RE: The Atheist Obsession with Insulting Christians
September 29, 2015 at 10:40 am
(This post was last modified: September 29, 2015 at 10:40 am by TheRocketSurgeon.)
(September 29, 2015 at 10:32 am)ChadWooters Wrote:(September 29, 2015 at 9:57 am)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: …you've made the same argument about Stalin to us, and ignored when we pointed out to you that it was actually Stalin's "idolatrous worship of State power", and not his atheism, that drove him to do the things he didI’m backing away from simplistic arguments about whether faith or lack thereof were motivating forces or justifications for large scale social movements. Human history is too complex to shoehorn into that dichotomy. Faith can be a factor, but it most certainly not the only one nor is it always the most important.
I find myself furiously wishing we had a "high five" emoticon. So I'll settle for the greatly-inadequate thumbs-up.
(I don't know why I'm so fascinated with emoticons, here, given my love of words.)
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.