17th March 2003, 1:14 AM
The Catholic church is it's own entity, outside of Christianity in many ways, in my opinion. The Church, in it's history, has been a nation, an empire, a vast beast with many arms that has always functioned more as a political body than a spiritual. The Church has a dark history of abuse, bloodshed, power struggles and control that spans many centuries. Don't judge all Christians by that lowest denominator. And just to clarify, I speak of the Church, and not of any who follow it.
I just have to wonder why all the atheists here are so militant. Don't you realize you follow your own religion? You choose to think that there is no higher power, but you still worship two things: Science, and yourselves. I've made the analogy at least once already, but you are all acting like missionaries, converting 'ignorant' people to your own beliefs. The only thing that really separates religion from atheism is God. Therefore, it is our faith, and not the religion, that you attack.
I also think there really isn't anything that hasn't been said yet, except that judging by the ignorance of the atheists in this thread towards Christianity and faith in general, I submit that you do not knock it until you try it.
I'm out.
I just have to wonder why all the atheists here are so militant. Don't you realize you follow your own religion? You choose to think that there is no higher power, but you still worship two things: Science, and yourselves. I've made the analogy at least once already, but you are all acting like missionaries, converting 'ignorant' people to your own beliefs. The only thing that really separates religion from atheism is God. Therefore, it is our faith, and not the religion, that you attack.
I also think there really isn't anything that hasn't been said yet, except that judging by the ignorance of the atheists in this thread towards Christianity and faith in general, I submit that you do not knock it until you try it.
I'm out.
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