Is that a carrot in your pocket?...

I once too thought like these dirty atheists. Then Jesus showed me the way. He took me gently by the hand and held me in his firm embrace. After a few snuggly kisses, I asked Jesus, “Hey, is that a carrot in your pocket, or are you happy to see me? He told me, “No, my son, God loves ALL the little children.” And I asked, “Really? How much do you love them, Jesus?” And Jesus said, “As long and as hard as my wood is wide”…
“You mean like the trees in the forest?” And he said, “No, not really.” And with that he left, His hands folded in front of Him, a slight limp in His walk.

Jesus Now On Sale

Has anyone ever really thought of how amazing it is that when you look up in the night sky, you are not seeing the universe as it is, but how it once was? You are LITERALLY looking back in time. It takes so long for the light from most stars to reach us that by the time it gets to us and we see it, its star may have already gone supernova, exploded and formed a Black Hole.

Miracles of the natural variety are already all around us....I don't need some cheap, dime store preacher to tell me miracles happen. The miracle is that we are here at all...it's a shame that the religious have to cheapen the experience.
It is an insult to our character to believe such nonsense. What is even more absurd is that people of "faith" literally believe that a god, while busy running the entire universe, would come calling at a Christian's whim to dole out favors like some galactic mafia don. Hey, he'll give you favors, but don't betray the family, or your ass will burn in hell forever. Wouldn't a merciful god just eliminate the sinners completely, with no hint of them ever having been here? Of course, if he did that then the church would have no leverage with its congregation and they'd stop shelling out the big bucks. Apparently, in god's world salvation is literally for sale.