The thing is, VERY few Christians actually follow the Bible literally. As Bill Maher said, people don't look over their fence on Sunday morning, see their neighbor mowing the land and think "working on Sunday ? I really should KILL HIM !"
In very large numbers, despite the threat of Hell, Catholics divorce, have pre-marital sex, commit crimes, masturbate, re-marry, possess material riches that they keep for themselves, do not go to Church...
So how can they be considered as living under a celestial dictatorship if they actually only follow the rules that they want to follow ? It's more a celestial what...advice ? suggestion ?
"Helping the poor and helpless should be a central tenant of any compassionate human being's philosophy." Yeah, but nowhere in a law book is it said you should help the poor. It is not an actual rule like it is in Christianity. The number of charities and orphanages and shelters that are funded by religious groups is undeniable. If you really can't believe that some people are inspired by their faith to help their fellow human beings, then there's really nothing i can say.
"Living under the threat of a cosmic tyrant's boot is about as compatible with democracy and liberty as being thin and yet being fat. It's a contradiction in nature." So how do you explain that every democracy has some religious members in them that obey the Laws ? What does it say if the Law made by man is more important in their eyes than God's law ? It means they are more scared of jail than of Hell. Doesn't that say a LOT about how seriously they take their religion ?
The ones who actually follow the Bible literally are a very, very small minority. Maybe a big minority in the US, but every-fucking-where else, they are really rare.
In very large numbers, despite the threat of Hell, Catholics divorce, have pre-marital sex, commit crimes, masturbate, re-marry, possess material riches that they keep for themselves, do not go to Church...
So how can they be considered as living under a celestial dictatorship if they actually only follow the rules that they want to follow ? It's more a celestial what...advice ? suggestion ?
"Helping the poor and helpless should be a central tenant of any compassionate human being's philosophy." Yeah, but nowhere in a law book is it said you should help the poor. It is not an actual rule like it is in Christianity. The number of charities and orphanages and shelters that are funded by religious groups is undeniable. If you really can't believe that some people are inspired by their faith to help their fellow human beings, then there's really nothing i can say.
"Living under the threat of a cosmic tyrant's boot is about as compatible with democracy and liberty as being thin and yet being fat. It's a contradiction in nature." So how do you explain that every democracy has some religious members in them that obey the Laws ? What does it say if the Law made by man is more important in their eyes than God's law ? It means they are more scared of jail than of Hell. Doesn't that say a LOT about how seriously they take their religion ?
The ones who actually follow the Bible literally are a very, very small minority. Maybe a big minority in the US, but every-fucking-where else, they are really rare.
