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  • Like the days in a year, Julia... page 365. ;-)

  • Julia Sweeney isn't an atheist, An atheist doesn't believe in anything. She cleary does. Open your mind.

  • @TonyAvard yup

  • @TonyAvard Atheism is the rejection of a god claim and nothing more.

  • hooray for no god!!! hooray for life!

  • The Catholic church and any church for that matter has always been a hypocritical corporation based on giving an answer to what fears people most, what happens when you die.

  • While people will probably read/watch/listen to Letting go of God and think "my Christian friends should watch this"... this really is a show that should be experienced by more of us non-believers who have never really been religious.

    Before I watched Julia, I had no idea how big the gap between atheism and religion was, and how much pain can result from trying to get across. She was one heck of an eye-opener.

    I suppose Christians, in turn, can read Society Without God, by Phillip Zuckermann.

  • I think it's a little weird that she bases her search for religion on what kind of book catches her eye in a bookstore. She obviously didn't have a strong base of Christianity, so this is why she's so easily swayed.

  • She wanted to be a nun as a child. How much stronger can you get?

  • I wanted to be a firefighter as a child. That doesn't mean that I truly knew what it took to be a firefighter. Plus, she went to a weird Catholic church if she's being told about evolution. The priest that she talked to when she was trying to re-connect has to be pretty green to not be able to answer her questions.

  • Another thing about her re-connecting, it had more to do with the ritual or habit of the Catholic church and not her spiritual roots. She didn't have any spiritual root in the Catholic church, because it never became her religion, it was always her parent's religion.

  • I don't know, in the show she talks about having "religious experiences" in her life, siting times when the holy spirit "shook me to the core." That sounds like someone who really believes to me.

    Have you heard the actual show?

  • Would I be giving so many details and commenting if I haven't seen the show. The whole show is weird to me. It literally sounds like she based her adventures on what she saw in a bookstore. That's not how religion should be approached.

  • I'll admit that it's an entirely personal opinion to think that someone would not have seen/heard the performance to not understand her former religiosity. I wasn't trying to be a jerk, I was honestly curious.

    Conversely, saying "she based her adventures on what she saw in a book store" is a matter of opinion. One could say she bases her adventures on dying family members or her acting experience.

  • You do make a valid point. I'm just saying the bookstore thing had a lasting effect on me. She seems to reiterate that point the same if not more than her brother's death. And, I totally understand you questioning if I know what i'm talking about. There are a lot of people that have opinions without research. You're not a jerk and I hope my responses don't come across that way either. With me being a religious I thought her process and the religious people she came across were a little weird.

  • You didn't come off as a jerk. :)

    I'm curious if her next show will be about being a single mother and she'll mention more than one trip to a book store for parenting research.

  • I don't understand how you can say she didn't have a strong base in Christianity when she went right to th source at a Bible study class and read the whole thing cover to cover? That's the base of Christianity right there, and she covered it all WITH a priest and a class. That takes dedication. Most Catholics don't even do that in their lives. That dedication shows faith to me, it wasn't skepticism. Her skepticism arose after she read the Bible. You can't blame her for that.

  • Well said. Exactly what I was thinking!

  • There is more to Christianity than receiving a sticker or a star for attending a church class.

  • She made it very apparent that she doesn't truly know how to interpret the Bible. She then doesn't help matter by surrounding herself with a bunch of idiots when she couldn't conjure up an answer. The trips to the bookstore, the priest that has no real answers to the simplest of questions. Either she is lying or exaggerating about the Q&A with the priest or he is the least qualified person to be in the priesthood.

  • Can you name one person who has a "100% accurate" interpretation of the bible?

    The fact that you CAN interpret it in various ways automatically implies that most people who try to interpret it will do it wrong. Doesn't that worry you a little? How do we know who's right and who's wrong? Whoever agrees with you is right and whoever disagrees is wrong? I think that's cause for great concern right there.

  • @iSOBigD

    well i think the problem is, people dont even know what it says plainly. let alone get and opinion/interpretation out of it!

    only recently they started making bible in PLAIN english and not king james !

    plus some only read parts and NEVER THINK TO ask god to get involed? It's his words ask him..Not the priest!

  • Sakura,

    I think you should ask god to get involved and let us know what he says. Oh let me guess "it doesnt work that way" lol

  • actully it does:)

  • @SakuraSymphony yes if you're sketzofrenic,halucinating or just plain insane

    at what age did you fall on your head and mess up your noodle?

