From Qwantz comics

From webcomic Far Left Side

found on Reddit and as pointed out there:

Krishna - Wrong was actually one of many sons
Dioynsus - Wrong about the Holy Child crap
Mithra - Being born of a rock is hardly similar to virgin birth
Horus - Was not born of a virgin birth was infact born of his mother using Osiris's dead member to felate herself, was not crucified had head choped off.

come on guys this is obviously wrong can this please stop resurfacing

Still made me laugh though...

Christian chemists 'will be forced out' under morning-after pill rules


Christian pharmacists fear they could face the sack if they refuse to hand out morning-after pills, under new guidelines issued by a medical regulator.
Many pharmacists have conscientious moral objections to dispensing emergency contraception and have in the past refused to do so because the drugs work by preventing a fertilised egg from implanting in the womb.

I have a solution, since as pharmacists it is their job to provide the legally approved medicines required by their clientele, be it prescription or over-the-counter: Why don't they pray over the pills asking God to render them inneffective? Prayer works, right? This would line up with God's wishes, right?

Discussing the topic of eviction of gypsies in the UK, my opponent cited Matthew 7:3 because a certain Racquel Rolnik, a UN "Special rapporteur" on Human Rights has criticised the eviction, and Prof Rolnik is from Sao Paulo where there have been many instances of human rights abuse.

Prof Rolnik, a professor at the faculty of architecture and urbanism of the University of Sao Paulo, has been a UN special rapporteur on adequate housing since 2008. She is an independent unpaid expert appointed by the Human Rights Council and it is believed she was asked to intervene by campaign groups.

Human rights is a pressing issue in her home country. Police killed 1,195 people in 2007 in the state of Rio de Janeiro alone, while Sao Paulo state officers killed 340 civilians in nine months in the same year. Another 1,940 vanished. Child labour is commonplace and torture has been widely reported in detention centres and prisons.

Matthew 7:3 "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?" is classic Tu Quoque.

Nice to see this calm and well argued article in USA Today, by Jerry Coyne titled "As atheists know, you can be good without God"

He gives examples of immoral teachings in the Old and New Testaments and points out how believers choose to ignore and not act upon these immoral guidelines.

Having shown that we don't get our moral guidelines from the Bible, where have they come from?

So where does morality come from, if not from God? Two places: evolution and secular reasoning.

Should we be afraid that a morality based on our genes and our brains is somehow inferior to one handed down from above? Not at all. In fact, it's far better, because secular morality has a flexibility and responsiveness to social change that no God-given morality could ever have. Secular morality is what pushes religion to improve its own dogma on issues such as slavery and the treatment of women. Secular morality is what prevents ethically irrelevant matters — what we eat, read or wear, when we work, or whom we have sex with — from being grouped with matters of genuine moral concern — rape and child abuse. And really, isn't it better to be moral because you've worked out for yourself — in conjunction with your group — the right thing to do, rather than because you want to propitiate a god or avoid punishment in the hereafter?

Nor should we worry that a society based on secular morality will degenerate into lawlessness. That experiment has already been done — in countries such as Sweden and Denmark that are largely filled with non-believers and atheists. I can vouch from experience that secular European nations are full of well-behaved and well-meaning citizens, not criminals and sociopaths running amok. In fact, you can make a good case that those countries, with their liberal social views and extensive aid for the sick, old and disadvantaged, are even more moral than America.

Clearly, you can be good without God.

So not only could Jesus teleport himself, but he could also teleport his mates and their boat. Later on in Acts, Philip teleported from the lake to Azotus.

Teleportation, zombies, is there any craziness the Bible hasn't covered?

John 6:16-21
16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, 17 where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. 18 A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened. 20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.” 21 Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.


John 20:19-20
19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.

Acts 8:38-40
8 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.