RE: Request from a Christian.
January 1, 2017 at 4:11 pm
(This post was last modified: January 1, 2017 at 4:21 pm by Dragonspride1995.)
(January 1, 2017 at 3:58 pm)Astonished Wrote:(January 1, 2017 at 3:52 pm)Dragonspride1995 Wrote: The book is not going to be about every messed up thing any self called Christian has ever done on the face of this planet. And to be honest asking me to do that is a bit absurd. I am writing a book on how personal experiences of atheists and their interactions with Christians. Sorry you don't understand the point of the book.
Well when I ask questions and you give sarcastic answers or avoid answering them altogether, that'll tend to happen. But it still sounds pretty pointless if there's no underlying conclusion you want to draw from that other than failure with no alternative or solution. I don't see people wanting to read a book that basically tells them 'You guys suck' without a 'but you can be better if you do X, Y and Z according to me.' Unless you're choosing not to disclose the premise of any conclusion, but you could just say so.
Can I also just ask, what is your actual proposed methodology for gathering material for this hypothetical book? I mean, if you're planning on using testimony from this site, how would you verify nobody's lying or exaggerating? Unless this is just an exercise so you can get an idea of what's common and try to focus the subject of the book around less-common forms of abuse.
The only conclusion is that Christians are not following the teachings of Jesus. Members of the Church have gotten exponentially more hostile twards the atheist community.
Christians need remember that Churches are hospitals not a country club. We are not any better then anyone else, we have no moral authority, no self righteousness and nothing we do puts us over atheists or even satanists for that matter. This is not a science, I am taking people at their word. I am taking the testimony from atheists and taking it to Christians. I am assuming that you guys are not lieing to me and taking your word at face value. In short; I'm trusting you. Atheists always say morality is not dependant on God, lets see your ideological integrity.