Posted on 09/30/2007 6:43:04 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Edited on 09/30/2007 7:24:49 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Still, when it comes to atheists, I always harken to the U=boat skipper, one of the few who survived, who said he always found atheism interesting. As the war progressed, fanatical youths kept joining the submarine corps. The more the war surrendered to time, the more atheistin these patriots became. The sub driver said when the depth charges started exploding around them, these fanatical atheists were the first to hit their knees to pray fervently for deliverance.
Is "atheist" a synonym for "MSM" which is a synonym for "Democrat?"
This is to be expected. Christ told us so.
This is to be expected. Christ told us so. That he did this 2,000 years ago, and (yet another) prophecy from the bible shows to be true, reveals how much evidence they must look past in order to set their eyes on themselves instead of God.
It’s time to begin ours.
Rejecting God because they don’t agree with some believers? Even if it were true, isn’t it like ... rejecting all food because you don’t like macaroni and cheese?
Time=Lies, Newsweak, and other branches of the MSM have been telling the public that “God is Dead” since the 1960s.
Every Christmas and Easter is another expose how Christianity is a “sham”.
ABCDisney can go Lewinsky themselves.
“While not agreeing with the way it was presented, I can see the point that GMA (through very bad presentation) was trying to make.”
Although I don’t agree with they way they presented it, I tend to agree. The problem with this is mainly in the MSM depiction of this “rising Christian right”.
That said, these MSM-proclaimed “evangelical leaders” don’t do much to help the situation. Many preach a new form of social conservatism enforced through force of government. I say to FReepers, be careful what you wish for and by what means you employ to see those wishes to fruition. Dangerous ground here.
The homosexual agenda is forced down our throats too by the MSM, courts, corporate America, etc (but surprisingly little action by the LEGISTATURE, which is part of why the issue is still a sore spot for many people, it was foced upon us without consensus).
Doesn’t seem to have soured the public’s tv viewing habits, beer thirst, support of Ford Motors, applications for colleges, etc.
Expect the nastiest political advertising and media smears since 1964.
What happened to "Turn the other cheek"?
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. (Matthew 5:10-12 KJV)
What did you mean by that exactly?
Its somewhat ironic that the policies of the atheists to legalize their belief and outlaw those of others is the same policy used by zealots who seek to influence worldly affairs with their religious devotion.
Christianity is the only faith which promotes life, instead of worldly systems which acquisition death.
Perfect Justice still demands Perfect Righteousness.
An apology is still owed, but if they simply placed faith through Christ, Divine Judgment has a perfect solution available.
That makes our sins as bad as ABC's.
I’m sure there are those out there cramming their beliefs down other’s throats, but I can’t understand how a typical Christian’s rights, exercised in public, somehow means another’s rights and freedoms are being suppressed.
For instance...if Christmas is banned from public schools (often while other religions get a free pass), how was it all those prior years that Christian kids celebrating Christmas in various forms somehow harmed another non-Christian kid?
If a Christmas tree is displayed in a town square, or a cross on public land, etc. how does that limit another’s freedoms?
If Under God is in the Pledge, how does that “harm” or suppress the freedom’s of one that doesn’t believe in God?
In other words, if an atheist doesn’t even BELIEVE there’s a God, how can another person’s belief in something that doesn’t exist HARM them or impinge on their rights or freedom’s not to believe?
I’m sure there are examples, but for the vast majority of cases I’ve seen, the very opposite has been true. A concerted effort is being made to remove Christianity from the public(again while giving other religions a free pass).
www.thomasmore.org
Secularly, atheists should be free to be atheists--though an atheist society would be HUGE threat, with the potential to be far more dangerous than an Islamic country under Sharia law.
It was very offensive how they repeatedly characterized Christianity (and non-atheist religion in general) as being irrational, and not fit for advanced people. It was quite rich when a Senator goes into a conniption upon hearing that some other people are polytheistic.
Uh, news flash to the atheist writers, Christians generally would not go into a flying rage at the mere recognition that others have beliefs contrary to their own.
That, and they demonstrated a very naive view of how the world (or universe) works.
Christian fundamentalism is not driving people to atheism. It has been too long that Western societies have pressured their peoples to be 'Christian.' This has led to many corrupted, watered-down forms of Christianity. If people want to be atheists, let them, and hopefully they'll lose the big chips on their shoulders and come to respect Christians right to have their beliefs and recognize Christians as being as intellectually advanced as them and their secular equals.
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