Comments on: The God Delusion http://www.marcpelland.com/2008/12/08/the-god-delusion/ blog and portfolio Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:15:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Josh http://www.marcpelland.com/2008/12/08/the-god-delusion/comment-page-1/#comment-538 Josh Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:59:25 +0000 http://www.marcpelland.com/?p=72#comment-538 "I have never read the Bible and have only heard select passages from it. I had no idea how violent a book it actually it." If you're happy reading snippets of the Bible from a book that is out to discredit it and are happy to just have that book (and others like it) as your only source of information regarding God and the Bible, then I can see that you're not really looking for a balanced argument or to be challenged in any way and are searching more for a way to affirm your ideas of what you already believe. There are parts of the Bible that have a lot of violence in them because they are an historical document that give details of wars, right down to very personal killings (like a woman driving a tent peg though a kings head as he slept in her tent). But, there is so much more written in the Bible that isn't violent which you'll never see if you don't actually open it. If you're interested in getting a good overview of world religions then I'd recommend "A Spectators Guide to World Religions" by John Dickson (He's a Christian, but he's made a huge effort to present the 5 major religions of the world as accurately and authentically and as respectfully as he can by having everything written in the book proofread by solid believers of each faith). Even if you don't think any of the faiths are the true it's still a good source of information about what others believe in order to understand their values. Since I am a stranger to you I don't expect my words to carry much weight, I just think that you owe it to yourself to spend time looking a both sides of the atheism vs God argument with as open a mind as you're able. If after that you're still fully convinced that there is no God then at least you can say that you've thoroughly researched both sides and have come to an informed point of view about why you believe that your original view was true. A second hand opinion doesn't carry as much weight as one formed by your experiences and research. By the way thanks for posting such a lot of great, helpful stuff on your blog, I'm starting to get back into Flash and Papervision at the moment and trying to build a portfolio website. All this 3D website stuff makes me burst at the seams with creative excitement :) “I have never read the Bible and have only heard select passages from it. I had no idea how violent a book it actually it.”

If you’re happy reading snippets of the Bible from a book that is out to discredit it and are happy to just have that book (and others like it) as your only source of information regarding God and the Bible, then I can see that you’re not really looking for a balanced argument or to be challenged in any way and are searching more for a way to affirm your ideas of what you already believe.

There are parts of the Bible that have a lot of violence in them because they are an historical document that give details of wars, right down to very personal killings (like a woman driving a tent peg though a kings head as he slept in her tent). But, there is so much more written in the Bible that isn’t violent which you’ll never see if you don’t actually open it.

If you’re interested in getting a good overview of world religions then I’d recommend “A Spectators Guide to World Religions” by John Dickson (He’s a Christian, but he’s made a huge effort to present the 5 major religions of the world as accurately and authentically and as respectfully as he can by having everything written in the book proofread by solid believers of each faith). Even if you don’t think any of the faiths are the true it’s still a good source of information about what others believe in order to understand their values.

Since I am a stranger to you I don’t expect my words to carry much weight, I just think that you owe it to yourself to spend time looking a both sides of the atheism vs God argument with as open a mind as you’re able. If after that you’re still fully convinced that there is no God then at least you can say that you’ve thoroughly researched both sides and have come to an informed point of view about why you believe that your original view was true. A second hand opinion doesn’t carry as much weight as one formed by your experiences and research.

By the way thanks for posting such a lot of great, helpful stuff on your blog, I’m starting to get back into Flash and Papervision at the moment and trying to build a portfolio website. All this 3D website stuff makes me burst at the seams with creative excitement :)

]]> By: fxnull http://www.marcpelland.com/2008/12/08/the-god-delusion/comment-page-1/#comment-491 fxnull Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:23:26 +0000 http://www.marcpelland.com/?p=72#comment-491 asking question is the beginning of faith.... our history is full of violence, fell of grace and as scripture witness, we felt violently. only throught compassion we can survive. asking question is the beginning of faith….
our history is full of violence, fell of grace and as scripture witness, we felt violently.
only throught compassion we can survive.

]]> By: Mom http://www.marcpelland.com/2008/12/08/the-god-delusion/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Mom Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:28:28 +0000 http://www.marcpelland.com/?p=72#comment-481 Interesting comments about this book. Being raised as a Roman Catholic doesn't necessarily mean that you have to conform to the religion, in it's strictess sense. Look at your father and I - yes, we believe in God, but no, we don't go to church every Sunday and there are certain things in the regilion that we don't follow. But deep down, I think there will always be a part of me anyway, that can't get away from how I was raised and the beliefs that I was taught. As for you, now that you are an adult, your choices (religious or otherwise) are your own and we will not change our opinion of you no matter what your religious beliefs are. As parents, we were there to provide you with direction and guidance that we believe helped you to grow up to be a good person and make wise life choices. Interesting comments about this book.

Being raised as a Roman Catholic doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to conform to the religion, in it’s strictess sense. Look at your father and I – yes, we believe in God, but no, we don’t go to church every Sunday and there are certain things in the regilion that we don’t follow. But deep down, I think there will always be a part of me anyway, that can’t get away from how I was raised and the beliefs that I was taught.

As for you, now that you are an adult, your choices (religious or otherwise) are your own and we will not change our opinion of you no matter what your religious beliefs are. As parents, we were there to provide you with direction and guidance that we believe helped you to grow up to be a good person and make wise life choices.

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