It's become pointless with you Rick. On the one hand I want to remain civil and explain my position, on the other you don't bother considering anything I say and automatically resort to personal attacks. Same thing goes for your cheerleaders, Babs and Jeff. Except you can't ever seem to break down anything I say and tell me where I'm wrong. And that's the thing, nobody ever can. I don't hold positions I think are wrong, if you could logically break down any argument I present and point out where I'm wrong, I'd change my position, and there's nothing wrong with that. It's actually a good thing. A concept completely foreign to you, religion and Americanism..
Nah, honestly, I didn't think it was really that complex... A lot of you guys sure have been sending that message though. Babs certainly doesn't get it. Jeff's way too far gone to even see past the surface of what I'm talking about. All they see is what they perceives to be an attack on Christianity because I'm simply speaking out against the things that can go wrong within religion. Misinterpretations and such. That last sentence sure says something about your support eh? lol
It's a lot more than small annoyances Rick. That's what you don't get. See if you can follow me for a second...
Every American counts for a single vote, do they not? When Americans hold beliefs that affect the way they cast their vote, huge problems can arise. It's honestly one of the simplest concepts to understand. These beliefs are responsible for inequality in America, they're responsible for higher teen pregnancy rates in "conservative" states, they're responsible for higher theft and homicide rates in "conservative" states. You don't connect the dots and see the bigger picture that religion (and specifically Christianity because we live in America) brainwashes children that are incapable of believing anything else because their brains are still physically developing when indoctrination begins. (you even indirectly admitted as much when you wouldn't answer the simple question I asked earlier...)
If the bullshit was true, indoctrination before youth wouldn't be required. You'll never get past that fact Rick, whether you admit it or not.
Isn't subjective opinion great? Whose to say that brainwashing billions of young minds isn't as bad as any of the things you listed? In my opinion, it's at the very least equally as bad. Arguably worse because it's a continuious cycle of bullshit that reaches beyond an innocent human beings death. Once they're dead, that's it, the harm is done, but with religion, the indictrination continues through the generations, generation after generation, to ones own family no less, the people you are supposed to care the most about and protect under all circumstances... So yeah, now that I think of it, I would say it's actually much worse. Kill someone and that's it, indoctrinate them and you might get their grandchildren!
Besides the fact that is completely irrelevant to the conversation because, again, I agree with you Islam is dangerous too, instead you've got a book that says people live to be 900, the world is flat, snakes talk, virgins give birth, people rise from the dead...
Irrelevant again. Islam is dangerous. Though the only nation to ever use an atomic bomb in war did have a Christian majority...
Nah, instead Christian schools teach kids that dinosaurs walked with humans, that evolution is "just a theory" that doesn't hold any scientific validity, that the universe is 10-6 thousand years old... This shit is just as bad as your example. Look past the surface. I don't know how you can't see the implications having these idiotic beliefs has on the rest of society at large. The beliefs themselves are partly responsible for the reactionary behavior from the rest of the world you hate so much, specifically the Islamic world, and you can't even see it. The beliefs right wing fundamentalist Christians lobby for are responsible for the policies that get passed and voted on into laws. They're the reasons bombs fall on some of these countries, and they all come from the Bible and are misinterpreted by ignorant Christians. All fundamentalism is in any religion is strict adherence to ones own religious text. If you followed the Bible litterally, you would undoubtably be a fundamentalist, same thing with Islam and the Quran.
Christians beliefs result in insane foreign policy, corruption, greed, and above all, and most importantly IGNORANCE. It's much more than a simple little annoyance.
The horrific threat we face from Christianity? - Ignorance, greed, more crime, more censorship, more drug laws, more war, less scientific/medical advancement, more teen pregnancy, higher divorce rates, higher STD rates, crappier movies/music, more international anti-Americanism, more inflation, higher taxes for the lower/middle class while the upper class enjoys more tax breaks, less environmental protection, more endangered species, more pollution, lower GDP, higher debt, lower average lifespan, more stripping of our rights... etc. Basically every aspect of life is worse when the Christians are in charge... So whatever you can think of right now, think of how that can be 10x's worse, and that's some idea of the horrific threat we face from Christianity.
