time: 2000-03-30 05:01:00
Comments: Nice website. This is how one can find God. You make a perfect plan, do everything to make it perfect, put your heart and soul in it. There is no chance anything would go wrong, 100'/. confident. Then suddenly things go wrong or go in a completely different direction, that shows there's someone up there Who has different plans for you like it or not. But He is the Boss Who has control over everything and anything.

Name: Ben
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Winona, MN
Time: 2000-03-28 08:54:00
Comments: Prove to me that there is not a God. Give me rational evidence to show that God did not create the Universe. I want to know every last detail. You can save your third grade level earth science lessons about how rain is produced. Thanks, Have a nice day, Ben. PS If you want to know if there is a God then pray. If you have a sincere will to know God he will make himself known to you. Praying is very humbling. Can you do it sincerely without saying: "ok uhh God, levitate this chair"?

Name: Adam
Website: Reality Is Radical
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: NYC
Time: 2000-03-27 00:14:00
Comments: I'm putting together a site that deals with the Religious Right, the right-wing in general and other related topics... to be commissioned 5-1-00. I have a page of right-wing web sites (http://www.geocities.com/classwar_2000/evil.html) with yours as an answer to Christianity Today. Your site is fantastic... very entertaining. Thanks for your hard work! - Adam

Name: chris e
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: lakeland fl
Time: 2000-03-24 02:53:00
Comments: Thank's for the website. It gave me a good "pep talk" prior to my encounter with a christian youth counselor that vainly attempted to persuade my way of thinking. Your efforts are quite admirable, as it is imperative for humanists/atheists/free-thinkers/non-slaves, to rescue people from a religon that thrives on fear and intolerance.

Name: Stephanie
Website: Hello, I am your Lunch (Vegan and animal rights site)
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Chicago
Time: 2000-03-23 19:24:00
Comments: Cool Site! It's good to see some honest arguements for and against religion that actually make some sense and have a basis behind them. I'm so tired of hearing that we should all just succomb because Jesus said so. I control my own destiny, and it works for me. Some do not agree, but that is their choice. Thanks for the entertainment, ~Steph

Name: Darrell Morgan
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Weatherford Texas
Time: 2000-03-21 21:47:00
Comments: You are not the only one out there. You see my e-mail address. It is about the light of reason and has no religous meaning. Living here in the bible belt it is difficult when you see religion for what it is. I get a real kick out of my christian friends and their reaction when I explain my e-mail address. Not as a pont of convertion. But a means of planting the seed of reason. It is up to them to water it. We are at a very unique point of history and very lucky to be born in the United States where we can voice our questions. Most people in the world can not. Take heart. We are slowly emerging from the dark ages. These are exciting times. Darrell Morgan

Name: James F
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Australia
Time: 2000-03-20 20:06:00
Comments: Hey man, you are a hero. Keep up the great work. To all christians: please read the whole bible, not just the parts selected by the power-hungry church.

Name: Jerry Fallwell
Website: dollars for eternal life
Referred by: Tripod
From: the bibile belt
Time: 2000-03-19 20:49:00
Comments: your gonna pay for your sins so put a little green in the collection box next sunday. Can i hear a AMEN///

Name: jesus's other brother.. forrest christ
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: the Church:Our lady of perpetual bullshit
Time: 2000-03-18 13:36:00
Comments: Great site!! I was wondering How come the fundies have there own jargon.. such as, let's lift up jesus....Did he get drunk and fall down??? also noticed that alot of xitians close their messages with "In Him" I thought they were against homosexuality!!

Name: jim
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 2000-03-15 03:02:00
Comments: i can't believe that you would actually say these things about OUR God. He is not an evil God, He is perfect. The things written in the Bible are sacred and are for us to live by. If you think God is evil, then what about Satan? What happens if you go to Hell? What then? The Lord loves you and He is hurt by what you say about Him, but he is not hurting for Himself.......He hurts for you and the fata that awaits you if you continue down this path. Also, you can't single out these passages above; they are just single verses and you have to take into consideration what the section means as a whole. Please, i urge you, to give the Lord a chance and see if you feel any fulfillment......i promise, if you really try, you will.......He's there, waiting on you.......

Name: Esther L. McAmis
Website: BLUE LAGOON THOUGHT WAVES
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: WA.
Time: 2000-03-14 17:18:00
Comments: To expose claptrap incites the rage in those who follow the GOD of ANGER; for they who are BENT on believing that burning @ the stake must exist in an imaginary place called HELL,(a spot to fry for all of eternity..all rights gone) are liken to Cannibals. Ignorant! Telling them 2x2-4 means nothing; EXAMPLE: Creation by Incest! ADAM & EVE created Cain & Able according to the Fable. Cain killed Able. Cain was driven by the Angry God out of Eden; he then.."went to the Land of Nod & took himself a WIFE." NOW just how & where did #.5 happen into the fable; maybe the wife was the SNAKE. So much for LOGIC; religion never was based on logic. The mass falls for hypnoticism; Benny Hines is a master hypnotist..as was HITLER. The mass are like PARROTS..hear & repeat; never question what they take in. Follow the leader! Sort of like that funny species of rodents;one jumps off the cliff to their own destruction & all follow the leader to DEATH. BRAINWASHING being the KEY component of the religions, means they have sold out logic which doth prevail for our protection. The paradox is: They the duped want to SAVE others. Without RELIGIONS creating a DEVIL or EVIL encompassed by GUILT & FEAR of Punishment, there is no sound grounds for the reward token aka HEAVEN~EVER~AFTER. No Heaven~no way to take peoples MONEY here on EARTH. Good luck freeing the Slaves Brother DARETOSPEAK!!!

Name: Tiffany Nicole
Website:
Referred by: AOL
From: California
Time: 2000-03-07 06:33:00
Comments: I am very respectful and intrugied by several things that you have posted on your page, but I do find ALOT of them to be inaccurate to the teachings of God. When I have the time, I will gladly point them out to you, be that alright with you. And the verse about sparing the rod and spoiling the child does not interpret to: Beat your children; It's what God wants. It is not a sin to spank a child; Spank, not Beat. There is a tremendous difference. I am thankful that I have grown up with parents who disciplined me. God is a violent God, God is a jealous God, God is a just God, and God is love. God is God. If you can not accept that, you will never understand anything. Who are you to talk back to God? For you are on earth, and He is in Heaven, so may your words be few. (see ecclesiastes and romans). Humbling, isn't it? I have enjoyed viewing your site, but it does not exactly go along the "open mind" atheist theme. I pray that you will find the truth. Not only do I love you, but God loves you far more. Thankyou for your time!

Name: Stephanie Powers
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: San Diego, California
Time: 2000-03-04 00:07:00
Comments: I like your site, and it does much to show your disbelief in the religion. But, you sound as though you are trying to disprove the christian god, not as if you are an unbias opinion giving the pros and cons of an interesting and rather popular religion. With your particular personal passion towards christianity, it sounds more like you are an anti-christian, rather than an athiest. One must not challenge other people's beliefs simply to have more faith in one's own. And christianity, popular though it is, does not even represtent even a small number of the total religions and religious belief systems.

Name: Greg
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: AZ
Time: 2000-02-29 05:47:00
Comments: 1. Have you come across the explanation for the missing years of Jesus? From 13-30 yrs old he was on a mission to India....hopped a caravan, made the trek to India, began teaching and studying. His teaching got out of hand and he was chased from India...but not without learning enough of Buddhism to incorporate it into the Christian foundation. What do you think??? 2. As far as God goes, we cannot support nor refute the existence of something so out-of-our realm. Amazing how all the pompus assholes claim to "Know" God....as if it's very simple. My belief is that if the word God is mentioned, the person should lie on the ground face down in absolute reverence....and should never make any claims as far as what God thinks, likes or is. Just my thoughts on this. I do appreciate the time you spent on your site....although America isn't ready yet.

Name: P k Luetch
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 2000-02-27 10:23:00
Comments: I think the culprit in Christianity has to do with Paul the hypocrit , the liars He is the inventer of Trinity . He is the Jew who want to destroy Christianity at all cost but in a stupid but subtle way. But , the truth will emerge . There is always another cleverer person. I belief Jesus exist and has done his good job . Without him , the World would have been worse.

Name: P k Luetch
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 2000-02-27 10:32:00
Comments: I think the culprit in Christianity has to do with Paul the hypocrit , the liars He is the inventer of Trinity . He is the Jew who want to destroy Christianity at all cost but in a stupid but subtle way. But , the truth will emerge . There is always another cleverer person. I belief Jesus exist and has done his good job . Without him , the World would have been worse.

Name: Andrew DeLapp
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 2000-02-26 00:28:00
Comments: Interesting. A bunch of people quoting bible verses at each other, then agreeing with each other's opinions about them without ever doing any serious research. Sounds a lot like Fundamentalism to me. Once again, it is proven that you become what you oppose.

Name: Vim Vem
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Brussels
Time: 2000-02-22 16:43:00
Comments: To Jason Farr, Guestbook entry #170, So you love Brooks, who you don't know and who you've never met. I'll bet you love everybody, because your religion tells you that you should. Yep, I'll bet that gives everyone a warm fuzzy, knowing that Jason Farr loves them. Bet it makes people feel pretty special. I'm sure that you love me too. That makes me feel good, really special. Thanks, you just made my day. Also, that bible verse you just bleated out was so convincing I'm just going to run out and get down on my knees and pray. I got God!!! YOWSIR!!!!

Name: Sane
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Reality
Time: 2000-02-20 14:19:00
Comments: Religion is a mental illness and it is obvious by the xians postings on this board.How about focusing on the here and now.What has xitianity given this world .... fear, ignorance, death, mental illness. Yes it is much harder to focus on reality and to make this world a better place then to worship a dead guy who will "save" you and wait till "the next World"where everything will be alright. Just accept jesus and all your sins will be forgiven? (sounds to me like a crimes on credit scam)

Name: Bobby Smith
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Waco Tx
Time: 2000-02-20 09:51:00
Comments: I really agree with your websie and would like to read more articles in the future.

Name: Connie
Website:
Referred by: NewsGroups
From:
Time: 2000-02-20 00:31:00
Comments: Great website! What a relief to know others have survived this virulent christian mind virus and lived to tell about it.

Name: David B
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Norway
Time: 2000-02-17 21:45:00
Comments: Great page! The content is marvellous, the navigability could perhaps be better....?

Name: Vil Crepple
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Snoqualmie, Wa
Time: 2000-02-17 20:28:00
Comments: To Y Chan, Who says that you will be able to punch Hitler in the nose if you go to hell? Who says he will be there? He was a christian, a roman catholic specificly. Christians are not perfect, just forgiven. All he had to do was to accept Jesus as his savior at the last nanosecond of his life and he would have every expectation of spending eternity in heaven, experiencing the blessing and miracle of God's eternal love. The Jews he killed, on the other hand, would most likely experience eternal torment, having beezelbub jabbing a pickfork into their backsides forevermore, regardless of how nice they were to their fellow man during their lifetime. Such is the goodness of God. So you see, that is God's measure of good versus evil. Such is his value system. It is not for you to judge God's value's, only to kowtow to his omnipotent eternal might. Doesn't christianity give you a great big warm fuzzy feeling? Jesus loves you. That's why he died. Vil Crepple Snoqualmie, Wa

Name: Jennifer Johnson
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 2000-02-17 03:06:00
Comments: GOD BLESS YOU

Name: Jason Pharr
Website:
Referred by: AOL
From: Conyers, Georgia
Time: 2000-02-15 19:42:00
Comments: God loves you!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jesus loves you!!!!!!!!!! I love you!!!!!!!!!!!! I can see that you have been hurt greatly, probably confronted by people who didn't try to explain anything but condmned you. I have found God, and feel called to witness to others. God's true message is that of love. "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." John 3:16-17

Name: Y Chan
Website:
Referred by: Lycos
From: Canada
Time: 2000-02-15 18:54:00
Comments: Your site is fantastic. Christians say we will all go to hell. So, let's party in Hell with John Lenon, Playmates, Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, Aphrodite, Romeo and Juliet, Einstein, Mark Twain, etc. Sure we will have fun there. And if we see Hilter in Hell, we can still punch him in his nose - we can't if we go to Heaven. Who wants to go to Heaven and stays with the Popes (past and present), Pat Robertson, Billy Graham, Augustine, Constantine, etc.?? For your information, the Dalai Lama's (past and present) are not in Hell or Heaven either. He reincarnates. We don't have to worry about him. Santa Claus is not in Heaven either, he lives in the North Pole.

Name: Ford
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: NewMexico
Time: 2000-02-14 13:21:00
Comments: What a great site! I was raised a Jehovahs Witness and remained one for my first 36 years. After breaking free of the cult, I have found Jesus. And guess what. He was just some guy that lived 2000 years ago. End of story. No virgin birth, no ransom sacrafice, no up in heaven with God thing. In the two years since I left the mental vacuume of christainity, I have become both a humanist and an athiest. It's taken a lot of effort and "soul" searching. I've read prolificly. Ingersol, Hume, Decartes, Sagan, Huxley, Paine, Jefferson, Dawkins, Aquinas, Voltare, Nietzschie, Russel, Darwin, even that idiot Behee, the list contines on and on. I am now a much better, kinder, and truly a happier person because of it. As Ludwig Borne said: "Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth." If thinking were as simple as believing then everyone would be faithful non-theists. Keep up the good work man. Thomas Paine would be impressed.

Name: Chesus
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: The North now living in the ignorant and backward south
Time: 2000-02-13 22:04:00
Comments: My Blood press just went up when I read about these son of bitch xitians in canada (ref: new feb post). They should get what their backwoods ignorant church (thats an oximoron) perpetuated on the world throughtout their history. BRING BACK THE LIONS!!!

Name: Tim
Website: Liars for Jesus
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: North Pole
Time: 2000-02-12 00:32:00
Comments: Cool website. Ever notice that Christians don't hesitate to lie about the evidence for and against their beliefs? Check out my page.

Name: Lara
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Georgia
Time: 2000-02-11 22:14:00
Comments: From looking at your list of choices of information I could tell I didn't need to read them first before responding. Let me explain something. Christians live by faith. We don't have to see to believe. We believe God sent His son, Jesus Christ, to earth to be an atonement for our sins. God sent His son to die for us so we wouldn't be doomed in hell forever. Jesus Christ was crucified, dead and buried. It doesn't end at the cross -- it starts at the tomb. The tomb is EMPTY. He's ALIVE. How do we know this? The Bible says so. Why do we believe it? Because the Bible is the inspired word of God. It's not a book of myths and fables. Its contents continue to speak to us even today. Jesus Christ sent the Holy Spirit to comfort all believers, since His time on earth ended when he ascended into heaven to sit at the right hand of God. When the time comes, Jesus will return as King of Kings and Lord of Lords to reign forever. Every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Why do I believe this? I have faith that Jesus is REAL. I know it's hard to believe in something that you can't see or touch. You have to believe it in your heart. Jesus Christ died on the cross and bore our sins so we wouldn't have to on Judgment Day. He did this because he loves me. He did it because he loves YOU. All you have to do is accept his pardon. Sounds awfully simple and too good to be true but it's not. I've seen too many lives changed by the power of God, including mine. Don't try so hard to disprove God. It won't work. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life, and no one comes to the Father except by him. If I'm wrong so be it. But I don't want to take a chance.....eternity is an awfully long time.

