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Originally posted by Metatron:
The catholic church is sending missionaries to african countries suffering in the current aids epidemic too "educate" the populace about the evil of contraception.
If ever there was definative proof of the non-existance of god its the sick shit that gets done in his name. Any bead jigglers care to defend this?.
I'm sorry, I know I'm not a member(yet), but I can't let this one slide.
If what Metatron says is true (and it may well be), it is in no way "definative proof" of the non-existance of god. I cannot think of a worse ad-hominem attack on theism. This reminds me of (some) creationists who try to use the fact that neo-Darwinian theory was perverted by the Nazi party in its attack on "lesser races", as proof that evolution is immoral, and therefore invalid. Ridiculous. The actions of some followers of a certain belief system or theory are in no way relevant to whether or not that belief system reflects reality. In my opinion, there most probably isn't a god. But illogical attacks do not advance the argument of the atheist, any more than they advance the argument of the theist.
I'm still in two minds about joining this forum. Creationism appalls me as a perverse distortion of science and religion. I am an atheist with a Christian upbringing, and dispite my disbelief, I have often been surrounded by Christian people very dear to me (including my mother who is a deacon with the Anglican church). These are level-headed Christians, people who see the Old Testament for the (religiously relevant) allegory that it is. The vast majority of them oppose the creationist cult - not just becuase it's an attack on science, but also because it's a major diservice to mainstream Christianity.
But I get the feeling that many people here think that "Christian equals creationist". This is disappointing, because I always believed that the false dichotomy that says "evolutionists are never Christians" and "Christians are never evolutionists" was an idiotic notion held only in the minds of the creationists (to simplify their world-view, as they are so wont to do). But could it be so with some Evolutionists as well? Would many posters on both sides be happier if the forum were renamed: "Christianity versus Evolution"?
Hmm...
JB
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