(August 6, 2015 at 11:40 am)Rhondazvous Wrote: People reject the Abrahamic deity because there is no evidence such a being exists and theists’ efforts to prove otherwise have not been compelling. Why then is it considered a virtue to psych one’s self out and just believe in things one knows are not true? How is that good? Why is it a moral failing to stand on one’s intellectual integrity?
Ascribing virtue or vice to one’s status as a believer makes as much sense as saying men who eat bananas are good in bed. Let’s look at the proof. Statistics show that men who are good in bed have at some point eaten at least one banana in their lives. So hands down, the proof is irrefutable. And when you consider the phallic shape of bananas, that’s even more proof.
I’m not trying to be funny. Just making a point about the ridiculous assumption that nonbelievers are essentially bad and believers are essentially good. Tell some people you’re an atheist and they automatically assume they know all about you and what you will do.
This is absurd.
That's the thing... It's not about being good or bad/morality in any way shape or form. We know this because Christ extends the moral law to include thought. Meaning no one is worthy, no not one according to Paul, that for the best of us our lives/our BEST deeds are but dirty rags to God (Actual translation=dirty menstral rags) Why does Christ 'complete the law' in this way? so we would know to seek the 'righteousness' needed to spend eternity with God another way, or apart from seeking it though 'morality.'/Good deeds.
This other way is atonement. Which means one has to be a believer to accept the atonement offered by Christ.
This is where Christianity/Biblical Christianity differs from ALL other religions.
