(March 9, 2013 at 4:19 pm)Esquilax Wrote:(March 9, 2013 at 4:16 pm)jstrodel Wrote: Because you tolerate it. Look at this thread. Look at how many people are saying it is ok to use ecstasy. Because you present yourself that way, like you are encouraging drug use, which is what you are doing.
Do you really want to be going down this path while belonging to a subculture of institutionalized racism, sexism and near genocidal violence? You really wanna be talking about how people present themselves in a situation like yours, Strodel?
But the Christian church has repudiated racism and given racist leaders in its past less of a standing of respect. The same goes for overt sexism and genocidal violence. Christians recognize the failings of their past and try and learn from their mistakes. Of course there have been Christian leaders who really were Christians, who really were motivated by what seemed to be theological concerns and who have done bad things. But the Christian church has repudiated these leaders.
The same cannot be said for the atheist movement.
