(October 28, 2013 at 4:33 pm)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote:(October 28, 2013 at 4:21 pm)GodsRevolt Wrote: All have sinned. Everyone! Pointing this out does not make Christianity less true. It actually supports the reason we as humans need Christianity.
Religious folks are always quick to concede that their religion does not necessarily make believers better person.
So here's a question, what's the point believing? What's the point of claiming nonbelievers need your religion if your religion doesn't make us better persons? What's the point of being superior on paper when in actuality your chances of being an asshole is just the same as ours?
Great question.
Now, because we are in an atheist forum, I need to make sure we are starting from the same basis. I don't want to say why we need Christianity to be a better person and then end up disagreeing on what a better person is.
So I would ask you, what is your standard for a "good person"?
". . . let the atheists themselves choose a god. They will find only one divinity who ever uttered their isolation; only one religion in which God seemed for an instant to be an atheist." -G. K. Chesterton
