DUNCAN, Are you sure that you are looking at the data correctly? How do you know that the Atheist did not commit a crime, get thrown into prison, and then in his hardship seek God?
I am sure that atheists are not immoral. You're twisting the statistics because you think christians are better people than atheists. You think christians are good people for one of two reasons:
1. Racism, slavery, rape, and war are good things to you.
2. Or you have not read the bible.
No knock on Prisoners though, as the Bible says that we should care for the imprisoned be they guilty or innocent. God is good and loving and all men will answer for what they have done (even me), so even though it seems like people get away with murder- they do not. (No I am not a prisoner or a murderer).
I don't really care for murderers and rapists.
You can't graft you beliefs into Christianity and then say that it is wrong because it does not add up to your ideas of true Atheism. What I mean is don't set-up a model of Christianity that is flawed-keep the facts correct and don't change models mid-point.
Agreed, and you should not either, if a smart person reads the bible - they will know God is evil or imaginary. Christianity IS flawed.
Example, Look at Christ he was killed and he was innocent and GOD... so is it so strange that bad things happen to good people if they happened to the best. In Atheism justice must come in this world and Christianity it may come now or in the next. It is better that justice comes now so that the offender has time to repent and accept Christ.
Christ was innocent? I think you're missing the part where he advocated slavery and was racist. Not to mention, no socieities take kindly on people who claim to be under the direct lineage of god.
The Bible never said good things happen to good people, Christ told the Disciples that they would be killed because of him and you know what they were. Does this mean that God does not exist, no. If Christ had said you will not die, yes. But he told them that they would die and suffer.
No, the bible says to stone people to death for working on sunday. Then it goes on to give advice on how to treat slaves.
Atheist seek joy and meaning in life, we seek it in God- who is in this life and the after life.
I don't seek meaning in life. My life is for treating people well. Being a teacher. Giving to the poor. And understanding people and nature. You should let go of your supernatural beliefs and instead be a good person. If Christ or God were good people and real, they would not let people die, and they too would be teachers. Any person who is smart could tell me why children starve to death. If getting into heaven was really about being a good person, nobody who follows the bible would get in and thus, anyone who is a good person according to the bible is in the real world - an intolerant, murderous and evil tyrant. You should be making the best of this life - instead of advocating the lessons in the bloody fairytales of the bible.
I haven't even touched on the fact that it is illogical to believe in things that don't exist. Wasting money on buildings and jewelry instead of giving to the poor is a bad thing. I think I've done a great job of showing that it is wrong to believe in the things the bible advocates, or to ignore them and focus on very small parts of the bible. As a whole - people who can't see that religion is tearing apart our world would have to be too dense to see that this world is the real one - not the imaginary one that exists in the mind.
If you learn anything at all - learn that if the meaning of your life is searching for god - then your life is meaningless, because god isn't real.