Name: Steven Eldredge
Website:
Referred by: NewsGroups
From: New York City
Time: 2000-02-06 20:29:00
Comments: What a terrific site this is! I am sure there are things here which will send some Fundamentalist Christians into a real tizzy of accusations and apologetics framed in foggy-thinking. Keep up the good work.

Name: Tim Cho
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Flushing, NY
Time: 2000-02-04 20:34:00
Comments: Hi Brook, I got to your page from a bookmark at a computer station at my school. Obviously, the title of your site in the bookmark was like a 3 alarm fire in its implications. So I had to take a look First of all, you have a great site there. Your honesty and your sincere attempt to logically reason that Christianity is false, with numerical links to written material from a various range of sources tells me that you really dug deep within yourself and within history to come to your present state of disbelief in God and a belief in atheism. I believe that because of the merits of your research and the courage to speak your mind in the face of "ruffling more than a few feathers" makes your site a very important addition to the online community's discussion on faith. I am a Christian, and I am always recoiled by the poor witness we Christians bear to the world at large. And it looks like you have had your share of being hurt, being disregarded, even being threatened with hellfire and eternal torment for your honest doubts at the hands of those who claim to believe in a loving God. I cringe at the prospect that it damaged your view of God and His Church. We need your forgiveness. And we need to answer to God for our narrow-mindedness and lack of understanding. I ask that you pardon us for what we've done, that is all. We claim to know the Truth and we claim to experience the Holy Love of God, yet we've failed to live it out, not just in your case, but for centuries to millions of people like you, since time itself began. May God, the only righteous judge whose name we defamed, deal wish us according to His wisdom and compassion for those who are not of our faith. Sincerely, Tim

Name: jennifer tennant
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: ohio
Time: 2000-02-04 14:29:00
Comments: yep, it's me again. i already signed this but i just had a few more comments for you. i viewed your guestbook, and i was wondering why there were any people who would write to praise the god that this whole site is disproving? why would they bother? i noticed that they did not have any compelling arguments to prove their god's existence as you did disproving it. they will just say whatever has been drilled into their head for so many years. after viewing this site, my deepest thoughts had been confirmed: that the bible and anything pertaining to it is just the longest running fable known to man.

Name: jennifer tennant
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: blaine, ohio
Time: 2000-02-04 08:03:00
Comments: it seems i can't go anywhere without christianity being somewhere just around the corner. i get fed up with it and i'm glad someone else has to. i don't like to be preached to and i don't need someone throwing their religion in my face. thanks.

Name: The right reverend Jesus Fullashit
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: inbread town south carolina
Time: 2000-02-03 04:52:00
Comments: Heal sinners!!!! What do you call a pimple on a xitian's ass??............... a brain tumor!!

Name: Val Fleeker
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Bumspread, ILL
Time: 2000-02-01 00:34:00
Comments: Well, Mr. Smartypants, Don't you just have ALL the answers? You can't just accept that we really don't know it all and that we are really powerless in this big bad universe. We need some powerfull Mojo and Jesus is IT! Forget the crystals, pyramid power, unicorns and leprechauns, chanting channeling, etc. Take it from me, I was a two timing, druggie alcoholic felon before I found God. Compared to living that hellish loser existance, this is a slight improvement. Praying for your soul, Val Fleeker

Name: Prewell Blork
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Snoqualmie, Wa
Time: 2000-01-31 18:38:00
Comments: See here, Peckerwood, God sent his son to DIE FOR YOU. Make no mistake- you are obligated now to believe in him. This is no cheap manipulative trick- this is how the Creator of the Universe does things- pretty straight and to the point, huh? The problem with you, Brooks, is you think too much. This world would be a better place if we all were a little less analytical and just acted on impulse. Just let go,let GOD. Just Do It. More slogans, less time wasted thinking, that's what I say.Back to the good old days when theology ruled! Change your ways or you will never know the bliss that awaits you in Heaven! It will be a glorious love fest! We will be with God and he will be with us and we will love him and he will love us back! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVLOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOLOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE

Name: Keith Bailey
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: CA
Time: 2000-01-30 19:16:00
Comments: To Milton Gleck of Seattle: "The Almighty God is a loving God, who sacrificed his only son to absolve you of the sin of your existance. That's right, you are a sinner by the mere fact of your existance." Such INSANITY, such INJUSTICE !!!! Not one person ever asked to be born, to have to take part in this cosmic guessing game, choosing among the world's hundreds of conflicting religions. And why are we sinners who deserve to be eternally tormented in hell? BECAUSE OF WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE (ADAM) DID!!!! My God is a TRUE God of LOVE, yours seems to be a FIEND

Name: Laurie
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Long Beach, California
Time: 2000-01-25 03:07:00
Comments: You've put together an excellent website here, a real credit to the freethinking community. It is sane, balanced, moderate in tone, rational, and persuasive. I wish I had time to read everything on it. As it is, I have printed out your piece on Some Christian Arguments and Why They Don't Work for my homework reading for tonight. And the piece you recommend, on Some Reasons Why Humanists Reject The Bible, I also printed out. I like to put authorship credit on things like this that I print out. I saw your first name, Brooks, in one of the responses, but didn't catch a last name anyplace. I am in full sympathy with atheists (such as myself) who often have safe & sane reasons for keeping a low profile! So I gave you a pseudonym. You are Brooks Wellman. That's only so that if I pass on your Some Christian Arguments compilation to any still-Christian acquaintances, it doesn't look schlocky or suspicious, like "by Brooks ______" or "by Brooks X." And I didn't make you "Dr. Brooks Wellman" either, although it was tempting. Thank you for the effort you've put in here, for the quality, all the footnotes, wealth of links & other resources. Here's a wonderful website for you in return. It used to be The Secular Web's Internet Infidels Discussion Forum, but that got closed for some reason or other dealing with never-specified "security" issues. But the core regulars have moved to here, Prembone's board, and the level of discourse is as high as what you have here. I post under LaurieG there, and I'm by no means the most erudite participant - I learn a lot there. And it's definitely not all just religious discussion. Stop on by sometime. http://www.gamers.com/messages/overview.asp?name=prembone Laurie

Name: Paul Berryman
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Australia
Time: 2000-01-24 14:07:00
Comments: My life didn't really come good until I rejected the Christianity that repressed me for years. I now feel that a sizeable part of my youth was lost through a God that only existed in the minds of the ignorant church morons that I was subjected to as a kid. Keep it up. Maybe you can save America from a trip back to the Dark ages. (and looking at your country's politics you better work fast)

Name: Chibi Akaii
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Phil.
Time: 2000-01-24 12:56:00
Comments: Repent! Repent your evil ways and beg forgiveness to God and his great love!! Just kidding ^-^ You probably get enough of this stuff already, but I gotta tell ya this is one GREAT page. Lotsa material here. Great arguments too. Keep up the good work! And to all Christians out there...be a little fair! There are good Atheists an bad Atheists, just like there are good Christians and bad Christians. Religion doesn't determine the kind of person you are.

Name: BC
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Australia
Time: 2000-01-23 13:56:00
Comments: great to see the nonesense of evangelists and their mindless minions discredited and refuted so eloquently.

Name: Chris Pequin
Website: The Great Forum
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Saskatoon, Canada
Time: 2000-01-20 02:41:00
Comments: There will be a debate held on Thursday Jan 27, 2000 on the topic "Does God Exist?" between Ron Barrier the national spokesperson for American Atheists Inc. and Dr. William Lane Craig a christian philosopher and theologian. Check out www.thegreatforum.com for more info.

Name: Trent Michael
Website: The Great Forum
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: London, Canada
Time: 2000-01-18 23:21:00
Comments: Does God Exist? Check out the live webcast debate by logging onto www.thegreatforum.com between 7-9 pm Central Time on January 27, 2000. In attendance will be Dr. William Lane Craig for the affirmative, and Ron Barrier,National Spokesperson of the American Atheistic Association. The event will take place at the University of Saskatchewan where 700-1000 are expected to watch live and is sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ, Canada. For more information, including links, banners and buttons to advertise, log-on to www.thegreatforum.com

Name: Jessica
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Pennslyvania
Time: 2000-01-16 21:21:00
Comments: I have no problems with your beliefs, that's fine if you want to ignore millions of years of evidence. I just don't think its very fair to refer to Christians as stupid. I don't think you really understand why we believe what we believe. I don't understand how you could not believe in a greater power, but I'm not going to call you stupid. You put people down for something you don't really understand. I don't think you have the right to call christianity bogus until you've experienced it for yourself.

Name: Alfred Chipeniuk
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From:
Time: 2000-01-16 07:05:00
Comments: Smoking is neither good for health nor necessary for a good quality of life. Millions of people smoke. Millions use mind-blowing drugs. Thousands pierce their bodies in any orifice imaginable. I applaud your stand and completely support it, but I hold a more pessimistic view. Hundreds of years from now religion will still likely exist, and still hold a considerable position in the public opinion. Religion does not need to be true or coherent to have supporters. The presence of large numbers of supporters only reflects the way humans are put together. We are evolutionary products with adaption and survival at our core; logic and justice takes a back seat. Quick fix solutions will always hold much appeal to many...

Name: Clueless
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: The womb
Time: 2000-01-15 01:10:00
Comments: I have always found it quite interesting that atheists continue to use words like "logic" and "reason" in their vocabularies as if from their worldview such words are cogent. It makes more sense, from an atheistic standpoint, to remain silent if they are to be seen as consistent with their beliefs (unless Christians are out killing people in the area where they live). Otherwise, when they do get vocal, they just continue to borrow capital from the theistic worldview to support their own. What's even more disturbing is that they have no idea they are doing it. In short...the epistemology atheism presents is greatly deficient. Especially when this clown argues with ad hominem and bombast all day. And yes, I just did the same...

Name: faithful and true
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: hawaii
Time: 2000-01-04 20:57:00
Comments: please forgive me if I offend you in any way.The christian churches you mention in your articles that do cruel acts towards other christians and nonchristians are not of GOD but of the devil.You truly are in darkness my friend.If you truly want to know truth look into the teachings of seventh day adventist.They have the light and the light leads to the truth that truly will humble you and bring answers to you that you do not posses right now.

Name: Rational
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 1999-12-28 17:40:00
Comments: Jesus died for your sins......so get your monies worth!!! A question to christians.......I understand that you wear crosses because Jesus was put to death in keeping with the method of execution during that time period. What if they had electric chairs back then?? Would you wear little replicas of electic chairs on chains around your neck??

Name: Yeah right!
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 1999-12-28 00:05:00
Comments: If god is pure love and god created the universe then god, the one of pure love, must have created hell. Is it just me or does the idea of a being of pure love creating a place of eternal pain and suffering seem a bit strange?

Name: I love God
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 1999-12-27 02:47:00
Comments: we will see how smart you are when you are in hell.

Name: Harvey
Website: Great Site!!
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: North Carolina (originally from N.Y.)
Time: 1999-12-26 18:39:00
Comments: Just wanted to say.. Great Site. I think most, if not all xtians suffer from Rectal Cranial inversions. "Ignorance can be fixed.... Stupidity is forever"

Name: A.A.
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 1999-12-25 06:14:00
Comments: An excellent site. I've struggled with religion for years and am basically an atheist now. I was a Christian but after reading massive amounts of literature and listening to others I just began to rethink my position (spiritually). From my own experiences I've realized that personal peace cannot be found or attained by/in Christianity. I regret nothing and only wished I had become an Atheist sooner...

Name: Ron Dotson
Website: TheSite
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Southern California
Time: 1999-12-23 09:14:00
Comments: Great Site! Although I enjoyed reading your well thought out main page and plan to spend more time going through all the branches of what appears to be a fairly large web site, I REALLY got some belly laughs from reading your guestbook! Christians keep saying that "God is Love" but as you point out, what about all the death, mayhem, and destruction promulgated in the bible and carried out in real life by so called "loving" Christians! I've been an atheist all my life and so never had one particular moment of revelation when I realized that belief in a fairy tale god was no more realistic than belief in Santa Claus, but just recently I did run across the Internet Infidels web site and was amazed to learn that there appear to be so many other atheists out there. Apparently, there are fewer brain dead Christians than I thought. When I found out about the Freethought web ring, I wanted to join but realized that I don't really have any atheistic material on my web site, and so was hopping around the Freethought web ring trying to get some ideas for what to put on my own site. After all, there's so much to say it's hard to figure out where to start. I've always just assumed that Christianity, and religion in general, would die a slow death as the general level of education increased, but the way things are in schools these days I'm beginning to wonder. Anyhow, keep up the great work. I'll check back from time to time. Regards, Ron Dotson

Name: Heather
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 1999-12-21 03:01:00
Comments: Hi! I just spent a LONG TIME here at your site, I read GOBS of your pages, you are a very talented writer, you have an easy going style that makes perfect for web-reading.

I am a Christian, and am in no way offended or upset by your pages. I value the freedom accorded us here, both in our country and on the internet, and part of that freedom is allowing others to say what they will, and in return we(I) get to say what I will.

I will not, as you have stated other Christians have said, "pray for your eternal soul", I WILL pray for the Christians who, in their own twisted minds thought they were BEING Christians by making such hateful comments to you. Don't get me wrong, I will pray for you, as I pray for everyone I come into contact with, but I do not do so out of malice or hate, or just say it to try to prove a point. I do it because I wish you well, and what is a prayer if it is not a wish, so to speak.

I get more offended by Christians who acts like morons than by those, like you, who politely and intelligently present their side of the subject.

Please know that not all folks who call themselve Christians really are Christians. As you no doubt learned growing up in church, to most it is just a title they use to try to justify their own atrocious behavior. They seem to forget that the CHRIST in their Christian was a man who hung out with "sinners", He did not belittle them or try to make them feel stupid or forced into any kind of decision.

I once left Christianity because of people just like you describe, so full of themselves it made me sick.

I will not present any arguments on behalf of my beliefs. Why? Beliefs are a very personal thing, not that I don't share my beliefs, I do; what I mean is that the REASONS behind my beliefs are not something I could easily convey.

I will say two things:

1. Comparing the times in my life, these past few years back in Christianity have been the best years of my life.(Notice I did not say "in the church"--the church is a whole other topic)Whether you find my beliefs to be accurate or not, following the teachings of Christ has me more open, honest, accepting, and tolerant.

2. If I am wrong, and you are right, then it doesn't matter at all, we will die and that will be it, no more thought processes with which to rue any wrong thoughts with.

Now don't go having a field day with number two, or take it out of the context of this note to make it mean what it does not. This is NOT why I believe, it is only a joke, a little sarcasm.

Any way, I will probably be the only Christian to thank you for having these pages.


Name: Yolanda
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 1999-12-20 03:54:00
Comments: I was reared as a Christian, but my own common sense led me to question and to figure out that there is nothing Divine or supernatural about any religion. Yes, I HAVE read the Bible--several times! I still enjoy reading my favorite parts of the Bible, such as Ecclesiastes. However, the TRUTH is more wonderful, fantastic and beautiful than any mere myth. (Take, for example, Quantum Physics and the search for a Unified Field Theory.) Like you, I have often been piously told by Christian fanatics, "I will pray for you." I think those characters are in fact, trying to exercise nonexistent magical power over the independent thinker. I enjoy your website. Best wishes!

