(March 11, 2014 at 7:23 pm)discipulus Wrote: Spare me the whole "I am a persecuted atheist and I am fighting for my rights that is why I am here on an atheist internet forum" line.
It is so ridiculous.
You have a nice way of missing the point and avoiding answering questions.
Quote:And anyway, what is it about the moral views of Christians that is so bad?
Do not murder, oh wow! That is such a horrible thing to say!
Do not steal, oh wow! I would never want my child to hear that!
Do not hate people or think evil of others because they happen to have different religious views, my goodness, what a horrible thing to teach a child!
All those existed long before Christianity. Even the OT for that matter.
The Code of Hammurabi, for example.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
