(September 5, 2008 at 10:58 am)chatpilot Wrote: Christians and most other religions such as Islam and so forth are very adamant about this issue.There is no middle ground,either you serve their god or you are the enemy of thier god.There are two verses in the New Testament that illustrate this and I am sure the Koran has similar statements.These are culled from the King James Version of scripture.
John 8:47:
47He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
James 4:4:
4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Based on these two scriptures by not believing in God we are by default the enemies of God.
The only comeback I could think of is - I will take no part in it and that's that!
But it is unfair. It sounds like a war to me. Religion is war, Only two sides....and they speak of peace?
There's no peace to be found? No neutral position?...Yep! Sounds like war to me. I'd see this two side only thing as war mongering. if they cannot allow neutrals then they are asking for confrontation. I guess this is why they attack atheists so much.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