Name: Timothy Weemis
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Snoqualmie, Wa
Time: 1999-12-17 22:07:00
Comments: I just wanted to tell you that you are missing the true message of the Bible- that God is true, pure love. He gave his son to be nailed to a cross so that your soul can be saved from eternal torment. Are you so blind that you cannot see that the whole universe was created just for our benefit? And that God loves each and every one of us so much that if we turn his back on him he will send our souls to eternal torment? Of course, this is a much stronger and more morally pure love than we are capable of sustaining. If you and I were to love someone and they did not love us back, we would(I hope) get on with our lives and wish the object of our affections happiness and a good life with out us in in it. That is generally construed to be a selfless and magnanamous attitude to have. But God's love is so overwhelming, selfless and pure that he will become as like a twisted and petulant stalker who seeks to inflict pain and misery on the unreciprocating object of his desire. So you see, You should accept God's love and love him, because he is all powerful, and there is really no choice, if you know what's good for you. And don't you dare question his existance, me might get really pissed. So, you see, there is no higher meaning in life than to spend your entire life paying homage to God so that that you can spend eternity at his side worshiping him like a little lapdog sycophant. If only our own parents could have been so loving as to require this of us! Please try to reconsider your beliefs, Brooks, I'll be praying for your enlightenment! Timothy Weemis

Name: Adam
Website: -
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Tucson, AZ
Time: 1999-12-15 05:55:00
Comments: Just a note to tell my Christian friends that I share their giggles. These are the most stale, backwards, non-sequiturish arguments I have ever seen. Please, at least do something with philosophy....

Name: Julie Deaver
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Georgia
Time: 1999-12-13 19:55:00
Comments: I read through your web-site and enjoyed and admired it tremdously. I am an ex-Christian fudamentalist who is extremely disillusioned. The more I learn about the bible and all its fallacies, contradictions, and pagan origins, the more sick I become. I clicked on one of your links that was anti-Pat Robertson and anti-christian coalition. Some of the quotes from Pat R. made me physically ill. This man, along with all other christians are extremely deluded and morally deranged. These christians are convinced that those of us who do not believe in the bible are infidels or are agents of the devil. In their deluded minds, everyone but them is responsible for society's ills. It seems to me they need to take a good hard look at all the damn shit they've put the world through in the name of their god and their religion. You can't tell them this though. In their madness, they can justify anything. I sincerely hope that the fundamentalists never get a real foothold on the world. Just look at history if you want to know what happens when christians take over!! Julie D.

Name: Milton Gleck
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Seattle
Time: 1999-12-10 18:48:00
Comments: Now you look here for just one minute. I'm going to say this once, so don't you say you weren't warned: The Almighty God is a loving God, who sacrificed his only son to absolve you of the sin of your existance. That's right, you are a sinner by the mere fact of your existance. Even though it is God who is ultimately responsible for your being here, you are guilty. The sacrifice of his son absolves you of this guilt. God gave his son to absolve you (how this works exactly is nebulous) of a violation of his own rules (merely existing, thanks to his holiness). Why can't you get it through you your thick skull that all this was done for you by God without your asking? Why can't you understand the tortured logic behind this bizantine sequence of events which was orchestrated for your benefit? Don't you know that God is pure love? Accept this or burn in hell forever! Don't you feel obligated and guilty? You should feel so unworthy that you grovel and scrape your whole life away in penance for the simple fact of your mere existance! Then you can spend all of eternity in a wonderfull serene place that is peace and beauty for ever and ever and ever. Think of how wonderful it would be to be surrounded by devout christians like the ones you meet on earth FOR ALL OF ETERINTY! Think of the intellectually stimulating conversations you could have! Doesn't that excite you? Won't Heaven be an interesting place to be forever? But, the way things are going, you'll never know, you worthless piece of crap! YOU WILL BURN IN HELL WITH BEEZLEBUB JABBING A PICKFORK IN YOUR ASS FOR ALL OF ETERNITY! YOU'LL BE WAILING AND GNASHING YOUR TEETH, GETTING SMOTE HIP AND THIGH! YOU SHOULD BE VERY SCARED! I take no satifaction in informing you of this. Say hi to Jerry Springer and Martha stewart while you are there. With God's Peace and Love Milton Gleck

Name: Jesus is Lord
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 1999-12-10 01:47:00
Comments: It says in John 3:16 That God so LOVED the world that He gave his only begotten Son that whosoever beleives on Him shall not perish but have ever lasting life. Jesus died a horrible death on the cross for you. He went throught all that pain and suffering just for YOU. God loves you and he does not punish people for the evil/bad things that they have done. Jesus loves you so much. I don't know how many times I can tell you that. You say that we are blind to what is going on around us. We know that there is suffering, we want to help as much as we can, but nobody is perfect. You will see that when Christ comes that you have made a big mistake with doing all of this. When you stand up to face him and he askes you why he should let you in heaven I hope you fall to your knees and ask, no I take that back, I hope you beg for forgiveness but you know, It will be to late.

Name: Abi
Website:
Referred by: Lycos
From: United Kingdom
Time: 1999-12-04 19:00:00
Comments: I am not a Christian and i'm not an atheist either, but i read through your site, and i must admit that i agreed with most things you said. I especially liked the radio interview thing, and i'd just like to say that i think it's good that there are people like you who are not brainwashed like most Christians seem to be. Some of my friends are Christians, and the total crap that they come out with sometimes is unbelievable. But i just wanted to sign your guest book and say well done for a brilliant site!!

Name: Roshan Yusuf
Website:
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Sri Lanka
Time: 1999-12-04 12:52:00
Comments: Dear Mr Brooks I have read your site and find it quite true. As a Muslim (my religion ISLAM) I do comparative religious study. I have Christian friends I have dialogs with and I get all information I can to talk to them what is wrong with the Bible. I would like to ask you whether you have ready the Holy Quran ? The religious book of ISLAM. If the answer is no, they I would advise you to get a translation of the meaning of the Holy Quran - translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (his is the convenient with index and commentries). You will find answeres to may of the Biblical problems here. I would like to hear from you of anything new you find. Thank you Yours faithfully Roshan Yusuf Sri Lanka. E-mail: ace@itmin.com

Name: Joe Mason
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Texae
Time: 1999-12-03 00:50:00
Comments: You people are too DUMB to read the bible or read a Whole book in the the bible you fools!

Name: Michelle Duy
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Illinois
Time: 1999-11-29 23:58:00
Comments: Hey. Your Heavenly Killbilly poem was pretty clever. I'm a semi-secret agnostic at a Christian school, where my major is Biblical studies (you can imagine my cognitive dissonance). It's good to know there are people out there who think and feel the way I do, although I'm not a die-hard atheist like some of you all. I just don't know either way. Keep up the good work on this site.

Name: Michelle Duy
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Illinois
Time: 1999-11-30 00:02:00
Comments: Hey. Your Heavenly Killbilly poem was pretty clever. I'm a semi-secret agnostic at a Christian school, where my major is Biblical studies. You can imagine my cognitive dissonance. It's good to know there are other people out there who think and feel the same way I do, although unlike some of you I'm not a die-hard atheist. I just don't know either way. Thanks for putting so much time and effort into this amusing site.

Name: Michelle Duy
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Illinois
Time: 1999-11-30 00:01:00
Comments: Hey. Your Heavenly Killbilly poem was pretty clever. I'm a semi-secret agnostic at a Christian school, where my major is Biblical studies. You can imagine my cognitive dissonance. It's good to know there are other people out there who think and feel the same way I do, although unlike some of you I'm not a die-hard atheist. I just don't know either way. Thanks for putting so much time and effort into this amusing site.

Name: Giant Rat of Doom
Website: DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY!
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: the 51st state
Time: 1999-11-28 09:32:00
Comments: Just like you to know your work is appreciated, your dedication and capabilities is a inspiration to all of us, but ignorance is bless, let the ignorant be ignorant... you have no idea how much I wish to be like them...

Name: Giant Rat of Doom
Website: DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY!
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Canada (the 51st state)
Time: 1999-11-28 09:34:00
Comments: your commitment and knowledge is a inspiration to us all and one day i hope you can learn that it's better to let the ignorant be ignorant because ignorance is bless, you have no idea how much i wish to be like them.. leave a foothold on sanity

Name: Giant Rat of Doom
Website: DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY!
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Canada (the 51st state)
Time: 1999-11-28 09:26:00
Comments: your commitment and knowledge is a inspiration to us all and one day i hope you can learn that it's better to let the ignorant be ignorant because ignorance is bless, you have no idea how much i wish to be like them.. leave a foothold on sanity

Name: John Isaacsons
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: Texas-Bible Belt Central
Time: 1999-11-23 00:25:00
Comments: Brooks, Really dig your site. I am currently putting together a website that centers on the Separation of Church and State topic and to show that it is a false belief that our nation was founded as a Christian nation. So far I have accumulated a great deal of material, and now I will begin the webpage construction. Subsequently, I enjoyed your site for the entirely accurate history and commentary on the nature of Christianity. Thanks once again, and keep up the good work. And I'll leave you with one of my favorite quotes from Isaac Asimov from his book of which I read: "The Bible must be seen in a cultural context. It didn't just happen. These stories are retreads from stories before. But, tell a Christian that…No, No! What makes it doubly sad is that they hardly know the book, much less its origins." --Isaac Asimov, Asimov's Guide to the Bible, vols. I and II. All too true. --J.D. Isaacsons

Name: kc1
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 1999-11-20 02:38:00
Comments: I hope that someday soon before it's to late, you will come to the place where you repent and turn from your sins and ask Christ into your life. Christianity is NOT a religion, true Biblical Christianity is a relationship!!

Name: Kieran
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Ireland
Time: 1999-11-19 17:01:00
Comments: A job well done Brooks, a lot of research and plenty of humour thrown in. All I'd like to point out is that is to be an atheist I dont claim that a god doesnt exist, cant prove a negative , but that atheists assert that there is no logical basis for the existance of a god thesis, I feel a lot of people get confused, thinking its an us versu them , choose sides arguement, but really for me its rationale versus superstition, whether you have Judaeo-Christian roots, hindu roots or some of the more esoteric ones. Me, I'll always choose reason over ignorance. Cheers

Name: wiggy
Website: Majestyk 12 music
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Wales
Time: 1999-11-14 23:01:00
Comments: If the universe and therefore Earth, were created by a being of supreme intelligence ie God, then surely they would be perfect. How can someone who beleives this view explain natiral distasters such as Earthquakes and volcanoes that kill thousand of people each year. This does sound perfect or the work of supreme intelligence. If it were, then God must have made these earthquakes and volcanoes too.

Name: Mick
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: California
Time: 1999-11-13 22:19:00
Comments: Agnostic, I. Can't understand the arrogance of the religious and the atheists. Both are certain they know whether God exists. Neither has any proof other than their belief (translate: faith). Is Christianity full of a lot of B.S.? Oh, yeah! As is every other religion. Are atheists spouting a lot of B.S.? Just about as much as the Christians. I've often wondered why all of you don't simply admit you don't actually know whether there's a God or not, and then go ahead and lead moral lives (use the golden rule as a guide if you need one. It contains all the morality this world has ever needed). Then, if you want to study Christ or other apparently good men, have at it. Just don't deify them, and please don't try to make me believe as you.

Name: billy combs
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 1999-11-12 09:07:00
Comments: Lord the enemy has blinded the eyes of the people of this page. The only time someone who onced believed decides there is no truth in your word, is when they want to sin a life contrary to truth. I know with out a doubt that you are real and your word is eternal.

Name: Strong Christian
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Little Rock Arkansas
Time: 1999-11-12 07:19:00
Comments: I would just like to say that I hope you have a good time burning in Hell for all eternity with your good buddy the devil. If you lead someone to hell with this garbage you will regret that you ever exested. You will see when the LORD returns and then there will be no running, no hiding and no one can save you from the rath of the ALL Mighty GOD!But you still have time to repent, turn to the Lord before it is everlastingly to LATE!

Name: Airca Andrews
Website:
Referred by: From a Web Ring
From: Tennessee
Time: 1999-11-12 02:43:00
Comments: This is a very ultimate web site. It's complete expansive and factual. Thanks. "Always know Ignorence Kills"

Name: steve puffpaff
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: jamaica
Time: 1999-11-11 02:16:00
Comments: to whom ever, Jesus does not have to prove himself to us, if you would give him a chance, he would should show you his love for you, and it would'nt be about argueing. Look I write because I care. I'm not looking for a fight, Jesus saved my life for a reason .please write

Name: Steve B
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: UK
Time: 1999-11-05 15:00:00
Comments: I guess that reading the radio phone in basically summed up the whole thing. Reason and decency are not ideas that enter the head of the rabid Christian right. And I nearly fell off my chair laughing too! It's been a long time since the contradictions and absurdities of this whole thng have made me laugh out loud. Thanks!

Name: Hopeful
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Eastern Pennsylvania
Time: 1999-11-05 09:11:00
Comments: Your pages are wonderful! I thank you for them, and for being the good person you are, in spite of all the abuse you have taken for it. I have known what you know for a long time now, and nothing I encounter leads me to believe that there's anything good which can be had in religion, that can't be had with a lack of religion, and bettered by a lack of religion. Religion adopts morality, and corrupts it, then claims it as it's own, especially when it's socially acceptable for the time and place, there is nothing more criminal and immoral, because this can be used to justify anything. Religions are the primary cause of wars, and those wars often involve innocent people. If a god existed which had any level of morality, Adolf Hitler would have never been able to do what he did, among countless others. The con man Benny Hinn can go about his con game unimpeded, as does Robert Tilton, among countless others. I don't need any more convincing than that. I'd bet that there will be some "believer" who will "pray for my soul", say "god loves me" who won't admit that they'd much rather just have me not exist. I'm looking forward to the day when those of us who know better, will predominate. No more religious wars, no more excuses, no more BS, no more personal irresponsibility. That *IS* morality. My very high morals didn't come from religion, and they won't be able to be abused by religion. Those of you who will "pray for me", pray for yourselves. Don't waste your lives in preparation for some "afterlife", there is none. If you need the threat or promise that comes from a god, to be responsible and moral, there's something seriously wrong with you. You can't be trusted to work unsupervised and you shouldn't be operating power tools. Your lack of responsibility could hurt someone. The day is coming when you won't be able to excuse your actions using your religion. O happy day that will be, I'm very ready for that day.

