1: charity has little to do with religion
2: pedophile priests and laws preventing equality kind of negate the "crime prevention" aspect. The eternal judgement is far removed from any just system anyway. at least as far as christianity goes.
3: most, if not all, the good ethics listed in the bible are older than the religion itsself. The golden rule being a good example.
4: common cause is better suited to things that aren't blatantly devisive.
I know your description just says theist, and not christian, but christianity is the religion I know best, so I comment in regards to that.
2: pedophile priests and laws preventing equality kind of negate the "crime prevention" aspect. The eternal judgement is far removed from any just system anyway. at least as far as christianity goes.
3: most, if not all, the good ethics listed in the bible are older than the religion itsself. The golden rule being a good example.
4: common cause is better suited to things that aren't blatantly devisive.
I know your description just says theist, and not christian, but christianity is the religion I know best, so I comment in regards to that.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
