Sentences with phrase «option of atheism»

Is bringing the option of atheism to people worse than the potential harm done to a child by an «obey or your will be sent to hell» message?

Not exact matches

Under Option 1: — Christianity is responsible for American Indian genocide, slavery in the US, crusades, Salem witch trials, other odds and ends — Atheism is responsible for all the deaths to their citizens during the reigns of Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc..

And the religious denominational plurality along with strong middle class and later working class groups committed to atheism destroyed any possibility of return to Christendom, and the only option for national unity was to secularize the state with equality under law for all religious and secular thought and groups.

The big issue is indeed that when one is brought up in an environment that encourages the belief that there is one one horse in the race, ie the Christian god or at least the Judeo - Christian god, people can WRONGLY assume that the choice is between a narrow range of theist options and atheism.

Since it contrasts the views on the bilboards to the alternative of atheism it could be seen as portraying a view in which those were the only two options.

The option to be either, the choice and ability to do both, means that conservative transhumanism must articulate a postition that supports conservative behavior and values (monogamy, religiousness) but allows very extreme transgressions of those behaviors and values (polyamory, atheism).