(February 10, 2015 at 6:14 pm)robvalue Wrote: If GC really thinks atheism is a choice, then that must mean Christianity is a choice too. So he's saying people choose to buy into it, rather than being convinced that it's actually real. In other words, they don't believe it at all but go along with it.
Can't have it both ways.
Good points.
What I find is the issue is not Christian vs. nonchristian
or theist vs. nontheist
It is Forgiveness vs. Unforgiveness.
As long as people accept each other and forgive differences,
we can work things out in the same spirit of truth and love
whether we are theist nontheist, Christian nonchristian, etc.
If people CANNOT forgive differences, even two Christians will argue and not resolve it, two theists, two atheists, etc.
The first step is to forgive and let go of fear of changing each other.
And then whatever is needed to resolve conflicts follows naturally.
Where Christianity helps with forgiveness, then that is central and true.
But where Christians can't even forgive, that is self-defeating and false.
