Read the page; haven't clicked on any of the articles yet...
It's kind of amusing in a way, since the author is do desperately trying to be open-minded and accommodating towards atheists (otherwise what's the point of creating a site intended to convert us) but is so bristling with anger and scorn that it keeps poking through in his (assuming it's a he) language.
Because of course when you get to the end; what do you find?
"(3) Lastly, if atheists wish to believe they'll be nothing but worm fodder when then die, they should GO FOR IT! YHWH (God) will certainly accommodate them; their rejection of Him will be duly noted on Judgment Day (whether they "believe" or not!)...."
THERE you go.
For all the talk of scientific proof and fulfilled prophecies, religion's actual MESSAGE is the same as it's always been: OBEY OR SUFFER. Do as we say or God will get you.
The religious can flatter themselves that they're the bringers of peace and love, and the arbiters of morality, but at the end of the day religion derives its power from violence. Violence in this world and the threat of worse violence in the next.
It's kind of amusing in a way, since the author is do desperately trying to be open-minded and accommodating towards atheists (otherwise what's the point of creating a site intended to convert us) but is so bristling with anger and scorn that it keeps poking through in his (assuming it's a he) language.
Because of course when you get to the end; what do you find?
"(3) Lastly, if atheists wish to believe they'll be nothing but worm fodder when then die, they should GO FOR IT! YHWH (God) will certainly accommodate them; their rejection of Him will be duly noted on Judgment Day (whether they "believe" or not!)...."
THERE you go.
For all the talk of scientific proof and fulfilled prophecies, religion's actual MESSAGE is the same as it's always been: OBEY OR SUFFER. Do as we say or God will get you.
The religious can flatter themselves that they're the bringers of peace and love, and the arbiters of morality, but at the end of the day religion derives its power from violence. Violence in this world and the threat of worse violence in the next.
