Background first- I live and go to a small college in Northeast Oklahoma. The town I live in has a population of 12,908 people. We also have (not an exaggeration) 51 different churches. My father used to be a baptist preacher and I was raised on the bible. Now in my early twenties I have since given up on God and am one of only a few atheists in my town. For a humanities course and as a joke i enrolled in The Religious Influence on American History. It turned out to be a neat class with only a few irritating hiccups. I have become the voice of atheism in the region and had presented a speech outside of class demonstrating the plagiarism in the Bible. My professor loved the speech and asked me to give the speech to the class and teach about it for a day. Without hesitation I accepted. Everything went fine until an older lady decided to debate the FACTS I had presented.



Her- Well I know the bible is right.

Me- Okay, and how do you know that?

H- Well, God wrote it.

M- No, men wrote it.

H- But God told them to. There's even proof.

M- Proof?

H- Yeah. everything God said would happen in the old testament happened in the new testament

M- Well that's easy to explain. They needed prophecies to be fulfilled so as they made up the stories they made sure they fit.

H- *silent for a minute* So... maybe...

M- (for a second here I think the light has shown on her and my work was worthwhile, but before I pat myself on the back I hear...)

H- YOU WERE SENT FROM THE DEVIL TO STEAL OUR FAITH!

there's a mixture of sound from my classmates, some in support some not

M- And that's why religion is dangerous, nice rebuttal. -.- Mood: amused

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