I'm all for Birth Control and for a woman to be able to do what she wants with her body if that's actually what you mean. Abortion is a different discussion entirely and has more to do with the rights of a human baby and balancing that with the rights of the mother. It's a very complex and sensitive topic for both sides, and there are many different levels of support or opposition to that particular topic. I'd like to see a good compromise on the gay marriage issue, I personally advocate for a 'civil union' that gives the same rights as marriage to help eliminate the religious controversy and make such legislation easier to pass.

I think the Catholic Church should certainly deal harshly with and be far more open about the pedophelia issue. I'm not a Catholic (in fact I have a number of major issues with the Catholic church in the past and now). Catholicism quickly became a theistic government run by power-hungry people, and i have a huge problem with that. They're certainly working to change, but they have a long way to go still in my opinion.

I'm not nagging any atheists, I have not once attacked your beliefs, insinuated you're evil, or anything that could  be considered 'nagging' (I've only defended my beliefs), though your actions towards people you don't agree with would certainly fit your 'nagging' definition. I'm not sure where you get the 70% number from, the hard-core 'fundamentalist' crowd you're using as a straw man is significantly smaller in number than that, though very vocal.

Instead of mercilessly attacking religion in its entirity, which only breeds contempt and kills open discourse, why not argue for your ideas in a reasonable way? You'd be more likely to actually change minds or at least help people to compromise with a tactic like that.

Agreed. Now to head back over to the gaming section of the site, the magical realm where both Christians and Atheists can find something to agree on. :)

Honestly dude, I don't understand people like you. Why can't you let people believe what they want without criticizing them? It's immature and ignorant behavior that has no place here.

What's not to understand?  if not for the millenia of tradition, what christians believe would be considered a mental disorder.  If you disregard the fact that it's religion, you need to understand that religion is, essentially, a combination of hallucinations (talking to god, feeling god, hearing his voice), delusions (believing the events of the bible as being factual and not metaphorical), and belligerently ignorant (still believing things like the earth being 6000 years old, etc).  If it wasn't for t he fact that people have believed variations of what you believe for most of human history, that shit would get you locked up in a nuthouse.  

I'm sorry, but nothing he said was immature or ignorant.  In fact it's the opposite.  Criticizing something for being completely absurd and lacking any substantial supporting evidence isn't immature or ignorant, it's the basis of scientific inquiry.  One cannot learn if they cannot accept when a held belief is proven false, or at least lacks evidence.  

That's why we debate.  That's why we argue.  that's why atheists have such a problem with the devout.  

What's not to understand?  if not for the millenia of tradition, what christians believe would be considered a mental disorder.  If you disregard the fact that it's religion, you need to understand that religion is, essentially, a combination of hallucinations (talking to god, feeling god, hearing his voice), delusions (believing the events of the bible as being factual and not metaphorical), and belligerently ignorant (still believing things like the earth being 6000 years old, etc).  If it wasn't for t he fact that people have believed variations of what you believe for most of human history, that shit would get you locked up in a nuthouse.  

I'm sorry, but nothing he said was immature or ignorant.  In fact it's the opposite.  Criticizing something for being completely absurd and lacking any substantial supporting evidence isn't immature or ignorant, it's the basis of scientific inquiry.  One cannot learn if they cannot accept when a held belief is proven false, or at least lacks evidence.  

That's why we debate.  That's why we argue.  that's why atheists have such a problem with the devout.  

“Imagination does not breed insanity. Exactly what does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom. I am not, as will be seen, in any sense attacking logic: I only say that this danger does lie in logic, not in imagination.” - G.K. Chesterton.

I like your explanation and tend to agree with what your saying,but it came across like he was making fun of his beliefs. So,your saying millions of people have a mental health disorder? I tend 2 think that religion is just something people follow,to make themselves sleep better at night,I mean who really knows.