Quote:The point is, is it the nature of theistic belief that causes theists to cause harm, or is it the nature of the person
What difference does it make, Logikos?
Understand that I do not give a rats ass what you or anyone else believes. You can maintain that the moon is made of green cheese and it matters not a whit to me. Where I draw the line is when ignorant shits use worthless ancient texts to want to teach that the world is 6,000 years old in science classes. Students have enough trouble without that shit.
The problem comes up when a bunch of believers get together to oppress others in the name of their god because their own slavish devotion to lunacy tells them that god wants them to. This has happened far too often and it continues to this very day. As Stephen Weinberg noted: “Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.”
Now, as far as being a "skeptical christian" one thought instantly crossed my mind. To be a xtian requires believing that a dead jew came back to life because he was 'god.' Without this particular delusion there is no xtianity. So, if you are skeptical about that how can you call yourself a "christian?"
And, if you are not skeptical about that, how can you call yourself a "skeptic?"
