14 Feb 2009, 4:04 pm
14 Feb 2009, 4:09 pm
ruveyn wrote:
slowmutant wrote:
Since when was atheism an institution? Isn't it just the (un)organized denial of God?
That is true. There is no Church of Atheism. Atheists never organized crusades or burned those that disbelieved at the stake. Atheists don't strap on suicide bombs to shred believers.
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14 Feb 2009, 4:14 pm
slowmutant wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
slowmutant wrote:
Since when was atheism an institution? Isn't it just the (un)organized denial of God?
That is true. There is no Church of Atheism. Atheists never organized crusades or burned those that disbelieved at the stake. Atheists don't strap on suicide bombs to shred believers.
ruveyn
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Stalin started off as a potential priest in the orthodox church. Instead he decided that the Party and the State was God. He was not an atheist. He worshiped false gods.
Hitler made Volk, Blut and Race his gods. Again, he was no atheist. He made the German Volk his idol.
That is what happens when fanatical idol worshipers gain great political powers.
"And then the People bowed and prayed, to the neon god they made"
from the lyrics to The Sound of Silence.
In the history of the human race, atheists are rare. People love to believe in the gods they fashion with their own hands and minds.
ruveyn
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14 Feb 2009, 4:49 pm
I thought Hitler said he was a Catholic. I remember reading somewhere that he wanted to buy Mexico and spread Catholicism worldwide.
http://www.encyclopediaofstupid.com/stu ... atholicism
It is funny how just about any topic can lead to Hitler. 
14 Feb 2009, 4:52 pm
slowmutant wrote:
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Hitler made Volk, Blut and Race his gods. Again, he was no atheist.
Are you trying to make Hitler into some kind of good guy hero-type?
He wasn't?
Magnus wrote:
I thought Hitler said he was a Catholic. I remember reading somewhere that he wanted to buy Mexico and spread Catholicism worldwide.
http://www.encyclopediaofstupid.com/stu ... atholicism
It is funny how just about any topic can lead to Hitler.
http://www.encyclopediaofstupid.com/stu ... atholicism
It is funny how just about any topic can lead to Hitler.
He must have been Catholic, only a Catholic would be capable of such things
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14 Feb 2009, 7:32 pm
"Laying of hands" topic
Remember that slavery, racism, bigotry, misogyny and corporal punsihment were all practiced in the bible. A progressive religion would have investigated these injustices and written commentaries condemning them, meaning there would have been a paper trail. As it is, since many take the bible literally, evils are sanctioned because they are written.
True believers "practice what they preach." 
14 Feb 2009, 8:05 pm
sartresue wrote:
"Laying of hands" topic
Remember that slavery, racism, bigotry, misogyny and corporal punsihment were all practiced in the bible. A progressive religion would have investigated these injustices and written commentaries condemning them, meaning there would have been a paper trail. As it is, since many take the bible literally, evils are sanctioned because they are written.
True believers "practice what they preach."
Remember that slavery, racism, bigotry, misogyny and corporal punsihment were all practiced in the bible. A progressive religion would have investigated these injustices and written commentaries condemning them, meaning there would have been a paper trail. As it is, since many take the bible literally, evils are sanctioned because they are written.
True believers "practice what they preach."
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slavery, racism, bigotry, misogyny and corporal punsihment
These things are not exclusive to Christianity or to any religion, for that matter. What a flimsy strawman!
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15 Feb 2009, 11:22 am
slowmutant wrote:
sartresue wrote:
"Laying of hands" topic
Remember that slavery, racism, bigotry, misogyny and corporal punsihment were all practiced in the bible. A progressive religion would have investigated these injustices and written commentaries condemning them, meaning there would have been a paper trail. As it is, since many take the bible literally, evils are sanctioned because they are written.
True believers "practice what they preach."
Remember that slavery, racism, bigotry, misogyny and corporal punsihment were all practiced in the bible. A progressive religion would have investigated these injustices and written commentaries condemning them, meaning there would have been a paper trail. As it is, since many take the bible literally, evils are sanctioned because they are written.
True believers "practice what they preach."
Quote:
slavery, racism, bigotry, misogyny and corporal punsihment
These things are not exclusive to Christianity or to any religion, for that matter. What a flimsy strawman!
Christ-inanity topic
Any religion that does not examine itself from time to time to seek improvement for its adherents is at risk of becoming rotten to the core. The unexamined life is not worth living. I think this is a Greek saying, very apt, and predates Christianity.
Adherents to a religion (not exclusive to Christianity) who do not themselves seek to eradicate injustices from its tenets and beliefs is doing more harm than the good the religion is supposed to be espousing. This is why many, if not most religions are hypocritical. Oh, they practice what they preach, as I wrote above, but they are practicing the injustices written down in their scriptures. Ironic, rolling eyes.
Any religion based on the hero worship of one person, place or thing is a straw man in itself.
