A note to christians

--Note To Christians--

If you are a christian who has been referred to this page, please READ it before responding to the individual who sent you to it, or to myself.

Important Note: I am taking a bit of a harder stance on copyright. I've run across too many copies of the Note that fail to list me as the author. I am asking that anyone who has a copy of my "Note" on their webpage please provide a link to http://www.oocities.org/evilhelldoll, or list my e-mail address evilhelldoll@yahoo.com on their page.
To all the people who have copies of my Note on their webpages, please see the revised 'rules' on the Mirrors page.

I am not a christian. I do not believe in the christian god.
I do not believe in the christian devil, either.
SURPRISE! I do not believe in the christian hell, or the christian heaven.
I don't care if you believe in the christian god or not. As long as you do not try to shove your god down my throat we will be fine.
No, I'm not afraid of you.
No, I'm not afraid of your god.
No, I'm not afraid of your devil, either.
No, I'm not afraid of YOUR 'truth'.
No, I don't think if I listen to what you say I might change my mind.
No, I'm not afraid that I might be wrong.
No, I don't think your god is the only god.
No, I don't think your way is the only way.
No, your god did NOT create me. If you are past puberty and still do not know how human beings are made, please smack your parents for me. Then find a decent sexual education teacher and ask them about SEX.
No, your god did NOT create my parents. Or my parents' parents. Or my parents' parents' parents. If you do not know how humans came to be, please kill your parents for me, they shouldn't be allowed to breed. Then find a decent biology teacher and ask them about evolution.
No, I am not a sinner. I do not believe in your sins.
No, your "Jesus" does not love me.
No, your "Jesus" did not die for me.
No, I am NOT WRONG.
No, I don't believe I'm going to burn in your hell for all eternity.
No, I don't want to go to your heaven, no matter how good you might think it is.
If you are so desperate to have somebody burn in your hell, perhaps you can go there yourself.
No, saying "bless you" or "damn you" does not change where I am going when I die. Sorry.
Yes, I have read your bible.
No, I do not believe it is the word of any god.
No, I didn't feel inspired by it.
Yes, I did notice the contradictions in it.
No, I'm not going to give you a list of those contradictions. If you are incapable of reading the bible yourself then perhaps you shouldn't call yourself a christian.
No, I'm not making it up.
Yes, I find most of what goes on in the Judeo-Christian bible to be disgusting and I really think anybody who can read everything that goes on in it and STILL say the god of that bible is great and merciful and wonderful and awesome - REALLY needs to re-examine their values.
No, my childhood is none of your concern. I was not abused by my parents, and for you to say that I am the way I am because of a bad childhood would be a cop out on your part, an insult, and an excellent show of how very unintelligent you are.
No, I'm not the way I am because I wish to 'rebel'. Are you the way you are because you wish to rebel?
No, it's not a phase.
No, I'm not going to call out to your god when the time of my death has come.
No, I do not think that if I said a prayer/called out to 'Jesus'/read the bible/listened to you/"opened my heart"/etc. that I would suddenly be a christian. Maybe if I had my brain removed completely...
And no, I am NOT obligated to answer every stupid question you might ask.
If I do not wish to debate with you it is not because I can't back up what I say. It is either because I do not feel you are worthy or capable of an intelligent debate or because I'm just not in the mood. And no, this does not mean you "win".
To quote: "Jesus Christ died for his OWN sins, not mine."
Being a non-christian does NOT mean that I do not belong in the country I was born in. If you believe that a country should endorse a religion and all its residents should abide by that religion- well, by all means, move to Afghanistan (how does it feel?).
Satanists, Pagans, Atheists, and other non-christians do not consider themselves Muslims. Therefore we do not know Osama Bin Laden, most of us do not side with him, and we are not responsible for what he or any other group of persons have done.
We weren't responsible for Columbine, either. Thoughtless children (and I don't necessarily mean the ones who did the shooting), worthless teachers, and equally worthless parents were.
Before you go on about how other religions cause death and destruction, please think of the following things: The Inquisition(s), the Crusades, the Dark Ages. And this is, of course, the really short list.

NO, I AM NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY MIND.

Please do not 'pray' for me, it is rude. I do not believe in your god. How would you like it if I made an offering (lit a candle, chanted, sacrificed, etc.) for you to some god you did not believe in or worship?

Please do not pity me. I enjoy my life very much, even though you may think it is empty and worthless. I do not hate life as you might. You do not know me, you do not know how I live my life. You do not know how I feel, you do not know how I think. You just do not know, and I'm sorry if it bothers you so very much that I can have a full and enjoyable life without your god.

Please do not preach at me. I have read your bible and I have gone to your churches and I DO NOT BELIEVE IN YOUR GOD. To me, your entire belief system is just another myth. I don't care if you think I'm going to burn in your hell. If you absolutely must think that - so be it, but please do not bring it up with me. You may or may not know where you will go when you die, I know where I will go when I die, I will not change my mind about this.

If you do preach at me - please do not think that you are any different from the hundreds (perhaps thousands) of other christians who have preached at me. Do you think YOU would change your mind and worship a different god just because a hundred of its followers all preached the same thing at you? Or would you just find each and everyone of those people rude, and then continue to believe as you do?

If I grant you the favour of an intellectual debate on religion, please act somewhat logically. I cannot emphasize how laughable the following argument is:
"The bible says god is real and that the bible is the word of god. Therefore, god must be real since the bible, which is the word of god, says god is real."
Any argument along those lines is absurd. If you do not see why, please tell me so that I may avoid any frustration on my behalf by arguing with a complete idiot.

Everybody has the right to believe what they believe. NOBODY has the right to push their beliefs on their fellow beings. To preach at someone who does not wish to be preached at is RAPE. Not rape of the body, but rape of the mind and of the soul. There is no excuse for it.

Thank you.

Note: I recently changed computers and forgot to move my "Note to Christians" files to the new computer, so I had to download a copy from Geocities. During that process the format of the "Note" got a bit screwed up, and though I'm trying my best to fix all the problems, I'd really appreciate it if anyone finds a mistake(s) I missed and lets me know about it. I'll try to update the Note soon (I had an updated version on my old computer, but didn't upload it before the move).

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This was written by Q (also known as QWIGGY or Q um 5 on AOL). If you are an Atheist/Pagan/Satanist/Non-Christian (or even an open minded Christian who is secure enough in your religion that you don't feel the need to push it on others) who is being bothered by pesky christians, please feel free to copy this (and change or delete whatever you might need to fit it to your individual situation) or send them to this page. Just don't take complete credit for my work. It's mine, not yours! [You are not free to copy the content of this page and add it to a site that requires paid membership, nor are you free to use this page in any way that puts money in your pocket, and not mine. If you don't like it, tough.]

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