I must admit you guys prove a point. Read through the pages and pages of this thread and see who has treated who more respectfully. Sure you don't need religion to be good, but it appears to help. Just as in the research that I quoted a few months back, it is scientifically proven that without a faith morality diminishes. When I say morality I mean a desire to do what is good for the wider community over ones self.So yeah. Nice job fullas. All most of you do is make narrow pointed attacks based on stereo types that most of you have never actually met in real life. Note that I say 'most'.So I imagine what you will do now is go and find the one time that I lost my rag and quote it back to me, completely ignoring all of the evidence that the scientists are by far, more rude and disrespectful than the Christians represented in this thread.
How many Christians think that Muslims are evil terrorists? How many Christians would take the side of a fellow Christian against a Muslem simply for the fact that they share the same beliefs?
Religion skews perspectives. It is used to control societies. It is used to placate them, and when required it is used to enrage them.
How many people without a religion would also believe that muslims are evil terrorists? GOD (read: The Media) has passed down that untruth, and countless amounts of people chose to believe it blindly, much the same as a christian would. So, some of us anti religious folk are just as gullible and stupid.Not aligning to a specific faith doesnt mean we are immune from believing some seriously dumb shit sometimes. While you yourself Ape would probably look deeper into the topic and get a better understanding, can you honestly say that EVERYONE is going to do the same?
it is scientifically proven that without a faith morality diminishes. When I say morality I mean a desire to do what is good for the wider community over ones self.
morals = faith? lies.
How about Divorce rates by religion (U.S.)Born-again Christians, 27%Other Christians 24%Atheists, Agnostics 21%
In other news:How many people here have attacked muslims? Or muslim beliefs?Answer: none.:disappoin
You keep talking about "religion", but how many times can I say this:I'M NOT RELIGIOUS.To me, RELIGION is man-made, based around God.FAITH (which I have) is between me and God; no man-made laws apply.Maybe the real truth is that the GOD of today (the media) has convinced a bunch of gullible idiots, who watch too much news and think they're more intelligent than they really are, that Christianity is wrong? Or harmful? Or based on hate? Or money? Or worse?The sad fact is that you hate upon Christians for simply being Christian.I repeat: live and let live.
Hello Simon it's very nice to see you here again.
:rnr: better lock up your daughters, and barn yard animals
What makes you think I'm talking about you then? If you are not Christian then I'm not.If you are Christian then you are religious. If you read the bible for spiritual inspiration then you are religious. If you go to church, believe in the Christian dogma, or a derivative thereof, then you are most definitely religious. Regardless of what you say.Religion defines god, e.g. the Christian religion defines god as being intelligent, being omniscient, creating man in his image, and being able to create a human avatar, among other things. The religion defines god as creator, and thus defines existence and reality.As for the "bunch of gullible idiots" watching the media and forming negative opinions about Christianity, well that could very well be the case. But only if the media done this. But they do not, do they. They leave Christians alone most of the time. You don't hear about the religion of an every day murderer. Unless he was Muslim maybe.Personally, my opinions of Christianity come not from the media. Instead they come from my research, study, and contemplation. They come from cosmology, physics, geology, history, palaeontology, mythology, and also from the Christian religious doctrine, and most importantly to me - from time spent with Christian followers themselves.Oh, and no one said that Christianity is based on hate. It's based on love, and compliance, submission to divine authority. Keywords: submission, authority. Sheep are easily led.Most importantly, I have never said that god does not exist. It's impossible to know. What I have said is that the Christian god, in all his manicial glory, does not exist.
Whether someone is actively or passively aggressive towards them is irrelevant. It's what you think about it that guides your actions. Or, as the case may be, lack of action.Some Christians would never beat a Muslim to death, but they would stand around and watch while another Christian beat a Muslim to death.
As for the "bunch of gullible idiots" watching the media and forming negative opinions about Christianity, well that could very well be the case. But only if the media done this. But they do not, do they. They leave Christians alone most of the time. You don't hear about the religion of an every day murderer. Unless he was Muslim maybe.
He still believes in you.
Honestly, is any other group as WIDELY PERSECUTED as Christians in this day and age (except maybe Muslims)?
ZOMG - chrisitain are not persecuted - damn Christians and there need to feel like martyrs - If you want a group more widely persecuted how about homosexuals by christians?
well thats seriously retarded. Even if they were the most persecuted which they arnt, the past few years of christian persecution wouldnt count for the thousands of years where christians have done everything possible to persecute others
Notice I said as WIDELY persecuted.Sure, homosexuals may be persecuted by some Christians.Christians are persecuted by everybody EXCEPT other Christians.