Name: all forgiving loving god
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: someones sick joke
Time: 1999-11-05 02:02:00
Comments: Man i cant spell(i would say women but do they really matter now),U know all that non alcoholic wine. master of the universe and creator of Jar Jar god

Name: all forgiving loving god
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: someones sick joke
Time: 1999-11-05 01:55:00
Comments: Its me again. I dig that heavenly killbilly thing.But we cant let my followers know that it might open their brainwashed minds.Its good 2 have a real enemy now I knew that whole satan thing would go belly up.Stop by we ll have some wine (of course that would b non alcoholic ha,ha,ha,ha) Tryin to delevelope that sense of humor thing. love,kisses,and hellfire God

Name: all forgiving loving god
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: somebodys sick joke
Time: 1999-11-05 01:38:00
Comments: Because i luv u im gonna send u 2 hell 4 tellin my children da truth.I mean only a loving god would send some1 through an eternity of pain(based on say 60 or 70 years of living 4 not believing in my bullshit message.)So u never saw me, or felt me, or well u get the messege, u r still held accountable becuse i love u.Cant u feel my love right about now.Im glad im not accountable for the same rules i put u under for i would b fucked. love n kisses GOD :)

Name: Fred
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: Mpls.
Time: 1999-11-04 20:44:00
Comments: I dont care what you guys say at all. Say all you want about Christianity, abd how bad it is. Remember this: You will be judged. I hope that I am not the one to judge you. I would like to say this: You will ALL go to hell, when you die, unless you believe. You must believe in Him. There is only one,and only one way to get to heaven. Those of you that fell away from Christianity, I would like to know why. Another thing, God loves you all. It says that over in I Cor. 13. It says three things in this life: Faith, Hope,and Love. The greatest is Love. Never too late, til you are dead. The web address above is the one for my church that I go to. Dont mean to come hard on you all, but it is true. You will be judged by God. If you feel like I was srepping on your feet, well that was the Holy Spirit. Respnd to Him, before it is too late. Of you want to know more about this "Jesus" Let me know. I will tell you all you want to know about my best Frend.

Name: Fred
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: Mpls.
Time: 1999-11-04 20:47:00
Comments: I dont care what you guys say at all. Say all you want about Christianity, abd how bad it is. Remember this: You will be judged. I hope that I am not the one to judge you. I would like to say this: You will ALL go to hell, when you die, unless you believe. You must believe in Him. There is only one,and only one way to get to heaven. Those of you that fell away from Christianity, I would like to know why. Another thing, God loves you all. It says that over in I Cor. 13. It says three things in this life: Faith, Hope,and Love. The greatest is Love. Never too late, til you are dead. The web address above is the one for my church that I go to. Dont mean to come hard on you all, but it is true. You will be judged by God. If you feel like I was srepping on your feet, well that was the Holy Spirit. Respnd to Him, before it is too late. Of you want to know more about this "Jesus" Let me know. I will tell you all you want to know about my best Frend.

Name: Milton Gleck
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Beezyland, OK.
Time: 1999-10-31 01:53:00
Comments: I'm wearing the callouses off'n ma knees prayin for your redemption. Won't you please try to let Jesus into your heart. If you would stay up a few nights in a row praying and chanting, I'm sure you would find Gawd.- Hey, ever notice how you hear glowing testimonials from those losers who have hit bottom and had Jesus turn their life around? I guess that when you're down that low, anything looks like a good option. Peace and love, Baby

Name: Robert
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Australia
Time: 1999-10-28 00:45:00
Comments: Whilst there is a historical Jesus,one roman historian mentions him in passing what he actually taught is more likely to be found in the gnostic gospels such as the one by didymous thomas who actually knew him as versus the four who wrote about him 200 years or so later you would find an almost buddhist slant to many teachings,however religion is about power and money most of the bible is written with the prospective converts in mind I mean if your to renounce zeus or another roman god you want a powerful replacement dont you. Jesus may well of been a great instructor,but even if he was the son of god the church hasn't been much about his moral teaching and wisdom,just his damnation your sight covers many major issues,as for me if I want a good story along Ulysses lines I read the Bible,if I want spiritual instruction it is the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu ONLY 80 SMALL POEMS. This recommendation does not come lightly i've studied most of the worlds religions in depth only to come to the conclusion,ALL JACKALS HOWL ESSENTIALLY ALIKE. there is a universal god or power of prime-ordal nothingness and miracles can happen,but once again the truth well lets just say most preoccupied by it either end up slain,insane or very rarely, enlightened but when you get there guess what,a tree is a tree a mountain is a mountain,but with all the static of a western world I wouldn't try it in terms of Christianity/"love god and do what you will:St Augustine,about the only real sound advice for you lot,because playing with the variables when you believe in a Satan or Demons is not recommended,extensive deprogramming is required...on the lighter side you may of been a Muslim in a past life you're progressing.

Name: grouchywif
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Texas
Time: 1999-10-19 07:17:00
Comments: Hello, Must say that I find your sight interesting. I hang with alot of Christians and usually keep my thoughts to myself to avoid the endless confrontation that will result with noone changing their minds...it is interesting to see that my views are held and expressed by others. My dh is the only other person I know who isn't into religion. (Although he is into the cultural aspect of being Jewish.) I was raised Catholic, and even considered becoming a nun back in highschool when I still believed without question whatever I was told. Since then, I have questioned alot of things...and have finally been able to admit that perhaps Christianity isn't any different from Greek mythology. It is a hard realization, and I am not willing to totally remove myself from attending and participating in Christian events with family because there is comfort in tradition and it is a part of my childhood. Anyway, it's the middle of the night and I am working late to finish a report..wish I could stay longer, but I have bookmarked your sight for future reading. Thanks for going through the trouble to set it up.

Name: Buddhist
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: TX
Time: 1999-10-14 03:48:00
Comments: wow your site was very interesting. since i'm buddhist and don't believe in gods, i could relate very well. even if i didn't follow the philosophy of Buddhism (yep, it's not really a religion), i hope i still would have been open-minded enough to accept that there are many different ways of looking at the world. i see the problem with christianity being that the followers seem to depend too much on their god. this oftentimes, leads to people who sit and pray for good grades on their history test, but they don't study for it. christianity is lacking self reliance in my point of view. anyway, i love your site...very insightful.....i agree totally! christianity does have a lot of gaps...that's not to say other religions don't though. once again, good job!

Name: Abigal
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: MI
Time: 1999-10-14 01:39:00
Comments: Sir, I would like to tell you that your website made me very mad. Christians are not all about money, because I dont really know anyone who would die for money. Cassie Bernall from Columbine Didn't die for money she died because she had faith and knew that if she died she would be in a much better place because she wont have to deal with people like you who think they are always right about everything. How can you not believe why he created you unless you believe in the Evolutionary theory, which means you came from fungus. I'm only sixteen and don't evry much but I do know that there is a GOD because I have changed my lifearound but I wont tell you how because I know you dont want to hear it. Maybe that's because your afraid that you may start to believe.

Name: Jeff
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From:
Time: 1999-10-10 23:09:00
Comments: Dear Brooks, (2nd e-mail) My father was an aeronautical engineer, (aerophysicist/aerodynamicist), and a "non-theist"; as a result of his mentoring and letting me find absolute truths in my own time I proudly refer to myself as a "devout Atheist" (I love that phrase). I've learned a lot reading through your pages (yes I've now read them all and have printed them for future reference, I hope this is okay with you) and cannot thank you enough for developing this site and supplying me with more cerebral ammunition. In my mind you are the "Bear Bryant" of Humanist thought and one of my heros. Keep up the good fight. You Sir, give great credibility to humans as reasoning animals. Sincerely, Jeffrey H. Smith

Name: Harry Jr
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Los ANgeles
Time: 1999-10-10 07:42:00
Comments: Awesome web site!!!! I have this radical creationist at my work that continues to harp on me "trying to save me".. with web sites like yours I am able to access the iformation I need to shut this dude up!!! you should see some of our emails at each other!!! pretty violent!!! hehehhe Keep up the good work.. expose the shame!! And my hat goes off to Jesse Ventura for his interview in PLayboy magazine for calling religion nothing but a crutch!!

Name: alena
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Seattle
Time: 1999-10-07 16:32:00
Comments: Hiya Brooks, old Buddy! Had to eventually sign the guestbook, you know, even though I see you every day. I can tell you very simply why people cling to Religion, (Gosh I had trouble spelling it!) Ready? People need a "God" in order to be Forgiven for the things that they cannot forgive themselves for. How's that for a nutshell? Look forward to your inevitably impassioned response. Alena

Name: Milton Gleck
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 1999-10-03 22:07:00
Comments: You arrogant swine-verily, ye shall burn in Hell for all eternity and for a few weeks beyond. How dare you question the glorious truths revealed in the Good Book? Damn your black heart you infidel sinner. Laugh your mad giggle now!

Name: Brandon
Website: My site and stuff...
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Indiana
Time: 1999-10-03 05:59:00
Comments: Stop trying to tell this guy he is too narrow minded and that he is wrong about all this. It's his opinion. Why don't all you damn christians open up your minds to other posibilities? Are you afraid to be wrong about this? And you call us Atheists narrow minded. Geez. Stop trying to put the creator of this site down, and he has a freedom of speech, so stop trying to take it away. He can express his feelings freely and nothing can stop him. Not even your redundant ramblings. I would just like to say to the creator of the page, "I have the same beleifs you do and thanks for exploiting them. I have just about the same opinions you do." Later Man..

Name: bobby keyes
Website: rimfire
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: auburn, wa.
Time: 1999-10-03 00:21:00
Comments: hey, how 'bout that jesse ventura!!! Come see us soon!

Name: Kenneth J. James
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 1999-09-28 05:43:00
Comments: """3. Why does most of the Old Testament teach that there is no afterlife (see Ecclesiastes 9:5-6, for example), while later Old Testament writings and the New Testament do?""" //////////// At random I decided to look into one of your contentions with the Bible--see previous sentence. To a fair and unbiased inquirer the continued text would expose your position as false since it clearly reveals the distinction between the physical body and spirit in 12:7. Indeed, upon death the body disorganizes and returns to the earth, and is henceforth, unable to know any thing. The body knowing nothing by no means excludes an afterlife. Such a concept is not at all difficult to understand, knowing that many living bodies are in a state of knowing nearly nothing, i.e., those to whom you successfully cater. Yet, as the Bible consistently holds, the spirit lives on, thereby attesting to an afterlife, and proving you either deficient in reading comprehension or a liar. After checking a few more of your platitudinous trite claims of Biblical errancy (it may be news to you, but your objections have been addressed and resolved ad nauseam over the years to deaf ears), and likewise observing such blatant disregard for your readers' intellect, I feel that any continued study of your claims would reveal only an embittered person with an agenda of machination who is a panderer of hatred to the end of placating fools.

Name: Camma Roberts
Website:
Referred by: Lycos
From: Taft, TN
Time: 1999-09-28 03:11:00
Comments: Found your site very informative and the article "Tough Questions for the Christian Church" especially thought provoking. Nonbelievers need to continue to speak out about the complete absurdities in the "Holy Bible" and the Christian beliefs and to question , question, question. It was an eye opening experience when a person very close to me became involved with the Jehovah Witnesses. I hadn't really bothered to read much of the "good book" prior to this as every time I did, I only came away with confusion and disbelief. When I began to read more and more of their material, as they say "the rest is history". The more I read the more amazed I was that supposedly intelligent people would take this seriously. I am still amazed! Thank you and all the other writers out there for the common sense and rationality you display in your articles. Thanks, too, for letting me know that I am not alone in my beliefs.

Name: For the love of philosophy
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From:
Time: 1999-09-28 01:17:00
Comments: I have to admit that I haven't read all of your web page, but from what I've read, you have some very good points. (why don't these things have automatic return, that's very annoying to have to keep hitting return after you can't see what you're writing anymore) Anyway, I have to preface by saying that I am Jewish and although I don't agree with you about the existance of G-d (not JC I agree completely with that) atleast you didn't get caught up in believing something so absurd...I see that smile...you're saying, but you believe in G-d you...you...I'm not here to spill my case of useless information. I'm a philosophy student and thought you might like to know about someone who has proven that G-d doesn't exist. He's a really cool guy. He's English and about 75. He is THE leading athiest of our time and has an infalliable proof that G-d doesn't exist. After reading his books (there are a few) I had dinner with him and asked him now that his proof is finished and is probably the most perfect proof in philosophy does he expect the world to stop believing there is a G-d. He said in his half english half old man accent that I would be bloody mad to think that this is going to change the belief in a god. People believe in a god because they have to attribute life and death to something. I've been studying philosophy for five years and I still can't prove that you're going to be on the other side of this e-mail even if you called me and told me you received it. My point, you're asking, is that you should really read Andrew Shue. After all my studies in the existance of G-d, I still believe in the existance of it, but between you and me, let's just say it's a psycosis that affects most of man kind. One may never know what G-d is until one questions their belief.

Name: Steve
Website: TRUE CHRISTIANITY RESTORED
Referred by: AOL
From: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Time: 1999-09-27 15:53:00
Comments: YES SOME OF YOUR INFORMATION IS ACCURATE SINCE THE PERVERSION OF THE DARK AGES. CHRISTIANITY HAS BEEN PERVERTED THROUGH LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND (UNLEARNED) PEOPLE. I PRAY THIS GREAT SPIRITUAL DARKNESS IS LIFTED OFF ALL WHO STUDY THIS WEBSITE AND THAT THEY TAKE THEIR STUDIES A LITTLE DEEPER AND READ THE ORIGINAL HEBREW- GET OUT THE DICTIONARIES AND SEE WHAT IT SAYS IN THE ORIGINAL. OR GO TO THIS WEBSITE AND DOWNLOAD YOUR OWN FOR FREE. WWW.ELIYAH.COM YAHWEH LOVES YOU

Name: S. Owens
Website: Rhiannon's Space
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: The Great Midwest
Time: 1999-09-26 21:20:00
Comments: Webmaster, very excellent job here. I read thru some entries on your Guestbook before posting here.... oy vey! I gotta wonder why the One Truth Faith draws such verbiose, illiterate, rotten, hell-casting folks, don't you? (And i betcha that 3/4ths of 'em don't know the meaning of 'verbiose' or 'illiterate', heh heh.)

Name: Randall M. Jones
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: SC, USA
Time: 1999-09-23 15:05:00
Comments: Sir, Here is an egroup which may be of interest to you.The link is at the end of the discription below. Your friend against christ, Randall M. Jones God Busters eGroup Description: This group is dedicated to the serious discussion of practical means of eliminating the scourge of religion. It is an international forum for those who wish to contribute to the eradication of the most widespread and destructive variety of social diseases to afflict our planet. It is NOT a medium for theological debate, nor a support group for victims of religion. There are a number of such forums on the internet, which I support wholeheartedly, but this is not one of them. If you would like to join on a trial basis as an observer, please feel free to do so; you will be free to unsubscribe....... To subscribe, send a message to nogod-subscribe@egroups.com or go to the e-group's home page at http://www.netcolony.com/members/nogod

Name: a petureb pasifest
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 1999-09-23 14:29:00
Comments: I would just whish to make it know that christanity is the #1 perscuted religon in exsitnce at this molment despite what is whidley atcepted. altho thear are many cases of pepole doing retched and sinful things in the name of JESUS they are no ware near as often or hanues as the atrocetys being comited agenst my fello brothers and sisters. Entire comunites of christians are raded the men killed the wimoen raped and the children sould into slavery and some times sould for under 15 dolers! in numeros contrys we take our very lives in our hands by poseing a bible or singing a him yes we are protrayed as the persucters rather than the persucted we are torted and beten sould as cattel and raped in the name of false gods yet we are protayed as the dangeros ones. pepole are still being crusfied for thear faith in the LORD and they hold tru to their faith i beg you sir in the name of comen human decntcy have some respekt! GOD BLESS YOU

Name: Jason McCoy
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Time: 1999-09-23 04:14:00
Comments: Whats up. I'm a bible university student and I read most of the bible "contradictions" you've listed. Most I've heard, some were new but it wasn't "nerve racking" or anything like that. I'm very interested in knowing if you have obtained a doctrate in Greek or Hebrew. If not, I think it would benefit your studies very much. I also want to know what your faith is now, that is if you have one. I know that you surely could not be an atheist/evolutionist since we both know that that "faith" has more holes or contradictions than what you claim about the bible. But if you are of that faith, I would be extremly interested in answering your questions if you would answer mine.(one by one, cause hey, i'm a college student) *what would you say to someone who claims to have seen an arm grow from an empty nub on the shoulder of a man or seen an eye appear from an empty socket of a small child?

