The Image Problem With Atheism in America

[Mister Agenda]

Did these evil atheists do these evil things because there was no god? I'm being serious here, was that specifically their reason for doing bad things?


And as for outmatching theists in terms of sheer brutality, I'm sceptical of that, remind me again, how many crusades were there? 6? 7? How many witch burnings? How many stonings?

Agenda, I can "divine" where they get their ideas because those atheists like to link to those blogs like they want more people to visit them. I mean, the university websites disproved what the Yank was passing off as evolution theory.

Thanks for sharing your fascinating little anecdotes.

The WBC and min's islamophobic rants focused on the hijab. Also, they also share the same views on Christian groups, especially their constant ravings about the Catholic Church.

Sharing a conclusion isn't the same thing as sharing a position. You're well aware that Min holds his views for entirely different reasons, and that Min's criticisms are very different from the WBC's.

I can equally claim that you hold many of Hitler's positions, using that standard.

The issue the author was illuminating stated that it was the religious who were the ones doing the actual good and that even the minority atheists had to team up with them because the atheists with clout were wasting time on petty issues that really didn't matter (an American saying I have heard describes the latter's attitudes perfectly...First World problems).

The reason we team up with theists is because we are a tiny minority, and we generally don't have issues with teaming up with people who don't agree with us on other matters if it's in a good cause.

If 5% of the country was Christian and 73% of it was atheist, do you think it would be some kind of sign of charitable inferiority if the Christians teamed up with atheists on charitable projects?

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Even with today's war technology, the same level of misery wouldn't be needed if fought in the style of the Crusades.

You fight with modern military weapons in the style of the Crusades, you're using them wrong.

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Not for nothing: The UCC is a predominantly black church, and the only thing between most members and atheism is Unitarianism. They have no creed, there is nothing you are required to believe to be a member of the UCC. I think they have a lot of 'Christian atheists'.