Table of Contents ---------------------- The Bible:  Worthy of Your Trust? Eyewitness Testimony Invalidated      Responses to Eyewitness Testimony Invalidated God Is Not The Author History or HIS-STORY? How Firm A Foundation... of Forgeries??? James the Brother of Jesus Schizophrenia and Personal Revelations      Responses to Schizophrenia The God of The Bible Biblegod Is Not Perfect     Responses to Biblegod Not Perfect Biblegod The Warcriminal     Responses to Biblegod The Warcriminal Tyrannosaurus Pettius Rex Jehovah Unmasked In or Out or Neit her Acts of God September 11th Biblegod Did Nothing     Responses to September 11th The God of The Bible: Does He Exist? E=MC Disproves God     Responses to E=MC How To Prove The Existence of God     Responses to How To Prove The Existence of God Shopping For A God Transcendental La La Land Caught in a Lie:  Contradictions Within The Bible Don't Be Such A Cretan The Genealogy of Jesus Galilee vs Jerusalem Matthew vs John Intrinsic Contradictions Splainin To Do The Intercontinental Ballistic Jesus The Sign on The Cross      Responses to The Sign on The Cross Sand, Not Rock:  What Christianity is Really Built Upon The Atonement Monotheism Not Biblical The Ten Commandments Christianity Has Pagan DNA Faith Misc. Topics & Thoughts Jesus:  False Prophet? False Prophet- Liar, Fraud!  If Anybody Else But Jesus…  Jesus and His Expired Prophecies Matthew 24 Verse by Verse Mt 24:34 What The Scholars Say Significance of Jesus Being a False Prophet Preterism      Responses to Jesus The False Prophet Jesus:  Resurrected? Even If True Evidence That Doesn't Demand a Verdict The Roman Soldiers: "We Were There!"      Responses to Roman Soldiers Churchianity Examined Connecting The Dots The Authority Totem Twenty Percent Fewer Errors Fire The Clergy      Responses to Fire The Clergy The Wealth of Churches Authority In Church Government The Fleecing of The Flock The Great Commission Does Not Apply CAUTION:  Christianity May Be Hazardous to Your Health Victims of Religion    Responses to Victims of Religion Voices In Our Head Brainwashing    Responses to Brainwashing We Love Our Lies Christian Morality or Lack Thereof  Christianity Doesn't Work as Advertised Hypocrisy- Thy Name is Christian Morality The Gospel of Jesus  Happy Father's Day He Wasn't a REAL Christian Evangelical Atheism JCnot4me Business Cards- FREE! Without A Leg To Stand On (A Message For Freethinkers) Give To Him That Asks    Responses to Give To Him That Asks Just Say No    Responses to Just Say No Damn The Truth- Full Speed Ahead Answering Christian Stock Arguments Modern Miracle Workers Atheists In America Anti-Religious Songs Do Unto Others Kissing Hank's Ass Why Beer Is Better Than Jesus Poster: Jesus is a Liar & Lunatic The Good News of Atheism The Skeptic’s Prayer What Would Jesus Do? Christian Cults Consumers Guide to Religion- John Cleese of Monty Python (audio file) Geek Speak Like a Fundy    Responses to Geek Speak 101 How To Be a Fundy ----- Baptists} Once Saved, Always Saved: Always False Catholics: Only Child or Eldest Brother Church of Christ    Responses to Church of Christ Essays Dr. Robert Schuller: Racism By A Nose Jehovah Witnesses Nazarenes} Entire Sanctification = Entire Nonsense    Responses to Entire Sactification Mormons Seventh Day Adventists For Christians... Message to Christian Apologists Notes to Christians Battling Atheists Move A Mountain Hope Ex-Christians Get No Respect Abortion Hellfire For Homosexuals and Roses Creationism, aka Intelligent Design The Universe According To The Bible    Responses to The Universe In The Beginning God Was Nuts Intelligent Design Politics Legalize Prostitution Its The Economy, Stupid Illegal Immigration Bush Is Outta Here!!! The Bush Monkey Twilights Last Gleaming Contra Craig     (Dr. William Lane Craig) Contra Craig    Responses to Contra Craig Misc. Editorials    Responses To Editorials Comments to JCnot4me- Pro + Con One Picture is Worth... Links- Other Websites Worth Checking Out Books You Should Read    Jehovah Unmasked Ha Ha Ha Christian Election Poster Flying Spaghetti Monster Invitation from Rev. Jim Jones Jokes Pranks Songs and Poems

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Nev Randle

From:  Nev Randle

Hi again Mark,
Your article, "Give To Him That Asks" is a ripper. Any gullible Atheist would fall for it.   It really is terrific. You only quote half the verse 

Mark Smith here}    Of course, Christians believing their magic book contains magic voo-doo words, they would prefer I quote the entire goddamn Bible "to get it in context" in the hopes that the "magic" words would "do their stuff". The fact is, the part I didn't include does not change the meaning one bit, therefore does not constitute "taking it out of context" and also notice that Nev makes an implication, but of course, doesn't bother to back up his implication that it's out of context.

so that the atheists reading your article will get sucked in nicely, because most of them probably won't have a Bible handy to check that what you're saying is true. Not that they would want to anyway... I mean to say... Mark Smith lead us astray? Perish the thought!
Matthew 5:42 is talking of 'borrowing' as would have been evident had you quoted the entire verse. 

Mark Smith here}  Once again, Christians think that somehow SAYING something makes that something true, that they can, like their Biblegod, speak things into existence. The ENTIRE verse reads thusly:

"Give to him who asks of you, AND do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you."  (Jesus, Matthew 5:42 New American Standard Version)

Notice this is a two-part command. Christians are to give to anyone who asks them, AND they are to loan to whoever wants to borrow from them. The first part involves a person asking outright for something- he's not asking to "borrow" he's asking to have. The second part is a person asking to borrow- i.e. with the intention of returning. Maybe if Nev himself had read the whole verse, he'd have seen this???

 

That's why I think your article is so good, because once the Christian has given the Atheist want he has asked for, he can reap a nice profit in interest when the Atheist has to pay it back.
No free thinking person is going to fall for what you write in this article. For a start, any smart person is going to ask themselves, "Why in heaven's name would Jesus tell people to simply give everything they have to anyone who asks?" It makes no sense whatsoever, 

Mark Smith here} "It makes no sense whatsoever"??? How long has Nev been reading the Bible and this is the FIRST item he's noticed that "makes no sense whatsoever"??? Besides, since when does "make sense" have anything to do with Christianity??? The question for a good little Christian should NOT be does the order make sense, but how to obey the order. When JeJuice orders "Jump!" the only proper response for these religious robots should be "How high?", and not whether it makes sense.

unless of course you have a fanatical bias that drives you to want to accept it because you have an irrational hate for him and everyone who follows him.
Regards
  Nev Randle