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| 17-Apr-2009 08:00 AM Arnold |  |
| Atheism cannot be held intolerant for being skeptic about the whole religion thing. It's just human nature to ridicule anything they do not like, whether in a gentle of more aggressive way. It's not fair to protect the Christians with the argument that they express themselves purely because of the core of there faith. Atheists and actually every non-Christian have a faith that guides them trough life, and they express themselves to the core as well! It's almost as if you say that Christians are better humans? Answer that question. | |
| 09-Apr-2010 12:47 PM Josh |  |
| To Arnold, I think John's point is precisely that neither skepticism nor core faith belief can justify the sort of intolerance received by CPX over Greg's video. Sure it may be human nature to ridicule things you don't agree with just as it may be human nature to look after first one's own interests. Still a natural inclination to something is not in itself a justification of it's morality. In any case the biblical requirement to love one's enemies, is if anything a condemnation of those who seek to promote intolerant response to others, rather than an excuse for such behavior (John's point I think). Certainly all people have faith, indeed some Christians have even argued Atheism requires more (see Norman L. Geisler and Frank Turek). To answer your final question (since no one else has)Christians are not intrinsically better. However a combination of God-given awareness of how far they miss the mark and a God-given desire to reach His is what sets them apart for heavenly things. Since this is God-given, no Christian should ever boast of being better. |
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