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Ladies and gentlemen, it's-a-me, BRAIN SLUG, back for more! (Not that any of you truly cared anyways...)
I took a break from Minecraft for a while, PMC and Minecraft Forum included, until a few days ago. I entered a public server where an admin was preaching words of God. I asked him if this was a religious server, and he responded no, but a large population of the server was Christian and they allowed it. Being an atheist I let it go, tolerant of other peoples' beliefs, until he asked my faith. At the response that I was an Evolutionist, he paused for a long few minutes until responding that if I didn't believe in god, I would burn in hell, and desperately tried to save me. His arguments were very strong, but ultimately I decided to tell him that if on the day of my judgement I do stand before god, I may beg for Repentance; until then, I would rely on what I can observe and prove, and he cooled of for a while. When his older brother, also a Minecraft player, admin on the server and loyal Christian arrived. His brother had apparently told him somebody Athiest was on the server, to which the older brother's response was the Ban-Hammer. A week later, I returned to argue my case that he had no right to ban me on the grounds of my faith, to which he responded with the PERMA Ban-Hammer. This boiled my blood and I decided to write this blog today. I don't expect it to get many views, but I just need to vent my frustration.
QUESTION OF THE DAY: What are your opinions of Faith in online games? Are you in agreement with this admin's actions? let me know in the comments!
QUESTION OF THE DAY: What are your opinions of Faith in online games? Are you in agreement with this admin's actions? let me know in the comments!
Anyways, this has been Brain Slug. Signing off.
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If you think you have the choice over your beliefs.... Imaging you're standing on, I don't recommend anyone do this, but it's just a thought experiment, a 20 story building. Now try to disbelieve in Gravity. (The Theory of Gravitation) A Proven Theory! And just believe that your God(s) will carry your feet as you step off of the building. Do you think that you could chose the stop believing in Gravity? Even though the evidence for it is OVERWHELMING?! Why can't you just have "Faith" that your god(s) will carry you, instead of a scientifically proven theory? Point taken?
If you read the entire bible (The newest edition/translation of translation of an edited copy of a translation of an edit of a re-edited book written by 40 unknown authors from the barbaric Bronze age! Haha Or as I like to call it, "The Big Book of Multiple Choice". Because most Christians seem to just pick out the things they like and all the bad parts they try to ignore "Metaphors". Haha You people crack me up. It's like listening to little children tell you their version of what happened in a cartoon they weren't really watching because they were too busy eating crayons. :P
Christians love to run away from a real battle of knowledge. If they lose ground, or get backed into a corner, because they have NO EVIDENCE EVER!! They will pull the "Faith" card. Which is just a big fat cop-out. Haha Believing on Faith is the exact opposite of believing with evidence. Faith is Gullibility. An excuse people give when they don't have a good reason. You can't argue with that using evidence, logic, reason, or rationality. They just basically pulled the "Magic" card. Religion is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance. The God of the Gaps. ;)
People do have the right to believe whatever silly ideas they want to. But when they start asserting truths where there is no evidence, and start yelling "I'm oppressed because you're making fun of my beliefs!" Frak that! I will respect your right to believe what you wish, but I do NOT have to respect every silly, stupid, childish idea you have. Show me good, demonstrable evidence, or GTFO! ;)
As you may have guessed, I am an Atheist. But only because I have a LACK OF BELIEF IN GOD CLAIMS. I am a Skeptic/Humanist/Agnostic/Atheist/Anti-Theist/Truth-Seeker/Free Thinker/Artist/Gamer/Friend/Et cetera. However you want to break it down, there are many labels we all have. Our labels don't define us. We define ourselves. The evidence shows that people with the religious worldviews tend to make very bad decisions in this life. Because they believe in an afterlife. This is just a place to wipe their feet to them. Pretty sad.
Also, everyone judges everything in their lives. It' a survival trait all animals have. Assessing our situations and people around us. Judging whether or not we should trust someone, or believe them. Always question everything. Even me, even yourself! If you doubt someones word, or something you see, there's most likely a good reason for it. But just because there's a good reason, doesn't mean it's the right reason. Test things for yourself. Never just take someones word for anything! Better yourself. Learn more.
Do your best to know as many true things, and as few false things as possible. Be better tomorrow than you were yesterday. Move forward. Evolve! Grow! Change! Be Happy. Be Kind! Ask questions! Pay attention! Listen! Speak your opinion and allow others to express their own! Learn more! Share your happiness, kindness, positivity, & knowledge! We are all the same race, we need to stop segregating ourselves and work together.
Have Fun & Be Excellent!
I suggest 'keeping an eye out' for servers who welcome everyone and that don't ban people for religion, race, and sexual orientation. (if you agree that what you are doesn't matter)
The Bible DOES say to try and lead other to Christ, but if they say no, be respectful to them.
Plus, an online game is not a very suitable place for this so-called "preaching."