(March 9, 2013 at 4:03 pm)jstrodel Wrote: Atheism is certainly not simply "the absence of belief"
Yes it is. I still don't see where you get the atheist=communist conclusion. Whilst on generalizations, I can draw a card and tell you that when I bother with politics, I'm actually Green. Go figure.
Quote:If someone tries to make the pathetic strawman that "not all atheists are leftists, not all atheists use drugs" I am not going to respond because they know in their hearts that this is not the point I am trying to make and they are using dishonest propaganda methods to ignore the main point I am making, which is THAT A WHOLE HECK OF A LOT ARE, WAY WAY WAY HIGHER THAN AVERAGE TRADITIONAL AMERICAN CULTURE.
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No, we don't need to 'know in our hearts', all we need is to make good use of our eyes and brains in order to see that you are full of biased generalizations. And who gives a tiny rat's ass about 'average traditional American culture'? America has no bloody culture. (Sorry all decent Americans out there, but your nation is just too young to have any worthwhile 'culture'.)
I'm not saying that you are totally in the wrong, I'm just pointing out that when making sensationalist claims like that, you need to back up your notions with facts to be taken seriously.
(March 9, 2013 at 4:57 pm)jstrodel Wrote: Yes, but Christianity does not draw its leadership from the prison population and it repudiates the prisoners who repent and backslide.
No, instead they want to deal with their criminals internally, so that they never go to prison. What an improvement.
Quote:Atheism draws its strength and central identifying features from radicals like Christopher Hitchens (also a drunk) who are Marxist.
Ah, the wonderful generalizations again.
A) You dare to say that the opinions of alcoholics is less worth than 'normal' people?
B) Once again, not all atheists are communists, but most communists are atheists. Try to understand the difference.
Quote:What you are doing is dishonest. There is no comparison between the lifestyle of Christopher Hitchens and a prisoner who repents of his sins and follows Christ in prison.
What a shoddy excuse. Yeah, I'll rape and molest a 10-year-old altar boy, but I believe in Christ, so all my praying in prison will make me good again. Bravo, you just won the title 'Most Sanctimonious Generalizationer of the Week'.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
