Comments on: A Quick Word From the Bible: Reader Mail http://www.jasonkrumbine.com/2009/07/02/a-quick-word-from-the-bible-reader-mail/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:31:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Gift of the Holy Sport « Brainbiter http://www.jasonkrumbine.com/2009/07/02/a-quick-word-from-the-bible-reader-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-1134 The Gift of the Holy Sport « Brainbiter Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:39:23 +0000 http://www.jasonkrumbine.com/?p=1004#comment-1134 [...] July 2009 by Dave Cartoonist/blogger Jason Krumbine responds to readers who complain about Christians "imposing their views" on [...] [...] July 2009 by Dave Cartoonist/blogger Jason Krumbine responds to readers who complain about Christians “imposing their views” on [...]

]]> By: Dave http://www.jasonkrumbine.com/2009/07/02/a-quick-word-from-the-bible-reader-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-1114 Dave Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:48:33 +0000 http://www.jasonkrumbine.com/?p=1004#comment-1114 "How is that any different than you sharing with someone about how awesome your favorite sports team is? Are you forcing your sports tastes down other people’s throats? Of course you’re not." Thanks for this illustration! I honestly never thought about it that way. I am a Christian, but I don't advertise it with stickers and fish magnets. I think I've only been "witnessed to" by a Christian stranger twice in my life. Both times they were very polite about it, and when I told them I agreed with them, they said goodbye. Maybe they just wanted an atheist to argue with, but on the other hand, only an argumentative atheist would have responded with a hostile attitude. So, I've always been pretty baffled by people who whine about having Christianity forced on them. On the other hand, I have no use for spectator sports, and I am alternately amused and annoyed by all the painted and dressed-up wackos who come out on game day. They hoard all their little relics, they make their big pilgrimages, they rehearse their chants and rituals, they venerate their idols, they start stupid arguments with followers of rival teams, and I just shake my head and say, "What a bunch of idiots!" But, I'm happy to report that your analogy has given me some perspective on the issues of both athletic and religious worship. I'll come back to check out your stuff! “How is that any different than you sharing with someone about how awesome your favorite sports team is? Are you forcing your sports tastes down other people’s throats? Of course you’re not.”

Thanks for this illustration! I honestly never thought about it that way.

I am a Christian, but I don’t advertise it with stickers and fish magnets. I think I’ve only been “witnessed to” by a Christian stranger twice in my life. Both times they were very polite about it, and when I told them I agreed with them, they said goodbye. Maybe they just wanted an atheist to argue with, but on the other hand, only an argumentative atheist would have responded with a hostile attitude. So, I’ve always been pretty baffled by people who whine about having Christianity forced on them.

On the other hand, I have no use for spectator sports, and I am alternately amused and annoyed by all the painted and dressed-up wackos who come out on game day. They hoard all their little relics, they make their big pilgrimages, they rehearse their chants and rituals, they venerate their idols, they start stupid arguments with followers of rival teams, and I just shake my head and say, “What a bunch of idiots!”

But, I’m happy to report that your analogy has given me some perspective on the issues of both athletic and religious worship. I’ll come back to check out your stuff!

]]> By: Anon http://www.jasonkrumbine.com/2009/07/02/a-quick-word-from-the-bible-reader-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Anon Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:49:44 +0000 http://www.jasonkrumbine.com/?p=1004#comment-1028 I consider myself somewhere between an Atheist and an Agnostic, because Atheism is nearly as great a leap of faith as are other religions. And, to some extent, I do feel lost and alone. I gaze upwards, at the starry sky, and I realize that my brain is not equipped to comprehend infinity. I realize that human beings, like all things that follow the laws of nature, are inherently limited. I search for something greater, but I cannot find anything with a claim of being greater that does not run up against the laws of physics without challenging them in a manner identical to the claims put forth by Science. And so I continue to feel that gnawing at my mind, the desire to comprehend the incomprehensible, but I realize that to accept any answer that does not satisfy my intellect is to concede my quest for understanding to the merely convenient. So I sometimes speak to religous figures, and I challenge them to explain why their claims are any better than none at all, and they usually resort to faith, despite my challenge being based in reason. Each of them has failed, and I have grown increasingly firm in my belief that there is no answer that is better than any other, although there are many that are worse. I only have faith that faith is not the answer, for to claim rightness from faith is, in essence, to claim that each individual is the center of his or her own universe. By the way, you really ought to label this a Christian webcomic in the ads. I felt misled after clicking the link. I consider myself somewhere between an Atheist and an Agnostic, because Atheism is nearly as great a leap of faith as are other religions. And, to some extent, I do feel lost and alone. I gaze upwards, at the starry sky, and I realize that my brain is not equipped to comprehend infinity. I realize that human beings, like all things that follow the laws of nature, are inherently limited. I search for something greater, but I cannot find anything with a claim of being greater that does not run up against the laws of physics without challenging them in a manner identical to the claims put forth by Science. And so I continue to feel that gnawing at my mind, the desire to comprehend the incomprehensible, but I realize that to accept any answer that does not satisfy my intellect is to concede my quest for understanding to the merely convenient. So I sometimes speak to religous figures, and I challenge them to explain why their claims are any better than none at all, and they usually resort to faith, despite my challenge being based in reason. Each of them has failed, and I have grown increasingly firm in my belief that there is no answer that is better than any other, although there are many that are worse. I only have faith that faith is not the answer, for to claim rightness from faith is, in essence, to claim that each individual is the center of his or her own universe.

By the way, you really ought to label this a Christian webcomic in the ads. I felt misled after clicking the link.

]]> By: James http://www.jasonkrumbine.com/2009/07/02/a-quick-word-from-the-bible-reader-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-1021 James Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:39:50 +0000 http://www.jasonkrumbine.com/?p=1004#comment-1021 And the hits just keep on coming. Here's a great Bible tip: If your neighbors want to rape your male house guests, throw your young daughters their way instead and let them have their way with them. It's the course of hospitality, you see. All instructions are included in Genesis chapter 19. Also, God hates homosexuals. The same God, I believe. And the hits just keep on coming. Here’s a great Bible tip: If your neighbors want to rape your male house guests, throw your young daughters their way instead and let them have their way with them. It’s the course of hospitality, you see.

All instructions are included in Genesis chapter 19. Also, God hates homosexuals. The same God, I believe.

]]> By: D Cartner http://www.jasonkrumbine.com/2009/07/02/a-quick-word-from-the-bible-reader-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 D Cartner Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:25:58 +0000 http://www.jasonkrumbine.com/?p=1004#comment-1014 9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God This verse describes Christians and Republicans to a tee. Funny how Christians pick the sins to hate and turn a blind eye to the sins they themselves commit. How dare you preach to anyone about sin. The only True Christian is a Gay Christian. 9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God
This verse describes Christians and Republicans to a tee. Funny how Christians pick the sins to hate and turn a blind eye to the sins they themselves commit. How dare you preach to anyone about sin. The only True Christian is a Gay Christian.

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