Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
No, I'm not sure. That's why I said "I would venture to say", stating it as an opinion, or speculation.

Veiling the attack by any other name.


And just which "benevolent god" are we talking about here? I'm not familiar with too many.

If you only look for the negative in it, that is all you will find.


Oh certainly. It's atheists who kill those who convert to another religion, isn't it? No, wait. That's Islam:

No it is individuals who kill each other, not religions and the athiests hands are no more clean than anyone elses in that department, look at all the people killed enforcing mandatory state invoked athiesm in the Communist Countries just once.

Or maybe Christians:

though the Christian churches seem to have grown out of the practice.

Or perhaps Judaism:

They seem to have gotten over it, too.

Its not the religion, its the people of the time period.

I never heard of an atheist apostate, though there have been people who have gone back to religion after becoming atheists. I don't think any of them were condemned for it, though.


I never claimed it did. I said religions did. Spiritualism, and faith, developed out of individual searches for truth.
No religions didnt, the actions of individuals did.

You only wish to see the bad in religion, so much so thats all you want to see its all you will see. But if it wasn't for religion we wouldnt have civilization.

Again, you resort to painting everyone that doesnt share your faith with the same brush.

So there is no point in continueing, have fun with your rant.

Good day.