Name: Jason McCoy
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Time: 1999-09-23 04:14:00
Comments: Whats up. I'm a bible university student and I read most of the bible "contradictions" you've listed. Most I've heard, some were new but it wasn't "nerve racking" or anything like that. I'm very interested in knowing if you have obtained a doctrate in Greek or Hebrew. If not, I think it would benefit your studies very much. I also want to know what your faith is now, that is if you have one. I know that you surely could not be an atheist/evolutionist since we both know that that "faith" has more holes or contradictions than what you claim about the bible. But if you are of that faith, I would be extremly interested in answering your questions if you would answer mine.(one by one, cause hey, i'm a college student) *what would you say to someone who claims to have seen an arm grow from an empty nub on the shoulder of a man or seen an eye appear from an empty socket of a small child?

Name: A Christian
Website: Ernest Contender
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: a
Time: 1999-09-19 04:45:00
Comments: You are obviously very bitter and opposing Christianity perhaps as a result of false professing hypocrites of which the majority of those in church are. However if perhaps a real true friend of yours loved you so much he would do anything for you, even suffer greatly and allow himself to be tortured to death to save you-even if He knew you would reject Him- but for His love for you ( not your good or worthiness)He did it anyways, perhaps if such an ones love for you could be allowed to reach you and touch your heart, then perhaps you to could feel the great love and accept the free forgiveness given to all who in humility are willing and capable of acknowledging thier own terrible sins and unworthiness, and perhaps from this would flow a new love and mercy and forgiveness towards all other sinners out there by you and a new desire from the past shame and nworthiness of yourself to be forgiven, Nevertheless then from this true awareness of your honest frail self would flow a desire to repent of all your sins and love would become your spirit. I do pray this is your experience even as it was mine after living a life of much fornicating, drunkeness, drug dealing and abuse, even violence and armed robbery, prison sentences, etc. but when I let His love, mercy, forgiveness, and kindness to me reach within and touch me I broke as never before, and now 20 years later His life and peace and meaning and joy are all I am enraptured with and all the pleasures of the flesh can never again satisfy like this does! He has recently allowed the evil one to take my home in a tragic fire wherin we were burned and lost all our possetions for the last 20 years over 80K with no insurance, and nearly lost all my children plucking them out of the fire, then a terrible car accident 2 weeks later over 10K (we lost it all too) then 3 weeks later we nearly lost our 6 year old to a 9 day hospital surgery, then another child struck with cancer 2 weeks later and 6 mo. chemo and another 60K in med. bills all this was heaped upon us in less than 3 months time. Yes it was extremely hard,we were not conscious of any evil sins we were doing but just like Job in the Bible God is still merciful on us and has restored us and is still restoring us.We are all frail creatures yet in my heart I know I have done many sins in my life and am not worthy of Him to have suffered so terribly for me because I still know in my heart it was ME who chose to sin, it was ME who loved the evil, so how can I blame Him and be hateful for my own choices. The truth is I can't, but praise be to Him who really deserves it, He does love me and will forgive me if I allow my heart to be reached by Him and will agree with His assesment of me ( which He tells me within and I KNOW is true and cannot deny it) and repent with shame for the wrongs I did.In closing let me say my dear and precious wandering soul you will never know peace until you get right with Gods assesment of your own spiritual condition and great moral poverty ( which we all have) and give up your own old and sinful ways and let Him really be Lord of your spirit, then you will have realpeace-not money peace or pleasure peace-because all of these can be removed in a moment.To this end I do pray for your true and real spiritual enlightenment and joy lest we be lost in eternity from each other and cannot fellowship together. But remember this God is Love and He does desire to forgive you and have a spiritual relationship with you but the choice to repent of your sins and not love the evil any more lies within you,-if you will but cry out in your helplessness He will enter you and enable you- the choice is yours, may you choose life and love and peace and not death. A concerned traveler on this journey.

Name: A Christian
Website: Ernest Contender
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: a
Time: 1999-09-19 04:47:00
Comments: You are obviously very bitter and opposing Christianity perhaps as a result of false professing hypocrites of which the majority of those in church are. However if perhaps a real true friend of yours loved you so much he would do anything for you, even suffer greatly and allow himself to be tortured to death to save you-even if He knew you would reject Him- but for His love for you ( not your good or worthiness)He did it anyways, perhaps if such an ones love for you could be allowed to reach you and touch your heart, then perhaps you to could feel the great love and accept the free forgiveness given to all who in humility are willing and capable of acknowledging thier own terrible sins and unworthiness, and perhaps from this would flow a new love and mercy and forgiveness towards all other sinners out there by you and a new desire from the past shame and nworthiness of yourself to be forgiven, Nevertheless then from this true awareness of your honest frail self would flow a desire to repent of all your sins and love would become your spirit. I do pray this is your experience even as it was mine after living a life of much fornicating, drunkeness, drug dealing and abuse, even violence and armed robbery, prison sentences, etc. but when I let His love, mercy, forgiveness, and kindness to me reach within and touch me I broke as never before, and now 20 years later His life and peace and meaning and joy are all I am enraptured with and all the pleasures of the flesh can never again satisfy like this does! He has recently allowed the evil one to take my home in a tragic fire wherin we were burned and lost all our possetions for the last 20 years over 80K with no insurance, and nearly lost all my children plucking them out of the fire, then a terrible car accident 2 weeks later over 10K (we lost it all too) then 3 weeks later we nearly lost our 6 year old to a 9 day hospital surgery, then another child struck with cancer 2 weeks later and 6 mo. chemo and another 60K in med. bills all this was heaped upon us in less than 3 months time. Yes it was extremely hard,we were not conscious of any evil sins we were doing but just like Job in the Bible God is still merciful on us and has restored us and is still restoring us.We are all frail creatures yet in my heart I know I have done many sins in my life and am not worthy of Him to have suffered so terribly for me because I still know in my heart it was ME who chose to sin, it was ME who loved the evil, so how can I blame Him and be hateful for my own choices. The truth is I can't, but praise be to Him who really deserves it, He does love me and will forgive me if I allow my heart to be reached by Him and will agree with His assesment of me ( which He tells me within and I KNOW is true and cannot deny it) and repent with shame for the wrongs I did.In closing let me say my dear and precious wandering soul you will never know peace until you get right with Gods assesment of your own spiritual condition and great moral poverty ( which we all have) and give up your own old and sinful ways and let Him really be Lord of your spirit, then you will have realpeace-not money peace or pleasure peace-because all of these can be removed in a moment.To this end I do pray for your true and real spiritual enlightenment and joy lest we be lost in eternity from each other and cannot fellowship together. But remember this God is Love and He does desire to forgive you and have a spiritual relationship with you but the choice to repent of your sins and not love the evil any more lies within you,-if you will but cry out in your helplessness He will enter you and enable you- the choice is yours, may you choose life and love and peace and not death. A concerned traveler on this journey.

Name: A Christian
Website: Ernest Contender
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: a
Time: 1999-09-19 04:35:00
Comments: You are obviously very bitter and opposing Christianity perhaps as a result of false professing hypocrites of which the majority of those in church are. However if perhaps a real true friend of yours loved you so much he would do anything for you, even suffer greatly and allow himself to be tortured to death to save you-even if He knew you would reject Him- but for His love for you ( not your good or worthiness)He did it anyways, perhaps if such an ones love for you could be allowed to reach you and touch your heart, then perhaps you to could feel the great love and accept the free forgiveness given to all who in humility are willing and capable of acknowledging thier own terrible sins and unworthiness, and perhaps from this would flow a new love and mercy and forgiveness towards all other sinners out there by you and a new desire from the past shame and nworthiness of yourself to be forgiven, Nevertheless then from this true awareness of your honest frail self would flow a desire to repent of all your sins and love would become your spirit. I do pray this is your experience even as it was mine after living a life of much fornicating, drunkeness, drug dealing and abuse, even violence and armed robbery, prison sentences, etc. but when I let His love, mercy, forgiveness, and kindness to me reach within and touch me I broke as never before, and now 20 years later His life and peace and meaning and joy are all I am enraptured with and all the pleasures of the flesh can never again satisfy like this does! He has recently allowed the evil one to take my home in a tragic fire wherin we were burned and lost all our possetions for the last 20 years over 80K with no insurance, and nearly lost all my children plucking them out of the fire, then a terrible car accident 2 weeks later over 10K (we lost it all too) then 3 weeks later we nearly lost our 6 year old to a 9 day hospital surgery, then another child struck with cancer 2 weeks later and 6 mo. chemo and another 60K in med. bills all this was heaped upon us in less than 3 months time. Yes it was extremely hard,we were not conscious of any evil sins we were doing but just like Job in the Bible God is still merciful on us and has restored us and is still restoring us.We are all frail creatures yet in my heart I know I have done many sins in my life and am not worthy of Him to have suffered so terribly for me because I still know in my heart it was ME who chose to sin, it was ME who loved the evil, so how can I blame Him and be hateful for my own choices. The truth is I can't, but praise be to Him who really deserves it, He does love me and will forgive me if I allow my heart to be reached by Him and will agree with His assesment of me ( which He tells me within and I KNOW is true and cannot deny it) and repent with shame for the wrongs I did.In closing let me say my dear and precious wandering soul you will never know peace until you get right with Gods assesment of your own spiritual condition and great moral poverty ( which we all have) and give up your own old and sinful ways and let Him really be Lord of your spirit, then you will have realpeace-not money peace or pleasure peace-because all of these can be removed in a moment.To this end I do pray for your true and real spiritual enlightenment and joy lest we be lost in eternity from each other and cannot fellowship together. But remember this God is Love and He does desire to forgive you and have a spiritual relationship with you but the choice to repent of your sins and not love the evil any more lies within you,-if you will but cry out in your helplessness He will enter you and enable you- the choice is yours, may you choose life and love and peace and not death. A concerned traveler on this journey.

Name: Keith R. Cox
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Cincinnati, Ohio
Time: 1999-09-18 02:23:00
Comments: I just read the transcript of your radio conversation. I'm sorry that the radio announcer did not directly answer your question. I have to assume that the way you appeared to cut him off and put words into his mouth, that you would take what you wanted from the answer, and not let him finish. Here is the answer to your question: The woman who had committed adultary has sinned and is worthy of death. As far as men being stoned, have you not read Deuteronomy 21:18-21 wherein a dissobedient son is instructed to be stoned? According to God, the wages (payment) of sin (dissobeying God) is death. I could go on from here and give you the gospel, but you have probably heard and ignored it many times before. I do believe that the Word of God is true and infallable. If you would care to e-mail me at keithcox@goodnews.net, I would enjoy carrying on a discussion via e-mail on the differences in our beliefs. If you are not up to the challenge, I understand. With that, I'll "leave the ball in your court."

Name: Eric
Website: Religion vs. Thought
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: The heart of the bible belt
Time: 1999-09-09 16:10:00
Comments: Brooks, Your site is pretty impressive. I haven't looked in for a few months, been busy building my own site. I'm rather proud of my collection of biblical evil, stupidity, etc. So far, I've posted over 350 passages. I can hardly wait to start into the New Testament next month! Keep up the good work!

Name: Robert Klusener
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From:
Time: 1999-09-03 18:33:00
Comments: There is much that is good in the Web. Thanks for adding to it.

Name: Adam Spurgeon Zens
Website: Locust & Honey
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Dresser, Wisconsin
Time: 1999-08-29 00:12:00
Comments: Atheism_the_god_of_war To the publisher of Jehovah, the god of war, I saw your link posted at a Reformation/ United Methodist site. You posted a banner linking to your listen.to/Jehovah site without really presenting your intentions in the guestbook. This is obviously questionable. At the very least, you could say something like "My Critique of Christianity." Also to demonstrate how misinformed you are about the religion you pretend to criticize, for many years it has been known and even verified by non-Christian sources such as Josephus, that the Hebrew name for God was not "Jehovah" but "Yahweh." The fact that you perpetuate the unfortunate garbled medieval form "jehovah" shows how very little you know about a subject on which you deem yourself an authority. --adam

Name: Keyser Soze
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: London, England now in California
Time: 1999-08-19 13:00:00
Comments: Thank you for all the good work you're doing. I think people like you are very valuable to society in demonstrating that common sense and rationality are the best policies. I just watched Benny Hinn on one of his 'Crusades', and as always, I am pissed beyond belief! It bothers me every time I see thousands upon thousands of deluded whackos who don't actually read the Bible, but think they are part of some divine order, whose legacy is really founded on greed, intolerance and hate. I truly wonder how people like Benny Hinn live with themselves. My ex-girlfriend is a whacko and even though her favorite Bible quote comes from Isiah, she refuses to believe that God created evil, despite Isiah 45:7 EXPLICITY saying so. This is the mentality of christians and other religious weirdos. (That's not why we broke up though!). It's unbelievable that I was once neutral about Christianity and now after visiting your website, I'm so glad that I see through this mesmerizing smoke-screen, and I hope you can reach out to many more. In reading the Bible daily, I just become that much more disgusted at its content. If there is a just God out there, I'll get saved because I'm a cool person, NOT because I subscribe to mass hysteria - makes sense does it not? Here's a new commandment from a guy who doesn't go around killing people in genocidal proportions, like our good buddy Moses : "Thou Shalt Be a Nice Person". Take care

Name: Keyser Soze
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: London, England... now in California
Time: 1999-08-19 12:52:00
Comments: Thank you for all the good work you're doing. I think people like you are very valuable to society in demonstrating that common sense and rationality are the best policies. I just watched Benny Hinn on one of his 'Crusades', and as always, I am pissed beyond belief! It bothers me every time I see thousands upon thousands of deluded whackos who don't actually read the Bible, but think they are part of some divine order, whose legacy is really founded on greed, intolerance and hate. I truly wonder how people like Benny Hinn live with themselves. My ex-girlfriend is a whacko and even though her favorite Bible quote comes from Isiah, she refuses to believe that God created evil, despite Isiah 45:7 EXPLICITY saying so. This is the mentality of christians and other religious weirdos. (That's not why we broke up though!). It's unbelievable that I was once neutral about Christianity and now after visiting your website, I'm so glad that I see through this mesmerizing smoke-screen, and I hope you can reach out to many more. In reading the Bible daily, I just become that much more disgusted at its content. If there is a just God out there, I'll get saved because I'm a cool person, NOT because I subscribe to mass hysteria - makes sense does it not? Here's a new commandment from a guy who doesn't go around killing people in genocidal proportions, like our good buddy Moses : "Thou Shalt Be a Nice Person". Take care

