In comment #13 on Kristof: A truce, or an attack?, MTran shared the following thoughts. As you respond please assume that this was posted to help Christians understand what it’s like to be an atheist in the US, not to ‘attack’ Christians.
NCxian said: I think the thing that bothers me about this point of view that religious beliefs should not be respected is that, of all people, it seems to me that atheists should know what it is like to be told that their belief system is not acceptable.
(I hope this isn’t taken the wrong way. This may well be the only site where it isn’t!)
There are a couple of considerations at play here.
First, atheists are not normally told by Christians that their belief systems are not acceptable. They are told that they are not acceptable human beings or that they are, perhaps something much less than human. They are even told, officially, that they aren’t US citizens.
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A very clever Mac vs Pc parody
There are two more in the series at ThinkChristian.net. Give them a look.
Posted in A Cacophony of Posts | 6 Comments »I wanted to share this clip, not only because it’s a good illustration of the timescale of Earth’s history, but also to remember Carl Sagan. Sagan was a man so inspired by science that he couldn’t help but be inspiring himself. This clip is a great illustration of the ability of science to fill us with wonder.
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