# Don't even

**URL:** <https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/dont-even/6173>\
**Category:** Religion and Secularism\
**Created:** [May 9, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/dont-even/6173 "2018-05-09T22:28:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![lausten](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/lausten/32/23705_2.png) [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/dont-even/6173/1 "2018-05-09T22:28:12Z")

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I watched one of these videos so you don’t have to [https://alphausa.org/](https://alphausa.org/)  
Don’t even click on it. This is a public service announcement. If you know someone who mentions this Alpha curriculum, most likely a young person, get them to a cult de-programmer right away. It’s well produced, the people seem intelligent, it’s engaging, it doesn’t even sound preachy. I watched “Who Is Jesus” because a friend referred to it in a sermon. It made me cry, but not in the way he would have liked. In a half hour, it packed in every historical Jesus logical error and twisted fact. CS Lewis, obviously. Counting documents as a proof of historical accuracy, oh yeah. Leaps of logic, every 5 minutes.  
So much work to do to prevent the collapse of civilization as we know it.

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**Author:** ![cuthbertj](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/cuthbertj/32/18_2.png) [@cuthbertj](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/cuthbertj)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/dont-even/6173/2 "2018-05-10T17:27:45Z")

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> I watched one of these videos so you don't have to https://alphausa.org/ Don't even click on it. This is a public service announcement. If you know someone who mentions this Alpha curriculum, most likely a young person, get them to a cult de-programmer right away. It's well produced, the people seem intelligent, it's engaging, it doesn't even sound preachy. I watched "Who Is Jesus" because a friend referred to it in a sermon. It made me cry, but not in the way he would have liked. In a half hour, it packed in every historical Jesus logical error and twisted fact. CS Lewis, obviously. Counting documents as a proof of historical accuracy, oh yeah. Leaps of logic, every 5 minutes. So much work to do to prevent the collapse of civilization as we know it.

Actually, I think at some point God will step in and save us from all the Christians. Or he'll send his chore boy Jesus. ;)

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**Author:** ![offler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@offler](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/offler)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/dont-even/6173/3 "2018-05-10T21:11:30Z")

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Ah the story “i always knew its true, and those nice people are telling me that”.  
Damn, I have to be so cynical bad person, always asking myself “what are those people getting out of it”. When the answer rings “a personal relationship based on a false premise” i feel even more cynical than before…