Name: Keyser Soze
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: London, England... now in California
Time: 1999-08-19 12:58:00
Comments: Thank you for all the good work you're doing. I think people like you are very valuable to society in demonstrating that common sense and rationality are the best policies. I just watched Benny Hinn on one of his 'Crusades', and as always, I am pissed beyond belief! It bothers me every time I see thousands upon thousands of deluded whackos who don't actually read the Bible, but think they are part of some divine order, whose legacy is really founded on greed, intolerance and hate. I truly wonder how people like Benny Hinn live with themselves. My ex-girlfriend is a whacko and even though her favorite Bible quote comes from Isiah, she refuses to believe that God created evil, despite Isiah 45:7 EXPLICITY saying so. This is the mentality of christians and other religious weirdos. (That's not why we broke up though!). It's unbelievable that I was once neutral about Christianity and now after visiting your website, I'm so glad that I see through this mesmerizing smoke-screen, and I hope you can reach out to many more. In reading the Bible daily, I just become that much more disgusted at its content. If there is a just God out there, I'll get saved because I'm a cool person, NOT because I subscribe to mass hysteria - makes sense does it not? Here's a new commandment from a guy who doesn't go around killing people in genocidal proportions, like our good buddy Moses : "Thou Shalt Be a Nice Person". Take care

Name: Keyser Soze
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: London, England... now in California
Time: 1999-08-19 12:56:00
Comments: Thank you for all the good work you're doing. I think people like you are very valuable to society in demonstrating that common sense and rationality are the best policies. I just watched Benny Hinn on one of his 'Crusades', and as always, I am pissed beyond belief! It bothers me every time I see thousands upon thousands of deluded whackos who don't actually read the Bible, but think they are part of some divine order, whose legacy is really founded on greed, intolerance and hate. I truly wonder how people like Benny Hinn live with themselves. My ex-girlfriend is a whacko and even though her favorite Bible quote comes from Isiah, she refuses to believe that God created evil, despite Isiah 45:7 EXPLICITY saying so. This is the mentality of christians and other religious weirdos. (That's not why we broke up though!). It's unbelievable that I was once neutral about Christianity and now after visiting your website, I'm so glad that I see through this mesmerizing smoke-screen, and I hope you can reach out to many more. In reading the Bible daily, I just become that much more disgusted at its content. If there is a just God out there, I'll get saved because I'm a cool person, NOT because I subscribe to mass hysteria - makes sense does it not? Here's a new commandment from a guy who doesn't go around killing people in genocidal proportions, like our good buddy Moses : "Thou Shalt Be a Nice Person". Take care

Name: Jenni Winters
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: North Carolina
Time: 1999-08-17 07:59:00
Comments: I cant believe the quatations you got out of the bible it really pisses me off to think that at one point In my life i believed in an asshole!

Name: Jenni Winters
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: North Carolina
Time: 1999-08-17 07:58:00
Comments: I cant believe the quatations you got out of the bible it really pisses me off to think that at one point In my life i believed in an asshole!

Name: Fred
Website: Jehovah - Hebrew God of War
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: NY
Time: 1999-08-08 23:42:00
Comments: Liked your page. I think I'll add a link when I get around to it.
Listen to Jehovah

Name: Quentin
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 1999-08-04 14:26:00
Comments: I think this Site is a whole waste of time and effort! Why argue about Christianity at all? As humans, we are imperfect beings, incapable of "complete" understanding of creation. I accept this condition, having pondered for many years about "how things started in the First Place"....I needed a logical explanation. In human terms, there is none, so we must be "flawed", inferior........This is my argument for the existence of a "CONDITION" (god) which is beyond our human understanding or terms-of-reference...Agnosticism seems to be the answer to our situation. I love life and regard it with awe and joy....However, my above statement is as close as I can come to a "wrap" on the "Meaning" of it all....."42", of course, is another answer.

Name: steve elliott
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Cincinnati Ohio
Time: 1999-07-29 02:16:00
Comments: Hi. Great page! I'm a "recovering christian" and found it refreshing and well-thought-out. I'm sure that you get lots of "you'll burn in hell" letters from the less-enlightened whose closed minds cannot open wide enough to let facts in, so I thought a pleasant email would be nice for a change. Thanks again! - Steve Elliott Cincinnati, Ohio (the "buckle" of the bible belt)

Name: Jason Mullinax
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Columbia, SC
Time: 1999-07-25 19:27:00
Comments: Thank you for taking the time to put up this page. I too would eventually like to start a page...perhaps an athiest resourse site. I thoroughly enjoy reading your comments. One thing: I noticed in one of your responses that you were somewhat ignorant of the religious views of many famous people (e.g., George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, etc.). I resently read a book called 2000 YEARS OF DISBELIEF. Unfortunately, i can't recall the author, but it is a wonderful resource guide explaining the views of many people (including our founding fathers). I know that citing famous atheists and their quotes may not be an adequate way to express your own personal feelings, however it is invaluable in discounting the myth that this country was founded on christianity. I'll try to gather more info for you. Cheers:)

Name: Lee Buckalew
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: St. Louis, MO
Time: 1999-07-15 09:01:00
Comments: I would like to take a brief moment to point out a glaring error in one of the responses which you gave on your page. You stated that evolution has been proved and that it has been whitnessed while it was occuring. This would certainly be of great interest to any of the recognized authorities in the field as none of them will state that there is any empirical proof that macro evolution has occured. We do certainly see evidences of micro evolution occuring. In micro evolution we see that different breeds or varieties of the same species can occur. Some of the most common examples would be of domesticated animals which are bred for specific traits. Macro evolution is the changeing of one species into another. ie. a dog turning into a goat, not a dog being slowly bred over time to be a different looking dog (but still a dog). There has never been a single instance of macro evolution having been witnessed as occuring. Furthermore there has never even been an instance of macro evolution being actually seen in the fossil record. Macro evolution is merely a theory that was put forth to explain how small genetic changes over long periods of time might eventually produce a different species. Do you realize the complexity of what you are suggesting? Do you realize that most reputable scientists no longer support the "big bang theory" as being plausible? Since you seem to support this theory i would like to ask what blew up? If, for the big bang to occur, all of the matter in the universe had to collect together into one rapidly spinning mass I would ask where this matter came from? What created it and where did the space for the universe come from? Here are a few more questions which i would like to pose; How did matter get to be so perfectly organized? Where did the energy come from to do all of this organizing? When, where, why and how did life come from dead matter? With what did the first cell capable of sexual reproduction reproduce? How can mutations (which are merely recombinations of existing genetic code within the individual organism prior to reproduction) create any new improved varieties?(ie. recombining English letters will never produce a Chinese alphabet) Is it possible that similarities in design between different animals prove a common creator instaed of a common ancestor? Natural selection only works with the genetic information available and tends only to keep a species stable. How then would you explain the increasing complexity required to take place within the genetic code if evolution is true? When, where, why and how did; a)Single celled plants become multi celled? (and why do we find no examples, either existing today or in the fossil record, of two or three celled intermediates) b)Single celled animals evolve? c)Fish change to amphibians? d)Amphibians change to reptiles? e)Reptiles change to birds? (The lungs, bones, eyes, reproductive organs, heart, method of locomotion, body covering,etc., are all very different) f)How did the intermediate forms live/survive and why do we not find any existing in the fossil record? Which evolved first (and please explain how and how long these systems or features functioned without the others) a0The digestive system, the food to be digested, the appetite, the ability to find food, the ability to eat food, the digestive juices, the body's resistance to it's own digestive juices? b)The drive to reproduce or the ability to reproduce? c)The lungs, the mucous lining that protects them, the throat, or the perfect mixture of gases neede to be breathed into the lungs? d)DNA or RNA to carry the DNA message to cell parts? e)The termite or the flegella in its intestines that actually digest the cellulose?(a symbiotic relationship between two creatures, neither of which can live without the other) f)The plants or the insects that live on and pollinate the plants? g)The bones, ligaments, tendons, blood supply, or muscles to meve the bones? h)The nervous sustem, repair system, or hormone system? i)The immune system or the need for it? When, where, why and how did man evolve feelings? Love, mercy, guilt, etc., would never evolve in the theory of evolution because they serve no purpose. How did photosynthesis evolve? How did thought evolve? Let us look at the factors that must be present in order to prove things scientifically (the scientific method). First, we must be able to witness the process which we are studiing as it occurs, second, we must have a control test running in order to correctly interpret those things which we observe, and finally we must be able to reproduce our results. If all three of these steps can not be taken then we do not have a scientific fact or conclusion. Since none of these things has or can take place with regard to macro evolution, it can not be considered as scientific fact. Since science must use the scientific method to show that something is scientific do you honestly believe that evolution should be taught as science instead of as a belief system based on the faith that what some persons, scientists or otherwise, think might have happened actually did happen although we have no way to scientifically test or prove this belief?? Finally i would like to let you know that there is a standing $10,000.00 offer to anyone who, in public debate, can present empirical evidence of macro evolution. This offer is from Dr.Kent Hovind who can be reached through his website at www.drdino.com.

Name: Jordie
Website:
Referred by: From a Web Ring
From: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Time: 1999-07-04 22:56:00
Comments: I've been enthralled for the past four hours straight I spent reading your posted email discourses. I'm a freethinker and I support your claims. While Craig and Mike bring up good points, and while you sometimes in frustration let slip a strawman fallacy here and an ad hominem fallacy there (I probably would too), these discussions caused me to think about, challenge, and strengthen my beliefs. Thanks!

Name: Cardinal Boursy
Website: Ethics in Massachusetts State Government
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Massachusetts
Time: 1999-07-01 22:35:00
Comments: I had fun here--thank you. Lots of websites on religious cults but most ignore the fact that mainstream christianity is the largest and most dangerous cult in the western world.

Name: Huw Davies
Website: End the state funding of religious schools
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Cardiff, UK
Time: 1999-06-24 14:52:00
Comments: Just like to say how much I enjoy your site. I too am an atheist and I agree with most of what you have to say. I just have one comment. Do you think it is arrogant for atheists to call themselves freethinkers? We may be freethinkers when it comes to religion but are we freethinkers in all aspects of our lives?

Name: rjweston
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: west australia
Time: 1999-06-21 16:08:00
Comments: im new to the net. its great to find so many sites and so much on atheism. like an oasis of sanity in a desert of madness. I dont want to reinvent the wheel so i must search and find out what has already been written. If i write, it will have a title something like "i atheist, subtitled Jesus was a False Prophet" or "from moses to jesus, the birth and growth of the greatest delusion in the history of the world" or both.

Name: Bill Jager
Website: Alaska Images
Referred by: Viewing another Guestbook
From: Alaska - now stay in GA
Time: 1999-05-29 15:35:00
Comments: This is one great page; very informative and I am going to add it to my Interesting Links page.

Name: The intruder
Website: Who's truth?
Referred by: Signing another Guestbook
From: USA
Time: 1999-05-25 22:02:00
Comments: I love your website. I have been visiting it on and off, so you can say i'm a regular! I have a question, if I may- what is your opinion on WHY SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO BELIEVE IN GOD AND SOME DON'T? Is it possible that we, the unbelievers, are genetically different? Thanks

Name: Brian VanRegen
Website: Gay Freethinker's Homepage
Referred by: From a Web Ring
From: VA
Time: 1999-04-30 16:04:00
Comments: I really enjoyed your webpage, Mr. Brooks, especially the parts in which Christians respond to your webpage. Really, with defenders like this, who needs attackers? One respondent had the audacity to say "people who are on the outside can't understand the Bible" The very fact that this statement is made shows the ridiculousness of Christianity because it is so obvious that this is a copout. I mean, can't anyone say this? Couldn't the heaven's gate cult have said, "Oh well, people on the outside can't understand it, so we can believe this regardless of how ridiculous it is!" One person's responsed did catch my eye however. I believe the person's name was Chris. He mailed on 11-1-97 at 7:12:37. He explained Paul's passage in Romans 3:7 by saying that Paul was actually condemning lying, although a face value interpretation would say that he was condoning lying. What Chris and you may not realize is that Paul uses a rhetorical kind of argumentation that is a weird sarcasm. He states the argument of the opposition, then refutes it. It appears that this was done in Romans 3:7. It was also done in II Corinthians 12:14-21 in which Paul appears to admit that he took the Corinthians in "with Guile." Of course, a face value interpretation of the verse would indicate that Paul is admitting he used guile! However, as you read the whole verse you notice that Paul is merely stating the gripe of the Corinthians as fact, and later refuting it. The reason I thought this was interesting is because I am doing an essay on Romans 1, a Bible verse commonly used to condemn homosexuality. I am arguing that the entire part of Romans 1 concerning gentiles is merely a statement that Paul makes of Roman Jewish beliefs about Gentiles. He later refutes it and turns the tables on them in Romans 2. Pointing out this passage was great because it shows how Christians are hypocritical in their exegesis sometimes. In Romans 3:7 or II Corinthians 12:14-21, they will admit that Paul is using this "sarcastic" rhetorical device but when it comes to Romans 1, well...people aren't allowed to do that here. Thank you for your page, Brian VanRegen Editor, Gay Freethinker's Homepage (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/7781)

Name: Hoening
Website: International world of hoening
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 1999-04-16 21:38:00
Comments: On my site I want to deal with the "concepts" of freethought. I appreciate all the work you have done to debunk the details, the "bricks" that make up the fondation of christianity and other myths.

Name: CB
Website: XXXXXX
Referred by: Tripod
From: Nashville, Tennessee
Time: 1999-04-08 23:58:00
Comments: I have completed my response to James Buckner's tough questions for the Christian Church. It is located at my website. The site is still under construction, therefore it may be a little hard to follow, but the information is there for the reading. Thank you for the challenge. I look forward to answering your other questions : )

XXXXXX

Editor's Note: Author's name and address removed at author's request.


