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Originally Posted by Skepticologist Religion . . . ALL religion . . . is a fairy tale. . | Quote: |
Originally Posted by WiliamBlue; ...I think you need to pick a better fairy-tale | I think we need to be fair to Christianity and other religions. The problem is not so much with the "fairy tale" as the people who interpret it and implement it! For example if we could just live by the last eight or nine commandments .... might be a bit boring; but it would not that bad? If we don't recognize and accept the positives in a religion, how can we argue accurately against it? |
I have no problem with people who choose to live by whatever commandments, but when they start trying to force all those commandments on others then I have a big issue. Take for instance the availability of free condoms in Africa to prevent the spread of AIDS, the born again and the Catholics have decided that this is a no-no, so AIDS continues to spread and people suffer for no good reason. So don't tell me these people are harmless because they aren't. There are other examples.
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Originally Posted by romansh If we expect to win over somebody like 'godlovesyou' are we going to do it by looking down on this person and religion? Do we want theists who come to this forum to see the light?
So which would you prefer...understanding and reason ...or a baseball bat?
and don't expect logic from the born again
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They are not coming here to see the light, they are here to preach and condemn us for not seeing it their way. Sometimes a baseball bat looks awful tempting.
I never expect anything close to logic from B/A people, but I can always hope.