CosmicHooves 2,705 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 (edited) So I'm not as secular as I was a day ago. I've decided that it doesn't hurt to just worship God. Although, I heard that Bill Nye said that creationism was dangerous. Well that disturbed me even though I'm an evolutionist. What are atheists gonna say next? Christianity is dangerous too? Christians like me aren't dangerous aren't dangerous. If atheists happen to get through the law system and outlaw Christianity in the future what will that mean for me? I'd rather die than give up my faith. Edited April 17, 2014 by Psyco Dash 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribbonfree 2,383 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 There are hardcore atheists who are honestly just as toxic and destructive as fundamentalists of religions, but there are for obvious reasons much less of them. I don't think extremism as a whole is easy to get through the political system, however. The thing about how politics in general works is that it always manages to pseudo balance opposing philosophies out and prevent any side from getting too much control. It then subsequently creates the problems of gridlock, shit not getting done, and so on, but that's the sacrifice we make. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mightymags 1,053 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 Christianity will never be outlawed in most places, and especially not in the United States. Bill Nye is a great scientist but he has a hard time looking at things from another point of view. A lot of atheists don't realize that it's possible to believe in a mixture of creationism and evolution so they condemn any sort of creationism talk. There are lots of extremists on both ends of everything, but they generally aren't going to accomplish anything and they certainly aren't something to be afraid of. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Rule 63~ Lyeco 527 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 Christianity will never be dangerous. The common reasons actually why people become Atheist because you actually don't do anything instead of praying, praising....etc. Atheist just tend to do almost whatever they want. Yes, there are corrupt christians out there but there are more corrupt atheist there. Plus, Divorce is popular among atheists because they think that marriage is a kind of a system if a man and a woman wants to be together. Many Scientist are Atheist because they don't want to believe in God, they always want solid proof and they want to God first so they can believe it. Atheists are people who thinks we live because they wanted to be happy for themselves without rules. Also statistics show that people with a religion is happier than the ones who does not. 2 Signature by Me Made with Word and Repix I want your request in my request shop Click Here-> http://mlpforums.com...p/#entry1729814 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adachi 772 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 Ignore haters. Acquire karma =D 1 “I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man’s reasoning powers are not above the monkey’s.” — Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper Tumble 1,483 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 1) Just because they say you have to believe something doesn't mean you have to believe it. 2) they'll never get away with that, the 1 amendment protected any religion. You'se a b*tch. - Riley Freeman Signature made by Kyoshi MLP Forums 2nd Most Random Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Envy 6,188 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 (edited) Well, Psycho Dash, hate to tell you, but as an atheist, I do say that Christianity is dangerous (which does not equate to saying that all Christians are dangerous. but do take note that when Christians [and a lot of them, a lot considered not on the extreme side do say these things] say atheists and homosexuals are dangerous, they oftentimes are targeting the people). However, I would never ever advocate banning Christianity or freedom of religion. I have never seen a single atheist say that they want to ban Christianity. I have seen some say some stupid things, but never that they'd actually ban Christianity. Creationism is a completely different matter. It is not science, and that's why we don't want want it taught in science. The goal of secularism and a separation of church and state is maintaining a country with freedom of religion. Sometimes the rules that a church-state separation group may want implemented may seem a little stupid, but they only want these rules implemented because of the nature of the climate of politics in this country. There's a much higher chance of Christian extremists taking over the country than atheist extremists who want to outlaw Christianity. And I'm not saying either will happen, but we must keep religious extremism in check, because guess who really has power over this country? Guess which religion well over 90% of our politicians/lawmakers agree with (as well as our president)? And if you think the crazies are not among the lawmakers you have not been paying attention. Christianity will never be dangerous. The common reasons actually why people become Atheist because you actually don't do anything instead of praying, praising....etc. Atheist just tend to do almost whatever they want. Yes, there are corrupt christians out there but there are more corrupt atheist there. Plus, Divorce is popular among atheists because they think that marriage is a kind of a system if a man and a woman wants to be together. Many Scientist are Atheist because they don't want to believe in God, they always want solid proof and they want to God first so they can believe it. Atheists are people who thinks we live because they wanted to be happy for themselves without rules.Also statistics show that people with a religion is happier than the ones who does not. Um... No... A lot of this is false. Edited April 17, 2014 by Envy 2 Everything needs more woodwind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dattebayo 2,850 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 If you start doubting your own religion, what else do you have? Relax, disregard haters, get money. ^Click for my Deviant Art^ You truly are the Rosa Parks of not understanding what r34 is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicHooves 2,705 April 17, 2014 Author Share April 17, 2014 Christianity will never be dangerous. The common reasons actually why people become Atheist because you actually don't do anything instead of praying, praising....etc. Atheist just tend to do almost whatever they want. Yes, there are corrupt christians out there but there are more corrupt atheist there. Plus, Divorce is popular among atheists because they think that marriage is a kind of a system if a man and a woman wants to be together. Many Scientist are Atheist because they don't want to believe in God, they always want solid proof and they want to God first so they can believe it. Atheists are people who thinks we live because