"I think we invented God and then God invented us."

Most apt from an 11 year old.

AGIR <"It was Galileo who said, ''I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.' "

Lol ! Love that quote.

StG, I very much doubt AGIR is having a go at Christian beliefs at all.

He just loves stirring the pot so that Christians and non-Christians will be at each others' throats, and he can join in and spout his considerable knowledge of biblical texts, and utter sarcastic remarks from his pulpit.

So yes AGIR, I liked that article because it made me smile and shake my head at the same time about the extreme gullibility of us
humans at times :)

Nice one, spindoc.

How about...

"If you have NPD, there's no need to call us, you're just perfect as you are."

And my apologies, Boaz, but dredging up an eighteen-month-old column by a professional comedian in order to promote your version of religion isn't up to your usual standard of "manufacture-a-controversy".

Oh all right, if you insist.

"I'm wondering how you would describe the article linked here, specially the title and first paragraph?"

My response: it is mildly amusing, but not particularly original, or even very thought-provoking. A touch smug, perhaps, in places. Overall 5.5/10

I expect you are going to claim that it is a form of hate-speech, that falls foul of some Victorian law or other, that you would like to see repealed.

Good luck with that.

Thanks people. I can understand the various taunts :) if anyone was a worthy target...I sure am given the amount of criticicism I've levelled at another faith and certain sexual behaviors.

Stg.. the paragraph after the title was not mine..it was from the Deveny Article.

But that's all good.. I try not to mock.. but to assert.. I will say that "The bible describes homosexual behavior as an abomination"...I don't couch such remarks in terms like "aaah.. aids will get all you poofs"..... which would, in my view be not only in VERY poor taste.. but insensitive and cruel.

But regarding the article.... I have 2 questions which I'm interested in gathering a spread of hopefully serious opinion on.

1/ Do you think it reasonable that the title identifies the 'God' in question as the Christian God?

2/ Do you think the article mocks Christian belief and Christians?

Feel free to have a bash at me/on me/to me .. after that.. but if you can give a concise answer to those 2 questions it will be appreciated.

For background.. "Our father, who art in heaven" is the beginning of a prayer Jesus taught. We open Parliament sessions with that prayer.
The old English is echoing 'King James English'... "Thine"

For the record.. I feel rather sorry for Deveny herself... life must be pretty miserable for her.

Perilous .. the Law ?... we just had a huge victory already.. the changes brought in by Labor will be stillborn... not gonna happen (Equal Opportunity Act reform)

Been following those scallywags in the EDL lately ? :)
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/175956/EDL-TO-BECOME-POLITICAL-PARTY/
Cameron is taking them seriously.. same day as their Luton demo he declares Multiculturalism 'dead'.. amazing stuff.
(Don't get sidetracked though...pweese)

Deveny is a fool. (fullstop)

I apologise blaming you for such trolling rubbish. That ... woman ... gets off on being offensive and I have nothing but contempt for such a mole. I'm still looking at you sideways for posting it knowing that it will do nothing but stir, but I'm sorry attributing it to you.

1: She's calling faith, a disease. God is God. Whether that's my God, the Jewish God, the Muslim God, or any other God. Specific targets of that woman's warped imagination and whims for the sake of a pay day are irrelevant. She does things like that ONLY for hits on her blogs.

2: I won't read that woman's tripe. I have nothing nice to say about her and anything I would say would get me banned here ... again.

Removing Christian rituals from something is doing EXACTLY what Atheists want to get rid of. Censoring something for freedom of belief is oxymoronic at best. Sure, Atheists shouldn't be pressured to contribute but a moment of silence for Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Jedi's, or who the ... ever to thank, bless, pray, or think about the weekend for half a minute won't kill anyone. Stand there and pick your nose for all I care, but banning it is retarded logic. Sounds like deveny logic.

...that is my assumption of the parliament comment. If that's not what you meant, well, that's what I think anyway. ;o)