RE: Have you read the good book?
March 18, 2017 at 12:34 am
(This post was last modified: March 18, 2017 at 12:38 am by ronedee.)
(March 17, 2017 at 12:49 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:(March 16, 2017 at 12:44 pm)ronedee Wrote: If you are an Atheist, it should be required reading! At least if you want to be informed, and know what you are against.
I'm against bible believing religions? Is that how you see it? Why am I not instead against Veda believing religions? The Tao Te Ching? The Analects? You seem to imply that yours is the only religion I need to be prepared to face. Au contraire. Let me assure you that I'm not well read in many religious texts. Do you think that yours is special for some reason?
(March 16, 2017 at 12:44 pm)ronedee Wrote: What person goes into any conflict w/o studying their adversaries first? That would be foolish.
The truth of Christian behavior isn't contained in the bible. Whether there is a literal hell or not is not contained in the bible, but rather in the minds of believers who are continually reinterpreting things to suit their objections. The text is not so important as the process by which they arrive at their conclusions. Studying the bible won't help with that.
Well, you are the one who brought up "....reading the good book?" on the Christian forum. What is a saint supposed to think?!
And pray-tell, what is the "Christian behavior"? Sounds more like you toss around the stereotypical straw man rather than face Christians head on? That'll thwart us off!!
You might [want] to group all religions and specifically Christians into your small box. But that won't win you any intellectual conversations with the majority of religious. Nor will it prove anything, but your ignorance and unwillingness to learn something you might not know.
You seem to have all the answers right there in your head! So what's the point of being here? Draw unsuspecting Christians in with a harmless question... only to douse them with a healthy helping of atheist shtick? Typical, and boring.
(March 18, 2017 at 12:26 am)Jesster Wrote: The fact that you consider atheists adversaries and think there has to be conflict just because we don't share your beliefs is very troublesome. This is why we can't have nice things.
While I consider some theists "adversaries", it's not simply because of differing beliefs. I only care if a person's actions are making my life harder. Simply being a theist doesn't do anything to me. Most theists never bother me at all. Some theists are even among my friends and one is dating me.
One question..... Are you for me?
Quis ut Deus?
