(May 21, 2014 at 4:14 pm)Zidneya Wrote:(May 21, 2014 at 3:20 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: This is one of the many reasons why it is not a dilemma for me.
The more nut jobs like this guy there are spouting their bigotry, the more it discredits ALL religion.
Tell that to the nazis. Thousands supported the holocaust and millions were killed during it(and I'm not talking only about the jews, there where apse the gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses as well) yet christianity persists in our days. And religions not only persist but is considered a normal attribute of any human being.
(May 21, 2014 at 3:20 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: I want guys like this out there.
Seriously? And I'm the one who's been judge by formulating this question?
Not the guy that wants more denialists, homophobes, misogynists and christian extremist.
But me? Seriously?
(May 21, 2014 at 3:20 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: They are among the best enemies religion has.
Many people say this as well. But it's only when our enemies start winning that we take a look at what we were saying.
![[Image: whaaat1-onion-head-emoticon.gif]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=emoticoner.com%2Ffiles%2Femoticons%2Fonion-head%2Fwhaaat1-onion-head-emoticon.gif)
![[Image: stress-onion-head-emoticon.gif]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=emoticoner.com%2Ffiles%2Femoticons%2Fonion-head%2Fstress-onion-head-emoticon.gif)
Guys like him are not going to lead to Fascism.
An argument can be made that we are already in the first stages of Fascism, lead by corporations. Not by right wing crackpots.
F
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