  • Nope. none of the above lol.

    but life feels so good having a relationship w/ God that I do sometimes FEEL like all of the above! haha

    I'M SORRY that someone claimed to be 'Christian' & fell short of the name & REPUTATION. I feel people dont really want to know if God exsits,that's not the main issue.BUT rather if he gives a rip/cares! Is he gonna do something about the hell life can be!?

    in my experience he does that EVERYDAY in my life. But I cant argue that w/ U cuz it's just my experience.

  • @SakuraSymphony It's not your experience, it's your belief. There is a difference. We are all controlled by our brains and what goes into them. That is what gives us our vision of reality. Your vision of reality includes a god for which there is no independent evidence. But if it helps you through then it's fine. Just try to keep it to yourself and not spread it to others. It is a kind of infectious disease which can cause major health problems to certain character types.

  • @boc1953

    No, its my EXPERIENCE. And UR right, there is a difference that between the 2. Telling people 2 love God & each other is an infectious desease? yeah, your right LOL , but I KNOW that having a relationship w/ god lifestyle/perspective causes more GOOD than Evil. Religion & self righteousness does damage NOT God Or those who genuinely love people. Im sorry Ppl like this make U sick, and U find it useless. But REAL hurting ppl appreciate ppl like this, though you find it pathetic

  • @SakuraSymphony Any non believer can do good things without god and many of them do. But it takes real faith to follow your own interpretation of the bible no matter what the consequences. That is the knd of faith that gives rise to Cht=ristian militias throughout the third world as well as many other god fearing warriors who kill in the name of their god. If you really think that believers do more good than harm, you need to look again around the world. You are simply WRONG!

  • @boc1953 Yeah, I said that ! people who dont belive God exsists do good things LOL

    Those are religious people your refering to NOT real authentic christains. I take it you dont have any authentic christians in your life, so you dont get why I seperate religious ppl from REAL christians. I have CLOSE atheist and agnostic friends who KNOW me & know im not faking. They may not belive in god BUT they dont see me as EVIL because I know theres a god, but More importantly he Gives a rip!

  • @boc1953

    yeah ummm If you REALLW want to comment back you can ...but im done XD I was just you tube surfing & found this & thought it was sad &made a comment...didnt want 2 get into a " religious debate XD" ppl chose what they chose..thats my take...i dont think the choices r the best... but hey! its there life ...but im not going to trip over it I was just making comments on here

  • @SakuraSymphony Yeah, fair enough...I don't particularly want to argue the point either. Peace....

  • @boc1953

    like I said, I think those religious people in her life took away her faith! they gave her religion & rules &"cute songs" but nothing real & God is real .Some people R comfortable w/ religion & " fuzzy feelings" & traditions things 2 make themselves feel like they R apart of an elite group. BUT NO GOD!

    BIBLE QOUTE: " IF U DONT HAVE LOVE, U HAVE NOTHING" & sense GOD IS LOVE personified, SHE WAS REALLY LETTING GO OF TRADITIONS & RELIGION sadly people try & say that is God as well.

  • @bonanzaman279

    hey ! though peole like that make you mad , they ARE JUST AS CLUELESS AS SHE IS! they fed her wrong stuff, but They were probley told the same OPINIONS and NOT the TRUTH!

  • @bonanzaman279 yeah, like you need qualification for that? just the ability to brainwash or just blow every nun in town:D

  • I'm shocked that I'm sort of defending the ture identity of the Catholic Church. I'm not a big fan. They are the ones that created non-Biblical doctrines that are now common place. The church that she attended seems to be even further off from what I know that the Catholic Church stands for. I challenge anybody to show me where the Catholic Church is in support of evolution, like the nun in school told her. Julia puts her case out there like this is a true representation of Christianity.

  • Well Pope John Paul II said "evolution is more than just a theory." Looks like "evil" science is getting into the Church huh? Damn, why can't we just have Bible study every day? lol

  • Anyone with any basic knowledge of science supports evolution - religious of not. Many people believe there is a god of some sort, but they don't believe the earth is 6000 years old. You'd have to be a complete idiot to believe that.

    Everyone knows the earth is much, much older and that all living things evolve over time. (Evolved, are evolving and will continue to evolve forever.) Some religious people still claim things never change, but by now most people just ignore them.