Name: Brooks
Website: Christianity: Bogus Beyond Belief
Referred by: Clicked on a 'Guestbooks by GuestWorld' Button
From: U.S.
Time: 1999-04-08 16:44:00
Comments: This is a brief note from the owner of the site. I am bumping up against the 2 MB space limit set by AOL and this is a simple way to add notes to my site. The previous guestbook signer asked why I have so many links to Christian sites. The reason is simple-my site is about Christianity so I include sites produced by Christians themselves. It doesn't mean that I agree with what they say. It does mean that I think that what they say is so utterly ridiculous that their words need to be revealed to people. Really, the best way to see that Christianity is completely false is to read what Christians themselves have to say on the subject. It is laughable. This is especially true of the Church fathers-the people who founded Christianity. Christians cannot explain why they believe what they believe. This is made abundantly clear in my e-mail section. A little exercise to try is this-try and find a Christian web site which contains links to atheist sites. You will search in vain. Really, if you find one, tell me abou

Name: WATCHMEN
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: AUSTRALIA
Time: 1999-04-08 09:34:00
Comments: WHY ON EARTH DO YOU HAVE SO MANY LINKS TO CHRISTIAN SITES? ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN PRETENDING TO BE AN ATHEIST? P.S. AUSTRALIANS DON'T GET TO SCHOOL IN KANGAROO POUCHES, WE ARE THE THIRD MOST URBANISED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, GREATER THAN THE U.S. WE ALSO HAVE A SHIT LOAD MORE ATHEISTS, I ESTIMATE AT LEAST 80% OF TEENAGERS ARE ATHEISTS OR UNPRACTISING

Name: James Buckner
Website: James Buckner's Home Page
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Mesquite, Texas
Time: 1999-03-28 00:05:00
Comments: I just loaded your site from a URL in a message on the x-tian mail list, because someone said my essay, "Tough Questions for the Christian Church" was here. You have a very nice site, and I intend to explore it as time permits. Best regards, James Buckner

Name: x
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: AUSTRALIA
Time: 1999-03-27 08:05:00
Comments: WHAT THE FUCKS GOING ON I GO INTO "WHY CHRISTIANS DON'T GET IT", I CLICK ON THE PICTURE AND I GO INTO SOME FUCKING, PRO-FUCKING LIFE CHRISTIAN PLACE. GET RID OF IT NOW, IT OR DO FUCKING SOMETHING

Name: Randall M. Jones
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: York, SC, USA
Time: 1999-03-20 21:33:00
Comments: came from godbusters

Name: Doug
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: MASSACHSETTS
Time: 1999-03-04 05:38:00
Comments: Hi, just surfed in looking at all the goodies to make the xians squirm.How in the word can they deny the hate and suffering that xianity has brought into this world is beyond me.Well it's off to the chat's

Name: Pete Sheldrup
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 1999-02-28 19:48:00
Comments: Hey Brooks, It's me, Pete (used to produce the Street Talk radio Program). I caught you on the show last night in a conference call with Lief and some other caller, and I had a few comments I wanted to pass your way. I'll try and be brief. First I thought it was interesting that you see heaven and hell as scare tactics of the church to persuade others to join the Christian faith. I am guessing you endorse the simiar methods of persuation?? I say this because you commonly bring up many negative points of Christianity in history and belief which seem to try and scare people of believing it. What I thought was more interesting, was the trail of thought you brought up during the call regarding the Jews and the hollicaust (sp?). It seems you are baffled by anyone who could support a world view in which God would allow people to suffer(especially in eternity). I think this is an interesting example you chose because the hollicaust is a point we all agree as horrific in the suffering aspect. Which worldview do you think brought the hollicaust about? I think it is safe to say atheism. This is not to say atheism is false on this basis, it just struck me as interesting. Well, good to hear your voice (even though on the radio) last night. Its been a while. By the way, are you still over near Greenlake? I tried to find you when working on a video production nearby but I couldn't remember which building. Catch you later. Pete Sheldrup

Name: karen
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: New Zealand
Time: 1999-02-21 23:24:00
Comments: Actually I found your site through Freethought ring. I just wanted you to know that people from far away have found you! I have enjoyed the site and found the emails and responses a real eye opener. As someone who has recently let go of years of belief in christianity, I have found it very helpful to have somewhere to go and read about other peoples experiences. So far I havn't had to tell too many people of my decision but judging from the tone of some of your christian readers I might have some interesting times ahead! I admire the restraint and politeness of your replies. In the end, I feel the only thing worth saying in defence of my non-belief is that I cannot see any evidence in all of creation that points to a god of punishment for misdeeds. An entity capable of creating the entire universe obviously has higher thoughts and motives than the petty,nasty god of the bible.I guess I really believe in god as a 'first cause' and that once set in motion things make their own merry way through time. Thanks for taking the time to set up your interesting site. Bye for now.

Name: Stan
Website: Lessons they Would not Teach us in Sunday School
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: from honest inquiry
Time: 1999-02-03 23:53:00
Comments: Here is the condensed gospel: "For their god so 'loved' the world, that he drowned it to death once, promised to burn it to cinders in the future, planned to send his armies of angels out to slaughter the billions of beloved humans who do not hold the right religious opinion, and then decided to sacrifice his only illegitimate son -- though he'd lose nothing through this sacrifice -- so that the world (well, really only the believing few out of those living in the last 20% of recorded human history who would drink his blood) could escape this god's loving eternal punishment. Any fool can see how this is good news." . . . . . . You have a very interesting site. Mind if I link up?

Name: Reverend Judas Iscariot
Website:
Referred by: Yahoo!
From:
Time: 1999-02-03 13:57:00
Comments: This is a truly excellent site and inspiration to those of us who refute the Bibles lies. I yearn for the day when humanity can be freed from the curse of two thousand years of ignorance and debasement before the temple of stupidity.

Name: Eric Harrington
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Greensboro, NC
Time: 1999-01-29 20:43:00
Comments: I like nearly all of your site. It's huge! One thing, though... Arguing with xians is such a waste of time, it seems. I have likened it to playing chess with a madman. No matter what move you want to make, the response is "MY rules say that you lose!" Have you EVER made progress against this attitude? Eric

Name: Brian Davis
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Huntsville, AL
Time: 1999-01-28 17:07:00
Comments: I really enjoyed visiting your website. Being a freethinker it is always refreshing to find other people that dismiss the Bible as nonsense. It is a pity that almost two-thousand years on, people still revere that book and it's maniacal religion. While reading some of your conversations, the thought kept occuring, how can these people actually believe this? Can they not see the hate and outright cruelty contained in the pages of their so-called good book? If they would just think about what they are really saying,pay attention to what they are reading surely they could see how impossible it all is. It is amazing that at this point in time that so many people still believe that some boogie man or trio of boogie men) lives in the sky, sees all actions, hears all conversations and knows all thoughts at any given point in time. How silly. I am reminded of the Far Side cartoon that had a cow in a pasture spitting out grass and exclaiming, "Grass! We've been eating grass!" These people could learn a valuable lesson from this cartoon. Later, Brian.

Name: Lynne
Website: The Godlessheathen Home Page
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: USA
Time: 1999-01-24 02:19:00
Comments: (Actually, I got here by way of the Freethought web ring). Cool site! esp. "Why Christians Don't Get It".

Name: Maigrey
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Dayton ohio at this point in time
Time: 1999-01-22 22:32:00
Comments: Lots of good info here. Bravo =)

Name: Kennewick Man
Website: The Kennewick Man Virtual Interpretive Center
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: ??????????????
Time: 1998-11-25 22:13:00
Comments: Keep the state separate from all religions.

Name: Spirit Cave Man
Website: The Nevada Journal: Scalping Science: Sensitivity Run Amok
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: ????????????????
Time: 1998-11-25 22:02:00
Comments: Keep the state separate from all religions.

Name: Brooks
Website: Christianity: Bogus Beyond Belief
Referred by: Clicked on a 'Guestbooks by GuestWorld' Button
From: limbo
Time: 1998-11-24 23:58:00
Comments: I am the author of this website and just wanted to add a little thought to my site, but don't feel like writing out an html page. Yes, dear readers, your web page author has been concerned with other matters of late and is not able to build the site like he wants to. However, at some point in the glorious future, this situation will be remedied. I would highly recommend another site with great articles-it is written by a guy named Adrian Barnett and it is found on my links page under the heading "Atheism Crushes Religion" Anyway my thought is this: God was so angry at the human race after a few people disobeyed Him that he sent himself (the three in one god) down to have the human race kill Him, thereby allowing Him to forgive all humans for their transgressions against him, transgressions he could forsee even before he created them. Why was he angry with the human race if he knew before he created them that they would disobey Him? Anger implies being surprised by some event, and that certainly wasn't pos

Name: Adam Gussow
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: New Yawk
Time: 1998-11-24 17:13:00
Comments: Mister Satan Speaks!Dear Freethinker:Many people TALK about Satan. I am one of the few--perhaps the only one?--who can truthfully say that I've WORKED with Satan, one-on-one, for the past twelve years. My name is Adam Gussow. I am the harp-playing half of a blues duo called Satan & Adam, and the author of MISTER SATAN'S APPRENTICE: A BLUES MEMOIR (Pantheon, 1998). My partner, Mister Satan, is a blues singer/guitarist/percussionist, the greatest one-man band the world has produced. His ferocious, all-out performances leave audiences thrilled and stunned. Where does he get his demonic energy? people ask me. He is also a remarkable visual artist, a constructor of mandalas featuring what he calls "the squared circle," assembled in accordance with rigorous numerological principles derived from the Book of Revelations, particularly vese 13:18. And Mister Satan is, above all, an extraordinary freethinker--a compelling Harlem street-prophet, a principled and fearless antagonist of God. Here's one example of his preaching, which I record in my book: "God's people got a little racket going on, preaching the same old tired mess they DONE been preaching since Jesus was a baby! All that love-your-neighbor bullcrap ain't done a damn thing but drive Christians around the world to start wars and tear the mess up! And for what? Love your neighbor? Hell, if you got to KILL me to LOVE me, you might as well go on and hate my ass!"The hardcore Christian fundamentalists have often accused the major media of being instruments of Satan. Now, with the publication of MISTER SATAN'S APPRENTICE, they finally have a point! Pantheon Books has graciously allowed me to tell the uncensored story of the most remarkable apostate of our time. More than that: at the heart of MISTER SATAN'S APPRENTICE is a verbatim transcription I made of one of the most explosive documents in the history of freethinking: Mister Satan's so-called "God Tape."Recorded one night in his Harlem apartment when he'd had a lot to drink and decided to tell God and Christians precisely who he was and what he thought of their hypocrisies, Mister Satan's "God Tape" is a ferocious and eloquent defense of down-home sanity. Transcribing it, I considered my mission every bit as urgent as Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John considered theirs. His voice on the tape was fierce, measured, implacable. It is a kind of Unholy Gospel. Here are a few excerpts: "Oh Mister and Miss Lady. Mister Man, Mister Woman. Miss and Mister Man. All you are crossed up and carrying on with your disrespectful aggravations amongst each other. You better listen to the words of Mister Satan. "Every one of you know me. You damn sure know me. Oh yeah you know me. I play the guitar up there by the Telephone Company. You come by, you see me. Some of you stop up your ears as though my music is so deplorable. Those of you that enjoy it, it's a blessing. Those of you that stop up your ears, it's also a devastation for you because guess what? YOU DON'T LIKE MY NAME! A bunch of you come by and tell me, 'You know, you were kicked out of heaven.' Well so was your black ass! You walking around here. You can't doo-doo in heaven; God wouldn't let you have a commode up there! So what are you doing? You're playing against your existence. "I don't address you otherwise than Mister and Miss, Thank you ma'am or Thank you sir. Be you small or be your middle-age, elderly or what. I don't know how you wrapped up this mess, to think that I'm so terrible, when at the same time you can see the result of your God every day. His trophy yards are your tombstones. * * * "I am Mister Satan. Were it not for me, you wouldn't even be here. I'm the Earth, I'm the dirt, I'm nothing. * * * "I have to speak on a tape such as I am now. My children, you all listen to me real well. It is very imperative that I speak on a tape, because so many people think they in touch with God. Ain't NOBODY in touch with God. God never said Huh?, never wrote a book, never said Thank you, never answered a damn prayer! It was always somebody saying, 'God told me.' That's an eternal copout y'all got: God told me, God told me. Well I'm Mister Satan. I speak for myself. Jesus can't play no damn guitar! Think about it. * * * "I am God. You're not. I'm not just a man, I'm not just a god. I'm God and man. I am He that made everything. I walk amongst you. I will make you shoes and go barefoot. I corrupt everything my way. Why? I shall look VERY good, when you recognie me. And the least you can say is, Thank you Mister Satan. Because everybody was taught to hate me. You'll never catch me in a hospital or in a cemetary. My name will not habitate with death. God got that."That, my friends, is the voice of Mister Satan, recorded and transcribed verbatim. As the author of MISTER SATAN'S APPRENTICE: A BLUES MEMOIR (Pantheon, 1998), I encourage you to pick up a copy at your local bookstore and enjoy first-hand my portrait of a remarkable man--a true prophet of a sort that wander through human history only rarely, leaving the world a changed place after they've moved on.MISTER SATAN'S APPRENTICE can also be ordered from Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com, or direct from Random House by calling (800) 733-3000.For more on the Satan & Adam blues duo, please visit our website: http://www.island.net/~blues/s&a.htm/ You can also reach me by email via the website. I'm interested in your reactions to my master's wise and provocative words.Our three CDs ("Harlem Blues," "Mother Mojo," and "Living on the River") can be ordered from Amazon, Borders, and other retailers. They can also be ordered direct from our record label, Rounder, via the Rounder.com website.Thanks for your interest! Long live Mister Satan!Adam Gussowauthor, MISTER SATAN'S APPRENTICE: A BLUES MEMOIR

Name: Bill Graff
Website: ain't got one
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Ft. Collins, CO
Time: 1998-11-19 02:16:00
Comments: Great site. It is a refreshing island of sanity in the Internet, which is mostly full of wackos and bible-thumpers, telling me I'm going to go to "hell" because I'm not a theist...Your site presents logical, sound arguments presented in a clear manner. This gives me plenty of ammunition for defending myself against the rabid Christians where I live.. Thanks again.

Name: Don A. Samarasingha
Website: None.
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Sri Lanka
Time: 1998-11-08 18:47:00
Comments: I just can't believe these things were written on the holy book. However I took a good look at it and found them on those pages. So much for the most "Mercyfull God" and what he has to say for us! The demon you have on the cover page is not fitting as it looks benovelant compared to the God.

Name: ZFractal
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 1998-10-17 07:02:00
Comments: There is no disproof of the existence of God for the same reason that there is no proof of the existence of God. It is not possible to prove (other to oneself) the existence of an external thing - that other people exist, or that other people are conscious, are examples of external things. Proofs of existence or non-existence of things have a meaning in the realm of mathematics, but have no meaning in reality (nor physics) for well-known philosophical reasons.

Name: ADAM LEET
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: GEORGIA
Time: 1998-09-10 14:01:00
Comments: I AM GOING TO SAY THIS THE NICEST WAY THAT I CAN.... YOUR WEB SITE IS A BUNCH OF CRAP. HOW CAN YOU SIY THERE AND TOTALLY BASH CHRISTIANTIY, THE BIBLE, AND MOST OF ALL OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE YOU GOT ALL OF YOUR BOGUS INFO. ALL I AM GOING TO SAY IS THAT YOU ARE ON A ONE WAY STREET TO HELL.

Name: Al Collins
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Berwn, IL
Time: 1998-09-09 19:53:00
Comments: Great Site It'll take me a month to go through all this material Thanks Al

Name: Tom Longstreet
Website: To see God, you must see Jesus
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: GR Mich.
Time: 1998-07-18 03:31:00
Comments: I suppose everyone deals with what if questions in their lives. There are stories in the Bible that show men struggling with their faith in God. David was a good example. I myself grew up in a religious family . Then I fell far away from the faith I had as a child. I won't go into great detail here but a friend of mine and myself experienced a miracle at the same time. We both heard God speak to us! And he wasn't condemning or scarey. In fact we both felt extremely happy.That was when we were 19. Now I am 45 and still grateful for that experience. It has taken me through some tough times. You need to read about Jesus and the woman caught in adultery. The statement that you made about stoning a woman about to marry if she wasn't a virgin is misleading. Jesus said,"He that is without sin, let him cast the first stone." AND notice that Jesus, who was without sin, did not cast a stone at her! I'd like to talk more but maybe another time. See ya. God bless. ps. [God is Love]

Name: MORETTI DR. BRUNO IK2WQA
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: sesto calende - padania - earth
Time: 1998-07-04 21:42:00
Comments: cieli sereni, e senza "triangoli", a tutti. CIAO

Name: Albert Issaco
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: IRAN
Time: 1998-06-29 04:16:00
Comments: I have lost a country for religion, and I shall not be had.

