(December 11, 2013 at 10:51 pm)StrongWaters Wrote:There you go again, I promise one thing, many you atheists you meet in your life you likely have no idea they are atheists. Why? Because most keep it to ourselves and don't wear it on our chests. You on the other hand, since your a chrisitian that has come to tell us atheist how we are wrong, I have no doubt you make it clear your a christian.(December 11, 2013 at 8:40 pm)Ryantology Wrote: People who are willing and eager participants in a system based upon blackmail and threats, with a history of doctrinally-supported genocide and other assorted acts of evil, who both justify and glorify those acts of evil, are the psychopaths.
Christianity is basically organized social psychopathy, both in theory and especially in practice.
Taking the name requires taking the character of what the name represents. In the cases you are speaking of, the name was taken in vain. Christianity is founded on the teachings of Jesus, which were none of those things you mention. I will agree that there are many who are self-righteous. This is the same as wickedness. It has been my experience that most Atheists come across as self-righteous and judgmental of others. It is also true that many Christians are the same. This does not imply that the name and character of Christ is the same thing. To say so is simple prejudice.
Do all African Americans grow up in single parent homes simply because many do? No. You paint with a wide brush and ignore the billions that are out serving others every day.
Who was first to show up on the scene in Joplin after the tornadoes? Christians. Who is still there cleaning up today? You guessed it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZw6cZ6c-gU
What he is talking about is Christianity as a institution. If that tornado hit in Saudi Arabia it would've been a Muslim organization the scene, if it hit in Germany a atheist organization on the scene. It just happens to be the American Midwest is like 95% christian.
Speaking about calling other judgmental, didn't you just say most athiests are psychopaths?
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
