As an atheist. I can not understand others concern about religion and Christianty in general. A photo or wall hanging of the Ten commandments in a school or city hall does me no harm.
It’s not my business what people teach their children. This country has a deep Christian heratige that as far as I’m concerned has done far more good than harm.
Despite the fact I consider their faith nothing more than silly superstition. It has never harmed me. And I won’t worry about it till it does. Islam on the other hand needs to be erased, just as a public safety issue.
You were doing so well at defeating the atheist stereotype until this:
“I consider their faith nothing more than silly superstition.”
I consider your lack of faith and belief that we came into existence out of a pile of goo to be silly superstition. Insulting isn’t it? You really shouldn’t claim to be friendly to religion and in the same breath insult every believer you’re speaking about. Typical atheist.
To be fair, it’s not just atheists.
Some Christians and Jews get their panties all twisted because Mormons hold proxy baptism ceremonies in their temples for dead people, including dead Christians and Jews.
I don’t get it. If the Mormons are right, maybe they’re doing something to help these people in the afterlife. If what they believe is not the truth, these ceremonies still aren’t hurting anyone, dead or alive. They’re remarkably silly rituals, IMO, but becoming upset about them seems even more silly.
As you say, the Christian roots of Western and modern civilization are a fact of history. You are welcome to believe we have moved above and beyond that primitive beginning, but don’t pretend the roots aren’t there.
As they used to say in the Deep South, "That's mighty white of you, massa."
Nice to see the finely-honed intellect of the atheists is up to spelling the word "heratige". Are you saying the U.S. was founded on Zeus's wife? Or did she move on to the FSM?
Thanks! That is just good commom sense! The benefits of Christianity far out weigh the negative!
“By mercy and truth iniquity is purged, and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.” (Proverbs 16:6)
while i may hope that my actions and words may lead someone to look into what it means to have Jesus as their savior, it is STILL not my business what people teach their children.
As far as your statement that my faith is nothing more than a silly superstition, why would i find that insulting? why would what YOU believe change how *I* feel about what *I* believe? I don't get why people get insulted about other stuff...maybe it's age. I think when I was a lot younger, everything insulted me!
Besides, maybe your comment was a subconcious way to challenge someone into showing you why/how their religion has changed their life. :)
in any case, i also agree with the Islam thought....atheists did not fly jumbo jets into skyscrapers.
An agnostic I could understand. But an atheist? Wow! What chutzpah.
This is what is disturbing about the recent rally: The participants said they wanted politicians to be less swayed by religion. To be less swayed by one force indicates the automatic reversal, being swayed by that force's opposite. The dichotomy is set up by the atheists that the two forces are Religion and Reason. This is false. Persons who hold to religious values are not without reason, nor are their arguments (such as Intelligent Design), and persons who claim Science as their explanation of life, the universe, and everything have a religious faith that is in every way the equal of any world religion, as their theories of the origins of all things are not scientifically provable!
The disturbing implication the atheists are trying to put across is that those who hold to a faith in a creator (as did our founders) are acting outside the realm of reason and ought to be silenced.
Thanks for your kind words. You do see a difference (and it is profound) between Christianity and Islam.
Were I Muslim, I would be deeply offended that you reject Allah, perhaps to the point of wishing you dead.
I say what follows only with a humble heart, intending you no harm.
As a Christian, instead, I feel a sadness, almost a fear, for your soul. And, not knowing you, but loving you because you are a fellow person created in the image of God, I’ll pray that He’ll make Himself real in your life, that you’ll come to accept His salvation. It is a free gift, held out, not pushed.
Prayers Up.