Not exact matches
And considering the impact
of religion on society (good or bad) I would
argue it is not a moot
point for discussion period.
A reasoable
point to
argue, I suppose — I will add this: If this is NOT what Islam brings to the table, then where are the throngs
of Muslims speaking out to explain that this is NOT what their
religion actually stands for?
You raise a very good
point that escapes most theists and that is while they
argue against atheists for not believing in their god, they forget that most
of those arguments could be applied to them by somebody
of another
religion.
When I use the term «civil
religion» I am
pointing to that revolution in the minds
of men that John Adams
argued was the real Revolution in America.
If you have arguments against the philosophy
of the Church or the dogma
of the
religion, I can respect the difference and
argue the
points.
We're in an energy crisis, stupid
religions are fighting each other, men are so afraid
of women in other countries having any kind
of personal freedom, people are starving, the world is becoming over-populated to the
point where it simply can not support itself, and you prefer to sit around and
argue this stuff instead.
The
point isn't that AiG's motivations (to challenge the contemporary understanding
of the Constitution's protection
of religion) may be flawed (though some would
argue that's the case).
The
point of my post was not to
argue the semantics
of his name, just to
point out that you're dumb for trying to correct people and act like you are smarter, know more about their
religion, and hence you're correct on all your
points.
As Steven Weinberg
points out here, the argument made against extremists ends up invoking a moral sense to
argue that the religious ideas
of the extremists are wrong, when the whole
point of religion is that it should be the other way around.
They were intrigued and repelled by our
religion, and they were angry when the priest's hands pulled free
of the nails and some claimed it was impossible to kill a man that way, and they
argued that
point drunkenly, then tried to nail the priest to the hall's timber walls a second time until, bored with it, one
of their warriors slammed a spear into the priest's chest, crushing his ribs and mangling his heart.
We could
argue about details, but really there is no
point, you and all the other CCL madcaps are convinced beyond doubt... it would be as futile as trying to convince a doorknocking Jehovas Witness that their brand
of religion isnt the correct one.