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

Modern Miracle Workers

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It's A Sin To Ask For Proof

(A Poetic Quest for Evidence)

Mark Smith  1978, 1993

Claims a man quite foolishly, that he can, like Jesus, walk on the sea. Dare I argue with such a fool, or rather take him to a swimming pool? But to the pool he refuses to go, saying "The Spirit of God doesn't put on shows."

Claims a man the dead he can raise. So I decide to test him, thinking his head's in a haze. To a green cemetery him and I go, where we walk to a tombstone- a dead man below. "Raise him up!" I challenge with a smile. Instead he walks away, uttering "IN-FI-DIAL!"

Claims a man to have the gift of tongues. Just like Paul, he can converse with everyone. So on a plane to New York City him and I go, taxi to The United Nations, arrive in the morning's glow. I stop fifty nationalities, fifty languages diverse. I introduce each to my friend, hoping to see them all converse. But my friend- clucks like a chicken the same two syllables to each and every man. The fifty walk away, not even one understands. I say to my friend, "Stan, what kind of damn show was that?"  "It's the language of angels, and you've got to be spiritual to understand."

Claims a man the sick he can heal, and if I don't believe him, I'm a spiritual heel. But risking the displeasure of this ignorant fake, to a local hospital, him I do take. I put on him white coat and gloves, and bring him to the Emergency Room above. In stumbles a man with severed hand- nothing but a bloody stump near his watch band. I turn to my quack, and say, "What about this?" But he says "Aha! Putting the Lord to the test? Why, that is EVILness!!" Then out he stormed, back to his faithful few, where he "heals" backaches and headaches and anything else easy to fake. He also sells jars of Holy Goo, and has a TV show- looks just like a zoo.

So lucky for fakes and frauds, wherever they may be, what P.T. Barnum once said, turns out true indeed. "There's a sucker born every minute" And yes, they'll swallow anything, it's true. But I'm not one of them, and I hope now neither are you!