Posted on 05/11/2008 6:32:22 PM PDT by Thorin
Of possible interest.
Why are they so angry? Because, when they die, they’ll be all dressed up with nowhere to go.
They are angry because they are scared they are wrong.
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Heh. Lots of people on this forum, particularly on the evo threads, might take heed, but won't.......
I’ve heard a ton of aethists opine in 12-step meetings, and it’s my sense that they are mad because addicts hate to be told what to do, and they think that religion wants to fence them in.
It is a nice sounding theory that when you separate the Christian Church from the state, you get stability, but it does not pass the common sense test.
For instance, I know it is the first words out of any atheist mouth when you try to talk with them about Jesus, “Explain the Inquisition,” and “Look how evil the church was!” and “Look what they did in the name of Jesus!”
It is true that about 500 years ago, Christian fanatics killed about 10,000 people over a 100 year time period (about 100/year) in the name of the Roman Catholic church. It is a shame on the record of an organization that claims to be promoting the ministry of Christ. Now compare this record to the example of the countries that have officially done away with religion. To the countries that have outright banned religion and imprisoned those who try to practice it (the ultimate test of the theory of separation of church and state).
Yes, I am talking about Communist countries. In the Communist Manifesto, Engel and Marx declared, “Communism abolishes all religion.” In my father’s lifetime, the numbers of people that officially atheist countries have murdered in the name of no-religion is staggering; the USSR slaughtered 20 million, China slaughtered 10 million, Communist Cambodia slaughtered 2 million, Communist North Korea has/continues to murder untold numbers, Communist Cuba has/continues to murder untold numbers, the list goes on.
The grand total is over 50+ million dead in the last 80-year time span (over 600,000/year). Even comparing the worst time of “Christian Persecution” to an average time of a just one country that has officially and forcefully separated church and state, the conclusion is obvious: Christianity has a huge calming influence on government.
Atheism always strikes me as a noun that sugggests a limiting venue.
Denish D’Souza, in his book on aethism, says that almost all aethists would have stayed believers if religion didn’t try to contrain their sex desires.
Such atheists don’t really believe in their hearts that there is no God. They hate God for laying down rules. Atheists who really believe there is no God tend to be much more even-tempered, knowing that others’ belief is simply irrelevant to them.
everyone knows that all bullies are cowards.
I warn you that 1) I can't speak for Hitchens, Dawkins, et al, and 2) exploring a non-religious viewpoint requires a degree of broadmindedness that some religious people seem to find quite uncomfortable.
Puh-leeze. The claim of only 100 murders per year for all of Europe during the inquisitions and witch hunts does not pass the laugh test.
Why don’t you tell us the real number then?
Yea....those pesky TEN COMMANDMENTS
There are also documented instances of persons in royal courts blaspheming so that they would be transferred to the jurisdiction of inquisatorial courts, which were less severe than royal courts.
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Here’s the correct link on the Inquisition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_inquisition
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