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What it should be is the first item which would lead to Atheism but what it is in fact is the second item which leads to turmoil, oppression and death. Where's the Love, baby?

SnowyOwl 8 Dec 23
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That would be great. There would be no reason to pester the disinterested with it then, would there?

Zealots, like the poor, will be forever with us.

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Yes. but you do not need faith to ask challenging questions about yourself, there are many things which can and do lead to that. But. you do need faith to think you know how everyone else should live.

He has hit on the deep connection between religion and inhumanity.

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All religious fundamentalists would reject the Reverend Cremer's statement, not just Christians.

Really challenging questions have a long history of being scorned by religious fundamentalists.

I couldn't agree more. 🙂

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Sounds right but I no longer have any "faith."

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Nobody owns or defines Christianity all by themselves - not even a majority of Christians. There are many practicing Christians who fit the first statement. Apparently it did not lead to atheism for the Rev. who posted it.

skado Level 9 Dec 23, 2022

If he is an honest man, it will in time, but if he is able to live with high levels of cognitive dissonance, in other words if he can not do the first, then it wont.

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