Wow......I glanced at your website.....I'm home....

Every job Ive ever had, I've been ambushed in the hallways by people telling me I need God in my life, or I need to come with them to church, or "Here, have this bible, it will do ya good"

Fuckers.

I had to take a sick day two years ago at my current job, because I needed a break from the old ladies pushing their shit on me. Then I got promoted and informed them that if there are any further acts of religious persecution, that they will lose their job.

As soon as I'm not swamped in work, I'll be looking into you guys further. I really wish I could use my band's fan resources to promote you, but my drummer is one of the brainwashed, so I can't

Charlie

From: Wolf in Wolf's clothing
Date: Mar 3, 2006 7:51 PM

...on the air with the Rational Response Squad. You guys rock in the most cogent way possible...thank you for the 1st show, Rook. Hooray for reason!

By the way, check out my blogs -- don't make me track you down.

A Fan,
--L.A.Repucci

Sender's Name: kemod7
Subject: Rational Responders - Feedback: The King is in da house!

Message: What's up guys..
This is Kemo D. (a.k.a. no.7) from Houston, TX. I am Proud to say that there is no better site then Rational Responders. I assume the moderators are basically volunteers and I think it is great that they provide this service to connect people from around the world who share the same ideas. Keep up the great work!!

Kemo D. (a.k.a. no.7)

From: Trent
Date: Mar 8, 2006 4:12 PM

In my heroes list.

I love what you guys do and support you 100%.

Never give up and never surrender!

From: BOTBFFLCHICKABOWWOWWOW
Date: Mar 8, 2006 9:59 PM

i thought christianity was about peace and love or something but it's people like that who make me want to not be christian even more...they claim they try to save everyone yet they just exploit someone's weaknesses to make them feel bad...you guys really are doing a good job

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From: HAPPY NOISE
Date: Mar 8, 2006 10:36 PM

You're awesome. That's all that needs to be said.

blech kudos for you actually trying to communicate with them.
i'd feel like a vulcan finally making contact with hu-mans after centuries!! gaaahh!!
can't stand christians. i experience cognitive dissonance every time i have to interact with them.

-penHELLope k.

Dear Brian Sapient,

This is my story for today that i wish to share with you almighty person of rationalism (i assume)

I woke up round 7 in the morning, Had no school today. I listened to the rock station and what not and checked out the news. Later i finished reading Meno from on of plato's dialogue. I was pissed of at the logic given to Socrates from Plato. I read in an essay ( so it would be a 2ndary resource) that that socrates wasn't really him, but after the apology it was mostly a character made by Plato. This goes back to ancient philopshy though. But i was pissed off at the direction "socrates" was heading with meno that virtue wasn?t teachable because of this and that. I noticed their flaws in their conversation. This was the first thing that gat me mad today. Then i went on the computer and checked out my myspace mail. I gat bored after a while, so i started looking at "favorites" and ( i categorize websites according to topics) i went down to religion and i decided to watch "the way of the master part 7". I did this to work on my knowledge on refuteing claims of logic and the like. I watched it all, and i refuted everything that was said by the 2 guys. One toke me 2 minutes of thinking.

2 things were said. The absolute truth in gold in China, and also knowing 99% of all knowledge. I combined these two claims made by the 2 speakers to refute their claim that i dont really know if (their) god exists because their is a possibility that in the 99% knowledge i don?t gat, absolute evidence exist that it dose.
Let me share this with you.

They said that if someone were to make the claim that there is no gold in china then they would need to know 100% that there is absolutely no gold.
If someone were to make the claim that there is gold in china then they would only need to know one atom of Au to be able to make that claim.
ALso, they said that if all my knowledge is 1% of all the knowledge that there is, then there (might) be a chance that in the 99% that i don?t know, there is evidence that (their) gold exist.

I actually had to pause the video for 2min on this. I remembered a few arguments i had from some of my relatives and the logic involved, so if i were to refute these arguments that could be used against me, then i would need to come up with some good shit .
After a while i came with this.

So in order for me to make the claim that there is no gold in china i would need to check every last unit of a measurement of it and also define the borders of china and whatnot to make the absolute claim. Like wise if i were to say that there is gold all i need to do is look into a person's mouth and say, ah here it is gold.

