So this is your reasoning?
1. Thieves are only stealing because they feel they have been dealt an unfair hand in life.
2. If they had god in their lives, they would not feel this way and would give up their criminal activities.
3. Theives and rapists (and the like) only exist because they do not have god in their lives to show them the eternal reward that awaits them.
I think anyone can see the massive flaw in this argment.
John Wayne Gacy and Ed Gains were both devout christians. Many of the notorious murderers of the 1920's Italian Mafia were known to be "good god-fearing men". Criminals of all shapes and sizes keep a Bible in their back pocket (so to speak). The catholic church alone is full of corrupt individuals. I guess my point is that, people are going to be criminals and dirtbags regardless of the religion they tout or the flag they carry. The idea that the poor and the disenfranchised would become lawless without the rule of god is laughable - especially considering the horrific human beings that have emerged from your "perfect love of god".
The combination of laziness, poverty, greed and envy breeds criminal minds. I don't think for moment that christianity is the sole keeper of mankind's morality nor the loss of it mankind's destruction.
1. Thieves are only stealing because they feel they have been dealt an unfair hand in life.
2. If they had god in their lives, they would not feel this way and would give up their criminal activities.
3. Theives and rapists (and the like) only exist because they do not have god in their lives to show them the eternal reward that awaits them.
I think anyone can see the massive flaw in this argment.
John Wayne Gacy and Ed Gains were both devout christians. Many of the notorious murderers of the 1920's Italian Mafia were known to be "good god-fearing men". Criminals of all shapes and sizes keep a Bible in their back pocket (so to speak). The catholic church alone is full of corrupt individuals. I guess my point is that, people are going to be criminals and dirtbags regardless of the religion they tout or the flag they carry. The idea that the poor and the disenfranchised would become lawless without the rule of god is laughable - especially considering the horrific human beings that have emerged from your "perfect love of god".
The combination of laziness, poverty, greed and envy breeds criminal minds. I don't think for moment that christianity is the sole keeper of mankind's morality nor the loss of it mankind's destruction.