Reply To Guest
(Date Posted:08/14/2008 19:52:08)
Reply to is_aimoo_guest (08/14/2008 03:28:18)
You have a good point. Bad stuff should certainly be highlighted. You have to otherwise how would you know where the traps are/ were.
I think you suggest tho' that Christianity is wholly wrong when it isn't. In the name of Christianity have been committed some of the worst atrocities the world has seen. In my opinion. (Some believe it isn't quite so strongly 'religiously biased - I keep an open mind). That has to be accepted I think. Like I said, I think that's the nature of the beast.
Aww - I was liking the anonimity! :D I'll sign up later ;)
YOu are still anonymous..!  silly... Well...I do think that xianity is " wrong" in that it makes promises to people that it cannot possibly fulfill - take the 'heaven' / 'hell' trip.....there is no proof or certainty and as far as I'm concerned the whole thing latches on the 'reality' of people getting the right to some authority to judge and persecute....and define who is 'evil' and who is not.... It largely is based on fear. THe love bit is so conditional...take the father sacrificing his son for the weekend to make a point? the concepts are violent...exploitative etc... I do think it causes more harm than good in the world. If you compare christianity to other large religions ...it doesn't stack up very well.
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In exchange for obedience, Christianity promises salvation in an afterlife; but in order to elicit obedience through this promise, Christianity must convince people that they need salvation, that there is something to be saved from. Christianity has nothing to offer a happy person living in a natural, intelligible universe. If Christianity is to gain a motivational foothold, it must declare war on earthly pleasure and happiness, and this, historically, has been its precise course of action. In the eyes of Christianity, woman(man) is sinful and helpless in the face of God, and is potential fuel for the flames of hell. Just as Christianity must destroy reason before it can introduce faith, so it must destroy happiness before it can introduce salvation.
-- George H Smith, Atheism: The Case Against God
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) that Gods love is unconditional - that's the point - it's totally illogical otherwise. 
