(April 4, 2017 at 3:01 pm)SteveII Wrote:(April 4, 2017 at 1:43 pm)Harry Nevis Wrote: Every christian has a caricature of christianity in their head that is not real. The fact you think science is nonsense says a lot. And christianity has been answering the tough questions all right. But making up the answers doesn't count.
I do not think science is nonsense. I will be clearer for those that struggle: Christianity is on the rise across the world because it resonates with people. Atheists think they have a compelling message. They either suck at getting their message out, or, it is not as good of a message as they think (or both).
People like GodlessHeatheness think that Christianity has not been answering all these objections for centuries and that somehow "science" will somehow shine through and illuminate the ignorant. That has simply not been the case (or is expected to). Most Christians do not fear science or any knowledge we can attain from many disciplines.
Of course christianity is compelling. It's designed to be. It's no different than a sales pitch. It costs you nothing, and, at least in America, you don't have to think about it or change you behaviour. You can keep all of your bigotries and prejudices because you can find a passage in the bible to support practically anything. You have a whole new group of people to look down on and judge. And you get to claim persecution on top of it!
Atheism is just facing up to reality. It's not that easy for many people to do. As far as
illuminating the ignorant", maybe you give the observation that there is no god too much credit. And it seems not many believers even understand what science is.
"The last superstition of the human mind is the superstition that religion in itself is a good thing." - Samuel Porter Putnam
