Can Bible bangers cause atheism?
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I have a bit of a problem with certain bands, like pink Floyd or radio head for example, this is not because they produce bad music, far from it, but I have had friends who insisted on playing me them and explaining they're understandings and interpretations about the songs to me, It put me of them. When I have had chance to listen to them in my own space and gain my own appreciation of them, then I have been able to start enjoying what I'm listening to and discoverer meanings that may not have been apparent to that Friend with the blinkered beliefs. Who knows, I may be closer to the authors original intent.
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Reading the Bible is the single best way of making someone an atheist. Add in a little outside history and the case is done.
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Intolerance is in bad taste.  Just because the bible says so, doesn't make it true.  If you believe in a book simply because it claims to be the one and only word of God, the only proof you have is an idol.  Yes, the bible is an idol.  A man made object that people worship as the word of God.  Before you bash someone Else's religion, take a good long look at your own.  I mean really look at it.  Use the questioning ability, logic, and free will, that God gave you.  You will undoubtedly find out that the bible makes no sense.
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My husband and I have a Christian DJ company, and we do Club nights at churches for youth groups.  We would like to show youth that there is an alternative to music that has a beat that fills your mind with earthly lust, violence, etc. (you do listen to the lyrics, even if you say that you don't).  \n\nMany Christian hip hop artists DO NOT take secular beats and put Christian lyrics to them.  They have talent, and they have styles, and they have dedication to their passion.  \n\nThere are MANY fabulous Christian hip-hop artists out there who fit a mini-sermon into a song.  With all music, you should check the lyrics.  We have come across a very small amount of "Christian" rap that we do not play due to lyrical content.  Mostly calling darker skinned people a word that isn't ok to call them.  \n\nYou can use the search feature of Yahoo! Answers to find suggestions of Christian hip-hop.  Lots of people have asked about that before.  \n\nWe almost never listen to secular music, and it has been a serious blessing in our lives.  I do not believe that a beat is inherently evil.  I know that some do.  If it makes them stumble to hear a Christian rock song, or a Christian rap song, then I guess that they should not do that.  Here is an example.  I have a very good friend who did a lot of earthly things before she was saved.  Even the beat of Christian techno reminds her of things that she did, and does not care to listen to that.  That is a very mature thing to realise.
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Charismatic preachers claim that 'god' speaks to them directly. \n\nPat Robertson would be an example, his followers would count as a subculture.
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Even if the artist thanks God in their insert, that may just be a selling tactic, or they are just doing it because it is the thing to do.  Look at their lyrics, are they for God, or against Him??  If they were really born again, the Spirit would be living in them, and you would see the fruit of that in their music.  For example, if they were singing about sleeping with random people, and thinking that that was a great time, then they probably have not given their life over to the real Master.  You can tell if they are Christian by their actions.
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This just shows how hypocritical bible thumpers are
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It can be difficult to find agreement with large groups of people who choose to believe a doctrine that promotes the idea that those who don't share that doctrine are "evil" and should be slaughtered.\n\nAtheists are far more tolerant of bible thumpers than bible thumpers are of anyone who disagrees with their propaganda.
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No one knows the answer.  The bible thumpers try to blame it on God but it doesn't answer the basic question of "Why?".  There is not yet a satisfying answer that I know of.
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I believe in God just not the bible, how dare anyone claim to know what God thinks, I have more respect for God, there are hundreds of archaeological finds proving that the bible that exists was put into place by church hierarchy that had ulterior motives for including and not including what THEY wanted in the bible, only someone who had ALL the original texts and could read them in the original language that they were written in would have a good understanding of what the ancient religious leaders had in mind, and who's to say they were God inspired, insane asylums are full of people who hear God
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Okay, there are really a lot of smarties out there. This isn't a 'Christian' site, but I knew what you meant. We are in the Religion section and you are asking a religious question, so why do these atheist morons have to get in and disrupt and adult conversation??? Psa 14:1  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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zomg, biblebanger frw. kthanks.
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Omg baby, this is way too funny. But in my opinion, I think the religious fanatic would be entirely more dangerous. Why? Because atheist dont press what they believe on you and they dont have big "bibles" to throw at you when you have sinned, and i know that when they get together in mass congregations they tend to jump around, fling their hands everywhere, reach for the sky and start screaming in tongue. And they can be so hyporitical, atheists just keep to themselves most the time. Others just run around and will not shut up.
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1. \n\nMost of the time athiest have had a bad situation occur in their lives and turned to God for help, he didn't answer in the way they wanted so they don't believe he exists.\n\nGot proof? News flash... atheists are not mad at a god they do not believe in. \n\n2.\n\nLook it's a waste of time trying to convert athiests and athiests to convert believers.\n\na.) Then take your own advice and keep your sermon to yourself :)\n\nb.) I, for one think that it's never a waste of time to try to understand others and be understood. \n\nc.) If it weren't for people sharing ideas, I would not have changed my worldview.
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no. all religion makes you burn
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Of course it is...but that's inevitable given your earlier point about using the bible to justify just about anything.\n\nI am sure Hitler could have found good cause to use the bible to justify his actions had he not been an atheist.
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I read the most of the Bible. It's not the Book that made me an atheist but rather the hypocrisy of a lot of people who claim to be Christians.\n\nNot all, I agree, but too many.