Comments on: An iPhone app for atheists

By: Mr. F

Mr. F — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:37:06 +0000

Hi,

Francis again, developer of BibleThumper. Here’s a promo code (unfortunately only works in US App Store) for the first reader to grab it: TRP74MTHH496

Now, as for really using the app to ward off biblethumpers, I agree with barriejohn that this might not work. Haven’t had the chance to try it out since (fortunately) these people are in short supply over here in Switzerland.

I wrote the app with the guy in mind who started going all biblethumper on me while I was taking a leak in a public restroom in the US a while back. Ever since then proselytizing has disgusted me.

Cheers – Francis

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:21:24 +0000

I can tell James and others, from personal experience, that while The Skeptic’s Annotated Bible may provide you with hours of fun, it will make absolutely no impression on “Bible Believers”! The reason for this is that fundamentalist Christians spend hour upon hour at Bible Study/Bible Readings where every single verse of the Bible – including even the most obscure books – is analyzed and expounded at great length. No one is going to come up with a question to which they don’t have a ready-prepared answer! (And even if they can’t fend off atack with the usual arguments that “this is a mistranslation”, or “these words were not in the original”, they can always fall back on “we’ll understand what this means when we get to Heaven”!!) The answer is to think “outside the box” and go for questions to which they do NOT have an answer. Science, naturally, provides some of these. And rather than using the scatter-gun approach, I feel it is more effective to latch on to ONE fact that, if true, destroys their simplistic beliefs. For instance – it is now generally accepted that Nazareth, as a settlement, did not exist in the First Century (Doh!!!). Never mind all the other “contradictions” in the Gospels – how on earth do you get over THAT one? If you challenge them on something like the Exodus, their stock answer is: “Ah, well, the evidence hasn’t been found yet”; but where Nazareth is concerned the evidence HAS been found, and it says that there were only scattered dwellings there in “Jesus” day. As Dr Harwood has pointed out just recently, the idea developed that “Nazirite” or “Nazorean” meant that Jesus was from Nazareth, and that is how that “fact” became incorporated into the Gospel narratives. Such a fundamental error as this blows out of the water completely the idea that the New Testament is “divinely inspired”!!

By: Mr. F

Mr. F — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:00:28 +0000

Hi,

I’m the developer of BibleThumper & I’m glad you enjoyed it! I couldn’t help giggling all the time while I was developing it. I spent a lot of time going over the ‘best’ bible quotes and selected about 100 juicy ones for the app! Tell all you friends about it! & if you’ve got some spare change, buy a copy

Cheers – Francis

By: Peter Magellan

Peter Magellan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:27:19 +0000

A far better way of dealing with proselytizing Christians is to shake THEM really hard!

Amen to that!

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By: James

James — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:54:46 +0000

We need to get the Skeptic’s Annotated Bible/Koran/Book of Mormon for the iPhone!

By: Kellie Richardson

Kellie Richardson — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:20:52 +0000

huh interesting. go figure they would have a app for the bible and stuff. They have apps for everything else.