(August 23, 2013 at 1:39 pm)Sword of Christ Wrote:Quote:No these things happened in spite of xtianity.
Nope, because of Christianity and specifically Christ himself. You see why do you think it's wrong to own slaves? People have owned slaves for thousands of years in every culture and civilization on Earth. So explain why we think it's wrong now? What changed? I'll tell you what happened it was Christ. It took time to fully develop and take root but this is what happened. By it's fruits you shall judge and all that business.
Quote:They mostly were promoted by that very religion for thousands of years. Don't even think you can claim the slowly emerging healing that is happening as people begin to move away from these fantasies.
You know very well that we could all be atheists and own slaves as well, you can't put this one down to science or whatever. Something else was at work and it originated in the Christian part of the world. It certainly wasn't the Islamic part of the world, Mohammed himself actually kept slaves. There are Islamic countries where slavery was still legal up until the 1960s.
Quote:The ground you are standing on is so full of holes I would watch your step. I won't even waste my time digging out all the reason in your own book about why you are wrong. I am sure when you comment about the dumbass I am for even claiming that the opposite of what you say is true someone else here that takes pleasure in seeing you eat your words with their proof will come blasting into your arrogant face.
I do actually have some respect for atheism seeing as it is genuine interest in the truth no matter what it is and regardless of whether you like it or not, and it's committed to (Christian) morality for the sake of it, this somewhat the idea of Christianity as well. I see it as the main intellectual opposition to Christianity as a belief. So no disrespect intended here if that's how this is coming across. BTW the Bible isn't one book but a collection of 66 books written over 1500 years.
If I could draw such perfect circles just by arguing I might make money as an artist. You surely could as long as people will buy bullshit.
Try again I won't even comment to this drivel.