Sometimes when my atheist friend and I would be watching television, a commercial for one of those ghost hunting shows would come on. Now I know that the things that go bump in the night arent deceased people but that they are actually demonic activity so I know that most of those shows feature real supernatural activity but the people seeking after it just have no idea of how serious it really is But anyway my atheist friend would always laugh and scoff at those shows and in my head I would always think Man! I wish a demon would come in here and throw some plates or something right in front of his face so then at least he would know that there is more to this world than meets the eye and than I could lead him to Christ much easier!
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I wish a demon would come in here and throw some plates or something right in front of his face so then at least he would know that there is more to this world than meets the eye and than I could lead him to Christ much easier!
Actually, as long as we're indulging in fantasies, why not wish for Christ to come in there and head-slap your friend? That would make it real easy to lead him to Christ.
Hell, a Rapture Retard with ANY real life friends is hard to swallow, let alone an atheist friend.
I'm thinking this person exists just about as much as ghosts.
Not strictly on topic but my biggest beef with those fucking ghost hunting shows is when they have them on Discovery. It's supposed to be a science, not a fantasy, channel.
"Now I know that the things that go bump in the night arent deceased people but that they are actually demonic activity so I know that most of those shows feature real supernatural activity..."
No. There is no supernatural activity in *any* of those shows, zero, zip, bugger all. Those programmes are specifically targeted at the the gullible and ignorant. Much like a certain book...
Now I know that the things that go bump in the night arent deceased people but that they are actually demonic activity.
You're right- the only thing going bump, bump, bump in the night in my house is the headboard hitting the wall-
Damn, I'm getting tired of fixing those holes in the drywall...
I wish a demon would come in here and throw some plates or something right in front of his face so then at least he would know that there is more to this world than meets the eye and than I could lead him to Christ much easier!
And why do you think it never happens?
Forget whether you believe in religion, God, ghosts, demons, etc...
Whenever you have a recorded medium, such as television, you are not seeing reality but rather an altered view of reality filtered through the concious mind. You cannot believe what you see on TV as real. Period. Even the news has filtering that distort the reality they're trying to report!
In that respect, those ghost hunter shows are complete and utter bullshit. A friend of mine has some interest in them and I tell him time and time again they're faking him out to keep his attention long enough for the commercials to come along. That's what TV is all about.
@Berny: Totally agree.
Here in the UK we get dubbed versions of these so-called documentaries. They are, at best, what might be described as a category error. A serious (and often good) channel can suddenly switch from science aimed at 12-year-olds to mythology or fantasy aimed at 7-year-olds (with an added question mark in the title -- Did Moses Part The Red Sea? -- to keep the regulators happy).
I can understand why science documentaries might be targetted at intelligent 12-year-olds (because many people older than that may well have forgotten the basics they were taught at school), but the broadcasting of blatant non-historical drivel alongside decent educational programmes doesn't exactly do the channel's reputation much good.
Sorry, but there's no such thing as ghosts or demons. And it's strange how it's always the people who believe in ghosts or demons who are bothered by them and see them everywhere, but they never bother people who don't believe in them.
You'd think I was a prime target for demonic plate-hurling and the like specially since I think Satan is a putrid nitwit and all his demon pals are pansies. But so far, nothing. They are all scaredy cats. There you are Rapturians, all you have to do to ensure a demon free existence is to insult Satan and all the demons. It seems to work. I hope that little tip works for you too.
@ Doctor Fishcake: Nah, it's a matter of perspective. The moRRons claim to have "atheist friends" when the reality is that they know an atheist who can't stand to be around them because the moRRons won't shut up about their drivel. The moRRons don't actually consider them friends, but they pretend they do because they think it makes them sound more credible.
My name is Jeff Dollars and I have real friends. Yeah that's right. And my BFE is named uh...J-- uh... J i m m m e e e... oh, yeah now I remember how that goes it's Jimmy uh, DIMES! That's the ticket. Known him for years, and we pray together for Jebus to throw plates around and play catch with the other ghosts and demons. Joey's a athiest, just not a reborn one yet. I mean Jimmy. I expect to hear some plates crashing...soon .
We expect.
@ Doctor Fishcake
My thoughts exactly.
Go into the kitchen, hide behind a counter, and throw some fucking plates. Problem solved, with all the honesty usually displayed by you Raptards.
The period is your friend. That paragraph required more than one.
Also, this guy is an idiot. But that comes as no surprise. I've seen his quotes around here before. >.>
There are two possible scenarios here. The first is that you genuinely feel affection for this person and are sincere in your friendship, despite (or perhaps because of) his differences from you; in that case, it's quite healthy to be discussing your differences rationally, and to be just as prepared to be swayed by a logical argument yourself as you are to try and sway him. Given the fact you're on RR, of course, and also the tone of your post, I frankly doubt this, which leads me on to the alternative case. The other possible case is that, whether or not you are conscious of it, whether you even genuinely believe the opposite to be so, you are insincere in your "friendship" and parasitically attaching yourself to this person, cynically going through the motions of friendship to avoid rejection or resistance, in order to try and recruit another rapturite zombie for your cult, in which case you disgust me.
OK, there's also a third possible scenario, which is that this whole story is a load of imaginary bullshit intended to impress, and increase your standing with, your fellow zombies by your missionary zeal and noble voluntary suffering in the midst of the infidels. In this case, I merely pity you.
If there is a demon, then it's you, Jeffery (shouldn't that be Jeffrey? Or more classy, Geoffrey?) as you are the one who is after your friend's soul.
Also I'm worried about this going bump in the night thing. I don't think demons have much to do with it.
Man that Satan really needs to hire better staff...
What evil can you do minion! Cause the fall of righteous men? The ruination of nations?
I can break a couple of plates...
Hire me. I can do better with my "run with scissors" campaign.
I can't offer any evidence other than my own testimony, but I've actually encountered a 'ghost' myself - and I was quite sober at the time.
However, I don't interpret what I saw as either spirits of the deceased or demons. I simply see it as an as-yet unexplained natural phenomenon. I would be fascinated to have a plausible, i.e. scientific, explanation for it - perhaps some day one will come and 'ghosts' will be as mundane and easily explained as meteorites or ball lightning.
Until then, believe me or believe me not - I don't mind, and I certainly can't blame anyone for disbelieving me.
"The things that go bump in the night aren't deceased people."
...and then you both split a pizza and he went home.
Y'see, demons don't come on command any more than angels and god do. You can talk to them all day long, and they don't answer, but pretty soon your friend always has an excuse for not visiting.
“… but that they are actually demonic activity so I know that most of those shows feature real supernatural activity…”
“Man! I wish a demon would come in here …[then] I could lead him to Christ much easier!”
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