(April 6, 2015 at 3:12 pm)Nestor Wrote:Actually we should thank the Greeks for that. I love those wacky pagans.(April 6, 2015 at 11:03 am)Faith No More Wrote: Different, yes, but not entirely. The consequences of both are violence in the name of a deity. Let's not forget that when unfettered by secular humanistic values, Christianity was just as barbaric as Islam is today.
Jesus can preach non-violence and empathy until his throat is sore, but when his plan is to come back and slaughter the unbelievers, it renders anything he had to say moot.
Let's also not forget that secular values were by and large borne out of Christian values.
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. - Denis Diderot
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We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing. - Gore Vidal