But of course out of all the 100% knowledge there is in existence, all i know is 1%. So of course they would say that there is 99% more knowledge out there that i haven?t obtained that (their) gold dose exist.
Of course in order to the claim that their god dose not exsist all i would actually need is one bit of evidence that it doesn?t. And if that one bit was in the 1% of knowledge that i have in my brain then that is all i need to refute their god. Like wise all you need is one piece of gold to say that there is gold in china. (yes god and bibles/holy documents have been refuted before.) This is my "belief" at least. ( i believe that all human gods are false.) So i thought this was a good "counter attack" in an argument against somebody who uses those claims against another. Well later i finished watching the video, but after i gat done watching the it i was pissed again. I asked myself "why do these stupid retards believe this shit?" Why are people so stupid an believe everything that is told to them? I get over it. ;p I actually told myself ima write a book one day refuting all that shit (dogma, religion, society, religion, nations, religion, and talk about some of my philopshys, metaphysics, and concerns for humanity.) But this was the 2nd thing that gat me pissed today. Then i went back to my bedroom and gat a few news papers from the las vegas review and checked out what i missed. I was reading for about half hour and read a few commentaries and articles from the ap. I did lateral thinking with other stuff i knew from 9-ll and other news from abortions and what not. and yet again for the 3rd time i gat pissed. I told myself "why dont the american people rebel" against this president? Why do people support north Dakota's anti abortion bill? Why is this nation "under god"? "why dont people open their eyes and see this shit?" Then i claimed down and started doing some personal thinking and wrote some stuff. later i went back to the computer and decided to check out some of the forms. I came across that "ray comfort" link you posted a while ago and now im listening to it.

I write to you really to say that I love people like you. The "rationals" People who know shit and who have logic. I didn?t know "ray comfront" was from "the way of the master" until you guys (in that radio talk show) started talking about the 10% knowledge jokes. While im listening to this and listening to the logic in the arguments, i feel better. It is nice to know that there are people in this world who are not dogmatic, radical, and in logically. People like you and your groups and people like luigi from italy might just change the world one day. This at the very least i do hope.

Something to think about- If lugi can destroy the vatican religion peacefully without violence when all the crusades and unpeacefulness attempts to destroy it have failed, then who knows what is possible with knowledge.

The only thing that can stop it is main stream media or censorship. But i believe that eventually humans are not stupid. But i hope im not foolish in believing in this.

-peace out and GLHF with the things you do
(forgive me for not making paragraphs or caring to check for grammar, but i hope you enjoyed reading this "fan mail"

I should be thanking you all for being rational in an ever increasing irrational world.

Its nice to here a clear and decisive response to an argument without resorting to the supernatural or blind faith.

I saw that you all interviewed that nut job Ray Comfort, who would gladly see the ungdly burn in hell, and thought i have to get these shows!!

I'm putting a like to your site on mysite www.myspace.com/freethought26 (thanks Myspace)

Please keep being rational; for humanity and science!

I finally took a listen to your show and I was really impressed! I haven't been able to listen ever since I listened to your show with Jared Paul. I've been listening to IG a lot and getting a lot of inspiration. I've always been an atheist, but just started studying religion 7 months ago. So far I have read The Atheist Debaters Handbook by BC Johnson, Losing Faith In Faith by Dan Barker, Atheism: The Case Against God by George Smith, and just recently I finally decided to open up a bible for the first time. Ive been really upset about the harmful effects religion has on humanity over the past couple of months. I was really stoked to finally listen to your show to discover how much you guys know. I really hope to work myself up to your level someday (with a complete open mind).

Message: When I saw your profile on my myspace friends request I thought "no, can't be the rational that I am thinking of". However I clicked your link and nearly went to tears. You guys are the best thing since Wasteland of Wonders Atheism. Ben Franklin, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton. These are the people we should be worshipping. All I have to say is that with you guys, we may just see an end to circular arguments and crappy relgious biases. I wish I could talk to you guys in person, but since I'm sure you guys have plenty of fans out there, I just wnat to say good job, you guys are a beacon of light, hope, and strong leadership for atheists in a world of religious bullshit. I just wish I could be part of it too! Keep up the good work, and don't give up. It won't be easy, trust me, I know!

- Matt

Hello, my name is ******* *********. I'd just like to say I respect you're organization.

I recently lost my job because I spoke my mind in the workplace, and if I had the chance again, I'd most certainly do it again.

I feel they made me resign for such an ignorant and unjust reason, but I couldn't help it, everyone who worked there was a vicious christian. Its amazing what can happen when you tell the truth.

I just wanted to say while in the process of quitting my job your orginization came to mind, and it made me feel much better about myself. Thank you, and keep fighting the good fight

From: Kiersten
Date: Jul 30, 2006 7:33 PM

I have been listening and watching you guys for about 5 months now, and I can not express how happy I am, no - not just happy, how relieved I am to find others that feel and think the same way I do.

