{"id":38337,"date":"2012-09-18T09:59:47","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T16:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=38337"},"modified":"2014-12-30T13:55:35","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T20:55:35","slug":"a-prime-example-of-how-deeply-shallow-internet-atheism-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/09\/a-prime-example-of-how-deeply-shallow-internet-atheism-is.html","title":{"rendered":"A prime example of how deeply shallow internet atheism is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2026can be seen in this ridiculous \u201cAtheist Prayer Experiment<\/a>\u201d currently being conducted elsewhere on Patheos:<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s the big day! It\u2019s the beginning of my 40-day trial by prayer.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m to pray for two to three minutes per day as sincerely as convenient and ask God to reveal himself to me. I\u2019m to watch for signs of God\u2019s presence in daily life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After that, you can do an \u201cexperiment\u201d in which you transparently fake being interested in a smart, perceptive woman and then declare her an idiot for not dating you, Bob.<\/p>\n

This \u201cexperiment\u201d is this week\u2019s winner of the Tina Fey Over-The-Top Eyeroll Award<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I\u2019m glad Leah\u2019s <\/a>becoming Catholic. But I miss non-silly atheism.<\/p>\n

Bob: a word to the wise. All you need is sincerity. If you can fake that, you\u2019ll have it made. Carry on. Who can possibly predict what the fore-ordained outcome of your \u201cexperiment\u201d will be?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou shall not put the Lord thy God to the test.\u201d \u2013 Jesus of Nazareth, speaking to a certain Accuser in the desert.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2026can be seen in this ridiculous \u201cAtheist Prayer Experiment\u201d currently being conducted elsewhere on Patheos: Today\u2019s the big day! It\u2019s the beginning of my 40-day trial by prayer. I\u2019m to pray for two to three minutes per day as sincerely as convenient and ask God to reveal himself to me. 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