Name: Ken
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Hagerstown, Maryland
Time: 1998-06-22 02:11:00
Comments: You have certainly amassed a lot of interesting information on your page. I particularly enjoyed the "Tough Questions for Christians" link!

Name: Bill Jager
Website: Bill Jager's Personal Web Page
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Origionaly - Alaska
Time: 1998-06-14 15:47:00
Comments: Found your page on Web Ring. Great page I like it.

Name: jon shaft-meister
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Michigan
Time: 1998-04-27 23:59:00
Comments: Guess what, I'm starting a new religion. All you have to do is send me $100.00. If you do you go to heaven. If you don't you go to hell. It's that simple. I have no logic to back this up, but it makes a lot more sense than christianity and its a lot cheaper(you don't have to donate 10% of your income)and easier too. Now let's get those donations rolling in. You don't want to go to hell, do you?

Name: jon shaft-meister
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Michigan
Time: 1998-04-27 23:58:00
Comments: Guess what, I'm starting a new religion. All you have to do is send me $100.00. If you do you go to heaven. If you don't you go to hell. It's that simple. I have no logic to back this up, but it makes a lot more sense than christianity and its a lot cheaper(you don't have to donate 10% of your income)and easier too. Now let's get those donations rolling in. You don't want to go to hell, do you?

Name: Lisa Shaftel
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: your extended family
Time: 1998-04-26 02:48:00
Comments: Hey! Brian told me about this. I love it! To quote the greatest T-shirt I've ever seen: "Christianity is stupid. Give up." Lisa

Name: Danny
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Australia
Time: 1998-04-03 10:28:00
Comments: Came accross you page while doing research into the only plague to last for two thousand years, Christianity. IMHO there has never been a more evil organisation in recorded history. A check of any concordance for the *Redundant* God, or his pantywaist Son for that matter, ever having laughed, chuckled, or smiled,... however wanly, will tell you why I came to doubt some 40 years ago (I'm 55). Having been on the Net for 12 months now I am still astonished at the grip this bacillus has on Americans. This is despite my having considerable prior knowledge of the extent at the outset. I am sure the average American is not fully aware of the *job* these bastards have done on the American psyche. It permeates the very fabric of US culture. Keep up the good work, I've marked your page down in my favourites and will drop in regularily. Regards Danny

Name: blue
Website: blue honey
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: earth
Time: 1998-04-01 14:19:00
Comments:

What a crazy planet we live on. There are people who accually think that the Terminator movie is a global conspiracy.And this guy would swear that we talk backwards all the time. We can't eat meat, there is no God, we can't have kids. Hell, if you believe everything that you hear, you 'd think psychedelics were wrong.

blue honey


Name: Glenn Williams
Website: Glenn's Page
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Arkansas
Time: 1998-03-25 22:10:00
Comments: Nice page. I enjoyed reading Till's stuff on biblical prophecies. He explained some aspects of the Isaiah 7:14 virgin birth I had not heard before. How do you find time to maintain this Web page? I'd love to add some stuff to mine, but can't ever seem to get around it. Have you read Earl Doherty's "The Jesus Puzzle" site?

Name: HUGH
Website: mrconfuseds homepage
Referred by: Net Search
From: Heaven
Time: 1998-03-21 18:38:00
Comments: I was born and raised a Catholic.(I dont have aythng against Catholics) Everything in my life was going wrong. My mother was sick and could hardly walk. My father went through every dime we had and ha was still sick. Untill one day everything changed. I started to pray to God. He annointed me and I fealt his holy ghost upon me. Then I had the chance to go to a Pentacostal church. A baptism was going on. The Holy Ghost instructed me to get baptized. Satan was really playing with my mind that day. my mother suggested I get baptized (she didnt want me to leave the Catholic Church untill then) I was invited to the church to be baptized through the power of the Holy Ghost. Since then my life has never been the same. My sins were washed away! Jesus began to speak to me! He pours out His spirit on me! Allelujah!, PRAISE GOD! I'm free. He is my savior, my Lord and my King! His name is Jesus!I pray that all of you would repent and ask Jesus to forgive you..........REMEMBER CONSIDER THE LILLIES AND THEN YOU WILL KNOW!!!!!!

Name: Tony Zahra-Newman
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Sydney Australia
Time: 1998-03-03 14:03:00
Comments: It's nice to find similar others out there, even if the similarity is our idiosyncrasies!

Name: Johnny Asia
Website: Johnny Asia, Pope-About-Town, First Church of Common Sense
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Connecticut
Time: 1998-02-19 18:05:00
Comments: Wretched are the stupid, for they do not have a clue. Wretched are the geeks, for they shall infest the Earth . Let the dead kill each other. I am a write-in candidate for Messiah, vote for ME on Judgment Day and send God a message! Pucker your lips for the Apocalypse. Johnny Asia, Editor-in-Chief of the Word of God

Name: jeff the Baptist
Website: Yeah right.
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: West Virginia
Time: 1998-02-19 06:17:00
Comments: The only reason you even attempted to study the Bible to put together your garbage was so that you actually might accomplish something in your shortened life before you start burning in hell. Have a nice day. Jeff the Baptist

Name: Brooks
Website: Christianity: Bogus Beyond Belief
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Seattle
Time: 1998-02-14 17:10:00
Comments: This is a reply to the last poster from the author of this web site. You say you have lost nothing if you believe in Christianity. I disagree. If you base your entire life on Christianity, I sincerely believe that you are basing up your entire life on an immoral, sick, grotesque falsehood. Even if it was true, it would be immoral, sick and grotesque. I think it is undignified and idiotic to grovel before the bloody war gods of primitive people in the vain hope of gaining immortality-but hey, that's just me. You also say that we will know if you were right or wrong the second we die. I disagree. It is clear to me that we will not know anything the second we die, we will be dead. In other words, if I am right, you will never know you were wrong, which I guess is a good thing for you. It is time to grow up and face reality.

Name: Connie DiLeo
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Florida
Time: 1998-02-14 03:00:00
Comments: Found your information very interesting. However, I do not agree with you. But, I hope you are correct. You see, if you are correct, I have lost nothing (contrary to your article.) However, if I am correct, you have lost everything. The second we die, we will know who was right.

Name: George
Website:
Referred by: NewsGroups
From: Earth
Time: 1998-01-29 01:33:00
Comments: I wanted to compliment you on your page. I think it is well presented and thorough. As it is, the predominantly theist society that we live in can sometimes make an atheist feel alienated and alone. Your page is truly a breath of fresh air. Thanks.

Name: Cabrutus
Website: Atheism at the FCDoP Homepage
Referred by: Net Search
From: Olympia, WA
Time: 1998-01-25 00:56:00
Comments: Excellent pages. Your "Some Christian Arguments and Why They Don't Work" page is quite useful. I also liked the faith page. Keep up the good work!

Name: Cabrutus
Website: Atheism at the FCDoP Homepage
Referred by: Net Search
From: Olympia, WA
Time: 1998-01-25 01:08:00
Comments: Excellent pages. Your "Some Christian Arguments and Why They Don't Work" page is quite useful. I also liked the faith page. Keep up the good work!

Name: Curt Carpenter
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Boston, MA
Time: 1998-01-14 19:24:00
Comments: Brooks: It was great to hear from you and I am glad to have had the chance to review your web page. I will surely burn in Hell after having read some of it's passages. I always loved your sense of humor and your wild imagination. It's great to see you are putting it to mildly good use. I knew it was inevitable but I think you have finally flipped your lid. Give me a jingle. CCC

Name: Joshua Ridenour
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Enterprise, Alabama
Time: 1998-01-14 16:06:00
Comments: Awesome page!!

Name: Jack MacGrath
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Dover, DE
Time: 1998-01-04 06:22:00
Comments: Keep up the good work! Religion is evil!

Name: Johnny
Website: The Software Cafe and Pub
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Florida
Time: 1997-10-21 00:25:00
Comments: This site is so full of fallacy, I hope no one buys into this stuff. One example: You say that in Romans 3:7, Paul the Apostle says that lying to further Christianity is okay. If you did perchance ever actually read the Bible without picking certain Scriptures to be deceptive and make your point, you would see that Paul is telling the brothen that making this statement was tantamount to saying "Let us do evil that good may result" - Romans 3:8 and he finishes Romans 3:8 by saying "Their condemnation is deserved." He is essentially reprimanding them for this line of thinking. People such as yourself like to take things out of context and deceptively pick out the parts that will make your point, but not tell the whole story. Do you really not believe in GOD? I mean there is not a sin you could name that I have not committed, believe me on that one. I really mean it. I have even been where you were are one time in my life, I'm 32 by the way. But becoming a Christian has been the greatest event that has every happened to me! I don't believe that I can be easily duped or brainwashed. I was a really BAD customer, I mean Devil Worshop, sleeping with prostitutes, going to jail, fighting, cursing, and other worse things. I even got kicked out of the Air Force for disobeying a lawful order and adultery. Do you think that anything but a loving, caring, divine GOD could have changed any of that and renewed a right spirit within me in such a quick, decisive, and utterly complete way. NO WAY! I won't argue though, just to quote Romans 3:3-4: "What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God's faithfulness? Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written: "So that you may be proved right when you speak, and prevail when you judge"

Name: kat
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: A quite different place than yourself
Time: 1997-10-08 01:42:00
Comments: I was once confused about this life and took "refuge" in atheism; it's a very dark place, atheism. I vividly remember the anger and suspicion, the antagonism that I nurtured in my heart. I see it here; I know what it feels like; it's a dead end. I pray for you with understanding, love and hope. There is only one hope. You know what it is, you've heard it before. Listen for Him; watch for Him. He's waiting for you with more love than you will ever be able to imagine.

Name: Jane
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Canberra
Time: 1997-09-27 07:18:00
Comments: Forgive these people for they know not what they do! Praise be to God.

Name: Shaun McCance
Website: Zarkov Estate Atheism Page
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Portage, IN
Time: 1997-09-25 13:59:00
Comments: I found this site on Alta Vista. I laughed. I cried. What can I say? This is a great page. Keep up the good work

Name: Phil Jamison
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From:
Time: 1997-09-24 08:04:00
Comments: This is a great page. It is wonderful to see that people share the same ideas. I hope you build off this foundation! Phil P.S. Thank God for atheism!

Name: Tracy Turner
Website: Mountains Majesty
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Harlan KY
Time: 1997-09-24 06:21:00
Comments: Great Page! I really enjoyed my visit. Have bookmarked your site.

Name: Mirage
Website: The Mirage Institute
Referred by: From LinkExchange
From: Phoenix, AZ
Time: 1997-09-04 23:50:00
Comments: Kick-ass site you have here! I'm always glad to see another person who realizes what *CRAP* xianity is all about. Keep up the good work!! BTW, to all fundy morons who read this: Fuck you and your weak world!

Name: Jeff Martin
Website: no longer up
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Olympia WA
Time: 1997-09-02 02:06:00
Comments: cool page. stick it to those xian bastards.

Name: shirley
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Texas
Time: 1997-08-24 16:54:00
Comments: I also agree with your views about the Bible. I feel the Christian religion can one day prove to be highly dan- gerous. The danger is perhaps subtle now, and totally unseen by a lot of people, but if the Christians keep sliding their feet further through the crack of the door there will be HELL to pay. Shirley Bayzaie

Name: Jesus
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: heaven's gate
Time: 1997-08-20 17:33:00
Comments: testing

Name: Nerrad
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: Ca
Time: 1997-08-11 04:16:00
Comments: Hey, great page. I love to debate with and enlighten fools and your page offers great educated information. Thanx for all the hard work. Nerrad P.S. I do believe in Satan though. His real name is Gates. :-)

Name: Ron Kneusel
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From:
Time: 1997-08-01 23:56:00
Comments: Interesting site! Yet another splendid example of atheist obsession with Christianity. One would think that if something were "bogus beyond belief" that one would simply ignore it. You seem to have a thing against rape and murder, why? If there is no God, no higher authority, why would anything be wrong? In fact, how could it be wrong? You also seem to confuse fundamentalist Protestantism with Christianity. That's too bad, and you are not the first to lose faith because of it. Rather than examining the most extreme versions of Christian faith why not start with the most historic? Read the Catechism of the Catholic Church and also St. Thomas Aquinas's _Summa Theologica_ and then begin your examination to the rationalness of faith. One little point, and I've seen many an atheist make a similar comment, why do you think that when Christians pray to God, when Jews worship Yahweh, and when Muslims kneel to Allah that they are praying to different gods? There is only one God, regardless of the name. Very curious.. very curious. I find people like you to be the most curious of men. You parade around screaming "There is no god!" while the God who created you is maintaining your existence from moment to moment. It would be amusing if it weren't so sad. - Ron Kneusel rkneusel@post.its.mcw.edu

Name: Ron Kneusel
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From:
Time: 1997-08-01 23:53:00
Comments: Interesting site! Yet another splendid example of atheist obsession with Christianity. One would think that if something were "bogus beyond belief" that one would simply ignore it. You seem to have a thing against rape and murder, why? If there is no God, no higher authority, why would anything be wrong? In fact, how could it be wrong? You also seem to confuse fundamentalist Protestantism with Christianity. That's too bad, and you are not the first to lose faith because of it. Rather than examining the most extreme versions of Christian faith why not start with the most historic? Read the Catechism of the Catholic Church and also St. Thomas Aquinas's _Summa Theologica_ and then begin your examination to the rationalness of faith. One little point, and I've seen many an atheist make a similar comment, why do you think that when Christians pray to God, when Jews worship Yahweh, and when Muslims kneel to Allah that they are praying to different gods? There is only one God, regardless of the name. Very curious.. very curious. I find people like you to be the most curious of men. You parade around screaming "There is no god!" while the God who created you is maintaining your existence from moment to moment. It would be amusing if it weren't so sad. - Ron Kneusel rkneusel@post.its.mcw.edu

Name: Mortimer Prodheim III
Website: Christian Truth!!!!!!
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Pinheadville, Nebraska
Time: 1997-07-26 09:12:00
Comments: Evil Sinner, You will surely burn in hell for all eternity for your insolence. Yes, indeed, my God is a mightly god, and your pathetic attempts to sully his Name only reflects on your puny, human, fallen, sinful hate of Him. You just want to do your own thing, free of God's moral rules, which are written so plainly in the glorious Bible, the greatest book of Wisdom the universe has ever known. Well (huff, puff) I tried to warn you, but one day it will ne too late, and you will regret the things you are saying here. then I will be in heaven, laughing as you scream in agony. I can't wait : ) Yours in Christ. Mortimer

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