Comments on: Faithful Dad, Faithless Dad http://filipinofreethinkers.org/2009/08/28/faithful-dad-faithless-dad/ A fellowship of atheists, agnostics, deists, humanists, skeptics, and freethinkers in the Philippines and around the world. Tue, 22 May 2012 08:39:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: mimimarquez http://filipinofreethinkers.org/2009/08/28/faithful-dad-faithless-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-13199 mimimarquez Tue, 10 May 2011 22:03:08 +0000 http://filipinofreethinkers.org/?p=415#comment-13199 This does make sense actually, I was just talking with my friend the other day about this exact same thing. You've given me some more ideas now. Can't wait to tell her about it tomorrow. Thanks! This does make sense actually, I was just talking with my friend the other day about this exact same thing. You've given me some more ideas now. Can't wait to tell her about it tomorrow. Thanks!

]]> By: ksw http://filipinofreethinkers.org/2009/08/28/faithful-dad-faithless-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-448 ksw Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:16:53 +0000 http://filipinofreethinkers.org/?p=415#comment-448 Hey, the first story is true! I swear to god. Hey, the first story is true! I swear to god.

]]> By: John http://filipinofreethinkers.org/2009/08/28/faithful-dad-faithless-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-445 John Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:18:58 +0000 http://filipinofreethinkers.org/?p=415#comment-445 WTH... It should say "I never fail to LEARN new things"... not LEARNED... The Grammar Nazis might lock me up for this one... hehe WTH… It should say "I never fail to LEARN new things"… not LEARNED… The Grammar Nazis might lock me up for this one… hehe

]]> By: John http://filipinofreethinkers.org/2009/08/28/faithful-dad-faithless-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-444 John Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:57:36 +0000 http://filipinofreethinkers.org/?p=415#comment-444 Deus Absconditus...Nice.. :) I never fail to learned new things whenever I visit this site... Wes, I wonder what Dr. James Tan would say if he found out you were a product of his school... :) Deus Absconditus…Nice.. :) I never fail to learned new things whenever I visit this site…

Wes, I wonder what Dr. James Tan would say if he found out you were a product of his school… :)

]]> By: Capri http://filipinofreethinkers.org/2009/08/28/faithful-dad-faithless-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-447 Capri Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:46:39 +0000 http://filipinofreethinkers.org/?p=415#comment-447 Christians absolutely need to stop forwarding junk, and non-Christians also need to realize that the guy who did nothing for his daughter in the second story is not a valid representation of Christians as a whole. Child neglect happens everywhere, whether the parents are misguided in their religious beliefs or have none at all. Family annihilators come in any stripe, any religion or lack thereof. And a note on the partisan issue of Christian VS. atheist, wasn't Voltaire an atheist? Christians absolutely need to stop forwarding junk, and non-Christians also need to realize that the guy who did nothing for his daughter in the second story is not a valid representation of Christians as a whole. Child neglect happens everywhere, whether the parents are misguided in their religious beliefs or have none at all. Family annihilators come in any stripe, any religion or lack thereof. And a note on the partisan issue of Christian VS. atheist, wasn't Voltaire an atheist?

]]> By: wes http://filipinofreethinkers.org/2009/08/28/faithful-dad-faithless-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-443 wes Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:27:30 +0000 http://filipinofreethinkers.org/?p=415#comment-443 Perhaps the first tale was a twist on the Footprints in the Sand story... they both serve to answer the question why bad things happen to good people and where God was during that time... It's the biggest plot-hole of any religion: an omnipotent and omniscient god + total inaction in the face of great suffering. What was the Aquinas' term for that? Deus Absconditus? Perhaps the first tale was a twist on the Footprints in the Sand story… they both serve to answer the question why bad things happen to good people and where God was during that time…

It's the biggest plot-hole of any religion: an omnipotent and omniscient god + total inaction in the face of great suffering.

What was the Aquinas' term for that? Deus Absconditus?

]]> By: AnnThrop http://filipinofreethinkers.org/2009/08/28/faithful-dad-faithless-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-446 AnnThrop Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:42:24 +0000 http://filipinofreethinkers.org/?p=415#comment-446 Heard some of the testimonies of that <a href="http://www.ffrf.org/fttoday/2008/may/weitzelarticle.php" rel="nofollow">trial</a> in a <a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/ffrf/FTradio_162_053009.mp3" rel="nofollow"> ffrf radio podcast episode</a>. That was absolutely more chilling than reading about a ghostly apparition. Taking the Bible literally: "...the prayer of faith will save and will heal the sick." See, that's one thing dodgy about people "reading the real meat." Heard some of the testimonies of that trial in a ffrf radio podcast episode. That was absolutely more chilling than reading about a ghostly apparition. Taking the Bible literally: "…the prayer of faith will save and will heal the sick." See, that's one thing dodgy about people "reading the real meat."

]]> By: Red http://filipinofreethinkers.org/2009/08/28/faithful-dad-faithless-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Red Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:56:02 +0000 http://filipinofreethinkers.org/?p=415#comment-442 That's a good point, John. It seems Jesus can only comfort the victims of evil rather than stop the ones who cause it. That's a good point, John. It seems Jesus can only comfort the victims of evil rather than stop the ones who cause it.

]]> By: John http://filipinofreethinkers.org/2009/08/28/faithful-dad-faithless-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-441 John Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:49:07 +0000 http://filipinofreethinkers.org/?p=415#comment-441 If the story is true, then Jesus was an a-hole. He could have just stopped the parents fighting (being omnipotent and all) instead of impotently holding the child while she sees her parents die in front of her. If the story is true, then Jesus was an a-hole. He could have just stopped the parents fighting (being omnipotent and all) instead of impotently holding the child while she sees her parents die in front of her.

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