I live in Springfield Missouri, where when you meet a new person, they don't ask you your name, they ask what church you go to. It is horrible here! But to just know that I'm not alone in the world with my opinions, and to read others say things that I want to shout to the world every single day helps me so much... it really does. So I want to thank everyone that is involved with your show from the bottom of my heart. It might sound silly to you, but when you have NO one supporting you for hundrends of miles around you, it's wonderful to have a group of people I can turn to to hear the truth - and be reminded that I am NOT alone in this world.

Thank you!

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From: The Robster - Circle Of Fifths
Date: Aug 1, 2006 3:01 AM

You guys rock, I would make love to each one of you if I was a woman or gay.

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From: Mario
Date: Aug 21, 2006 1:03 PM

You guys are great. I have always thought that the world and it's beliefs in religions are full of shit. I wish i could help. You're fighting a great and needed cause. Thanks for fighting a justifiable war.

-Mario

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From: Kristen
Date: Sep 10, 2006 6:31 PM

i have no idea which show it was or what ya'll said, but my boyfriend woke me up today to say i was right about bush being a negative force for america. i've been telling him that for years, but you guys are much better than me at citing sources and organizing arguments.
we subscribed to the show, by the way, and are loving it. brian, give rook a smooch for us. he's our fave.

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From: TwinDNA
Date: Sep 20, 2006 12:38 PM

My name is Karen and I just wanted to thank you for your support....I live in an area were I and other Athiests have to stay in the closet. I used to have emblems and stickers on my vehicle from EvolveFish.com and my truck kept getting vandelized. I eventually gave up and quit putting stuff on it. Now I feel like a prisoner in my own town, forced to keep my mouth shut and my opinions to myself. My MySpace page has helped me vent a little and I was very happy to see that there were many people to talk to that supported Athiesm...I need a copy of the book "Letter to a Christian Nation" to show to the x-ians around here, maybe I can change some of thier minds! Best Wishes
Karen

From Ben
Sep 22, 2006 10:53 AM
I need to thank you guys from the bottom of my heart for what you are doing here.

Being an atheist my whole life I have struggled to find a place where I belong, where people won't look down on me or try to hurt me in some way for looking at the world and asking why and how.

I went to church every wednesday and twice on sunday until I was 13-14 years old and could establish my freedom of choice. When I was 6 years old I was told by my pastor god is all knowing and all powerful and knows everything that is going to happen until the end of time and that god has condemned us, the people he created, to an eternity of torment for making us flawed. Now he didn't say it those words exactly but that is the point, and at the age of 6 I realized that christianity is wrong, plain and simple. But when I voiced my thoughts on this I was shocked because everyone flipped and I got in trouble for thinking.

Ever since then I have been afraid to speak my mind on the subject and I have been made to feel like a bad person for questioning what is going on. I even tried to believe, I tried SO HARD for SO LONG and couldn't do it. I accepted Jesus 4 seperate times and each time I wanted, really wanted, to be changed and each time I wasn't and was ashamed of it.

Thank you for making me realize that I have nothing to be ashamed of and that I am not somehow wrong or a bad person for being the way I am.

I am no longer alone.

NAMED, from our myspace profile
Oct 25, 2006 10:28 AM

I remember reading the Bible as a young child, possibly 10 or so. At such an age, even with my mental faculties under-developed, I still regarded what I could understand of that nonsense book to be laughable. It boggled my young mind to think how an ADULT could be witless enough to believe that drivel. I say this truthfully- it insulted my intellect. The intellect of a CHILD.
I suppose that was a blessing of how I was raised. By a Theist but, an open-minded mother who did not even try to indoctrinate me with her spirituality.

For too long I have been a pascifistic Atheist. I pity the religious but do nothing but laugh and walk away when they stand ranting on the streets or on an internet forum.

The Rational Responders have encouraged me to rise up again to fight the plague of non-thinking destroying my fellow humans.
I understand now that this is my moral obligation.

=D

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From: Mathieu
Date: Nov 1, 2006 6:33 PM

I'd like to tell you that you are the inspiration which finally made me make the leap to atheism. I repost your bulletins whenever I can to try and end the plague of religion. Living in Texas, I have an especially hard time, my home being the buckle of the Bible belt. My question was, how can I embed your videos into my bulletins to repost them? Ive been copying the url's and reposting that but I feel like none of my friends take the time to watch them. Anyway, thanks for your time and keep up the good work!

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From: Lieutenant Dan
Date: Nov 10 2006 5:08 PM

Just wanted to drop by and tell you guys that since I have become an atheist I've had two good friends convert to atheism and my girlfriend is on the brink. Thanks to the help from me and my best friend and their own intelligence. Everytime I hear of someone turning atheist it really gives me the will to keep "preaching" haha. you guys are awesome and I proudly wear your shirt all the time.

Dan