(March 2, 2014 at 11:35 am)Chad32 Wrote: Just discovering that there are germs that cause disease, and making medicines to counteract this. The bible doesn't talk about germs. It talks about demons. So you have exorcisms and attempts at praying away sickness.
Religion is very harmful to society, and christians are sometimes told that this life isn't important. Be in the world, but not of it. They focus on the afterlife that they can't prove is real, instead of this life that they experience every day.
Yes there are good christians that help people, but that's either by ignoring parts of the bible that don't suit a modern world, or by taking passages like love thy neighbor and treat people equally that should be basic common sense that every culture can learn without a bible in their hands.
You have priests molesting children because their book tells them sex and masturbation is bad, and priests can't get married. If priests were allowed to marry, and masturbate, I guarantee you that we wouldn't have nearly as many stories about them molesting boys, and when it happens they would be excommunicated.
Honestly I find it hard to think of some part of christianity that's actually good for children or anyone else, aside from the most basic commandments for empathy or this afterlife that can't be proven to exist.
The Bible does not say sex is bad so that is demonstrably incorrect.
Nor does the bible specifically speak to the issue of masterbation. The bible condemns lustful acts and warns that allowing lust to consume you can only ultimately end up hurting you. This is not controversial unless you feel that acting upon lust is somehow beneficial. A position I have yet to see rationally defended.
Your arguments are very weak and betray an ignorance either willfull or unwillful of what the bible says.
