Which sins are atheists guilty of?
The Bible is clear that there are no honest atheists and that unbelievers will be without excuse at the time of judgement.
The only question is, which sins are atheists guilty of? Here are some possibilities (some overlap):
-Pride
Feel free to chime in.
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Anger? This from the deity who sent a pack of bears to maul forty children to shreds because they made fun of poor Elijah's bald head. Dishonesty? This from the god who created things like starlight, fossils, and DNA in a purposely misleading way for the sole purpose that even more of us wind up in hell. That's a start. How's that for chiming in?
Oh hey, news flash! The Bible claims that anyone who doesn't believe in the Bible is a sinner.isn't in the top 10 of the No Shit List?
(EDIT: And by no shit I mean no shit that the Bible says that, not no shit that the statement is true.)
Pride: 23:13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
-Pride 'God's chosen people', anyone?-Dishonesty Prove it. Prove to me that atheists lie more frequently than theists. I'm waiting.
-Anger Mirror, mirror. I've seen quite a few angry theists. As a matter of fact, most all humans are capable of getting angry. It's not a 'sin', it's a natural reaction.
I can say, without pride, that I am an honest person and also that I outgrew anger a good few years ago now - due mostly to a combination of empathy and the recognition that it is a destructive, irrational and childish emotion that rarely achieves anything, a leftover from our evolutionary past to be controlled if not discarded altogether.
Ok, I'll chime in.
-Pride - Like putting a cross or a fish in your car's back window?
And what about fundies?, as far as I´m concerned, those were the sins of Pharisees, which Jesus found them guilty of. And they were not atheists by far.
Would my contempt for mcart909 fall under Pride or under Wrath? Anyway, my favourite "sins" are Sloth, Gluttony and Lust (more or less in this order), but I'd commit them just as much if I was a Xian. The only difference would be that I might guilt trip myself over it from time to time if I actually believed in the concept of sin.
Wait, anger is a sin, now? Damn, your God has sinned even more than I thought.
@ Chan. Isn't it actually, "Hell, I'm a fan of all seven"? But still, you win!
Well, I read a book that says that people who aren't atheists are guilty of these sins:
Do you care? No? Well now you know how atheists feel about your book.
-Pride
Most folks I know don't care enough about religion to call themselves atheists.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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