Evangelical Lutheran Corey Mahler had this to say about atheists:
Anyone who claims to be an Atheist should immediately lose any and all credibility with rational men, for an Atheist can be at most two of the following things: alive, rational, and honest. Naturally, this means that a living Atheist must be irrational or dishonest. The logic behind these conclusions is as simple as it is compelling: If there is no soul, this life is, in the end analysis, wholly and totally devoid of meaning. In the face of a meaningless existence, the only logical action is not to act. However, avoiding personal pain and suffering is also rational, so suicide (in order to avoid the pain and suffering entailed by simply waiting to die) is the most rational choice.
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In the end analysis, then, the only rational choice for the Atheist is suicide. He can make an irrational choice or lie to himself (and to others) about his decision (i.e., be dishonest), but the logic is inescapable. For the Atheist, the following simple proposition shakes his worldview to its core and unseats his beliefs from what he believed was a foundation:
Atheist, [(alive)⊻(died of natural causes)]→[(rational)⊼(honest)]
Given an Atheist who is alive (or who died of natural causes), he cannot be (nor can he have been) both rational and honest. The Atheist must abandon reason or lie to himself and to others. Of course, he can also ‘opt out’. The Atheist who yet draws breath betrays his irrationality or his dishonesty with each and every breath. For the rest of us, we can remain secure in our belief that an Atheist should never be taken seriously.
Bruce Gerencser, 67, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 46 years. He and his wife have six grown children and sixteen grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist.
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What a moron.
It just… boggles.
I swear, they just get more and more stupid.
I note that there is no comment facility on this guy’s blog. I don’t blame him. He’d be intellectually destroyed.
If I could ask this guy one thing it would be; Say that again please. I didn’t understand. I mean this guy could run for President.
If he claims to be a Christian of any kind (or, for that matter, a person of any sort of faith), how can he tell anyone to commit suicide?
Who’s being irrational or dishonest?
That’s what I was thinking. If this guy is actually a Christian, he’s the last person to want to urge people to kill themselves! He sounds like a fool. Also, in some places,you can go to jail for egging people on to commit suicide.
I thought Christians were against suicide. I also thought they wanted others to get saved. The longer one lives, the more chances one has to get saved. Death is the end for one’s potential to get saved. Therefore, Christians should wish a long life for the unsaved.
It’s also annoying that so many Christians assume that unless someone believes in The Correct Deity and The Correct Afterlife that their life has no meaning. That’s messed up.
Seriously? Good grief. Why doesn’t the Christian hurry up and die too so they can go to heaven sooner than later? And he thinks we shouldn’t be taken seriously. Corey, aren’t you getting in the way of the Lord’s timing here? Who are you to judge His timing and His hope? Seriously? You need to learn to “tarry” a bit Corey. Good grief.
Everyone has an as-soul.