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I didn't notice any question to be answered..
Except of course, if you include the question to athiests at the end, which you did not answer..
Thanks.IHi, good points.Oh, of course not.just would like to say that because someone is an athiest does not mean they are all the same.
Most, I am sure, would not find Christians very intimidating at all. We share the same schools, and workplaces. We eat together, play together, and live together for the most part.
Good point. There is of course, sometimes good reason to paint a criticism a little more broadly, out of kindness, lest the criticism gets just too personal for comfort.wouldnt' paint them with a broad brush, but would take each one as they are and base your judgements on that.
It's not right to prejudge because of the name they go by.
No, I agree. Athiest means that someone doesn't believe in God.
Disgust would be the natural human reaction still, wouldn't it?I can't imagine my atheist friend<s> being anything but disgusted at the art form you described.
But then again, in a society that tolerates such blasphemy and filth, it just does not add up that someone should be afraid for simply being an athiest when such godless acts of God-hatred are condoned and even celebrated by the elites of our society.
I am merely pointing out that the Christian menace is being overblown.
to give it an international perspective, in Canada this myth of the Christian menace is even deciding elctions against Christian polticians.
Rather, the devil fears Christians, because we expose his lies.It is expected and written that the world will hate us because of Jesus. This is normal stuff for us. People are afraid of Christians. It's because they don't understand us, for they have not had the experience of being born-again. It makes no sense to them. That's natural, as we were all non christians at some point too, and could not hear the things of God.
My guess though is that post-christian people have learned one of the lessons of the cross very well, and that is that persecution and victimization can coalesce a people into a common cause, just as the early christians rallied thenmselves around the cross.
It is a Satanic intelligence that understands that the threat and the persecution does not have to be real to cause a people to rally. Even an illusory threat can be perceived as real, and just the illusory perception can serve very well indeed to coalesce a people against those that bear the Word of God.
Always nice to engage in a stimulating coversation about Christ.Wish I wasn't on my way to bed so that I would have replied more thoughtfully, but I hope I answered some of your questions.
Pleasant dreams.
He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. 8But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liarstheir place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."
tapero said:What question was that?
There are not other question marks within his entire post..solomon said:Is the typical athiest really that timid that he cringes from any expresssion of a right-wing Christian point of view that is different from his own?
I wonder how one even get to sleep at night for fear that his own shadow is lying in wait for him in the darkness of his own room?
My point is we all sin.
As an atheist, I am in the minority in the United States. I am also apparently the least liked minority, outranking homosexuals and Muslims. As I read up on the founders of my philosophy I become aware that they were ruthlessly persecuted by the Christian majority for their non-belief. The Christian Right is acting in menacing ways, declaring that because of my non-belief I am not a patriot and a danger to society. We are stereotyped as unloving, empty monsters who seek to take over the world and more and more Christians believe this about us. Scary terms like "Christian Nation" are thrown about often, evoking a fear of a return to a time when we are persecuted yet again. (Imagine if Muslims started bandying about the term "Muslim Nation" when describing the US to see what I mean.)
Do Christians realize how scary some of their elements can appear to us concerned non-believers?
I am merely pointing out that the Christian menace is being overblown.
to give it an international perspective, in Canada this myth of the Christian menace is even deciding elctions against Christian polticians.
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