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Gene2MemE,
Pride and denialism often hinder atheists.
It is not at all surprising that you would demand evidence of me and then not respond to my questions and ignore the historical evidence that I provided.
This has the tone of a kid sneering about how he is sure his school's football team will beat a rival rather than it being an invitation to adults for thoughtful dialogue.
That pathetic excuse for a movie, God's Not Dead, makes abundantly clear what some Christians think the term "atheist" represents.
On second thoughts, not actually worth bothering and engaging with.
From your link:
Two factors that are critically important to understand when attempting to compare the rates of sexual harassment, assault, and rape between countries is how cultural attitudes significantly influence whether such incidences are reported, and the differences in how they are recorded if they are. In 2005 Sweden reformed their sex crime litigation, making the legal definition of rape far wider than it was previously, and more expansive than the current parameters in many other countries. Victims there are more likely to come forward and report crimes against them, and to publicly speak about harassment than some are in other countries. The way the crimes are recorded also can make it appear that the rate of frequency is higher in Sweden than it actually is. As an example, if a woman in Sweden accused her boyfriend of raping her nightly for 90 days, each incident could be recorded separately, whereas in many other countries it would be listed as one victim, one type of crime, and one record, and therefore wouldn't have the same impact on their statistics.
On a somewhat related note - I just heard a NPR report during my run about sexual assaults on the deeply conservative campuses of BYU and Bob Jones University, and how the schools' policies make victims very reluctant to come forward. At BYU victims who report being raped are investigated by the university's strict Honor Code office for other violations leading up to their assault, like drinking alcohol, and can be harshly penalized. This has understandably made victims substantially more reluctant to come forward than ones on other campuses where they can make reports with impunity. Scathing reports have shown that Bob Jones has a history of blaming the victims of sexual assaults rather than the perpetrators.
Bob Jones University Blamed Victims of Sexual Assaults, Not Abusers, Report Says
Victims of sexual abuse who did seek help not only faced potential sanctions from the university, but faith-shattering, psychologically destructive censure.
If you look at the statistics regarding sexual violence and other misconduct on the campuses of BJU and BYU they might appear to be low in comparison to those at other universities, but I think the numbers are grossly misleading. I also strongly suspect that there are Christians of all ages - not just at these colleges - who are the victims of sexual abuse but are more reluctant to make official reports or obtain professional help than nonreligious victims.
Are you an editor there? Y'wanna maybe take a gander through this abortion of a page? Maybe trim out some of the arguments there which are wrong, which, to my knowledge, encompasses (hang on, lemme reread, it's been a while since I saw this page...)...
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 10
Are all not just wrong, but trivially wrong by examination of a non-expert who knows the first thing about evolution.
There is an article on Atheism vs. Christianity at: http://www.conservapedia.com/Atheism_vs._Christianity
Once again, Jesus wins!
The article declares:
According to the University of Cambridge, historically, the "most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power."
Vitalij Lazarʹevič Ginzburg, a Soviet physicist, wrote that the "Bolshevik communists were not merely atheists but, according to Lenin's terminology, militant atheists."
Atheism is an idea which goes against common sense. Hence, its most notable spread was by militant atheists who used force/violence to spread it.
If you want to make changes to the article or register a complaint on the articles talk page, it is easy to sign up as an editor at Conservapedia.
For an idea to spread and persist, its got to offer something. Hope and inspiration will often do the trick in place of truth.
Two factors that are critically important to understand when attempting to compare the rates of sexual harassment, assault, and rape between countries is how cultural attitudes significantly influence whether such incidences are reported, and the differences in how they are recorded if they are.
11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 are ridiculously false as well.
Gotta love point 14 though. They couldn't help but to put that in, could they...
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