ATHEISTS WON'T SAVE EUROPE

Grasstops USA ^ | April 18, 2007 | Don Feder

[Coleus]

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[Zeroisanumber]

What do atheists have to offer in place of God to give meaning to life -- democracy, human rights, reason, la dolce vita?

Responsibility, self-reliance, self-improvement, resolution, and science. Philosophically, I find Atheism quite fulfilling; much more so than the Catholicism, and Stoicism I practiced beforehand. The people and things that it has taught me to value are things that I would gladly fight and die for.

[Cindy]

Ditto.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Thank you for your insight, however, I didn't write the title ATHEISTS WON"T SAVE EUROPE,,, I just added the line : Neither will socialism or liberalism.
I am sure there are still Europeans who are of the old school friends of American, and still hold the values of what we hold dear also.
Interestingly, there was a C-SPAN show about 3 years ago with John Gibson hosting a book signing and he talked about this very subject.
Of how the MSM Press in Europe has the loudest voice of Anti-Americanism.
One thing to note, he said about the current misguided Europeans who are making the rest look bad, who are anti American and so forth, he said that what some of the older folk who remember how the USA helped win the freedom in Europe in WWII say to these younger or misguided is " What are you doing ? what are you thinking ? "

[kopite]

“”Nothing. I’ve never seen atheists get together for any sort of hands-on charity work, like building houses for earthquake victims, caring for the disabled, building schools, hospitals, manning soup kitchens, or whatever.””

You haven’t been around much then. The Salvation Army is not the only charitable organisation you know.

[kopite]

Christianity, Islam...it’s all the same. Complete bollocks and should be done away with.

This is no longer the Middle Ages.

[endthematrix]

THE TOCQUEVILLE FRAUD
The Weekly Standard
November 13, 1995

http://www.tocqueville.org/pitney.htm

[highlander_UW]

Interestingly the (to Americans who indulge in anti-Europeanism) most secular part of "old" Europe -France- has the highest fertility rate on the old continent with 1.98 births/woman.

How much of this statistic is impacted by the exceedingly high birthrate of muslims, that happen to be a larger percentage of the population in France than most of the rest of Europe? I suspect that if one took the birthrate for non-muslim French one would find a much different picture.

I assume you've heard the saying...there are lies, damn lies and statistics.

[Mmmike]

As environmentalism and more conventional liberal dogmas show, not only are modern secularists desperate for a higher cause on behalf of which they can crusade and find higher meaning in life, but they are also vastly ignorant of life’s sobering realities like the peril that underlies self-righteousness and the hopeless tailspin that moral relativism boils down to.

[Mike Darancette]

Europe: The culture of nothing.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Believe it or not: Europe will be saved by its own great people.

I sincerely hope you're right, though the numbers seem to indicate otherwise. I'm a big fan of Western Civiliation and I do NOT want to see the cradle of Western Civilization wiped out by the muslim hordes.

By the way, a thumbs up to European efforts to lower their corporate income tax rates. There's an example we would do well to follow. (See, we can be more like Europe without becoming more socialist! :-) )

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I don’t know. I’m beginning to think that Bible-thumping, old-time, “knuckle-dragging, homophobic” Christianity would be a lot better for America than the current depraved, self-centered culture.

Who would you rather meet on the street? Britney Spears or Mother Theresa (may the latter rest in peace)? Keith Richards or Pope Benedict? Paris Hilton or Franklin Graham?

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Domestically, demographic differences parallel religious observance. Salt Lake City and Tupelo, Mississippi have higher fertility rates than Manhattan and San Francisco.

Whoo hoo!! Preach it, Mr. Feder!!

[Wormwood]

The problem with atheists in not that believe in nothing, but that they will believe in anything.

Such as?

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Complete bollocks and should be done away with.

How tolerant of you. Should we bring back the guillotine or would you prefer concentration camps?

[Wormwood]

Perhaps it's time for America and Europe to return to that old-time "knuckle-dragging, homophobic" religion...

Pass.

[jmcenanly]

The problem with atheists in not that believe in nothing, but that they will believe in anything.

Such as?

They seem to believe that the best way to dal with a teroist is to give them what they ask for.

[rhema]

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