[Atheists] are responsible for all the moral decline in America and the world community.
Atheists and all other nonbelievers in the true God - regardless of their level of "education" and position in society - are therefore the true criminals of the world community and if there is a sane government, it should treat them accordingly.
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The problem is there is no indication that religion makes people behave better. In fact, there is a reverse correlation between how religious a nation is and things like murder, rape, out-of-wedlock childbirth, etc. The U.S., which is one of most religious of the first-world nations, has the worst record on these things.
Some have suggested that religion may actually be the cause of bad behavior. It encourages people to focus on their duty to God rather than their duty to their fellow man. It encourages an attitude of "you made your bed, now sleep in it" toward people who make mistakes. It suggests that misfortune is the result of offense to God, and therefore needn't be remedied by human action. It also encourages people to gather into sects of like-minded people and fosters disrespect for people with different beliefs. It also discourages workable birth control in favor of unworkable abstinence programs, and then condemns and washes its hands of people who get pregnant.
The idea that non-belief causes moral decline is wrong. The opposite may even be true.
It must be so immoral of me to not care about these "true criminals," but rather direct all my concern to the catching of killers, rapists, thieves, and the like and to the preventions of such petty crimes. But that's just what atheists are like, isn't it?
Forget murderers, thieves, blackmailers, child abusers, violent people and their ilk. Just lock up the atheists since they do not belief what I do.
Libkitten's got it. Christians never do anything wrong, because anyone who does anything wrong isn't really a Christian. Of course, that only leaves about six Christians in the whole world; but those six are pretty damn perfect ...
So, 10% or less of the population are responsible for the rest?, what about those who killed their daughter because they think that God told them so?, or Al-Qaeda?, or White Supremacists?(can I go on?)
So, my personal beliefs or disbeliefs have somehow upset the balance of the entire world, and I am therefore responsible for the crimes people commit? Nice logic, Robert.
Atheists are responsible for all the moral decline in America and the world community.
Baseless unsupported assertion
Atheists and all other nonbelievers in the true God - regardless of their level of "education" and position in society - are therefore the true criminals of the world community and if there is a sane government, it should treat them accordingly.
Let's determine who is the criminal. One one hand, the atheists who wish for a tollerant society where everyone is free to believe and follow whatever religion or lack they want. On the other hand, Rob T Lee, who wants to criminalize a segment of society based only on the fact that they do not share the same faith as he has.
Hate crimes anyone?
[Atheists] are responsible for all the moral decline in America and the world community
I find this statement to be terribly ironic originating from a site espousing the moral virtues of, oh gee, let's pick one... I dunno, how about the 8th or 9th depending on your religion; "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
I think I'm starting to fear Robert Lee. He seems just crazy enough to pull a sock over his head, come over to my house and gut me while I sleep. If ol' RObby boy asks, my name is Juan Aliasio and I live at 123 fake street, Namelessberg, Freedonia.
The trademark of paranoid thinking: a hated minority has the ability to corrupt and destroy the majority despite the minority's lack of power.
You can't argue with this kind of craziness, you just work to keep it confined. If atheists were all executed tomorrow, Bob Lee would promptly find another minority to be afraid of.
Remember, Robert T. Lee doesn't know what the word "moral" means. He thinks morality means blindly obeying what he perceives to be God's word. So, CousinTed, I'd think he'd have no moral qualms about killing you. He'd probably love to kill me too.
Robert Lee, I hope you'll stop your morally questionable ways and don't try to kill me. If you insist on fulfilling your godly duty of sneaking into my house with weapons, however, my address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC. Come on, bring your gun right into the lobby!
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