It's not that "creationists" can't read, but more that those who argue the position aren't familiar with the points.

The main points are that the 7 days of creation are litteral days "yom", and that death only entered the world upon the original sin. Before that there was no death. One is syntactical, the other doctrinal.

Yeah I'm not quite sure why I became an Atheist but I know I was one since elementary school. 1 day I just decided I didn't want to go to church.

I'm not going to try and argue with you about anything in this aspect.

Have a good day.

Ah, by "Old Testament" I was mostly referring to the the law of Moses. Too much of the NT would be rendered meaningless if you discarded the OT in it's entirety. That, I believe, is why Christians today still say that homosexuality, adultery, sex outside of marriage, lying, etc. are still wrong. The OT still has to be used as a guideline of sorts, but Christians toss out the parts that Jesus stood against. The story of the adulterous woman is a good example in this case, as he told her to "go and sin no more." He wasn't saying that adultery was okay, only that he would not condemn her for it. Although I do agree that it isn't "Christlike" to treat gays the way many Christians today do.

Now, I'm unfamiliar with any drastic changes made to the NT texts over the years, but, even if you're right, the commonly used King James Bible was written over 400 years ago, so my statement still stands: These teachings didn't just come around recently. Hence, not cherry picking.

Sort of OT: I don't know of any verses in the Bible that say that abortion is wrong. I am personally opposed to it, but more because of my own feelings on the matter than religion.

Lol, you say you don't recall Genesis being incompatible with evolution and then get upset and storm off when I show you how it is? Right.

Christianity is the worlds largest religion....so no it aint going away within our lifetimes.

But it sounds (unintentionally) that your talking about a reverse-crusades, where you said "That there will not be any churches left to attend, and nobody to share their faith with". Thats only gonna happen if we are forced to not practice our faith and churches are burnt to the ground.

Why is Christianity the only whipping boy among all world religions? seriously

truth. don't believe in religion, but something created all of this. whether it be spirits, gods, or bang. it happened some how.

Coincidence? Nope.

The christian doctrine is diametrically opposed to most post-modern thoughts. It's "your" life, do whatever you want as long as you don't hurt anyone.

That's in strong contrast with "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength and You shall love your neighbor as yourself." If the Lord asks the believer to practice heterosexuality and abstain from sexual immorality, you can be certain that Christianity will be today's whipping boy. Islam despite its also more traditional roots has it easier because it isn't as integrated into the culture of western society. So, being more foreign, needs less "weeding out" so to speak.

Funny since in Islam dominated countries, there is no "whipping". You make this thread over there, your IP will be tracked and you will be jailed for speaking against the religion.

Tis the price of Christianity allowing free will as opposed to forcing upon people with fear as a motivator. Double edged sword.

I don't follow the church either, I find church is everywhere and anywhere. I was always told God is everywhere, and always ready to listen, so I talk to Him whenever, wherever. I believe that humankind is too flawed to tell me what God wants, so I get direction directly from the source. We get so caught up in all the dogma, the rituals, obligations, etc. Is a person really strong in faith because they attend church every week and go through the motions , while checking the time until they can get out? Imagine having a friend come visit you, and the whole time, he's just killing time until he can leave. Not really a fun visit, is it?

When you can find faith by wanting to have faith, not because your parents tell you "that's the way it is", then there's reward in it. I've ong left the Catholic faith in practice, but fall in that category of "non-descript Christian".  God gave us free will to make our choices in life, and thus I never tell anyone to believe anything they don't feel inclined to. People need to come to their decisions on the matter on their own. Anyone who forces you too is just holding you back from that journey. After all, no one likes being told what to do. =)