  • @chessfan6

    but what translation was she reading? i mean if she read the plain english it would have help a little

    PLUS NO one expained it!! they dint know the answers and just made up stuff... they never expained the reasons for the 10 commandment or sacrifice...and now her heart is so hard she wouldnt even WANT to hear a logical answer about it because she heard so many ilogical

    ALSO the catholic church didnt even want her to read it..i mean come on!!!

  • You're right, nobody explained who Lot and his two daughters had sex after all the evil people were killed in S&G. You've never heard that the Catholic church dicouraged their folks to not read the Bible?

  • @SakuraSymphony logical? nothing more to be said hereXD

    you make everyone else feel better about themselves i guess...that's your mission in life, and i know god himself told me in a dream:D

  • @offwithurhead

    I hope you try to do this ...you dont need god to have THAT DESIRE

    ..but to keep it...especially with the type of people in this world YOU need a god!

  • @SakuraSymphony I don't need a god just because you're a weak ass wimp who needs to be controlled by fear of an all-loving fairy that would send you to burn for eternity:D. We are different and we have different needs.

  • @offwithurhead

    naw I love folks...plainly put.

    so if that's EVIL then we must really live in an Alice in Wonderland, topsy turvy world.

    yeah, real christianity isnt fear driven FYI religion is . real christainity is LOVE centered &driven, & ur motavation is love, not fear

    FEAR driven...<--thats sick! XD

    you can thank the old school priests for implementing that twisted mindset , & way of viewing God

  • @offwithurhead

    btw im done with this page.... so if you REALLY want to comment back just message me instead...cuz im just youtube surfing and completly forgot about this page XD take care.

  • @SakuraSymphony Riight...:D You've completely forgotten about this page as I see from all the comments you've made here:D I don't wish to waste my time talking to you about something we have completely different opinions on, so take care;).

  • Do you understand Blind Faith??

  • I am a Christian. I do not go to those churches that have denominational names, Catholic, Presbyterian, Episcopalian. I believe that the Bible is the ticket to Heaven. I know a lot of people may "thumbs-down" this comment. Some people I know say Christianity is boring.

    "If you think your Church is boring, you're going to the wrong Church!"

    - Jake Epley

  • What about the Bible makes you think it's the ticket to heaven?

    I am just curious.

    Long before I even heard of this show I was aware of the stories about Lot offering his daughters to the angry mob for rape, God telling people how to treat their slaves, God drowning everyone in a giant flood and then regretting it later... that sort of thing.

    What is it that makes you think it's essential to live in heaven after you die here?

  • I'm not trying to pick a fight or debate with you. I am very interested in your answer. The things God does, says and asks of the people in the Bible are far from "good." As a matter of fact, they are crazy (IMO).

    It's a book of stories passed down from generation to generation, edited over and over again, full of inaccuracies. How is it that you put so much faith into a book like that?

  • sounds like she's got it all figured out. Why does it seem like all the people that don't believe in god are former catholics.

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  • Hell doesn't exist, except in such form as people like you create it here on earth.

  • That was lame. Just because you believe that a cosmic Jewish zombie gave birth to himself and was later executed to save humans from a curse that was put on mankind after a rib-woman was tricked by a talking snake into eating fruit from a magical tree, doesn't mean you have to be an a-hole about it. If anything, you should be embarrassed.

  • theking,

    I know something that is even more pathetic.

  • What's that? Its Pat!

    (She was great on SNL)

  • She shouldn't try to explain away the behavior of believers by saying they're just ignorant of science. It's not like if you were to inform them, they'd change. Some people are just dicks, that's all. They're compulsively reactionary jerks. They're of that breed that just likes to be mean minded, tough in a sinister way, conformist... just plain dicks. Compare Julia's behavior, just her personality, with the weird screeching evil-child routine of Victoria Jackson.

  • Ann Rand is a personnal favorite of mine.

  • Check out Susan Jacoby. Not necessarily as spearheaded about religion but she has some keen insights. I can totally recommend the book "The Age of American Unreason".

    I saw video of her talking at a booksigning here on YouTube (I think...) and ordered it right away. I couldn't wait for it to be published here (Sweden) hehe. Brilliant lady.

  • AMEN!!!

  • Yeah, she's great!

    Funny, clever and quick.

    Zorrie, just a weird question that popped in my head... could she be gay?

  • She's married .... to a man, so no, probably not gay

  • Hmmm... is it a cover?? :P

    Okay thanks.

  • It's great to hear some background information on this fantastic monologue. I adore Julia, she is amazing!

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