Bnonn
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It should be noted that Bnonn gained significant notoriety after his conversion from die-hard atheism to Christianity was revealed by Vijil. Theories about his conversion abound - some believe it to be an elaborate troll, while others (including Bnonn[1]) have pointed out the correlation between his conversion and his interest in Smokering, with whom he is now married. In his own words, Bnonn states that his conversion was due to the realization that "non-Christian thinking is necessarily incoherent and irrational, while, conversely, Christian philosophy is internally coherent and rational.[2]
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Writing
Known to few people is the fact that Bnonn is the author of a yet unpublished science fiction novel titled Ravaj. Originally conceived as a single novel and then expanded into a series of books, the origins of this partially completed saga remain shrouded in mystery. Suffering from a multitude of rewrites, re-edits and the occasional abandonment it is unknown if this story will ever see a conclusion, or even a final edition.
In its current state, Ravaj is 1600 pages long and growing, and is essentially a verbatim copy of the New International Version of the Christian Bible, as an epistemological framework must be established first to justify the concepts of truth, knowledge and existence in the reality in which its story is set before the novel itself begins.
Quotes
Pre-conversion
- "Religion has been holding society back since it was first conceived."[3]
- "My biggest epiphany was realising that God doesn't exist, and that people who have epiphanies realising that he does are sadly deluded."[4]
- "Certainly the atheistic viewpoint is somewhat more depressing than a religious one, but it isn't necessary to believe in God, or believe that life is inherently meaningful, to find meaning in a subjective sense.
Although I admit I am careful not to contemplate my life and its place in the universe too closely, as it leads to both depressive and suicidal feelings."[5]
- "Religion, on the other hand, actively constrains your thinking. That is what dogma does. Free will has nothing to do with it, since a little application of reason will demonstrate that free will is an illusionary process and does not exist in any meaningful way. Perhaps, since your religion states it does, you have assumed so all your life, and never thought to question it."[6]
- "I'd just be glad all the religious people were finally gone and I could live in a society of primarily logical people for a change. It wouldn't constitute proof of any kind for the existence of God; merely strong evidence by coincidence, and the lack of any other explanation.
You also need to read what people say. Blue Eagle did not suggest that what we see around us is the product of a creator at all. I reject your statement that one need only look around us to see evidence of a creator. Your "evidence" is explained, without exception, by science, and adding some kind of creator is simply an unnecessary byproduct of how our minds work. You, as a scientist, should probably be familiar with the anthropic principle. You should also realise that Occam's Razor is not bunk in the slightest, and in physics is not just a good idea, but the law. The only problem with Occam's Razor is that it does not provide concrete solutions, as different people may interpet the complexity of certain scenarios differently.
Now, your comment that the Bible is variable depending on how you read it does nothing but demonstrate how flawed the Bible is as the supposed Word of God. It is full of contradictions. That's why if you look for them, you will see them. Saying that you're not reading it the right way is a cop-out; an attempt to ignore the fallacies in order to preserve a way of thinking. Similarly, making blanket statements like "Jesus was never married" does nothing to support your cause. If Jesus existed, he may have married; we simply don't know. He may have had children. Once again, we don't know. There is evidence to suggest he did not, but since that evidence is bundled with a lot of other writings, some of which are demonstratably false, it is by no means certain. Simply because it is inconvenient for your beliefs to consider the possibility doesn't mean the possibility isn't there."[7]
- "As for questions science cannot answer, those questions will never be answered. People may purport to have the answers, but the fact that it requires faith to believe them discredits them as any kind of meaningful explanation."[8]
- "Literal belief in the Bible is incompatible with belief in science. I say belief in science, generally, because science is a consistent framework. You cannot pick and choose what aspects of science you choose to accept, and reject the rest. Either you accept that evolution is as valid a theory as relativity, or you reject both, unless you can provide an alternative and equally viable theory. So far, I have seen nothing remotely resembling a viable alternative theory to evolution. Creation "science" websites are full of misdirection, propaganda, lies and misunderstandings, but they certainly don't posit anything in the way of a testable theory to rival evolution. They do not even provide reasonable evidence of evolution being flawed, and thereby fail to even demonstrate that another theory is required anyway."[9]
- "... Quite why you'd really want to study it that much is beyond me, but then I think it's a book of fairy tales and exaggerated commentaries on history, so there's my bias..."[10]
Post-conversion
- "Non-Christians are incurably deceitful, evil fools, futile in their thinking, and incapable of understanding or believing the Bible..."
