there is a god
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You guys can have a big ole' moderate party and water your religious dogmas down as much as you like, but the fact remains: Your "holy book" calls for the murder of people for a plethora or reasons. Your wife not a virgin on your wedding night? Stone her to death. Your little brother decides he's a buddhist? Strike him a deadly blow on the spot. Doubt god? Fuck you, you're dead.
While you may not hold these opinions, as long as you maintain a moderate position and insist that everyone has the right to believe what they want, you are providing intellectual cover for someone who does.
The bible is a terrible moral compass. The biblical god is murderous, jealous and vengeful. The koran explicitly and repeated endorses martyrdom. The islamic god is also murderous and vengeful.
I'm sure you'll disagree with me and cherry pick some quotes from the new testament to spit back at me. Just remember, I'm not the one framing my world view on a book written in the Bronze Age, when people thought the earth was flat and that letting blood out of your head was a good cure for headaches.
Atheism IS NOT a dogma in itself. It has no required beliefs as a barrier to entry, it is simply the promotion of skeptical thought.
- But athiesm does require a lack of belief in god, doesn't it? I mean if you "believe in god" than you can't be an athiest..TheBIueOne
- ..so technically, that IS a barrier to entry. Just saying.TheBIueOne
- ..and I've been the biggest athiest\agnostic on here in these threads for six years now..TheBIueOne
- Well said TBO. To claim atheism requires no beliefs is a self defeating statement. BRNK you seem to be missing the clear distinction between the old and new testament.designbot
- distinction between the old and new testament (New Covenant vs. the Old Covenant) With all do respect most animosity towards the Bible or Christianity stems from lack of understanding.designbot
- Bible or Christianity stems from lack of understanding. The Bible, specifically, always has to be interpreted in context of the entire book.designbot
- the entire book.designbot
- In regards to your "cherry picking" comment, this is precisely what you have done with the old testament. You've paraphrased a few vs. and not given any context around them.designbot
- paraphrased a few verses and not given any context around them.designbot