I had one of these at the door today to try to sign me up to their monthly magazine. He was trying to dictate to me that Science - although its useful cannot resolve crime, poverty and happiness. So I said what Religion can? and he didn't have a comeback to it. I told him that in time with the way technology and science is going that the issues with crime, poverty and happiness will surely improve.

My biggest gripe was that he said about the big bang and how the theory behind it is illogical. I said but that's just a theory, with science you need to be patient enough for us to prove it.

I told him that really as far as religion goes, ultimately I believe in going to work, doing a hard days graft and then coming home to relax to do it all again tomorrow. Work is my sanctuary and money is my god.

What I was pleased about was his inability to answer my ultimate question to any bible basher. How did Noah build a wooden vessel large enough to house 2 of every animal? Knowing that we still don't know every single species of animal on the planet and knowing that with todays technology it is still impossible currently to have 2 of every animal in a zoo let along on a wooden plank during a 40 day and night storm in the middle of the ocean without any of the species of animals killing each other due to hunger or instinct. But also the story then overshadows adam and eve as surely, technically noah and his fiance become the new adam and eve?

I haven't seen anyones post within this section of the community but wondered what people thought of todays Bible Bashing episode. I mean to have to go door to door to try to convert people is totally lame. He was asking me to "turn to god (or the bible bashers) for answers to any questions I might have. I told him I can get Google on my PC, Mobile and Tablet.

I am glad people are starting to think out side the box that is religion. Religion tries to get people to think a certain way, and believe in all that they say, no matter which religion it is. When people think for themselves and explore life without someone dictating how they should, they learn the truth.

See I was "made" Christian by my parents. Mother believes in God and my Dad doesn't get time to think so I don't think he cares. When I was around 18 I started investing some thought into certain aspects and Noahs Ark was one big flaw. Another I noticed was the easy play on words for Devil - Evil and God - Good. After the few flaws I noticed and also by being a huge Pokemon Fan (a game based on Evolution) I chose to change my beliefs. Life started making more sense as to why we eat, why we can see, why we breathe etc and by looking at other species you can understand why they have adapted certain features. To a degree it makes more sense out of War, although now its more because we can rather than because we need to. This Bible basher tried to undermine my thinking to do with the big bang, however although I can't say I believe that it occurred or it didn't. Unlike Religion, The Big Bang will remain a Theory until otherwise Proven!

I'm not going to get into the misunderstanding behind the definition of 'theory' (please read Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion for a much better clarification of this than I could provide) but suffice it to say, a theory will have supporting evidence and that is why religion is not even a theory.

When you really study it objectively, religion is simply the earliest attempt for humanity, in its relative infancy, to explain what the hell was going on with the world. Just like evolution paved the way for everything we see around us, we should have discarded the cumbersome, vestigial belief system that is religion in favor of the much more useful tool of advancement and further evolution, i.e. science. But that same book I mentioned explains how that might not have happened by purely evolutionary terms, by things simply taking a bad direction in a completely natural, understandable (and thoroughly regrettable) way.

I used to get guys like that at my apartment door. Which sucks because it's a security building, which meant one of the retards that lives in the building keeps letting them in.
Anyway, I got Pentecostals (the goofs that handle snakes and talk in tongues), Jehovah's Witnesses, Baptist "missionaries", Evangelical "witnesses", and Mormons. Bothering me, wasting my time, not taking a hint and hitting the road.
So, I started answering the door naked. Usually they'd move along. When one wouldn't, I'd pee. Not look down, not aim, just pee. On them, on the floor, whatever. Now, the do not come to my building.