Satanic Influences

I have no idea why many Christians don't get this about Atheists. The Christians who do get it are being disingenuous and dishonest as dishonesty and being disingenuous is part and parcel of the whole Christian message. 

The basic structure of our existence is set in Genesis in the Bible. Yet, this belief that God created all that exists is conveniently forgotten, passed over, or manipulated to fit any current twist on the original if the need presents itself. It seems that anything, any event, any person who does not fit into the current mindset is the fault of "Satanic Influences". 

If everything in the Universe, including the Universe, was created by God, would that not make God responsible for everything including "Satanic Influences"? 

Hmm. Makes me wonder why God created Satan in the first place. Was it so God could have plausible deniability when crops failed, floods flooded and Hurricanes hurricane'd? Creating his own scapegoat was a Texas leaguer, chump move; dontcha think? But as dishonest brokers in the first place, Christians would surely have set up God and the rest of it with as many escape clauses and ways to blame others for their own failings.

The Christians created a God who does not believe in intelligent followers. Intelligence does not often follow blindly. They found this quest for blind allegiance was a key part of creating a successful Religion. It's Religion 101 for most religions fer Chrisakes. The system is not set up to offer honest answers when questions arise.

Atheists do not believe in either God or Satan. They are slaves to the evils of Scientific Method, always conjuring up explanations for things using numbers and graphs so most of us have not a clue if they telling the truth or just feeding us more bullshit like the Christians do. I do like Science better than Religion because, well, I like numbers, graphs and other brainiac shit better than kneeling and mumbling nonsense while some guy in robes swings a big orb full of smoke around. I don't understand as much of the Empirical take on the Universe as I would like. My eyes tend to roll back in my head if my crazy intelligent daughter starts in too hard with her geek speak. But I can follow Science a whole lot better than the illogical meanderings of the Christian religion.

So I have a problem with Atheists, who do not believe in God and also a problem with Theists, who insist there is a God. Both believe in notions that have never been proven one way or the other. Neither should claim they know the truth, yet they always do. They often will fight one another trying prove that they do. Both use Faith to believe what they believe and try to manipulate that belief to turn it into fact. As yet, there is no empirical proof either one is right.

I sit on the fence scratching my head wondering why we humans even worry about what each other believes or doesn't believe. I will say, I am not sure which side is funnier, although the over the top fire and brimstone mentalities of the devout does give them a leg up on the boring atheists whose commitment to the idea of no God is a matter of empirical ways and means. Not a lot of humor in watching grass grow.

As a confirmed Heathen, I view the whole God / No God battle as a human comedy. I enjoy watching it play out. I will be very disappointed, if before I die, someone on either side proves they were right and the other side was not. It's the battle I enjoy witnessing, not the end result.

Keep it 'tween the ditches ..........................................

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There is only one song I can play when it comes to Satan. Here is a longish version of "Sympathy for the Devil", by the Rolling Stones. Pay attention to the lyrics, they mirror my feelings wonderfully.

After I watched it a second time, I noticed a famous musical phe-nom in the audience and then saw that Keith was barefoot. Cool. They were still on the young side when this video was recorded and so was I.