Comments for Reason Works http://reasonworks.com The Website of Michael Scott Earl Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:27:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on Audio Titles by Ken Harding http://reasonworks.com/2011/06/audio-titles/#comment-158 Ken Harding Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:27:58 +0000 http://reasonworks.com/?p=204#comment-158 Mike, you're awesome. Please don't ever stop. You're a more effective writer than any one out there. You should also put up a blog and make frequent short posts. You should also publish your writings in book form and get it out there. Mike, you’re awesome. Please don’t ever stop. You’re a more effective writer than any one out there. You should also put up a blog and make frequent short posts. You should also publish your writings in book form and get it out there.

]]> Comment on Michael Scott Earl by New Atheists Promote Bible Study? - My Blog http://reasonworks.com/michael-scott-earl/#comment-157 New Atheists Promote Bible Study? - My Blog Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:50:38 +0000 http://reasonworks.com/?page_id=406#comment-157 [...] when a churchgoer lent me an audiocassette book by one of a beginning “New Atheists“: Michael Scott Earl. My mother and we had already been jarred by listening to Earl’s initial audiobook, Bible [...] [...] when a churchgoer lent me an audiocassette book by one of a beginning “New Atheists“: Michael Scott Earl. My mother and we had already been jarred by listening to Earl’s initial audiobook, Bible [...]

]]> Comment on The Ultimate Terrorist by Atheists Promoting Bible Study? | Emergent Village http://reasonworks.com/michael-scott-earl/the-ultimate-terrorist/#comment-156 Atheists Promoting Bible Study? | Emergent Village Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:39:09 +0000 http://reasonworks.com/?page_id=155#comment-156 [...] Earl’s first audiobook, Bible Stories Your Parents Never Taught You. Listening to his second, The Ultimate Terrorist, was even more painful. I shall never forget one dusk, watching the full moon rise straight ahead [...] [...] Earl’s first audiobook, Bible Stories Your Parents Never Taught You. Listening to his second, The Ultimate Terrorist, was even more painful. I shall never forget one dusk, watching the full moon rise straight ahead [...]

]]> Comment on Bible Stories Your Parents Never Taught You (Audio) by Atheists Promoting Bible Study? | Emergent Village http://reasonworks.com/michael-scott-earl/bible-stories-your-parents-never-taught-you/#comment-155 Atheists Promoting Bible Study? | Emergent Village Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:38:47 +0000 http://reasonworks.com/?page_id=153#comment-155 [...] Scott Earl. My wife and I had already been shaken by listening to Earl’s first audiobook, Bible Stories Your Parents Never Taught You. Listening to his second, The Ultimate Terrorist, was even more painful. I shall never forget one [...] [...] Scott Earl. My wife and I had already been shaken by listening to Earl’s first audiobook, Bible Stories Your Parents Never Taught You. Listening to his second, The Ultimate Terrorist, was even more painful. I shall never forget one [...]

]]> Comment on Michael Scott Earl by Atheists Promoting Bible Study? | Emergent Village http://reasonworks.com/michael-scott-earl/#comment-154 Atheists Promoting Bible Study? | Emergent Village Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:17:46 +0000 http://reasonworks.com/?page_id=406#comment-154 [...] when a churchgoer lent me an audiocassette book by one of the earliest “New Atheists“: Michael Scott Earl. My wife and I had already been shaken by listening to Earl’s first audiobook, Bible Stories [...] [...] when a churchgoer lent me an audiocassette book by one of the earliest “New Atheists“: Michael Scott Earl. My wife and I had already been shaken by listening to Earl’s first audiobook, Bible Stories [...]

]]> Comment on A Case Against Miracles & Freewill by Tom http://reasonworks.com/michael-scott-earl/a-case-against-miracles-freewill/#comment-153 Tom Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:32:23 +0000 http://reasonworks.com/?page_id=162#comment-153 Michael, I became an agnostic for the very purpose of enjoying the liberating experience of freewill. As a believer, I came to realize that an omniscient god would know all of my future decisions and actions, indeed the infinite future, and this knowing gave it form--a certainty just as factual as the past. And so it seemed pointless and depressing to live a life that was merely following a script, going through the motions, no matter how independent I felt in my decision making. And now in my search for liberation from the oppression of a determinative deity, I discover that I am, after all, a billiard ball in the unwavering machinery of the universe! The heartbreaking irony of it all! Michael,
I became an agnostic for the very purpose of enjoying the liberating experience of freewill. As a believer, I came to realize that an omniscient god would know all of my future decisions and actions, indeed the infinite future, and this knowing gave it form–a certainty just as factual as the past. And so it seemed pointless and depressing to live a life that was merely following a script, going through the motions, no matter how independent I felt in my decision making. And now in my search for liberation from the oppression of a determinative deity, I discover that I am, after all, a billiard ball in the unwavering machinery of the universe! The heartbreaking irony of it all!

]]> Comment on Audio Titles by Bob McArthur http://reasonworks.com/2011/06/audio-titles/#comment-152 Bob McArthur Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:31:35 +0000 http://reasonworks.com/?p=204#comment-152 Listening to Bible stories and it is great. I will have to listen a second time with a note book to write down the references. Friends have doubted my sanity when I have said that the best thing a christian could do is have lots of babies and kill them right away to assure their entry to heaven. It is great to find a kindred spirit who has obviously thought about this all a lot more than myself. Thank you so much. Bob Listening to Bible stories and it is great. I will have to listen a second time with a note book to write down the references. Friends have doubted my sanity when I have said that the best thing a christian could do is have lots of babies and kill them right away to assure their entry to heaven. It is great to find a kindred spirit who has obviously thought about this all a lot more than myself. Thank you so much. Bob

]]> Comment on Audio Files: Bible Stories Your Parents Never Taught You by BEST EVOLUTION RESOURCES: Evolution as Inspiring, Meaningful Fact | Emergent Village http://reasonworks.com/2011/02/audio-files-bible-stories-your-parents-never-taught-you/#comment-151 BEST EVOLUTION RESOURCES: Evolution as Inspiring, Meaningful Fact | Emergent Village Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:12:09 +0000 http://reasonworks.com/?p=42#comment-151 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> Comment on The Age of Reason (1794) by Joyce Chumbley http://reasonworks.com/thomas-paine-1737-1809/the-age-of-reason-1794/#comment-150 Joyce Chumbley Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:26:44 +0000 http://reasonworks.com/?page_id=268#comment-150 Happy Birthday, Thomas Paine! Happy Birthday, Thomas Paine!

]]> Comment on Bible Stories Your Parents Never Taught You (Audio) by Patrick http://reasonworks.com/michael-scott-earl/bible-stories-your-parents-never-taught-you/#comment-147 Patrick Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:32:27 +0000 http://reasonworks.com/?page_id=153#comment-147 Well Satan would have to do all of the acts that all of the men did under God's direction in the Old Testament. Rape, pillage, murder, and every single evil act that you can think of. It is not surprising that you cannot think of anything because your morals are warped. However, I just gave you a list of things that the devil would have to do so he can be considered evil. The sad thing is that if you read your bible, Satan is responsible for 10 deaths (in the book of Job - Yahweh made a bet with the Satan) and Yahweh is responsible for millions. Well Satan would have to do all of the acts that all of the men did under God’s direction in the Old Testament. Rape, pillage, murder, and every single evil act that you can think of. It is not surprising that you cannot think of anything because your morals are warped. However, I just gave you a list of things that the devil would have to do so he can be considered evil.

The sad thing is that if you read your bible, Satan is responsible for 10 deaths (in the book of Job – Yahweh made a bet with the Satan) and Yahweh is responsible for millions.

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