Originally posted by DA Morgan:
Redwolf wrote:
"Lets not forget what atheism has done. Atheism turned out to have just as many frauds, psychopaths, and nut jobs as religion."
Absolutely. Just as much. Precisely the point. The only thing missing is the hypocrisy.
The death on the cross accomplished precisely what? Did it end smallpox a disease god made? How about polio? leukemia? rabies? war? torture? child rape?
Take a serious look at your belief system. An angry deity gets mad about a single act of disobedience and condemns all of mankind for all of eternity to all manner of diseases and horrors.
No second chance. No opportunity to apologize. No timeout. No thought that maybe the children born later should be judged upon their own merit. No. Your parents ancestors, hundreds/thousands of generations before screwed up so you get to suffer.
Then some thousands of years later this communication-challenged deity decides to make it all better by staging a blood sacrifice. Which changes precisely nothing on the entire planet.
And this you call a religion?
The fact that atheists behave not better can be restated to atheits behave no worse. Where can I sign up to worship the great hypocrisy?
Why must it accomplish only material things? that's pretty small minded to think that only physical circumstances matter. It creates the ground upon your sins can be forgiven and it tells us all that God is on our side and cares about us. What's wrong with that?
If that were the case why would this ?angry? deity become a man and die for our sins under extreme pain and humiliation?
where do you get these ideas? Obviously there is forgiveness that's the whole point of the Cross. God died in your place as a cirminal to show you that he care about you. So obviously he's givnig secnod, third fourth 25th 256th ect ect chances. why would you think otherwise?
what's this about not being judged on your own merit. Where do you get that idea? what makes you think you suffer becasue of your ancestors? It doesn't say that in the Bible.
You think becasue of orignal sin? that's just the capacity to sin not guilt of sin. You are not born guilty of sin.
why it have to change physial things? You are griping about not getting a second chance, that's what it does it gives you antoher chance, what's wrong with that?
Btw it's not a blood sacrifice it's a statement of solidarity.
