Posted on 04/07/2013 3:37:02 PM PDT by ReformationFan
Over the past few years, evangelical atheists have switched places with fire-and-brimstone Christians: where once it was the Christians who brooked no disagreement, now it is the atheists; and it is the atheists, too, who perform cartwheels on the heads of pins.
Christopher Hitchens once even managed to argue of the Reverend Martin Luther King, of all people, that In no real as opposed to nominal sense . . . was he a Christian.
A weaselly self-righteousness is now the hallmark of the celebrity unbeliever. Meanwhile, it is the Christian who nods diligently in any discussion, taking pains to reassure the atheists how very much he respects their point of view.
Atheist Christopher Hitchens (left) questioned whether Rev. Martin Luther King (right) was a Christian
In the latest edition of Prospect magazine, the philosopher A.C. Grayling writes another of his pieces in support of atheism. In it, he exhibits a deft sleight-of-hand which, viewed close-up and in slow-motion, looks more and more suspicious.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Hard to believe but there are people who imagine we just keep coming back and coming back and that we strive to get off it through advanced spiritual enlightenment, and there you have Chris Hitchens getting a free boot for being a gadfly philosophical debater. 2 Billion Buddhists and Hindus are undoubtedly screaming that it's just not fair!
Excellent quote.
I love having conversations with atheists like this:
“Don’t you know that Christianity is responsible for slavery, and murder, and ....”
“Well, you can’t relate that directly to the teachings of Christianity - the New Testament says nothing even close to that, but atheist governments killed 100 million people in the last 100 years.”
“WAIT THAT’S NOT TRUE AT ALL, THAT WASN’T A RESULT OF ATHEISM DIRECTLY!”
“Then why did Stalin conduct most of his gulag round-ups while his anti-religion purges were occurring? Why did Pol Pot purposefully slaughter 99% of the Buddhist monks of his country? Why is China imprisoning, torturing, and murdering Christians and the Falun Gong even today?”
*Atheist’s head explodes*
I always say that atheism is a religion. It boils the blood of the atheists who are the smartest people in the room. They will tell you themselves.
>>I always say that atheism is a religion. It boils the blood of the atheists who are the smartest people in the room. They will tell you themselves.
Yeah, if they deny it than I say, “God does not exist is a faith statement.” Then they usually go on about science, to which I say, “So science has never been wrong about anything.” Then they usually call me names.
Exactly.
Dont you know that Christianity is responsible for slavery, and murder, and ....
So do they realize that statement says there was never any murder or slavery prior to the birth of Christ? :? Even non-Christian historians know better than that.
Although questions abound as to whether Chesterton actually said this, I think it’s appropriate here: “A man who wont believe in God will believe in anything.”
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