(March 3, 2016 at 7:54 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:
You were quick to blame Christianity for the spread of smallpox to native Americans, but not for the invention of the vaccine? Isn't that a bit of a double standard?
So explain why you initially pinned the blame for smallpox on Christians.
If you'll look back and actually read what I said, you'll see I didn't pin the blame for smallpox on Christianity at all. All I stated was that you're stating that their quality of life was better before they heard about Jesus. The natives who you claim had no need for vaccines certainly weren't Christians.
As I stated: If Jesus were in fact omniscient, he could have advanced science by hundreds, thousands of years. Providing for better quality of life for everyone. Yet, he didn't. All he did was perform a few flashy magic tricks that have no evidence, and have no effect on today's world. It's exactly the sort of claims all the other gods made. And if Jesus weren't omniscient... (if he existed at all, obviously he wasn't) then there's no way that he could have preached anything about God or what God wants, even if he was his son (if you aren't a believer in the Trinity)
The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to woman is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton