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Pretty much nailed it:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/religion

hmmm - where did that Nickelback comment come from?

http://www.booktalk.org/post95445.html#p95445

This is rather childish

What atheists just don't get is that their constant haranguing against religion is directed toward the INSTITUTIONS of religion, their rituals and trappings - nothing more.

What atheists can't or WON'T discuss are men/women of FAITH, that go beyond the mundane and live their lives according to the will of God.
Men like Dietrich Bonhoeffer can not be argued against, or explained away by angry, belligerent atheists. They simply ignore the good that religion has been for men like this.

It's selective critisizm and shows no real intellectual honesty or integrity.

Thanks

ant wrote: Men like Dietrich Bonhoeffer can not be argued against, or explained away by angry, belligerent atheists. They simply ignore the good that religion has been for men like this.

He can't be argued against? Why, because he was a good person? So that means Jesus was born of a virgin and rose from the dead?

What atheists can't or WON'T discuss are men/women of FAITH, that go beyond the mundane and live their lives according to the will of God.

There is no such thing as the will of god Ant. It follows that they are living their lives by something else. Or do you think it's the will of god that is expressed in the bible?

Interbane wrote:

What atheists can't or WON'T discuss are men/women of FAITH, that go beyond the mundane and live their lives according to the will of God.

There is no such thing as the will of god Ant. It follows that they are living their lives by something else. Or do you think it's the will of god that is expressed in the bible?

There is no such thing as the will of god Ant

Well then, that settles it right there.
End of discussion.

So that means Jesus was born of a virgin and rose from the dead?

Do you have enough red for that herring?

ant wrote:So that means Jesus was born of a virgin and rose from the dead?

Do you have enough red for that herring?

Well if you just want to argue that people can be positively motivated by false beliefs, I am perfectly willing to concede that. Do you want to claim more than that for religion?

Dexter, interbane, you need to stop being so angry and belligerent.

My screen smolders with your rage.

Dexter wrote:

ant wrote:So that means Jesus was born of a virgin and rose from the dead?

Do you have enough red for that herring?

Well if you just want to argue that people can be positively motivated by false beliefs, I am perfectly willing to concede that. Do you want to claim more than that for religion?

I'm not sure your intellect is vigorous enough to define reality.., yours, mine, or anyone elses. Quite frankly, you aren't even in the ballpark with philosophers of old who were certain of only one thing - that they could be certain of NOTHING.

We get it - you despise the institution of religion.
Now go out into the real world and do something about it. I'd truly respect that more than I would the posting of cartoons of ridicule.