they wanted to be happy for themselves without rules. Also statistics show that people with a religion is happier than the ones who does not. I was an atheist at one point in time.I couldn't stand it anymore. I was depressed and I felt like I was having serious doubts about that form of beleif system of skeptism. I went right back to Christianity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Fresh 36 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 In the simplest of terms, the only religious people that are particularly dangerous are extremists or fundamentalists. The latter are the kind of guys going around boycotting things like homosexuality and TV because it is the spawn of the devil, and I don't think I need to explain what religious extremists could do. Most major religions, including Christianity, are hardly dangerous at all. It's just when people decide to forget the "love thy neighbour" sort of theme prevalent in all these religions and try to hunt them down instead. Also, as far as evolution goes, it doesn't necessarily contradict the bible, depending on the interpretation. Let's face it, things like Young Earth Creationism isn't even explicitly stated in the bible in any form at all, and there is overwhelming scientific evidence to prove that wrong. I would have to agree with Bill Nye that Creationism is dangerous, because it promotes a mentality where mindlessly accepting everything is held higher than questioning and finding evidence. Sure, there are lots of things in Christianity that rely simply on faith, but the most important of those things are the same stuff that science technically can not prove wrong anyways; if science has an explanation, it's smart to give it a chance. However, religion is not dangerous, it does not necessarily need to be at odds with science. As far as Christianity goes, I wouldn't even worry if something the preachers are teaching don't scientifically fit with something you believe in (like evolution), because the Bible is so vague about so many of its own teachings that there are bound to be disagreements even within the religion. The most important bit taught in Christianity is the acceptance of Jesus as one's saviour; thus, if you believe in that, why should anything else matter? Who the hell cares if evolution is real or not? Spread love and acceptance, not hate; isn't that what the Bible (and pretty much every other religion ever) puts at the centre of its belief system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetrakemy 221 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 So I'm not as secular as I was a day ago. I've decided that it doesn't hurt to just worship God. Although, I heard that Bill Nye said that creationism was dangerous. Well that disturbed me even though I'm an evolutionist. What are atheists gonna say next? Christianity is dangerous too? Christians like me aren't dangerous aren't dangerous. If atheists happen to get through the law system and outlaw Christianity in the future what will that mean for me? I'd rather die than give up my faith. Shut up kid, Stop being stupid. You live in amerca your religion is gonna be just fine. Now go home and have a glass of warm milk and go take a nap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastementSparkle 20,328 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 (edited) Christianity will never be dangerous. The common reasons actually why people become Atheist because you actually don't do anything instead of praying, praising....etc. Atheist just tend to do almost whatever they want. Yes, there are corrupt christians out there but there are more corrupt atheist there. Plus, Divorce is popular among atheists because they think that marriage is a kind of a system if a man and a woman wants to be together. Many Scientist are Atheist because they don't want to believe in God, they always want solid proof and they want to God first so they can believe it. Atheists are people who thinks we live because they wanted to be happy for themselves without rules. Also statistics show that people with a religion is happier than the ones who does not. People are atheist because they don't believe in the existence of a deity. I have met just as many friendly atheists as I have Christians, there are corrupt people on both sides, that has nothing to do with what they do or do not believe. Marriage is nothing but a legal contract, it is up to the person to assign meaning to it, and you don't need faith to do that. Would you prefer people stay in an unhappy marriage? People grow and change, relationships don't always work. People make mistakes. Some people like having solid proof for their beliefs, what's wrong with that? What statistics? I would like to see them. Also, did you know 84% of statistics are made up on the spot? Edited April 17, 2014 by BasementPony 2 Twilight is best pony. Why hello MLPForums! What have ya been up to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicHooves 2,705 April 17, 2014 Author Share April 17, 2014 Well, Psycho Dash, hate to tell you, but as an atheist, I do say that Christianity is dangerous (which does not equate to saying that all Christians are dangerous. but do take note that when Christians [and a lot of them, a lot considered not on the extreme side do say these things] say atheists and homosexuals are dangerous, they oftentimes are targeting the people). However, I would never ever advocate banning Christianity or freedom of religion. I have never seen a single atheist say that they want to ban Christianity. I have seen some say some stupid things, but never that they'd actually ban Christianity. Creationism is a completely different matter. It is not science, and that's why we don't want want it taught in science. The goal of secularism and a separation of church and state is maintaining a country with freedom of religion. Sometimes the rules that a church-state separation group may want implemented may seem a little stupid, but they only want these rules implemented because of the nature of the climate of politics in this country. There's a much higher chance of Christian extremists taking over the country than atheist extremists who want to outlaw Christianity. And I'm not saying either will happen, but we must keep religious extremism in check, because guess who really has power over this country? Guess which religion well over 90% of our politicians/lawmakers agree with (as well as our president)? And if you think the crazies are not among the lawmakers you have not been paying attention. Um... No... A lot of this is false. Atheism can go to extremes also.Look how many Christian Stalin slaughtered during his time as a dictator. It's not pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Diamond 7,574 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 Psyco Dash, you already have a topic which is exceedingly similar to this one. Might I suggest opening a blog concerning your personal reflections? Thank you for understanding. 1 Domine, tu omnia nosti, tu scis quia amo te. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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