Atheists are mentally ill

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Damn, I went to bed and when I come back this thread has grown three pages. Well, I still have things to say here...

Monotheism may well have been the driving force behind it as it proposed a rationally understandable natural order purpose made by God.

Science then proceeded to point out all the flaws in that system. Oh, and you're wrong anyway, because it wasn't just the christian cultures that developed scientific discoveries. Remember how everyone keeps pointing you to the east? Yeah.

That was advice for people being owned as slaves for the secular/pagan powers that be not an endorsement of slavery in general. It's clear that Christs message was very much against it.

Oh my, I believe Christ himself might have something to say about that...

Jesus was very much down with the downtrodden masses, the poor and the oppressed. He wasn't someone who supported the establishment, the rich or the elite. We have to be clear on his stance. Yes he spoke in parables to make certain hard to understand points.

I love the dishonest seeding of the ground, talking about parables. But here's a fairly direct quote from Jesus, where he endorses the beating of slaves, even if they aren't aware of whatever infraction they caused: "The servant will be severely punished, for though he knew his duty, he refused to do it. "But people who are not aware that they are doing wrong will be punished only lightly. Much is required from those to whom much is given, and much more is required from those to whom much more is given." (Luke 12:47-48 NLT)