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Generally speaking: atheists find all religions to be equally nonsensical. But in terms of which religions most affect western, English speaking atheists, Christianity is simply the most common.
And to add to that, it is the religion which the majority of us ex-whatevers left. We are the most familiar with it, both its doctrine and its problems.
For my part, I don't act "as an atheist". Atheist is another word to describe me like pale skinned, type-a... whatever.
Exactly. If you didn't have people rolling up telling you that you were damned, not fit to be a citizen, without morals, ignorant and a liar because of your pale skin, then for sure it would never ever become an issue for you.
Why is it that non-Christians, particularly atheists, tend to bash Christians and Christianity based on Jewish scriptures (Old Testament) and organized religion? Those people pick and choose, and tend to forget the life and teachings of Christ, the sermon on the mount, etc.
There are more than 2.2 billion Christians worldwide, just because few individuals are bad does not mean they represent the entire religion and Christ' teaching.
It's a lots easier/more comforting for some to sit and blame others rather than looking at self. Either way, starvation continues.
Why is it that non-Christians, particularly atheists, tend to bash Christians and Christianity based on Jewish scriptures (Old Testament) and organized religion?
Why would I ever use Jewish scriptures to bash Christianity? Jewish scriptures have no more validity than a Spiderman comic book.
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But in all fairness Hitler has followers in both camps.
This is true. But the complicity of certain Christian sects in the Nazi régime is well-documented. Hitler himself may or may not have been an atheist, but at certain times he found it politically useful to attack atheism as a proxy for Bolshevism.
This is true. But the complicity of certain Christian sects in the Nazi régime is well-documented. Hitler himself may or may not have been an atheist, but at certain times he found it politically useful to attack atheism as a proxy for Bolshevism.
Hitler was an atheist without doubt. Nazi's had nothing to do with Christianity. Not all German and Austrians were Christians, and some Christians had to agree with them otherwise they would have been killed. Let's not forget that many Christians did and tried to save Jews and other minorities from persecution, let them hide, etc.
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Those people pick and choose, and tend to forget the life and teachings of Christ, the sermon on the mount, etc.
