RE: A simple challenge for atheists
January 10, 2015 at 8:51 pm
(This post was last modified: January 10, 2015 at 8:53 pm by bob96.)
(January 10, 2015 at 7:51 pm)IATIA Wrote:(January 10, 2015 at 7:33 pm)bob96 Wrote: Saying religion stunts science is your subjective opinion. Do you have any objective evidence?My favorite, though there are others, INQUISITION. To defy the 'science' of the church was considered heresy. This was punishable by anything from jail time, torture to death.
The church had become well and truly corrupt by 300AD, with the invention of the Pope and the Catholic church founded in Rome.
Jesus said "Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him" (1 John 3:15)
The definition of a Christian is someone who believes in Jesus AND follows what Jesus taught. Believing in Jesus only is not enough to make someone a Christian. "You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that--and shudder." (James 2:9)
The perpetrators of the Inquisition were not Christians, and had nothing to do with the real church, despite their claims. Anyone can claim to be acting in the name of God, though it is only by their actions can you actually tell whether they are a Christian or not.