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   From: michelle@michelle.org   
      
   Top Ten indications that you¹re over-obsessed with religion:   
      
   #10 ­ You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by   
   other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of   
   yours.   
      
   #9 ­ You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people   
   evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical   
   claim that humans were created from dirt.   
      
   #8 ­ You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a   
   Triune God.   
      
   #7 ­ Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed   
   to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah   
   slaughtered all the male first-born babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and   
   ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" ­ including   
   women, children, and trees.   
      
   #6 ­ You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims   
   about gods consorting with women, but you have no problem believing that   
   the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who   
   got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.   
      
   #5 ­ You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in   
   the scientifically established age of the Earth (4.55 billion years),   
   but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age   
   tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is about a   
   couple of generations old.   
      
   #4 ­ You believe that the entire population of this planet with the   
   exception of those who share your beliefs ­ though excluding those in   
   all rival sects ­ will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering,   
   and yet you consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."   
      
   #3 ­ While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have   
   failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor   
   "speaking in tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" your   
   choice of religions to be the correct one.   
      
   #2 ­ You define .01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered   
   prayers, and consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you   
   think that the remaining 99.99% failure was simply the will of God.   
      
   #1 ­ You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do   
   about the Bible, Christianity, and church history ­ but you still call   
   yourself a Christian   
      
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