Visitors to ishwar.com are asked to respond with a reason why or why not. Here are some of my favorite answers:
No because…
He is too involved with determining which team wins at certain sporting events to bother with worrying about world hunger, war, genocide, and the natural disasters that he flings around so playfully at innocent civilians.
One does not love Cthulhu. One fears Him.
He never returned that rake I lent him two years ago.
He threatened me with Hell. So I love him, really, I just hope this will save me from Hell. Maybe if I say I love him enough times I will believe it… Really, I love him. I am not just saying it because that asshole will send me to Hell for eternity if I don’t. I promise, I really truly love him. Ah fuck it, I can’t do it. I guess I am going to Hell. At least the company is better there.
Any entity that created the digestive system for rabbits deserves to flunk out of “Designer” school.
I don’t know because…
I have no idea who he is or even if he exists. If he exists I would have a lot of awe and respect, but love is not a human emotion I can conjure up for a concept. Love is a natural emotion sparked by human contact
See the reasons why people love God below the fold:
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I haven’t been around much lately since I just moved to a new place, took a vacation, and work just got a hell of a lot crazier. But, by the power of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, I am here to provide you with some literary entertainment! Who else is in the mood for sassy teenage love, exorcisms, and fashion advice?
Claudia Mair Burney, a Christian fiction author, released an interesting novel in 2008 titled The Exorsistah. The book has received five 5-star reviews on amazon. The cover reads, “If you think the streets are mean, meet Emme Vaughn, demon-huntress.” Oh yes, folks, this is a golden example of contemporary Christian literature. Don’t ask how I got it; just sit back, relax, and wonder along with me how writing like this gets published.
Let’s hear some quotes, shall we? Starting with the opening paragraphs:
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I’ve been moving house for the past few weeks, and part of that enormously intensive project is dealing with my collection of books. As many of you must also feel, I am emotionally connected to my books because I have memories, experiences, and much of my past life wrapped up in their pages.
One of these volumes from my past is the only devotional I truly enjoyed as a Christian: My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers (1874-1917). I wasn’t one for fill-in-the-blank Bible studies with banal questions and cookie-cutter insights. Chambers seemed challenging to me at the time because he wasn’t part of the current generation; his thoughts (though nebulous at times and without organization) weren’t bogged down by current culture and the trends of the most modern Christian movements.
So, in a nostalgic tribute to this former chaplain and my former life, I’d like to quote two passages I used to agree with and now critique.
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One comment on this entry about Moses and the Torah stands out as a classic, priceless example of “spirit-filled” Christian rhetoric that you just have to see to believe (but if you believe it, you’ve got other issues). I’ve left it in all its caps lock glory, so please forgive me if you leave this blog with a migraine; but at least I’ve hidden it below the fold:
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