tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post2625651995502114537..comments2023-04-03T09:33:55.039-06:00Comments on Ramblings of Sheldon: "If You Leave Christianity, You Were Never a True Christian in the First Place"Sheldon Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660822618786253558noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-31103711832849402042013-11-04T23:12:13.597-06:002013-11-04T23:12:13.597-06:00the banana crazy guy!!!!!! lol I was searching f...the banana crazy guy!!!!!! lol I was searching for an answer about something else and this fool pops up.. too funny. lol I remember seeing this guys banana argument video.. Memories!!! I needed a good laugh. Can't believe this fool is still around. Thank you for the laugh. hugs to you all :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-88031723041794782452013-03-06T11:13:41.286-06:002013-03-06T11:13:41.286-06:00I hope so too. He's normally a great guy (desp...I hope so too. He's normally a great guy (despite my disagreements with him on spiritual matters).Sheldon Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17660822618786253558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-77411759783128185432013-03-05T19:23:44.275-06:002013-03-05T19:23:44.275-06:00I love it when people try to dismiss the former fa...I love it when people try to dismiss the former faith of those, like myself, who were devoted, committed followers of Jesus for decades. Their theology gets in the way of them exercising common sense. <br /><br />John Shore really missed the mark with his post. I hope he rethinks his view.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-91998850482309272612013-03-05T03:16:56.305-06:002013-03-05T03:16:56.305-06:00Ahab, you are correct. Its also too scary to say s...Ahab, you are correct. Its also too scary to say someone "lost their salvation" (which I do think that's a bunch of bogus, but I"m going with their lingo), and so its easier to say they just never had it. Lanahttp://www.wideopenground.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-68591193085750882442013-03-05T03:15:26.789-06:002013-03-05T03:15:26.789-06:00^Except for the fact that if God is not real, the...^Except for the fact that if God is not real, then you did actually have a relationship with nobody. Lanahttp://www.wideopenground.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-1446621739829186282013-03-04T11:03:16.294-06:002013-03-04T11:03:16.294-06:00Perfect analogy really.Perfect analogy really.Sheldon Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17660822618786253558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-8183364899815473492013-03-04T11:02:49.410-06:002013-03-04T11:02:49.410-06:00Do you want the crocoducks to be guard animals? I&...Do you want the crocoducks to be guard animals? I'm sure not many people would come near your house with those things wandering around on your property. ;)Sheldon Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17660822618786253558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-91411879730902809582013-03-04T11:01:54.147-06:002013-03-04T11:01:54.147-06:00Agreed. Christianity is perfection to these people...Agreed. Christianity is perfection to these people.Sheldon Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17660822618786253558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-23432159986999764522013-03-04T10:23:31.092-06:002013-03-04T10:23:31.092-06:00I guess that I wasn't really in love with that... I guess that I wasn't really in love with that girl I spent five years of my life with either, because we eventually broke up. Andrew Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495983897864604830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-80338379671922899202013-03-03T21:16:31.459-06:002013-03-03T21:16:31.459-06:00I'll add another vote for the insecurity hypot...I'll add another vote for the insecurity hypothesis. If a fellow believer found their religion flawed enough to leave, it suggests to the Christian that their belief system isn't perfect. And that's scary to them.<br /><br />Oh, and I want a pond full of crocoducks in my backyard.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-17270285461639793262013-03-03T07:55:31.373-06:002013-03-03T07:55:31.373-06:00No true Scotsman... as has been said a million ti...No true Scotsman... as has been said a million times before. <br /><br />If someone immerses themselves in Christianity and then leaves it, a crack opens in the facade that must be sealed off immediately. Christianity is perfection and everything else under the sun is an abomination, therefore it's an impossibility that you should find Christianity is a flawed institution and leave. The only explanation could be YOU WERE DOING IT WRONG THIS WHOLE TIME. Heads I win, tails you lose, that's the name of the Christian game.atheist herenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-40689027963616034082013-03-03T04:55:38.193-06:002013-03-03T04:55:38.193-06:00I'm going with insecurity as well. But I'd...I'm going with insecurity as well. But I'd add that even if Christians don't claim that you were never a real Christian anyway (a moderately common position in itself), they have other ways of discrediting anyone deconverting. Either you're too comfortable or you're blaming God for bad things that happened in your life. Whether you're happy or sad, rich or poor, that will be used as the basis for an argument based on Bulverism.<br /><br />Basically, whatever you say, it "proves" that your opinion isn't reliable, and that your deconversion doesn't need to worry anyone. I call this Satan's Fork. http://recoveringagnostic.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/satans-fork/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-51295835506807693252013-03-03T01:11:34.830-06:002013-03-03T01:11:34.830-06:00I'm going with the insecurity hypothesis. Some...I'm going with the insecurity hypothesis. Someone like me, who never was a fundamentalist anything, is not as scary. I was lost to begin with. Now to go look up the crocoduck--thanks!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.com