Discipulus Wrote:I want some hard facts and evidence about the contributions of atheists to the children of the world's nations. We are defending our own side, you yours, and mine mine.
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Excuse me but the point you wanted to debate was my assertion that Christianity was a dangerous, destructive belief system, that it has been a disaster for humanity and is maladaptive to our survival as a civilization.
I never even mentioned "atheism".
I'm not even an atheist myself.
Let's go to the tape, shall we....
You originally proposed a debate on the topic of (post #314)
Discipulus Wrote:Now that I think about it, it seems to me only right that we debate that one thing, that one misgiving that you feel is your biggest objection to Jesus Christ.
OK, then I replied... (post #326)
Deist Paladin Wrote:Personally, I'm more concerned with the consequences of this belief system. Let me not mince words, Christianity is a dangerous, destructive belief system that has been the greatest disaster to befall humanity and is wholly maladaptive to the survival of human civilization in the future.
Then you said... (post #331)
Discipulus Wrote:Ok. We can debate that. I believe the exact opposite.
So, that was the topic I agreed to debate but I had some misgivings because the topic was broad, which required the extensive post above. With your insistence, I went through the effort.
Your only reply was to dismiss it with a casual expression of disagreement. You've provided no reasons that I am wrong on any point, nor have you defended the Christians I quoted nor have you provided any evidence or arguments yet except your twisted misunderstanding of evolution and your strawman of atheism and the science of evolution.
Now, you want to perform a little bait-and-switch where you ask me to justify "atheism" when I never even mentioned atheism nor am I one myself.
This is highly dishonest as a debate tactic, to say nothing of your logical fallacies of bare assertions that Christianity has created a free society or your strawmen about evolution.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
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... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist