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They were also out in front forming Inquisitions that tortured people.
And given the church hierarchy's protection of predator priests I see little reason to accept their proclamations of just what constitutes 'morality'. Clean your own house before attempting to critique mine!
If 'predator' priests alarms you, then you should be damn petrified of atheists who murdered 100 million people in the last decade. Another reason to get rid of the atheist leanings of our current government.
I assume someone has asked the reasonable question, "Christian teachings" according to whom? Oddly enough, we have all sorts of Christian denominations that proclaim their own version of what they believe Jesus meant (and Jesus actually said very little, especially if you ignore the Gospel of John, which I think was made up wholesale long after He died).
No one who wrote the Bible ever met or talked to Jesus. All are stories.
Well what the hell do you think the atheist Marxists wants if it isn't control and coercion. In this case of my church, the Catholic Church, membership if voluntary.
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Believing those are wrong, doesn't stem from a lack of belief in gods.
But atheism is the lack of belief in God and you alleged that atheism has no values. Is not someone who doesn't believe in God a part of atheism? I believe your're trying to paint anyone who doesn't believe in God with a very wide brush. I don't believe all atheists sharte the same beliefs any more than all Christians share the same beliefs.
A religious state is always limited in size. As a country grows, it necessarily becomes more-diverse. Religious-tolerance is necessary if you want to maintain an empire. All empires have had religious tolerance. Even the Mongols had religious tolerance.
A secular-state could span the globe. A religious state can barely get out of its backyard.
One-party global rule. That's the dream of the atheist left.
If my taxes are going to killing little babies about to be born, then, yes, it damn well DOES affect me and everyone else in many ways. Immorality harms ALL of us.
Little babies that are so damaged that they will die shortly after being born. It's not immoral to want to spare those little babies and their parents pain and suffering. The immorality here is you lying about this.
I consider having 'values' things like believing acts like murder and theft are wrong which has nothing to do with belief in God.
In the case of murder, theft etc, I think you are right.
But there are specific values related to specific religions.Atheism doesn't come with values, while Christianity, Buddhism, do -it's one of the reasons atheism isn't a religion.
completely different animal from the colonial slavery of today. The slavery of the bible wouldn't be called that today. It would be calling 'having a job to pay your bills'
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If 'predator' priests alarms you, then you should be damn petrified of atheists who murdered 100 million people in the last decade. Another reason to get rid of the atheist leanings of our current government.
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I can't answer to what some individuals may or may not have done.
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Clean your own house before attempting to critique mine!
