The gift of faith - sorry bud you is outa luck!

[hiyymer]

When I was a Christian in my late teens I recall a discussion about the nature of faith. There was general agreement from those who 'knew' that it was a gift from god.

I was thinking about this earlier and I looked up a few bits in the Bible including this from Romans 12:3 which says " ... God has allotted to each a measure of faith.” Faith is not therefore a personal quality or something to work at, but rather a gift from god.

So - let's get this straight guys - god hates atheists so much he decided not to give any of us the gift of faith....


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?????

I could be mistaken but I think that was Martin Luther's argument for why there is no free will, based on scripture. Neuroscientists and theists have a lot of the same ideas.

[Robert_S]

Non no no nononono... You were a Christian, therefore you had the gift, but you chose to give it away. It's only those who were born as atheists who either weren't given the gift, or who've left it in its box.

Never had it, never needed it, never wanted it.

In denial, you are.

Actually, I'm completely dry and there are no pyramids anywhere near here.

Why is there a town called Cairo just under 200 miles from you then?

[FBM]

I kept the receipt for my gift of faith and swapped it for a bigger dick.

I didn't think you needed help to be a big dick...

Wrong. I don't need help being a big wanker. Being a big dick is another issue entirely.

[Tero]

Plus with the gift you get a bonus: a moped. In Finnish towns, small ones, boys got mopeds at 15 as confirmation gift.

I did not get my moped so had to abandon God too. Finland as well, but that part was not my idea.

[FBM]

Plus with the gift you get a bonus: a moped. In Finnish towns, small ones, boys got mopeds at 15 as confirmation gift.

I did not get my moped so had to abandon God too. Finland as well, but that part was not my idea.

But you did keep the nifty accent, didn't you?

[Tero]

Some of it. If I had come over earlier, I would not have much.

I was buying a hot dog in Stockholm in swedish and the hotdog vendor wanted to know when I moved from Finland to the USA. I had spoken 5 words.

[Svartalf]

My gift of faith came without a user's manual, so after trying to find out how to use the damn thing, and coming up with the result that it probably didn't wort at all, I just droped it in a convenient trash bin.

[Gallstones]

I kept the receipt for my gift of faith and swapped it for a bigger dick.

Since I didn't need to do such a swap, I returned the gift to sender...

My dick's near enough. But I would love to have a cunt as well. Where do I apply?

.

This place is full of them.

[FBM]

Some of it. If I had come over earlier, I would not have much.

I was buying a hot dog in Stockholm in swedish and the hotdog vendor wanted to know when I moved from Finland to the USA. I had spoken 5 words.

Pretty damn sharp for a hotdog vendor.

In contrast, I once had a Korean girl ask me if I was from Australia. Wtf.

[JimC]

Some of it. If I had come over earlier, I would not have much.

I was buying a hot dog in Stockholm in swedish and the hotdog vendor wanted to know when I moved from Finland to the USA. I had spoken 5 words.

Pretty damn sharp for a hotdog vendor.

In contrast, I once had a Korean girl ask me if I was from Australia. Wtf.

She saw something good in you, at least!

[laklak]

Some of it. If I had come over earlier, I would not have much.

I was buying a hot dog in Stockholm in swedish and the hotdog vendor wanted to know when I moved from Finland to the USA. I had spoken 5 words.

Pretty damn sharp for a hotdog vendor.

In contrast, I once had a Korean girl ask me if I was from Australia. Wtf.

She saw something good in you, at least!

Maybe she wanted something good in her.