So you're going to respond to a gross generalization of Christians with a gross generalization of atheists? C'mon Mags, you're better than that! It's just my 2 cents, but I'd argue that the brand of communism practiced by those dictators was essentially a perverted form of religion, whether or not they worshipped a god. Maniacal dictators gonna do what they do, with whatever rallying cry will get the job done.
Oh trust me Trip, I am 100% agreement with you. But for the absurd argument that my God is this mass murderer and Atheism or independent thinking is somehow more moral just got trumped. That's it. Neither are moral acts, IMO.
[video=youtube;w1eTIAHeYqQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1eTIAHeYqQ&feature=related[/video] Hey not bad buddy, not bad at all! I would like to make another "side note" about Nazism... First off, the "vatican" is centralized in Italy. Mussolini was allied with Nazi Germany. The vatican would know damn well if they didn't support or "half heartedly support" nazism; their very existence would have been wiped off the planet. I believe they cowardly endorsed Hilter in fear of their own existence.
They did it for the same reasons Hitler did, as evidenced by the massive hoard of wealth they now have. That didn't come from passing the plate around the pews.
Funny huh? That's why I laugh when Atheist bring up the "Catholic Church" and "Hitler" as some strawman, that the atrocities Nazi Germany was somehow a "Christian Belief". It was simply a "Darwin belief" as skewd as it seems.
If the aliens are anything like us, they'll colonize, take our land, rape our women, and ultimately kill us all.
Good point. Denny's never really had any morals.......to speak of. But, then again, who's judging......or even can for that matter?
I've been to Japan. Christianity is on the rise and they already had two other "god based" religions.
Amazing. That author was hithen's right hand man before he left atheism and converted to Christianity. He would be praised if he rode in on te banner of atheism; then is considered a fool because he became a Christian. Interesting...
What are you talking about? I'm not attacking the man, I'm attacking his conclusion. And I would do so whether he was the pope or Prince.
It's amazing because some of the writings written by atheists are amazingly straw man, yet no one cares. If an author for a creationist goes straw man, then it's called idiotic!
This is an ironic post, Mags. There was nothing "straw man" about Peter Hitchens' argument above -- it was simply bad logic. And by attacking "some of the writings written by atheists", you are yourself attacking a dummy opponent -- a straw man. If politeness were directly proportional to Christianity and belief in the Bible, as Peter Hitchens suggests, countries with very low numbers of Christians, like Japan, would be among the very rudest. This is definitely not the case. No straw man here, just a weak argument.
