My conversation with Jamie M on 11/17/11

The question had been posted on Facebook as to whether we believed in angels.  You can imagine my response.  Following is my conversation with Jamie M, who does believe in angels.  I’m in italics.  Jamie’s in bold.  Comments at the end.

Jamie M Yes, emphatically. I was pregnant with my first child, I KNEW it was a girl, I reached a crisis of faith, prayed and cried and that night dreamt an Angel sat by my bedside drawing in clay on my belly (don’t know what he was writing) he said “If you don’t believe, I’ll prove God to you, your baby is a boy” I woke up laughing…2 days later it was confirmed a boy, then I had a 2nd boy, then I had a 3rd boy. I’m certain my womb is sealed for boys and that God has shown himself to me.

Anton Hill ‎@Jamie Are you saying that correctly guessing the gender of your child, something which you had a 50/50 chance of getting right, is evidence of the supernatural? It’s fascinating that an omnipotent god “reveals” a perfectlly normal, objectively verified facet of human biology.

Jamie M Anton, I’m saying I needed something inside to “prove” it to me and three boys in a row…that made me think. The point wasn’t the “biology” it was the man, sitting beside my bed, oozing comfort, light, love, and a message made just for me. What I needed was something to boost my faith and I found it in a dream provided specifically to me in a way I could understand and believe, what you need may be more empirical, and that is also personal. Jeff asked do YOU believe Angels exist…my personal answer is yes, I believe they exist for many reasons, this was just one personal reason which my “Omnipotant God” knew I would feel and respond to. I don’t remember attacking your personal beliefs…there is a thread of truth in everything, even in the doubts you express, this is simply my personal truth.

Thank you, #AtheistCartoons, for making atheist cartoons!

I don’t even know how long I’ve been meaning to post about this site. Months? Years? I have no excuse for delaying it other than I’ve kept forgetting.

No more!

Sure, there are other cartoons out there, like Jesus and Mo (linked under Atheist Media), but what I like about these cartoons are they’re not necessarily about any one deity or prophet. They’re about atheists, atheism, how we see the world, how the world sees us. All kinds of stuff.

Here’s a taste:

 

Atheist Cartoons is here. And it’s linked under Atheist Media.

Thank you, #FaithFightsFact, for your series “An Atheist Reads #TheCaseforChrist”!

(NOTE: FaithFightsFact has since removed the video.)

I’ve always thought Lee Strobel was a dick. Scratch that. A smarmy dick. No, I don’t mean that he’s mean. I mean that he’s slimy and dishonest. In a similar way as Kirk Cameron. Strobel seems to be a favorite among apologists because 1. he “used to be an atheist” and then, of course, found Jesus, and 2. he, as a journalist, sought evidence for Christ.

I hate to invoke the Not a True Scotsman since I hate it when other people do it, but I do wonder how much of an atheist Strobel was simply because I’ve heard most of the information that he presents and it isn’t evidence of the supernatural claims of Jesus, so I’ve wondered what testable, reproducible, irrefutable data convinced him.

I’m also really irritated when people make the fact that Strobel is a journalist out to somehow make his claims more valid. Has no one heard of poor journalism? Is no one aware that Fox News constantly (and perhaps rightly) criticizes the New York Times on their journalism? Journalism does not truth make.

Enough on Strobel.

I’d been meaning to look at some apologist books for years now because often when I get into discussions with theists and apologists, they ask me if I’ve read these books, I admit that I haven’t, and they do that whole “gotcha” thing where they claim that I can’t comment until I’ve read them. I agree. Inasmuch as I can’t specifically comment on an apologist book I haven’t read.

So I’d intended to read them. And blog or vlog through them for the benefit of others who didn’t want to. Lots of time. Exhausting. And money that I’d have to voluntarily give to people like Strobel. Yuck.

Imagine my joy when I discovered the following, by FaithFightsFact, who received TCfC as a gift and made a series in which she does read and comment. Shew! No need for me!

“A-News episode 20: Q&A about #atheism and religion” is live!

This one’s a little different. No news. No reports. We, the A-News team, answer some common questions asked of atheists. An interesting note, both Sarah Davis and I were raised in the Episcopal church and we had OPPOSITE reactions! I thought the robes were creepy. She liked the pageantry. Ha! Go figure!

And I keep forgetting to mention this, but check out Lee Moore’s new ‘do and suit! Quite sharp!

Apartment J Entertainment is here, the episode is here, below, and under My Media.

My video “wtf|IS UP WITH HALLOWEEN HATE?” is live on #AtheistConnect!

Atheist Connect is here, the video is here, below, and under My Media.